Styles' Grimoire of Art Magic

[vansty]

An overgrown sketch i did on christmas.

[vansty]

studies and stuff

[vansty]

something i worked on this last couple of days.

anyways, back to the study hole

[dracken]

You're improving for sure.

The last one look good color wise and there is a lot of cool stuff going on, but the face is very flat and the anatomy is really odd.

If I were you I'd spend more time doing line studies, learning to see, then move on to digital value studies. Not as fun, but more helpful in the long run in my opinion.

Either way just keep pushing.

[vansty]

Thanks Dracken, the face does look flat. i haven't buckled down and tackled faces and potraits in general (will be doing that this month) and i made her torso longer so she'd feel more "snake like" epic fail there xD

A study i was just working on. but its bed time. HAPPY NEW YEAR EVERYONE.

[vansty]

quick potrait from memory. pre study :/

skull studies

[vansty]

today's hair study and a quick enviro.

[vansty]

Spent most of my week on this one.


i did some studies. i'll post them when i find them, my folders are getting too big.
note to self: after next week, i'm going to be studying facial anatomy hardcore

[vansty]

what have i been up to?
a piece for asension 4


today's potrait study from ref. i'm gonna try and do one daily.

and a potrait from memory to APPLY what i learnt from the study.

[vansty]

day twooooooooooo.

from ref

from memory to apply the study.

[vansty]

I'm so badass painting with a fever. Anyways here's my latest illustration. the studies are paying of...who would have known.
Edit: no random foot :p

[Fincks]

You're really improving that's for sure !
But I think you use the soft round brush way too much, mostly on the skin.
Even if it's easier to paint with this brush for gradient the final look is really flat and weird
(http://th08.deviantart.net/fs70/PRE/i/20...72uwtn.jpg
http://i254.photobucket.com/albums/hh111...t2copy.jpg)

Your last illustration is looking good.
The forearm and the wrist seem a bit too big. I don't know if the foot on the top left corner has a meaning, or if it's just for the composition but I think you sould remove it.
It looks awkward to just have a foot coming from nowhere even if we could guess that there is someone in the air (?)

[vansty]

thanks man, i just use the round soft because its faster for studies.
as for the image i'll fix the arm. but who doesnt like a random foot xD

[vansty]

half-studies. PS may or may not have crashed a lot while doing the studies.

[vansty]

last week stuffses

half life study. i might finish it today

[vansty]

today's sketchapoopoos to clear my head

[Tygerson]

Really like those delicate colors in post 91. Great character, too.

The medusa is really imaginative.

You are improving super fast--way to work hard!

[vansty]

Thanks Tygerson, it means a lot.

lazy/sick week. i'm trying to do more horizontal pieces

[vansty]

HEYYY. i suck at updating my sketchbook.
study

a painting i did a while ago. (thanks Forrest for the crit)

an experiment i was doing for Draw or Die group on facebook before i lost interest...the deadline's today so i'm not sure if i'll be able to finish it.


note to self: do some studies from life. Form and Foreshortening.

[Forrestimel]

Styles you're improving a lot man :o

Just went from the first page to the last page and your work is loads better man. I already talked to you about how you were avoiding foreshortening and you definitely fixed it in that one with the tiger, but after looking through all your studies and stuff you should really look into getting some kind of a book for anatomy.

Message me on Skype some time and I can hook you up with Michael Hampton's anatomy book, just keep it on the down low, I don't want people to start hunting me for giving you a free book