04-22-2017, 12:49 PM
Fedodika: Thanks very much-- I took what you said very seriously. Maybe too seriously. xD
So I stopped progress and really thought about where I was going with the illustration, how I would change it to put a different angle on it, maybe a different pose. Over-the-shoulder, or maybe a semi topview, a view from the fairy's perspective... I guess I was a lot more attached to this rendition than I thought, which is dangerous. I need to learn not to cling to concepts, because I'm going to be doing a lot of changing things around just like you said.
I also thought of just going in and defining shapes the way it is. Mostly, I think it's a matter of lighting the smoke, and lighting up the background to make more dimensions, but I need to study more light dynamics, I think.
I don't know if I'm in a position to use DAZ as a tool right now, especially with how the program has run on this laptop before-- so I thought about doing some thumbnails and trying different shots. But, then I got really discouraged. I think that I need to let this fester in my brain a bit more before I push it to the end.
I'm just trying to find a way to make the fairies more prominent and sinister-looking, but with some kind of tragic edge to it. I will very likely come back to it, but it didn't make the CHOW this week. xD I have this feeling that when I've improved after a year or something I'll want to see how I've improved by redoing it.
I've got some stuff I've been working on.
I've decided to get back into art by doing class mode at: https://line-of-action.com/practice-tool...e-drawing/
The figure drawing I'm posting now is the product of a 25 minute session (within 1 hour in class mode). I'm not unhappy with the results, but I think I need to hold back a bit more. Be lighter. Maybe force myself with an H pencil of some kind xD...
Also, I've been working on a painting for awhile. Back in the part of winter where it was going toward spring and somewhat melty, the park froze over and melted, looking like a pretty crystalline swamp. I captured it in a photo and am recapturing it in acrylics. Pretty fun. :) I have a buddy I've been painting with. It's way easier for me to work in company. xD
So I stopped progress and really thought about where I was going with the illustration, how I would change it to put a different angle on it, maybe a different pose. Over-the-shoulder, or maybe a semi topview, a view from the fairy's perspective... I guess I was a lot more attached to this rendition than I thought, which is dangerous. I need to learn not to cling to concepts, because I'm going to be doing a lot of changing things around just like you said.
I also thought of just going in and defining shapes the way it is. Mostly, I think it's a matter of lighting the smoke, and lighting up the background to make more dimensions, but I need to study more light dynamics, I think.
I don't know if I'm in a position to use DAZ as a tool right now, especially with how the program has run on this laptop before-- so I thought about doing some thumbnails and trying different shots. But, then I got really discouraged. I think that I need to let this fester in my brain a bit more before I push it to the end.
I'm just trying to find a way to make the fairies more prominent and sinister-looking, but with some kind of tragic edge to it. I will very likely come back to it, but it didn't make the CHOW this week. xD I have this feeling that when I've improved after a year or something I'll want to see how I've improved by redoing it.
I've got some stuff I've been working on.
I've decided to get back into art by doing class mode at: https://line-of-action.com/practice-tool...e-drawing/
The figure drawing I'm posting now is the product of a 25 minute session (within 1 hour in class mode). I'm not unhappy with the results, but I think I need to hold back a bit more. Be lighter. Maybe force myself with an H pencil of some kind xD...
Also, I've been working on a painting for awhile. Back in the part of winter where it was going toward spring and somewhat melty, the park froze over and melted, looking like a pretty crystalline swamp. I captured it in a photo and am recapturing it in acrylics. Pretty fun. :) I have a buddy I've been painting with. It's way easier for me to work in company. xD