Walent's sketchbook

[walent]

Love the armor sketches and mermaids by the way. The mermaids look so epic. At first I didn't really see what they were, it just read as a big form like a tree branch, but with really powerful rhythm. Do you think you will expand upon those sketches?

Thanks! Yeah, will probably create a whole series at some point.

Love the armor designs and figure drawings . Do you use reference for the figures or are some of them from imagination ? You have great understanding of form, everything feels "solid", and the brushstroke style you have is really cool. I still don't really have a defined style so I keep switching between different ones all the time

Thanks! Some are from imagination, mostly the character stuff like the centaurs and mermaids. The other studies related to figure drawing are from ref.
Yeah, the style will stick eventually, I'd say keep exploring don't stress too much over it.

These environment paintings are sick!! That's the level I wish to get one day . I love that sketchy look. I like how you convey the form with lines over the surface (i've read that in Vilppu's book but seeing it in application is great!)on your figure drawing/paintings.

Are these from imagination??!

Thanks! Again, the figures are from reference, but the armor designs and character/creature designs are mostly from the imagination, sometimes trying to remember what I previously studied


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Today I feel very pleased with the result of one of my portraits, I managed to create likeness with good, simplified shape structure and minimal brushwork. That was one of my bigger goals. Onto some design goals now.