03-15-2014, 03:54 AM
Sorry for the lack up responses and updates. Sometimes I tend to get overwhelmed by my to-do list and struggle to keep afloat, but I'm good now :)
Warburton: Thank you ... yeah, the thing that is most frustrating is that often times things get worse the harder I try to make it look good, while 'just painted something to relax for an hour' things turn out better than expected... but I will definitely stick to it, want to improve after all! You're right about the folds... I think there was some rule about 30% detail and 70% area to relax for the eye...
Hypnagogic_Haze: Thank you. I'm glad you think she looks Asian, because that is exactly what she needs to look like! (And what made me struggle a LOT, haha)
Madzia: Thanks so much for the feedback and overpaint! It is funny how I totally missed that I forgot the eyelashes, probably because I normally paint them in pretty late in the progress. I agree that she looks creepy, it bugs me - but hopefully I can adjust that when applying your advice & overpainting :) Thank you!
Jaik: Actually the same for me, looks better zoomed in than zoomed out (not sure if I got it wrong above). I imagine the "paint most of it zoomed out" might help with that, as hard as it is.
Update..let's see where I was.
Here I tried to do anatomy studies in PS to improve my digital line skills, but somehow got carried away. Which is not a good thing because if I spend more time on something like this, it would be better to fix certain things early in the process... but at least I had fun.
Some character designs for bloodsport 3, might be overkill, but I want to develop my design skills and this was a good excuse to do so.
WIP
and.... LIFE DRAWING!!! Finally got the chance to take a course! It was really funny... so surprised when I realized that the model actually is a former class mate of mine (which I never met again after finishing school).
Last one was drawn with left hand.
What confused me a lot was the teacher asking me if I need those drawings for fashion school. First I thought that she confused me with someone else but it turned out that she was talking of the way I draw my lines. I think I am supposed to draw them more... wonky... natural...less clean? Which is basically what I was trying to avoid all those months O_O Line quality and such. But I'll now start out with a softer pencil and not do a light underdrawing first and see where that takes me.
Warburton: Thank you ... yeah, the thing that is most frustrating is that often times things get worse the harder I try to make it look good, while 'just painted something to relax for an hour' things turn out better than expected... but I will definitely stick to it, want to improve after all! You're right about the folds... I think there was some rule about 30% detail and 70% area to relax for the eye...
Hypnagogic_Haze: Thank you. I'm glad you think she looks Asian, because that is exactly what she needs to look like! (And what made me struggle a LOT, haha)
Madzia: Thanks so much for the feedback and overpaint! It is funny how I totally missed that I forgot the eyelashes, probably because I normally paint them in pretty late in the progress. I agree that she looks creepy, it bugs me - but hopefully I can adjust that when applying your advice & overpainting :) Thank you!
Jaik: Actually the same for me, looks better zoomed in than zoomed out (not sure if I got it wrong above). I imagine the "paint most of it zoomed out" might help with that, as hard as it is.
Update..let's see where I was.
Here I tried to do anatomy studies in PS to improve my digital line skills, but somehow got carried away. Which is not a good thing because if I spend more time on something like this, it would be better to fix certain things early in the process... but at least I had fun.
Some character designs for bloodsport 3, might be overkill, but I want to develop my design skills and this was a good excuse to do so.
WIP
and.... LIFE DRAWING!!! Finally got the chance to take a course! It was really funny... so surprised when I realized that the model actually is a former class mate of mine (which I never met again after finishing school).
Last one was drawn with left hand.
What confused me a lot was the teacher asking me if I need those drawings for fashion school. First I thought that she confused me with someone else but it turned out that she was talking of the way I draw my lines. I think I am supposed to draw them more... wonky... natural...less clean? Which is basically what I was trying to avoid all those months O_O Line quality and such. But I'll now start out with a softer pencil and not do a light underdrawing first and see where that takes me.