Matrix Book of Scribbles

[AyaneMatrix]

hi ayane i like the efforts you doing in your digital paintings, just two tips: are you following some tutorials/step by step paintings in order to get yourself a technique?

I'm actually painting without a tutorial using a method I picked up from my watercolor painting days. I normally do a b/w underpainting or drawing, then go over it with color. Though, in several of these, I have to reverse with having a solid color underneath and the b/w painting/tones set to overlay that since some programs don't blender well with colors. Photoshop is pretty close, but it shifts the colors way too far for my taste in many cases. Other times, it works well, as it does here.
Then again, I have like two color layers in this piece and adjustment layers to shift the colors where I want them to be. Ugh...

i'd suggest you to watch livestreams if you're not doing it already!

I do already and have taken more to some artists that start their works with a base sketch with construction to see how others work out the starting details, of which I feel like I am lacking.

your paintings are too saturated it hurts the viewer eyes to see such bright colors. when somebody watch your stuff it needs to be relaxing you know...:)

Oy... I just realized that after looking through my gallery with my adjusted monitor settings. Seems that by having my display set to a darker/dimmed state did reduce how I perceived the saturation of colors in my last few color pieces. Ack! Now that I see it, I'll have to be more mindful for future works.

and for your drawings, it is really important that you keep practicing the costruction with shape and A.loomis like structure, also practice gestures with simple strokes to achieve the posture and to map shadows! check this guy out
http://ryanwoodwardart.com/my-works/conte-animated/
PM me if you want some links!

Again, this is something I realize I'm lacking in. The only problem is that I'm currently in a fluster to finish my degree program, so it has been hard to get back into the basics of construction and gesture drawings when under a tight deadline. This has led to me doing studies and color painting experiments every other chance I have available and often forcing my to use photographic reference more than I should. Oy... Hopefully, when my classes are over, I can do a full rundown of the very basic information and make a definite push for better anatomy.

Thanks for the offer for more links. I think I have enough books on the subject, but I may contact you for more info. :)