Growing pixels: the perseverance sketchbook

[Minksy]

Hello to all Daggers!! :o)

After a lot of trials and errors, I've decided to get serious about art in hope to pursue it professionally. I'm currently studying Linguistics and have a background in graphic design, so art is not something entirely new to me, although art with a purpose and direction surely is.

My main goal is to get back in touch with my imagination and bridge the gap I currently have in terms of fundamentals.
So, fundamentals come first, and this is the beginning of my journey, full of studying and learning. :o)


Feel free to comment/critique, it's always nice to get some harsh truths to trigger improvement! I will definitely return the favor. :o)



































First attempt at (giant) thumbnailing after watching Eytan Zana's tutorial.













Finally started studying from life - some steps.





Constructive drawing sessions from life.





Photo-study for the SpeedpaintStudies group on DA.



2014 was a year of a lot of "firsts". Self-portraits was one of them. This was for the International Self Portrait Day - first rough lay-in
which looks nothing like the final one.. lack of likeness, anatomy mistakes.. everything is in there. This is what came out of it in the
end for the sake of meeting the deadline and whatnot. :3





Try to keep a small sketchbook with me on the train every day, and keep scribbling stuff. Did a few thumbs which probably only I can decipher. Perspective and visual library are the two major things I have to work on this year.



Some fast photo-ref'ed sketches.


B&W (giant) thumbs take 2 - gotta simplify more and learn which brush to use for what instead of drowning in a pool of nonsensical texture.





Not sure if it was the right time to get into color, but I wanted to give it a shot anyway. Done from juicy references I found on Pinterest.



Have already stopped posting these on Conceptart, but still trying to reach 20. Next ones I think I'll start applying Anthony Jone's approach and see if the learning process makes more sense that way. Also, I'll try with 3 values only solely for composition learning since in all these studies so far, the frustration with brush settings and general suffering workflow doesn't feel that great.



And a first try at animation screen-cap studies. Watching LevelUP sessions on the train to uni and back home every day is just so inspiring. Definitely helps to get more focused on what to study and and how not to be discouraged.









That's it for now - will post more of January stuff before the month ends.