been pretty down in the dumps these past couple of months.Sorta struggling to do studies since I have no motivation whatsoever, but Im trying to pick up the pace again.
-Some sketches,still experimenting with that Anthony Jones/James Zapata sketch technique.
-Also I've been undertaking a huge master study of one of my favourite old masters Luis Falero for quite some time,but it's still a wip.
I feel your characters come off as stronger than the long study. The long study has soft brush written all over it and it makes some parts too muddy and flat, like the navel and the dark line above it. I find the soft brush to be quite hard to get right because it softens everything too much and gives it an artificial look. Try mixing it up with a harder one
dumping some sketchhes and whatnot.At this point In my art pursuit Im mostly concerned about composition and creating an interesting shot and value separation and clear story dictation in tersm of lighting and how to use it to your advantage , rather than polishing and all other aspects ,wich considerably slows me down in other aspects and it turns me off of renderring stuff when I know the composition is not as good.
a quick fun inbetween studies and yet another study.
Overall Reilly method isn't working too well for me since construction still is off and I have to liquify the fuck out of things.
Also a piece I started working on the other day.
couple of studies, a still life of my cat,about 20 mins before it ran away.And random sketch exploring.Shoutout to Thomas Mahon.If you haven't heard of the dude,look him up.Amazing artist.
