03-12-2013, 08:26 AM
Oh whoa, the forums have been mad active! So awesome. Love the new color scheme, go CDaggers CS6! (thanks for that Dennis <3)
So, okay.
It's my last day here at the workshop, I am going back to Brazil tomorrow. It's been intense, insane, and Canadian in the most awesome way possible! But I have been scarily out of comfort zone, lots of tight deadlines, little sleeping, a bad cold, lots of awesome food and Five Guys burgers, museums and exhibits! Niagara is beautiful :)
@SpectreX: Thanks man! Hope its useful :)
@Propspass: Thanks man! And yeah haha, it was a quick sketch. I tried to fixed it, but didnt really get better, so let's just pretend it didnt exist haha. I was trying out what I have learned here at the workshop, so I was avoid high contrast shadows (my favs), and I was use only ONE brush for the whole thing, which is still pretty challenging and made my edges a mess. Bobby Chiu can pull it perfectly, I need to practice much more haha! But thanks, I will keep it in mind and try it on the next sketch!
@Blewzen: Thank you man :D I am missing me pencils now actually!
@Anzhou: Thanks man!
@Kikindafce: Yup, like I said, I was trying out this one-brush technique that was really wobbly in the end. Practicing more! Thanks for stopping by!
@Conny: Thanks man! xD
@Flo: Haha well, thanks! Yeah, he have no hands. He is supposed to be a mushroom :p I failed there. Anyway, thanks for the tip! I should have catch that about the tree trunk, you're right.
Anyway, I didnt had the time to noodle this as much as I wanted too, I feel like all my flaws are laid down bare. Deep stuff I have been avoiding right up there in my face now.
So in this light, the workshop was great simply by showing me how much I have to improve, and what I can focus now! That was some of the hardest thing to find out on my own, so it was great!
In case anyone is curious:
-I can't draw freehand squares :P My shape perception is bad, but the instructor here gave me nice exercises to pull it off and I am already seeing improvement. I need to practice more.
-My design is really, really limited. I never really wanted to be a concept artist, but I have left this out in the rain for way too long. Probably going to be my next online class and my focus along with color. Seeing Bobby and Kei's work, all the designs, all the research - I was in awe. So much still left to learn!
-My values are off. Not by much, I can manage to make readable images, but I make everything plastic-y. Talking with people here I know this is kind of inherited from working with advertising for so long. Everything there needs to be shiny, high contrast, lots of blacks and pure whites. Make your product look good, but makes your illustration looks like cheesy 80's stuff, with everything coated in oil. So I need to tone it down. This is part of the focus along with color; I am going to try and study materials, and their values/saturation relations.
-I have been limiting my studies to: photos, from life, from memory. I need, NEED, to include master copies on those. And studies from the artists I personally enjoy. I need to learn about what looks good, instead of only what looks right.
This are the top 4 things on my list.
This was after long philosophical talks with the colleagues and the instructor here. I hope I can start making real progress now :)
I was, however, surprised by the acrylics. Of course this is my FIRST traditional painting so it is not good (dangit, I can't handle brushes! haha I am so scared to even try and sign the thing with a brush, really), but I enjoyed it much more than I expected, and I was able to call it done, you know. If I do like 100's more of this maybe I can manage to sell some? That'd be great. And the responsibility/commitment of working with color is much, much greater than on digital.
So it was a nice new perspective.
Here:
![[Image: Acrylics-04.jpg]](https://dl.dropbox.com/u/1614971/Crimson%20Daggers%20sketchbook/Acrylics-04.jpg)
So thanks to every one of you for the feedback! I will get back to you guys when I get back to Brazil and kick in practicing gear again (will NOT take long!). I just learned that my computer at work is busted, haha, things are about to get wild. Wish me luck! (I need to get that Cintiq through the customs too!)
So, okay.
It's my last day here at the workshop, I am going back to Brazil tomorrow. It's been intense, insane, and Canadian in the most awesome way possible! But I have been scarily out of comfort zone, lots of tight deadlines, little sleeping, a bad cold, lots of awesome food and Five Guys burgers, museums and exhibits! Niagara is beautiful :)
@SpectreX: Thanks man! Hope its useful :)
@Propspass: Thanks man! And yeah haha, it was a quick sketch. I tried to fixed it, but didnt really get better, so let's just pretend it didnt exist haha. I was trying out what I have learned here at the workshop, so I was avoid high contrast shadows (my favs), and I was use only ONE brush for the whole thing, which is still pretty challenging and made my edges a mess. Bobby Chiu can pull it perfectly, I need to practice much more haha! But thanks, I will keep it in mind and try it on the next sketch!
@Blewzen: Thank you man :D I am missing me pencils now actually!
@Anzhou: Thanks man!
@Kikindafce: Yup, like I said, I was trying out this one-brush technique that was really wobbly in the end. Practicing more! Thanks for stopping by!
@Conny: Thanks man! xD
@Flo: Haha well, thanks! Yeah, he have no hands. He is supposed to be a mushroom :p I failed there. Anyway, thanks for the tip! I should have catch that about the tree trunk, you're right.
Anyway, I didnt had the time to noodle this as much as I wanted too, I feel like all my flaws are laid down bare. Deep stuff I have been avoiding right up there in my face now.
So in this light, the workshop was great simply by showing me how much I have to improve, and what I can focus now! That was some of the hardest thing to find out on my own, so it was great!
In case anyone is curious:
-I can't draw freehand squares :P My shape perception is bad, but the instructor here gave me nice exercises to pull it off and I am already seeing improvement. I need to practice more.
-My design is really, really limited. I never really wanted to be a concept artist, but I have left this out in the rain for way too long. Probably going to be my next online class and my focus along with color. Seeing Bobby and Kei's work, all the designs, all the research - I was in awe. So much still left to learn!
-My values are off. Not by much, I can manage to make readable images, but I make everything plastic-y. Talking with people here I know this is kind of inherited from working with advertising for so long. Everything there needs to be shiny, high contrast, lots of blacks and pure whites. Make your product look good, but makes your illustration looks like cheesy 80's stuff, with everything coated in oil. So I need to tone it down. This is part of the focus along with color; I am going to try and study materials, and their values/saturation relations.
-I have been limiting my studies to: photos, from life, from memory. I need, NEED, to include master copies on those. And studies from the artists I personally enjoy. I need to learn about what looks good, instead of only what looks right.
This are the top 4 things on my list.
This was after long philosophical talks with the colleagues and the instructor here. I hope I can start making real progress now :)
I was, however, surprised by the acrylics. Of course this is my FIRST traditional painting so it is not good (dangit, I can't handle brushes! haha I am so scared to even try and sign the thing with a brush, really), but I enjoyed it much more than I expected, and I was able to call it done, you know. If I do like 100's more of this maybe I can manage to sell some? That'd be great. And the responsibility/commitment of working with color is much, much greater than on digital.
So it was a nice new perspective.
Here:
So thanks to every one of you for the feedback! I will get back to you guys when I get back to Brazil and kick in practicing gear again (will NOT take long!). I just learned that my computer at work is busted, haha, things are about to get wild. Wish me luck! (I need to get that Cintiq through the customs too!)