Fedodika the Koala

[Fedodika]

yyyeaaaaaaa today i came to terms with how hard i fucked up on the sophitia piece lol. I was in a chat and this non artist said, "Yo fedo, i dont really want to look at that, i mean i can't say its technically shit, but something about it i just dont wanna look at it." 

It was like BOOM! Made total sense. It was strangely refreshing to hear that from someone who cant really explain it. But yea the value hierarchy is terrible, and i payed no attention to the composition or overlaps or anything. Wish i had some kind of fairy that could whisper "You forgot this" or "What about this" whenever im working on something so i dont get 5 days deep into something and the whole foundation isnt working. Guess that's what trainings for!

However, i am happy that got a workflow established, with the 3d and gestures and what not. I like the drawing, i think its solid for the most part, but i shoulda blocked out everything so itll read in a way thats comfortable to look at yet enticing. I spent the whole day studying movie stills and things to see how they separate values and there's a lot of things i didnt consider. Like you can make skin read really well against a very cold background yet the skin has to be desaturated like in this still

https://www.rawstory.com/wp-content/uplo...00x430.jpg

Game of thrones stills have some really interesting story boarding. Like they are so meticulous with every shot reading very well. Like i can just pull em off one at a time and just name a composition type

Light against dark, triangle
https://data1.ibtimes.co.in/cache-img-0-...hrones.jpg

Warm against cool, cross shape
http://cdn2us.denofgeek.com/sites/denofg...k=qJmCG0w2

Heart monitor shape
https://www.unilad.co.uk/wp-content/uplo...314651.jpg

S curve
https://imagesvc.timeincapp.com/v3/fan/i...421&h=1338

And its so consistent, like in every one the focal point is either warmer or cooler than the background, and lighter to the point it pops. There was even this still where i think her names daenerys is wearing a blue dress and they painted the planks on a ship she's walking on red just so it'd contrast with the dress. 

https://conteudo.imguol.com.br/blogs/136...6/got-.jpg

I'd imagine that Wlop guy on deviantart studies these because i see a lot of similarities in his arrangements to these. And i don't even watch the show! Once i have a stable income i will probably find some time to watch that and breaking bad. 

So yea, i know this all may sound juvenile, but it was a big wake up call for me. I focused on drawing so much i totally forgot about all these cool things. Anyways, here's a big dump of all the Masters of anatomy sketches id been doing for about 2 weeks. I'd do about 2 pages front and back, which was basically 2 pages front in the book. These are done in ballpoint so they have some hideous proportion errors but they are slowly coming together. 

Also i did this still life to try and apply some of the things i'd been contemplating. i wanted to do warm vs cool with some nice values and overlaps and make the shapes interesting. I was even taking photos of things and trying to improve the photos by applying the elements. What a roller coaster of a day lol. For the next piece I'll really try to plan out the gesture first, block out a 2 value composition scheme that reads, then decide a clever arrangement of values which compliment a cool vs warm (which exists in any color scheme due to greys), Then paint that shit after a 3d well lit mockup.