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@veryartthing
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5mo
added comment inHead Proportions Made Easy
I have to admit I'm starting to feel frustrated with this course.
I feel like I'm being bombarded with a ton of information and a lot of it isn't super relevant to what I'm trying to study at the moment. I don't get why you go on so many tangents about gender differences when I'm just trying to digest averages in this video. I don't need to know all that right now, I need to focus on these basics first. It makes it really hard to figure out what I should actually be taking note of and zeroing in on.
doaflamingo
5mo
@veryartthing bro, dont get frustated. Michael is one of very few artists who are also excellent teachers! I truly understand your issue, i was there too, and the solution isnt pleasant to hear. You lack fundamentals, no matter how much you think you know, if you cannot grasp what a master like michael is saying, you do not have clear understanding of fundamentals needed to understand the course. One day you'll look back on this comment and laugh at it for making such a newbie mistake, believe me, most of the artists go through the same thing.
Steve Lenze
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2yr
The quick answer is: it depends on the light. cool light, warm shadows, warm light, cool shadows.
This is an over simplification of what happens, but it will get you close.
Now, in this image the light is warm, so the shadow is "relatively" cool. It takes on a little bit of a green tint, and is less red/orange.
This is a big subject, but I hope this helps a little :)
I just cannot figure out what color the shadow will be on skin or even a object. I dont wanna use the multiply layer as it kinda grays things off.
im very very bad with painting shadow color if its from imagination.
someone help pls
I have serious issue with color and i consider myself a complete idiot at it ! Values are managable but still hard. I try to do many value studies and have recently started color studying from masters rather than real life since i can copy colors well without understanding it
on aug 22 2021, i saw fenghzhu's video of keeping a digital sketchbook and started on that day itself. Few days ago i finished year of it.
Most of the days were 1-2 hours of practice except for finished paintings.
here's the link
https://imgur.com/gallery/wujkJVX
feel free to let me know your thoughts
I sculpted 3d cave in blender and used daz3d to pose characters. Damn it really cuts down time
Hey, I love the colors and textures, aI would advice to study some anatomy, the hands and feet could be better. Also cant find a clear light source, maybe intended.
hi yea, hands and feet are intentionally loose due to my lack of skills lol, this is a copy of film grab from movie tomb raider, i did not do the lighting
Hey doaflamingo,
I didn't know who Craig Mullins was, so I looked him up. Man, I can see why you like him, his stuff is really cool!
I think though you are attracted to his loose and energetic brush style, but are missing the fact that his drawing is really good and accurate. We want to make sure our drawing is really solid before we get caught up in technique or we can get in trouble. There is a truth about representational art: "painting is drawing". You cant be a good painter until you are a good draughtsman.
So, I did a sketch of your main character and showed how you can help yourself by using wrinkles and drapery to sell your anatomy and perspective. It also lends a feeling of reality to our images when we add seams and folds in a convincing way. I hope this helps, and that you keep studying this artist :)
Oh man thank you so so much for the drawover !
Clothing is something ive not started seriously studying and want to, but i;ve yet to find some good tutorial for it. I tried NMA, but thier course is like they're trying to purposely make the course 50+hours.
Craig Mullins has a course on Schoolism that is amazing. I started taking it then realized that in order to really understand all that he is talking about I need to work harder on my fundamentals until they are effortless. I suggest taking his course, maybe you will have the same epiphany i have.
I can see i need to improve the face, but apart from that what would you recommend i need to improve when making my art look like craig's
