Steve Lenze
Colorado
Professional artist from the animation industry.
traditional 2D animation.
storyboard.
character design.
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Steve Lenze
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5d
added comment inneed help with my portraits drawings
What I'm seeing is that the features are not lining up, and the proportions are off. I suggest you start with the Loomis head proportions and then adjust for character :)
Steve Lenze
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5d
Remember that even manga/ anime uses structure in their drawings. Try to build the character from simple shapes first, work out the gesture and the perspective, then add your details :)
Steve Lenze
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21d
What you did right was add the background value which makes it easier to judge your other values. Nice job.
Steve Lenze
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21d
This is your best tree, but as far as the colors go, I have some suggestions.
To begin with, you used shadows in the leaves, but didn't on the trunk. Also, you could use some dappled light on the trunk and some highlights in the leaves.
I did a quick paint over to show you what I mean, I hope it helps :)
I have been already following advice from Melanie, your have added more improvement to it. I have arrived to this drawing. Thank you very much🙏
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An oil painting on a scrap piece of masonite. Just starting to use this medium and am looking forward to more experimentation. Any advice is appreciated!
I love the brushstrokes and the use of contrast around the eyes, nose and mouth. Over all this is a nice study.
What I think you could do to keep the form of the head better is to make sure you keep all the lights in the light side, and not put it in the shadow. Also, don't forget that as the light moves down the face, it loses intensity, This is called "light fall off" and helps with form and perspective.
I did a paint over but ignore the paint strokes I did, I just wanted to play with the values. I hope this helps, and I look forward to seeing more oil paintings from you :)
Steve Lenze
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28d
First, make sure you work out the figure properly before starting on the clothing, the right leg looks disconnected from the body and its too long. Also make sure you add gesture to the hair because it looks stiff. Then, add the clothing and wrinkles to wrap around the shapes to make them look dimensional, and to show perspective.
I did a quick sketch to show you what I mean, and to show you how to simplify the clothing so that it reads more clearly :)
Thats awesome thx. Making sure the wrinkles wrap around the shape to show form is really helpful. I have trouble with hair. Ill work on adding gesture.
Steve Lenze
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1mo
The colors look nice, and the Torch looks pretty good. The problem I see is that Galactus looks very flat. You need the helmet to wrap around the head to give it dimension.
Steve Lenze
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1mo
Regular tables are flat, so when you draw, it can distort your drawing and skew your proportions.
I like this pose, it's very cool.
I can see the rhythms you are using for the legs, but for me, I look for rhythms through the whole body and the limbs. I did a quick sketch to show you how I do it, I hope you can see some value in it :)
