Kenny Tafoya
Santa Clara, California
Art is my passion, and I'm looking to learn new things!
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Kenny Tafoya
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11mo
added comment inDay 9 - Facial Expressions - 12 Days of Proko
Reposting because I believe I messed up the last time, because I can't seem to find it. So this one was HARD, very difficult to capture the expression in the 2min warmups, I felt like I could barely set up the loomis head in that time. Then the 30 min practice really exposed to me my overal lack in ability to move the skin around on the skull. Very informative an I'm happy to have done this!
Kenny Tafoya
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11mo
Got really out of my comfort zone and tried to not stress anything BUT color. Really went in and just thought about what was feeling best in each area.
Kenny Tafoya
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11mo
A little late! but I saw that the day 6 challenge practice pack was still available so I did a 30 minute study.
Kenny Tafoya
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11mo
I WAS SO EXCITED for this one that I decided I would do 5, 5 minute quick studies. Then a 25 minute lay in of the one I liked most from the quick studies, and finally, an hour study going off of the lay in. I tried to really get a feel of the drawing process I might use if I were actually taking classes. This was the first time I had done a drawing in in this sort of order and I loved it, it was so much fun and when I finally got to the hour study, I felt much more confident in what I was doing, I simply couldn't think beyond developing the shadows more because I've never had the confidence before to actually "get" to this stage of drawing. I'm really happy with myself and I can't wait to do this some more!
Kenny Tafoya
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11mo
Much more comfortable with Drawing heads, keeping up the practice practice practice. 25min.
Kenny Tafoya
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11mo
Hi! Here's my entry, can't wait for the next one! (25 min each pose) Single layer, and I got to try out some of my pencil brushes from Lane Browns master pack. Couldn't pick a favorite, they're all so good!
I've noticed that the brush sizes by default are very large, Does this mean the canvas size I'm using is far too small or are the brushes sized that way so that they maintain the desired texture when used large and small
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1yr
Hey Kenny, I've designed the brushes while working with high-resolution canvas sizes such as 3000-6000 pixels. That's what I commonly use for professional work, and I recommend using something in that range (or larger).
Kenny Tafoya
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3yr
To be a Environment Artist for video games or an animated series. Something that helps brings smiles or an escape to people.
Finlo Bowers
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4yr
Asked for help
Hi! These aren't in order, and I never intended to post these (so I apologise for how messy the pages are), but when proko 2.0 became live I thought that I really should
Mix of straight on, angled and profile views - all from reference. Any feedback whatsoever would be great! Thanks
First off, these are great! You can definitely recognize you're drawing real people and get some idea of their race. They way you draw the eyes, is very expressive and detailed.
I'm not too good at this stuff myself but from what I know I have struggled with, is similar to what you seem to be struggling with too.
I would always take my time with the outline and shape it out as I was taught. Then, when it came to rendering out the final form, I would use the outline, but if things didn't look right to me I would just change it. I think you're doing this too, you gotta remember though, if one section of the outline is off, everything else is measured off of that "wrong" or iffy area. So I recommend figuring out what is wrong with the outline, or in this case, the loomis head you're drawing.
Things I noticed is that the inner circle is always 1/3 from the bottom half of the outer circle and 2/3 from the top half of the outer. Then it stretches and moves depending on where the head is facing.
Here, I drew up some stuff to better show you!
(it was really quick, so forgive the sloppiness) I hope this helps!
