The good news is work has finished for the year, so I have a little more time to study. The bad news is it's christmas so all that time will be eaten up anyway.
I really dig your linear work: the medieval warrior, the Proko studies. You've been posting a lot of speed paints that (I only assume) aren't built on top of underdrawings, and I'm sort of curious to see these talents merge! This piece seems closest to what I picture.
I admire the way you've set yourself to the speed paints, though.
Big dump today. I got out of the habit of posting spitpaints thanks to the holidays, but I've still been doing them every day.
Prompt: Fuel for Winter
Prompt: Vulture Swordsman (really half-assed, because it was very late)
Prompt: Volcanic landscape (also half-assed, because it was very early)
Prompt: Shortcut
Prompt: Steel Flesh
Prompt: Sci-Fi Scientist. Away from home for this one. This was the point when I realised that drawing characters scares me, but it's also something that I'd really like to be better at. I've resolved to focus on drawing them for a little while, even if the results aren't great.
Prompt: Hero of the Arena
Prompt: Snowbeard
I feel like my more recent spitpaints are much less imaginative. I'm trying to keep things simple, so that I can focus on technique over narrative, but I still think I could produce some more unique designs than these.
I actually really like this most recent batch, Flay! The "shortcut" one in particular is really whimsical and I think conveys a ton of meaning in a short space. I do feel like some of the character stuff is less dynamic but that's hard to change in a 30-minute spitpaint aside from choosing more dynamic posing out of the gate, which can really complicate your composition. I do think you've really done well in making the format of a spitpaint project (the short time and random subject matter) work well for you, though!
Nice to see you back at it. That polar bear nose looks great. It hasn't taken long for these little studies to start improving, I hope you keep it rolling.
really, really like the tree roots, and the dogwood forest from a few posts back. In general these little paintings are fun.
The secret door some perspective issues, I cant tell whats supposed to be happening with the ground. You are getting solid concepts down in 30 minutes though, I'm really impressed by the general quality of these thumbnails, it feels like the theme you are trying to get across in each one are clearly represented.
I cant remember if you are gunning for some particular type of work? Are you just in general improvement mode, at the moment?
Cheers Iruka. I'm gunning for a career as a concept artist for games, but I don't have the portfolio to start applying yet. Keep getting distracted from making something refined
I've been doing a bunch of 30-45 min film studies lately (part of my digital painting class), but I haven't been posting them because they're honestly pretty bad. I feel like I'm starting to make some progress though.
It's super hard to put out portfolio worthy work when you are in the middle of trying to gain a lot of basic skills a once. Everyone has times when they are studying and not really putting out their most refined work, I wouldn't worry about it too much.
If it's not part of your course work, though, I'd really recommend at least starting to write down Ideas/Goals for the types of companies you might want to apply to, and what work would help you get with them particularly. One of my own major failings was never spending the time to learn how I could actually fit into the industry and actually pushing myself towards that portfolio on a constant and consistent basis.
I'm glad you're feeling better! Also, awesome to see you going through the schoolism class! Working on fundamentals is a great way to get back into the swing of things, I could stand for a few studies myself. I hope you keep going with it, and posting!
Yeah the fundamentals of lighting course has been great. I've been kind of disappointed with schoolism in the past. The Dice Tsutsumi course didn't gel with me and Nathan Fowkes just talks so incredibly slowly, but Nielson is excellent
oh, I've not heard much about the dice Tsutsumi course, I'd love to hear your thoughts. I think Fowkes lectures are obnoxious (slow, full of alot of rah rah about the industry instead of useful content) but his feedback sessions were worth watching. I eventually started fast forwarding through his lectures.
I feel like I see the most successful student work from Neilson, and though his lectures are a bit of a pain for me to follow because of how heavily technical they are, I really appreciate the depth of his knowledge on light.
The Dice Tsutsumi stuff seemed fine, I just didn't respond to it. I only saw about one and a half lessons though, because I was borrowing a friend's account and their subscription ran out
So your mileage will vary. I personally really like digging into technical stuff, so Nielson works for me, and Tsutsumi might work for you
Posts
Prompt: Geological Anomaly, 30 minutes
I admire the way you've set yourself to the speed paints, though.
Prompt: Fuel for Winter
Prompt: Vulture Swordsman (really half-assed, because it was very late)
Prompt: Volcanic landscape (also half-assed, because it was very early)
Prompt: Shortcut
Prompt: Steel Flesh
Prompt: Sci-Fi Scientist. Away from home for this one. This was the point when I realised that drawing characters scares me, but it's also something that I'd really like to be better at. I've resolved to focus on drawing them for a little while, even if the results aren't great.
Prompt: Hero of the Arena
Prompt: Snowbeard
I feel like my more recent spitpaints are much less imaginative. I'm trying to keep things simple, so that I can focus on technique over narrative, but I still think I could produce some more unique designs than these.
Anyway crits always appreciated!
Uncanny Magazine!
The Mad Writers Union
Anyway I got out of the habit of posting these thanks to new years, but I'm back now:
Prompt: Burning Pitch
Prompt: Rhino Skin
And a 45 minute back study
Starting to get back into the swing of things
Prompt: Gleaming Scales
Prompt: Fireball
the cutest
Uncanny Magazine!
The Mad Writers Union
Here's another spitpaint, prompt: Birch Trees
Also a chameleon/lighting study
Daily spitpaint: Polar Bear Meeting
Nice to see you back at it. That polar bear nose looks great. It hasn't taken long for these little studies to start improving, I hope you keep it rolling.
30 minutes, prompt: good zombie
Also taking my first stab at sculpting
30 minutes, prompt: The Sculptor
Had an idea, but I don't think I stuck the landing
30 minutes, prompt: Mermaid
30 minutes, prompt: Secret Door
A couple of days break because I went snowboarding
30 minutes, prompt: Root System
30 minutes, prompt: Futurism
30 minutes, prompt: Lasso Master
The secret door some perspective issues, I cant tell whats supposed to be happening with the ground. You are getting solid concepts down in 30 minutes though, I'm really impressed by the general quality of these thumbnails, it feels like the theme you are trying to get across in each one are clearly represented.
I cant remember if you are gunning for some particular type of work? Are you just in general improvement mode, at the moment?
I've been doing a bunch of 30-45 min film studies lately (part of my digital painting class), but I haven't been posting them because they're honestly pretty bad. I feel like I'm starting to make some progress though.
Here's week 1
And here's week 5
It's super hard to put out portfolio worthy work when you are in the middle of trying to gain a lot of basic skills a once. Everyone has times when they are studying and not really putting out their most refined work, I wouldn't worry about it too much.
If it's not part of your course work, though, I'd really recommend at least starting to write down Ideas/Goals for the types of companies you might want to apply to, and what work would help you get with them particularly. One of my own major failings was never spending the time to learn how I could actually fit into the industry and actually pushing myself towards that portfolio on a constant and consistent basis.
Here's a 60 minute study from today:
And a 45 minute study from today
Currently I'm working through the fundamentals of lighting on Schoolism, here's exercise no. 2
Crits appreciated, as always
I'm glad you're feeling better! Also, awesome to see you going through the schoolism class! Working on fundamentals is a great way to get back into the swing of things, I could stand for a few studies myself. I hope you keep going with it, and posting!
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Yeah the fundamentals of lighting course has been great. I've been kind of disappointed with schoolism in the past. The Dice Tsutsumi course didn't gel with me and Nathan Fowkes just talks so incredibly slowly, but Nielson is excellent
I feel like I see the most successful student work from Neilson, and though his lectures are a bit of a pain for me to follow because of how heavily technical they are, I really appreciate the depth of his knowledge on light.
So your mileage will vary. I personally really like digging into technical stuff, so Nielson works for me, and Tsutsumi might work for you
Note that I did NOT paint the background, and a ref was provided for the reflection
Tried again: