Peter's corner 0_o
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Hello everybody, for those who don't know me I am Peter Berkovski 27 years old self educated "artist" if I may say that :) and I am here to found a help which I need to become better artist and hopefully to find good job in the art area so I really will appreciate any kind of help and thank you in advance
~Peter
an exercise I made to show you my current skills and damn I still can't draw people or anything else :)
* software - autodesk sketchbook pro 2009 ; time - 48 min. (yeah too longer but wanted to looks not as crappy sketch) -
so here are few fresh sketches, damn traditional animation it took me so far away from the realism :D
*the first guy should be David Gueta and the guy next to him should be Brice Willis blahhhhhh
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A good to see you started a sketchbook!
My biggest concern with the top anat study is how stiff it looks in general, try to loosen you strokes a bit so your lines come out a little more organic. Also, you put alot of focus in trying to get all the small forms right, but you didn't check to see that all the major big forms were placed correctly - her shoulder line leans to the other side (left is down) her head is tilting back, her hips weight is leaning to left and etc. Try breaking the figure down in to big boxes at the start to make sure all the forms are placed correctly in the 3D space.
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rayk - I am totally agree with you and I understand my mistakes, thank you ;)
openanewworld - thanks for showing me the right way mate, cheers!!!
here are some quick and some not so quick studies - I am trying to avoid some bad habits like sketching without completely understanding of form so I am into anatomy studies again - some Hogarth, some Frazetta and some comic book poses
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just made one value study and wanted to show - I have big problems with defining the right values :cry:
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thank you Herman, fallowing Herman's advice I am showing that I am concentrate on right now - drawing quick random poses from internet with ink pen ( I found this very useful cuz you can't erase it :D )
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good update that is what I asked you to do man, draw more those quick figures take more time on constructions, and about the value practice you have done, take more time on edges man
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I agree with Herman, really pay attention to edges when you paint as they are key to good eye flow. I think if you tried working with a more opaque round brush it would help, translucent brushes are good for glazing but it's very hard to achieve strong edges with them.
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thanks guys, really helpful critiques :) fallowing Herman's advices and lectures this is what I did with last one...beside of the bad construction I think to move on with the next study to can apply that I've learned ;)
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looks much better keep painting like that dude check the value and edges
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Keep up the paintings man, looks better but the shadows, etc. are darker. and the jug thing is thinner :) Be careful to key in your painting correctly (Establish your lights and darks in the correct relative values) as to really control the values :) As for figures, just keep it simple, it seems like you're interested in the contours but it ends up having no structure and goes into crazyness ( I still have lots of trouble hahah) Keep going man!! push it to the limits!
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Also I forgot, If you're working doing a value study from a colour picture, don't turn the picture into greyscale. It's very important to train your eye to see colour as value so only if you're stuck completely, turn it to greyscale to check temporarily. :)
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thanks for the crits guys, Ambientchroma - thanks for the tip :D
a wip one with awful construction (damn had to spend more time on construction) it still has a lot of work on the values and construction and the perspective of the cup is wrong too but instead that would like to hear your opinion
thanks!
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take some time and slow down with the studies, and really make sure you are getting the right big shapes first. Usually slow is fast! You won't have to spend as much time fixing things if you just go slowww,and you'll be done before you know it!
Sometimes it also helps to squint at your ref to better see shapes and values. i think your errors will start to jump out at you if you do. -
texahol:take some time and slow down with the studies, and really make sure you are getting the right big shapes first. Usually slow is fast! You won't have to spend as much time fixing things if you just go slowww,and you'll be done before you know it!
Sometimes it also helps to squint at your ref to better see shapes and values. i think your errors will start to jump out at you if you do. -
peter we can do some skype screen sharing some time next week probably, and I can go over anything you want.
I am not going to show you how to squint tho... :P -
texahol:peter we can do some skype screen sharing some time next week probably, and I can go over anything you want.
I am not going to show you how to squint tho... :P
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i post the working progress of the still image, you can see how I draw line then construct and check proportion to the end I clean up the edges
about the post, the one you have done are all wrong honestly, both proportion has problems, first one it looks your right and side, and he tighten the muscle on the stomach so he is bending inward a bit, the negative shape is so wrong too, the hat one brokes so bad too,
you have to check and check all the time, and observe your reference more that is how you can train your eyes
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3 major things can help you check your picture
1 proportion
2 cross reference
3 negative shape
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