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One more cliche to get out of my system

The only way to learn how to draw good hands is to keep practicing. Arms too...

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http://cyanparade.tumblr.com/

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30 May 2012 - 90s Gestures

Source: http://www.quickposes.com/pages/gesture

What I learned: 
I found my rhythm toward the end: head > torso > rest of body. The torso is what decides the gesture. At first I was drawing the contour head, neck, chest, arms etc... and that knocked the proportions and flow out of the gesture

Awesome pic (ref)

http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_ks6cldnoiG1qz637qo1_500.jpg

Painting Tut- To apply

For mood, lighting and using brushes.
Also overlapping forms to create depth/3D effect

http://fengzhudesign.com/episode_22_part1_video.html#anchor

Mock book cover video

The process video, I feel like I missed the mark completely (during the first steps). Silhouette first, then details come way after.

To learn:
 
- Interesting shapes
- Avoid that head/neck alignment
- Concentrate on hands
- show folds and materials with values
- Push values more and more
- Details have to mean something, not just squiggly lines

Stuff that I liked:

- Fur
- Hat and curls
- Eyes when they were first drawn

Dress- 12 mins

   

 

To Learn:

- More details on clothes
- Interesting hand gestures
- Flowing natural hair
- Face contour

Stuff that I liked:

- clean lines
- Clean contrasts
- Flowing skirt
- Eye are (somewhat) balanced
- Pose not too stiff

Derpy book cover

Just a test to use for a mock cover. I didn't want to invest a lot in this drawing, but it ended spending a lot of time editing. All in all, it wasn't a success, instead of working on the silhouette and taking it from there, I wasted time drawing familiar & faulty shapes.


Plus the shadows could be pushed a lot more.

Links - Artists blogs + Tuts

Light, comp and color study/Tut: http://www.conceptart.org/forums/showthread.php?t=56806
Tutorials: http://enliighten.com/

http://chrisrahnart.blogspot.ca/
http://daarken.com/blog/
http://leo-and-diane-dillon.blogspot.ca/

Dress + Fanart

 

Fancy dress design

 Fanart from Cinderella Monogatari (she should be rounder and younger looking)

Guy

 

Character 4

Red

I was testing the screen recorder thingy, lost the AVI file. No biggie, it was a quick sketch anyway.

Mountain Pass

25 minutes speedpaint.
One layer, one textured brush.

Character Design 3

 

Girl

Testing lineart weight when it gets resized, it's OK I guess but the lines need to be cleaner. 

Character Design 2

 More character designs, still in the fantasy genre. I read a lot of High Fantasy books (and some manga too). I like the belt thnigy.

 Not all sword ladies are pretty, some have to be angular and masculine to be convincing. Either way I don't like the brush I used for this sketch. I passed over the line too many times.

Yay! A guy design, cool cool. I don't only draw girls. I mostly draw girls because of the dresses and hair :)

Character Design 1

Design- Fantasy characters. 

There is a story but it's far too undercooked, so I stared with a little bit of generic design to get the cliche out of my system. Though I've been told that research is the prefect cliche antidote.


ps: long hair is awesome

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SM Randomness :)
Sailor Venus was always my favorite.

Hello blog :)

Here we go, very first post.
I drew the girl while listening to Lies of Locke Lamora audiobook. The skeleton thingy was a stab at a King of Hell Character, looks more like a janitor of hell.