Messy gesture paint

I felt a bit off of my game today. I had a rough time really honing in on the forms. Though I do feel I am getting a bit better. ^^

Painter or Draftsman?

As artist we are either all painters, or Draftsman. Painters see figures and objects in terms of form, as opposed to Draftsman who see things in lines.

I learned this fact from an professional. An art Director actually. His name is James Lingo.

I took what he said into consideration and discovered that I am definitely more of a painter than a draftsman. My mind wants to wrap around forms as a whole rather than define them with lines...

This simple gesture was done in roughly 1 minute and 30 seconds... maybe 2. And it honestly felt SO much better and came much more naturally. I am definitely going to really push this style of gesturing. I can't wait to see the progress I make!

Finished painting

So I finally finished that Hatsune miku piece of fanart that I started a few weeks back!

The process to painting her was a long and hard, but I feel I learned a lot from it. I can't wait to take what I've learned here, improve upon it, and streamline the process!

I really hope you all enjoy the finished product!

Miku progress

As promised, I am doing more illustrations lately. So I figured I would update everyone on my progress in my interpretation of the popular Japanese Idol "Hatsune Miku".

Started with a simple 5 minute gesture, just as we have seen posted frequently here! Then gradually I sculpted in some detail...

Not finished yet! Still gotta digitally paint her. And when I say digitally paint, I mean, digitally paint. No cell shading here. I am gonna try for full gradients!

Hope you enjoy my progress!

So as promised, here is my progress on turning Lauress from an anime style, to a more realistic style.

It has presented many challenges, but nonetheless I am happy so far. Once details such as symbols and wings get added (Oh and don't forget about color!) I am sure she will look a little more familiar!

I really tried to give her pose and expression a very dark feel... The model that I referenced for this truly inspired me to experiment with this. I saw a picture of the model and I thought to myself "She has hips that look just like Lauress's!"