Now OPEN!!! Open Figure Drawing Workshop with Hong Ly and Rebecca Kimmel 002

#381

Bsmith,

Wow! I think this is a really big improvement over your first drawing! :slight_smile: The lines are really clean, and it looks like you have some really nice Opposing Curves all throughout the torso and legs especially! Thatā€™s great. :slight_smile:

I would suggest drawing the face (large) on a separate piece of paper, by itself. It is tough to get everything to work from the get~go (the reason I thank the digital medium) and practice drawing individual features can only help once you go back to the full figure.

If you have the time, try doing a portrait, and then I suggest giving the full drawing a second go. I think you are doing a great job, and practice can only help. :slight_smile:

Cheers! :slight_smile:

~Rebeccak

#382

Crassisco: strong sketch, i feel the solidness of the body structure right away. itā€™s great that you try to interpret the fig in a more forward-turn perspective (but might want the head position to be adjusted w/ the perspective line too though). Agree with PSR about the rendering, or do you have any plan to overpaint it?

Samanthie: thanks! really, you should try it sometimes! itā€™s sure a lot of fun:thumbsup: ! (:argh: arrgh who am i kiddin? itā€™s sure more like a lot of ā€œpainā€! but hey no pain no gain, right?)

rebeccaK: wow, havenā€™t seen it for a while (lol), but itā€™s nice to be reminded every now and then of something great like this :thumbsup: . i too hope youā€™ll maintain your rendering quality for the rest of the body, pity if youā€™ll ruin such masterpiece just for the sake of hurry. (those toes still worry me, though:) ). keep updating please.

PSR: hey thanks, really appreciate it. And beautiful piece youā€™ve got! esp love the face, and everything which looks very natural. her ear is slightly off, imho, but again itā€™s a zerro-effect thing. really think you should find the time to paint it.

Spirit Dreamer: better than iā€™d dare to imagine! knowing what youā€™re capable to do, i think youā€™re on the right track!. more of my 2-cents, if itā€™s okay, is that in composition-wise iā€™d propose to add more space (canvas) at the top thus placing the main fig more in the interest area (imagine the Z in the pic). and you might want to fill those empty far-bg, with more forest feel. Again, beautiful piece and really hope youā€™ll find the will to finish it sooner!

Bsmith: thatā€™s the spirit man!

thanks to rebeccak:thumbsup: , i took your good advice and started from a more mid-tones area. and youā€™re absolutely right, iā€™ve got more ā€œarsenalsā€ now at my disposal and more ready for this grey-scale war. so thanks a bunch!
no thanks to bad hangover and brain-dead :banghead: over the weekend, i progressed so slow w the wip.

tonightā€™s update. Any pointers, esp about the proportion before i kill myself on detailing, will be greatly appreciated.

#383

b2dermawan,

Thanks for all these great comments! I will certainly take what you said to heart. :slight_smile:

With respect to your piece, remember that your best friend in the ā€˜grayscale warā€™ :slight_smile: is grayscale ~ because you can now easily correct drawing mistakes using black or gray, depending on whether youā€™re altering the bkgrd or the figure. Be careful that her hanging (right) leg does not become too large. These things are all easily correctable over time, however, so thereā€™s no big need to feel that everything must be perfect from the start ~ thatā€™s the beauty of digital painting. :slight_smile:

Keep going, keep working that arsenal of grayscale at your disposal, :wink: and I think you will do a fabulous job! :slight_smile:

Cheers! :slight_smile:

~Rebeccak

#384

heres the other one turned much better but i also spent much more time on it.

#385

Kdeezy,

I sometimes have this problem on my home computer ~ I canā€™t see your image for some reason. I will be able to look at it tomorrow, though, from work. Thank you for posting! :slight_smile:

Cheers, :slight_smile:

~Rebeccak

#386

Ok, I am going to have to call it quits on this figure, and start to concentrate on other thingsā€¦it has been a total blast to work along with everyone, and I will definitely be doing the same when the CGWorkshop is over! Here is my last and final offerā€¦there are many problems I know, but Iā€™m going to have to leave it in itā€™s current 1950ā€™s era colorized state and leave it at that for nowā€¦ :slight_smile:

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Cheers! :slight_smile:

~Rebeccak
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#387

Spirit Dreamer -> I like a lot your latest updateā€¦ that made a little think of the Flemish school. Anyway, a very interesting search !

Bsmith -> some progressā€¦ good ! But when you said ā€œfastā€ā€¦ I donā€™t know itā€™s really a good way to progress moreā€¦ to observe and take time, itā€™s certainly very important.

Kdeezy -> nothing much to critā€¦ just waiting to discover more, good continuation Khaled.

Rebecca -> A new way for you, the B&W era is finish ? I like your 50ā€™sā€¦ maybe the face appear a little bit too darkā€¦ but less disturbing in the horizontal Hi-Res version.

#388

Rebeccaā€¦Really like how this has turned out. I havenā€™t painted in grayscale and this has got me intriqued. The image does look alot like those old colorized photos.

b2dermawanā€¦Iā€™m going to give this grascale a try. Iā€™ve got to get myself over to the 003 forum. Iā€™m way behind.:slight_smile: I like the new details youā€™ve added. Are you going to color yours at the end also or does it remain in grayscale?

Kdeezyā€¦ Looks great so far, like the way you have laid down the skin tones. Iā€™ll keep checking back for updates.

Spirit Dreamerā€¦wanted to say againā€¦Your image is beautiful.

Great work everyoneā€¦this has been a great learning experience for me. :slight_smile:

#389

thanks for the tipps.
Here is the other picture: Here

great work here!
Kassjan

Oh sorryā€¦
redhead

#390

Kassjan,

Glad to have you on the forum! :slight_smile:

Is the link supposed to go to an image, or was it supposed to go to the hurricane relief thing? :slight_smile:

Thanks, :slight_smile:

~Rebeccak

#391

Hi Rebecca
Thanks for the push I needed it. Canā€™t wait to see your next painting.
Take care
Glenn

Hi b2dermawan
Couldnā€™t resist your suggestions and the temptation to take this piece further.
Kept all my stages so I havenā€™t lost anything in the process.
Your 2 cents is worth a million to me. Great advice.
Thanks for the help. I need it.
If you have any more I would be grateful to hear it.

Not sure about the ā€œZā€ you were talking about. But I went for it anyway.
Could you explain the ā€œZā€ concept, please?

Thanks again.
Glenn

Hi Lomog:
Flemmish school. Wow. I never thought I would hear that in my lifetime.
Stuck for words. So Iā€™ll just say, ā€œThank you very very muchā€
Take care
Glenn

Hi Samanthie
Thank you.
Glenn
PS I just discovered a simple way to make beautiful ice.
If you are interested, let me know.

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#392

Spirit Dreamer,

The bkgrd is looking really great! The icicles are really cool, itā€™s a funny but interesting contrast between the warm (almost tropical) colors and the icicles hanging from the branches. :slight_smile:

Are you sure I canā€™t convince you to adjust her chest? She has rather a bullish upper torso which is very thick at the top, but itā€™s a total judgement call and up to you as to whether or not you wish to change it. :slight_smile:

Keep going, and I canā€™t wait to see this finished! :slight_smile:

Cheers, :slight_smile:

~Rebeccak

#393

Thanks for the great feedback everyone, your suggestions were very helpful. Below is the finished product, there are a few things I can still see that need correcting, but itā€™s time to move on. I actually finished cleaning this up a few days ago, but I wanted to post with a real response. Of course, now the next workshop has started, so itā€™s a little late for that.

I hope everyone finishes their works in progress, however, as Iā€™m interested in seeing the final results.

Rebecca: Thanks for the positive feedback, and Iā€™ll definitely be posting some real media pieces in the near future.

Spirit Dreamer: I really love the close-up of your piece; great detail in her face. I think her torso looks a little top-heavy, particularly the area behind her shoulder seems thicker.

b2dermawan: Really nice blocking of the figure. I canā€™t wait to see more progress on it.

Kdeezy: Nice detail in her face, although her neck looks a little short. Great start, canā€™t wait to see more.

Iā€™m sorry if I missed anyone. Iā€™m looking forward to checking out the next workshop.

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#394

SevenMars,

WOW!!! :thumbsup: I would say that your 4th post is definitely a success! :slight_smile: Congrats on completing such an excellent piece! :slight_smile: I think your proportions are really good, your rendering of the body excellent, and the hair is beautifully done. Itā€™s good that the most careful rendering was done around her head and upper torso, as these are the focal points of the picture. I also like that the pose is not over~rendered or over~done ~ you seem to have struck a nice balance, so that the viewer is not hit over the head with the fact that this is a digital piece.

Great job on the face especially! :thumbsup:

Great work in this thread! I really look forward to your participation in OFDW 003, and in the Anatomy Forum in general! :slight_smile:

Cheers! :slight_smile:

~Rebeccak

#395

SevenMarsā€¦this came out beautifully! Wonderful job and I really like her face!:slight_smile:

#396

Great job, SevenMars! Like the stylized hair. The face has an elf-like quality and a lot of personality.

#397

mmmhā€¦ SevenMarsā€¦ Great stuffā€¦ :thumbsup: and very great lesson for usā€¦ and surely for meā€¦ :slight_smile:

#398

Ok, so Iā€™m still workingā€¦ here is an updateā€¦ I donā€™t know how much time I will have to work more on this ā€¦ so yeahā€¦ Oh andā€¦that squirrel just kind of sneaked in :smiley:

#399

mybutterflyiris,

Wow!!! I think this has really come along! ROFL, that squirrel is just too funnyā€¦I understand that the Challenge is taking up lots of timeā€¦but I think if you did one little tweak on this, it would be great ~ the right bottom leg just needs to be colored a bit more. Right now itā€™s a bit shiny and gray.

Great work, and thank you for participating!!! Hope to see more of your work here when the Challenge is over. :wink:

Cheers! :slight_smile:

~Rebeccak

#400

Thanks for the positive responses everyone, not to mention the warm welcome to the forum! I really enjoyed this workshop, and it was great to get some constructive feedback.

Rebecca: Thanks! I struggled with not over-working the piece, as I wanted to retain my own style of painting but also exploit the benefits of digital media. I definitely learned a lot about digital painting.

Samanthie, Allenatl, and Lemog: Thanks for the great feedback! :slight_smile:

Mybutterflyiris: Beautiful color on her abdomen. Iā€™m a little worried about the squirrelā€™s motives, though. :hmm: