Rebecca Kimmel's Anatomy Review 003: SHADING TUTORIAL AND HUMAN SKULL EXERCISE

#301

ahh thanks that looks interesting … I will give it a shot :slight_smile:

  • Slux
#302

jmBoekestein,

[b]Awesome![/b] I really hope you do a[b] tutorial,[/b] I think everyone here has a [b]LOT [/b]to contribute, so don't be shy!  And yep, in the [i]old [/i]old school, artists were never allowed [b]near [/b]live [b]models[/b] until they had   [b]mastered black / white tonal drawings from plaster casts. [/b]They weren't old masters for nothing ~ they trained a lot HARDER and BETTER than we do these days.  Their [b]training [/b]+ their talent produced their great works.

Sigh I often wish that that were still the case! I, for one, would be a better artist for it. But training like that is rare these days and expensive.

Also, working this way in [b]Photoshop [/b][b]roughly approximates [/b]the way some [b]old masters worked up their paintings: from a black / white tonal underpainting, with successive layers of thinned down color washes on top.[/b]  We're just lucky in the digital age to have that fabulous shortcut known as [b]Ctrl + Z[/b], aka [b]Undo. [/b]:)

But please post your tuts! :)

Slux,

Looking forward to seeing the results! :slight_smile:

~Rebeccak
#303

Well I’m glad you’re here to tell us these things. :slight_smile:

Nowadays with all the reference material present on the web, there’s more than enough opportunities to study all asspects, or at least most from your little pc. I wouldn’t be able to otherwise.

It’s an option if you have discipline and internet…:), for instance downloading photographs of old statues and reference material. It’s still the basic lighting that we’re trying to learn at first I guess. :thumbsup: With both art theories and this forum we’ll be doing quite fine I bet. :smiley:

#304

slightly off-topic,hey is that u in ur avatar rebecca??

  • tries to get back onto topic* - uhm rebecca…u have a nice skull structure in that photo…

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#305

Lol I was wondering also.

#306

I bet it’s the maid scrubbing the floor on wednesdays. :wink:

#307

I just thought “she” was a dismembered male torso myself… got to learn to take people at face value I was always told. :scream:

#308

people CAN change , u know…

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#309

Don’t tell that to the ones that don’t want to! :0

They’ll run you down and hit you with sticks… :argh:

#310

jmBoekestein,

You’re actually probably right ~ considering that the great Masters couldn’t exactly “Google” Reference photos (what was a “photo” to them?), nor handily have access to their favorite works by other great masters in .25 seconds, we basically have no excuses :). But actually I am amazed at the speed with which people (as I’ve seen on this site) can digitally draw and paint these days. Back in the day when I had to walk to school in the snow, I didn’t do a lot of digital work, and so have gradually learned digital painting on my own (my first digital painting was 2002) ~ but having said that, all of the TRADITIONAL painting experience I had had made the transition a lot more smooth. It is true what people say that the best way to learn how to paint DIGITALLY is to learn how to [b]Draw and Paint TRADITIONALLY.

   [/b]NOOB!,
   
   Nope, that's my mom, I'm a five-year old wunderkind. :) I hope I spelled "wunderkind" right, because I just learned that word today. :scream:
   
   Yep, I was thinking of including the text "SURPRISE!" but thought the better of it. :surprised
   
   Desp#2/Rog,
   
   Nope, that's my mom, I'm a five-year old wunderkind. :) I hope I spelled "wunderkind" right, because I just learned that word today.  Oh, did I say that already? :scream:
   
   jmBoekestein,
   
   Nope, that's my mom, I'm a five-year old wunderkind. :)  :scream:
   
   Squibbit,
   
   Back when I was in daycare (you know, last year) all the kids used to make fun of me, and called me "Rebecca the headless torso". This really irked me, and I would have gotten mad and cried, but for the fact that I didn't have eyes. Luckily, thanks to Dr. Sebastian Quist, or, as he's known in the medical field, "Dr. New Missing Body Part Guy", I received a new head just today! (Unfortunately, the transplant head was blinking when it got transferred, so I still can't see [i][b]squat[/b][/i]). But, no complaints here! 
   
   *Yeesh, that was morbid! Is it Halloween?* :curious:
   
   Ok, kids! Back to the skulls! It's almost past my bedtime, 8 pm. :)
   
   ~Rebeccak

[u][b]EDIT:[/b][/u]

Ok, now I’m just messing with people. Thanks to Squibbit for totally ruining my childhood!

#311

yea i was skaared!

whaat u still got no working eyes?
don’t worry Rebecca , Squibs’s an angel,
he just kiss your head and new healthy eyes
appear and all bad goes away! :slight_smile:

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#312

We’re all such goofballs. :beer:

:slight_smile:

~Rebeccak

#313

lol :slight_smile: sorry for the off topicness :smiley:

But keep it up it is funny :slight_smile:

#314

Lol, I concur :slight_smile: I have just had WAY too much fun today. :smiley: We artists certainly do have personality, ay? :scream: The Squibb really takes the cake, tho…I noticed the Squibbit vs. Squbbit challenge concluded. A moment of silence please for Squibbit. :slight_smile:

~Rebeccak

#315

Hi,
so here is my try :slight_smile:
nothing great, but better then nothing

  I have used reference images from the book Anatomy for the Artist (page 50-51).

However these reference images were quite small and imo not so good lit but I decided to draw that as it was so maybe these drawings can appear flat. But it´s the way they were photographed.

  side wiev will be soon
  crits are welcome
  
  thanks
  have a nice day
  
  - excuse my english -

[img]http://i18.photobucket.com/albums/b150/raptor3D/skull_front.jpg[/img]

[img]http://i18.photobucket.com/albums/b150/raptor3D/skull_top.jpg[/img]

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#316

raptor|3D,

WOW! These are really nice! It’s nice to see Traditional works being posted. I appreciate that you’ve done several views ~ are you an art student?

Thanks for the posts! :slight_smile:

~Rebeccak

#317

he Squibb really takes the cake, tho…I noticed the Squibbit vs. Squbbit challenge concluded. A moment of silence please for Squibbit. :slight_smile:

ummhh , don’t worry there wasn’t any casualities

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#318

Thank goodness! I was beginning to wonder how we’d alert the medical authorities…'course, by this time, it would prolly be too late…but glad to hear both Squibbit’s are alive and in good spirits! :applause:

Is there another challenge in the works? P-P-Pleease? :slight_smile:

~Rebeccak

#319

Hi Rebecca,

thanks for the reply. You are kind but I think these ain´t so good. To tell the truth I did these for my training - to get back to drawing after break that lasted several months (because of leaving examination :slight_smile: )
I have been attending drawing course for couple of months and I like drawing but I´m just a beginner. I would like to learn clay sculpting as well as CG and concept design soon. This forum of yours is really great, I´m looking forward to next excercises :slight_smile:

best regards

  • excuse my english -
#320

Noooooooooo…
I want Rebecca’s old avatar back! I didn’t save it :love:

Darn! Dang! Drats! Damn!
Hey Squibbit how do we get Rebecca to bring her avatar back?
Don’t you think she looks preety :smiley: