Now OPEN!!! Open Figure Drawing Workshop with Hong Ly and Rebecca Kimmel 003

#61

Uncle bob. Lol
He forgot my Christmas gift last year.
Now I am emotionally wounded for life.

#62

In sketch group i’ve been spending an hour on a pic and forgetting about it, and here I find myself spending yet another hour on this one!!..this forum is redefining ‘finished’ for me :smiley:

[img]http://picserver.org/view_image.php/X2A31MCQU84H[/img]

I found out today that my display was very poorly calibrated. So hopefully now i've got the halo problem under control.

veljko-lemonade, I really admire your shading :thumbsup:

#63

drawMonger,

Ah, the edges look much better! Kudos for continuing to improve this. :thumbsup:

A few things could still be worked on to make this even better. I notice that your best shading is in the head / face area and upper torso (chest) and left arm. I think the reason why these areas are so successful is that you have a range of values ~ from mid dark to light, so you are able to build form there. However, the legs and right arm are losing out a bit because they are too light, causing them to appear washed out. Additionally, I think that the drawing of the lower right leg could be beefed up a bit and refined. :slight_smile:
Finally, do you plan to do anything with the background? :slight_smile:

Hopefully you will not take offense to any of these comments. :slight_smile: You’ll find that the closer a piece is to being ‘finished’, the more comments I will make. :wink:

This looks great so far! Looking forward to your updates! :slight_smile:

Cheers, :slight_smile:

~Rebeccak

#64

Wow nice job drawmonger!

#65

Getting a late start. I need some help with my proportions. Something is off and I am having trouble figuring out what. I have the ‘real’ image open alongside mine…even still I can’t seem to find the problem. Thanks!

Please forgive me if I miss anyone. I’ve looked at all of your images. Some really great starts and some drawings that are really super. Seems everything is in a rush for me today.

DrawMonger this is really good and you’ve captured her expression nicely too.

Zhuzhu I like your drawing so far. Makes me want to practice more.:slight_smile:

Yours too Veljko…very good job.

Warpy…Good start and hope to see your image develop.

Mdme_Sadie…I think your image is lovely and has a nice watercolor appearance.

Nice portrait James.:slight_smile: Here is something that really has helped me with eyes. Get a hand mirror and just look at your own eyes and sketch them. It really will help.

#66

Samanthie,

Great to see you back for OFDW 003!!! :bounce: Can’t wait to see how this progresses!!! Make sure to keep those files handy for future tutorials!

Cheers! :slight_smile:

~Rebeccak :thumbsup:

#67

Thanks pushav and Samanthie for the feedback…if the pic is turning out OK, it’s mostly due to Rebecca’s good advice :slight_smile:

Rebecca, There is no way I would take offense at any of your comments…i’m just so thankful that you’re taking the time to make such useful crits!

I see what you mean about the values being too light on the legs and right arm and agree that the right leg needs more work…I look forward to making an update in the next few days and will give the model something to sit on :wink:

Cheers!!

#68

this workshops are amazing, and a very good learning place =)
I already did 1 and 2 but was afraid of posting them. I ll color that soon- hope its ok to post in an early state? If not I ll remove it

#69

hagarun,

Welcome to the thread, I’m happy to see you’ve posted! :slight_smile: You are absolutely welcome to post work in progress, as the Anatomy Forum is housed under the main WIP 2D Forum. :slight_smile: I really encourage people to do so, as it helps us all see your working method and allow us to give comment, critique, and encouragement as we go along. :slight_smile:

Very nice work so far! I think that the linework is looking good. :slight_smile:

I think that the head may be a bit too big for the body right now…if this is done in Photoshop, then it should be very simple to scale just the head down. Her right leg should be a bit thicker, and I would recommend lengthening her lower leg and enlarging the foot a bit. The torso looks great, I would just caution against making her too skinny. I really like how you’ve drawn the arms, and I think it will be great to see a painting of this! :slight_smile:

Good luck, and I look forward to your updates! :slight_smile:

drawMonger,

You are most welcome! Look forward to more great work! :slight_smile:

Cheers! :slight_smile:

~Rebeccak

#70

wow, all these really cool images you all :slight_smile:

i am a little bit short on comments and drawings these days because of a fever but i hope this will be over soon. back to bed for me.

keep up your great work :slight_smile:

#71

i just discovered this forum and i’m totally excited about it. here’s my first attempt… hopefully i’ll have a bunch more to follow.

cheers,
bonedog

#72

bonedog,

Glad you found us, welcome to the Anatomy Forum!! This is lovely work, thank you for posting! :slight_smile:

I checked out your homepage, and you are an artist after my own heart with your use of charcoal and studies of anatomy…it’s great to see! :slight_smile: Lol, you’ve dones the same copy of the leg bones as I have, which is really neat to see! :slight_smile: I look forward to seeing more of your work on the forum! :slight_smile:

With respect to your first sketch for the OFDW 003, I think you’ve got a lovely start. :slight_smile: I would say that the head is a bit too big for the rest of the figure…not an easy correction traditonally, but if you were to paint this up in Photoshop, it would be a really easy fix. The shading, particularly around the stomach area, left leg and arms, is quite nice, tho I miss the same treatment on the lower right leg and foot. The pedestal is really nicely sketched in gesturally, which is great since the primary focus is the model. :slight_smile:

Great start, and I look forward to updates! Please feel free to post work in progress, as that is really the purpose of this thread and forum. :slight_smile:

Cheers! :slight_smile:

~Rebeccak

#73

thank you rebecca! - I tried to fix the wrong parts =) still very unsure about her lower leg- I think its in a wrong perspective and too long now
There is something about the pose and face that reminded me on a wood nypmph taking her morning shower- so I decided to try that setting with =)

@Llynna heya, didnt know you are around here too. Hope you are well soon again =)

@bonedog welcome =) very nice done. I especially like her legs and her belly. I look forward for more!

#74

Hello I just wanted to say hi :slight_smile:

I’m hoping to join you in this exercise soon :slight_smile: I like this kind of sketches a lot. Rebbeca - This was a great idea :slight_smile: :thumbsup:

#75

Katea,

Looking forward to having you join us! :slight_smile:

Cheers, :slight_smile:

~Rebeccak

#76

Whoops, I managed to vanish from the face of CGTalk for a few months (I blame working 50-hour weeks and also playing World of Warcraft…)

Anyway, this is me messing about as I’m a bit out of practice.

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Hand and foot - I don’t really know what I’m doing with the light lines, so they’re going in all directions a bit :slight_smile:

Then I had a very quick go at the face.

#77

Kalorlo,

It’s great to see you back on the Anatomy Forum! :slight_smile: Thanks for posting your work! :slight_smile:

Your studies are REALLY lovely…you have a really unique shading style which I think is fantastic ~ I like that these are not over~rendered or over~baked as you could say ~ the sketches really seem to have life! Also, it’s great that you’ve tackled the three most challenging items ~ the head, feet, and hands. :thumbsup:

Great work, and I hope to see more of your work on the forum! :slight_smile:

Cheers! :slight_smile:

~Rebeccak

#78

Here’s the beginnings of a painting Im working on, Its been a major learning process so far as ive never seriously attempted to render flesh in ps before…It takes ages…! :D… but it has given me an excuse to avoid real work and therefore avoid using dreamweaver… hurrah

check it out and let me know what yer recon :thumbsup:

#79

hagarun: that’s looking great so far… i especially like the pink touches on the knees/elbows. The head could use some work, but it’s better than mine =)

AOAH: good start… i’d try using a harder brush, though. it makes me uncomfortable looking at all those blurry edges.

rebecca: i saw your knee/femur study and i was like “oh crap she’s got better values on her study” :slight_smile: anyway, it’s a pleasure to make your acquaintance, as there are some definite similarities in the things we’ve studied and appreciated. that last drawing is beyond repair but i went ahead and attempted the other picture.

+bone

#80

AOAH,

Hey, this is a great start! Kudos for leaping into the pool and doing swimmingly…get it? :scream: Ok.

The areas which you’ve worked on the most are working well ~ the face and the chest area being primary among them. I also like how you’re approaching the stomach / lower torso area, by keeping things blocky from the start. Proportionally, I think things are looking good, though I think her head and neck could be raised a bit more height wise (select the head and neck area with lasso or path tool, feather selection by maybe 5 pixels, copy merge, paste and move up several pixels) so that she does not look quite so squashed.

You may have seen this brief tutorial, but if not, check out:
TUTORIAL - Digital Figurative Painting from OFDW - by Rebeccak

TUTORIAL - Digital Figure Painting - by Samanthie

My tut goes thru a black and white approach, and Samanthie takes you through a color approach. These are of course not the only ways to go about painting ~ there really is no ‘right’ way ~ but they can give you some guidance and tips about how to go about using Photoshop to paint.

Also, I think the key here is to simplify the working process by just obliterating the bkgrd as a factor ~ I would fill it in with either black or a mid to dark gray at 100%, and spend the majority of your time correcting and refining the drawing and painting of the figure. The beauty of filling in the bkgrd with a solid shade is that you can easily use it to correct your drawing.

And finally, remember that you can paint both additively and subtractively. Additive painting is where you are using the brush to add successive strokes of lighter or darker ‘paint’. Subtractive painting is where you add typically a darker tone over a lighter tone and use the eraser at various opacities to reveal the lighter tone beneath. Additive and subtractive methods can be used successfully together to build form through value.

And that, dear Dreamweaver refugee, is the end of me sermon. :slight_smile:

Keep it coming, AOAH! :slight_smile:

bonedog,

Great to see you do a new piece! I think this one is MUCH stronger as I’m sure you realize.
The drawing and tonal strokes are much more considered and complete, and I think you’ve ended up with quite a nice drawing. :slight_smile:

The thing I notice is that her head appears a bit too large for her body. If you look at the body while covering the face, everything appears to be in good proportion, and matching style. I think that the face is a bit more labored, and is throwing the drawing off a bit…but believe me, I know the difficulty of working in traditional medium, and there is no such thing as copy and paste there, so I give you a lot of credit for pulling an entire figure off with apparent ease. :slight_smile:

I think her upper left arm appears to be too perfectly cylindrical, and her right arm a bit too straight. I still think that curves in the arms and legs must be exaggerated to make them more interesting to look at ~ even when this is not always exactly what the reality is in the photo reference or live model.

I think you’ve done a fantastic job, and I have to ask you if you are planning to paint this?

It is nice to make your acquaintance, too. :slight_smile:

Cheers, :slight_smile:

~Rebeccak