Critique on that... The overall scene is kinda boring. I think you could fix this by increasing the size difference of the house and trees. The broken bridge in the background is kind of random looking and out of context...maybe you could add a ruined city skyline to compliment it? The colours are kind of bland as well. I…
Actually, you're totally right. I've been in a sort of self-hating depression that's been really destroying my motivation to draw anything. I need some advice. I need tutorials. I need people pointing out stuff. I need help. Even just the psychology of drawing. This is more or less the level I am currently at. More…
@ErikNilsson Cool, thanks! The technique is fun, and makes me think. Though I definitely need to work on it a bit more. I tend to jump right into profile view, but it takes a bit more thought/foresight for me to start with a perspective view since I typical use this approach for ideation. I guess it's fundamentally about…
Something I've been curious about Makkon, how long does it take you to do one of these character sketches? Like the last one in your last post, as a random example? They seem super clean, like you don't need to do much in the way of erasing/cover up, but given the amount of actual lines I can't imagine that to take more…
Been trying out a new painting program called Verve. For anyone whose painted with oils or acrylic in real life... this is the digital painting you've probably been waiting for. It just feels so "right." Painter did some cool stuff. But I felt painter limited you too much to the rules of real life (can't put oil layers…
A little study in verve mimicking graphite sketch style. Micro tut: Start verve, press STRG+F2 to double canvas size. Mostly brush #9, size (w) off opacity (e) on, bristles around 50 at the beginning and less towards end. Paint & erase.(erase = Paint+STRG) Fine tune with brush #9 plus size (w) on, and brush #2, few…
Hey man, Thanks a ton for the crits. Totally calling me out on the parts i did last and rushed, so I completly agree, i'm going to go back in and do that stuff properly. I feel this painting is a bit of a breakthrough for me in a ton of areas, so im glad to see you are digging it :). Nice sketches btw. If i was going to…
Never go into details before setting proper lights/values on scene :D I's a fatal blow for your picture most of the time. Small guy have light source above him, but big guy on his right have a light source from left (shadow on arm) The farther the lighter objects are. I brighten left side of picture and you immediately…
. . partly because i'm a crusty fucken caveman that lacks the patience. skill. and finesse of the likes of larolaro and daphz ( respect !! ). but mostly. just plain like it. well. sometimes. trying to get there at least. find a balance of nice ( to me ) / weird shapes. aggression / dorkness. all wrapped in a graphic dirty…
Thanks EiGHT. Thumbs are done in Photoshop. No fancy tools. Using only a square brush with Opacity, flow, size set to pen pressure and Angle jitter set to Initial direction. Same for eraser. Trick I use is, zoom the canvas right out so the image you are painting on is this size in the photoshop window and use a large brush…