Alex Greenwood
Alex Greenwood
MBU
I’m a student of My Bedroom University(MBU) trying to learn on his own and am glad that there are communities like this where I can learn from others.
Stan Prokopenko
Congratulations to all the winners! This was a very difficult one to judge because there were way more amazing submissions than prizes. And if I counted correctly, there are 105 prizes... We will be adding all the digital prizes to your accounts within the next few days. For those that won prizes that require shipping, we will reach out to you. Day 1 Figure Fundamental Courses - @Hanna Looye, @Vue Thao, @Derek Austin Proko Model Packs - @Martin Dubček , @Archie chrisanthou, @Peter Orojan, @Beican Gao, @tofsel Small Wacom Intuos Wireless Tablet - @Rubens Araujo Day 2 How to Draw Fantasy Female Figures Course - @garan OLO Marker Zorn Set Signed by Stan - @lynzendra Mermaid Reference Bundle - @benjaminvictor, @Lil FatWombat, @Arnav Khalkho, @Johannes Schiehsl, @astridlr Day 3 Anatomy for Artists (Arms) Course Parts - @Archie chrisanthou, @pmak22, @Latari V☠ Proko Hand Reference Packs - @Jim Papaioannou, @Hanna Looye, @klaibee, @Bria, @Manuel Piedra Small Wacom Intuos Wireless Tablet - @Makoto Yasumasa Day 4 Block In Course - @DreamMist Portrait Fundamental Course - @Hélder Vinícius, @Tajih Phelps Proko Skulls - @Cesar Barcenas, @ariart18 Portraits and Expressions Reference Bundle - @Maryna Tkachenko, @Al Pinu', @Cecilia Stagni Day 5 Viking Model Pack vo1 - @cumpas, @Jean-Daniel Bouvet, @dalonghu Viking Model Pack vo2 - @Bryce Verket, @Gannon Beck, @Kenny Tafoya Barbarian Vol1 - @Joseph Osley, @onkelpedro, @Nate Barbarian Vol2 - @Moses Lee, @Matt Tsui, @loes roos Small Wacom Intuos Wireless Tablet - @Steve Lenze Day 6 Torso Parts from Anatomy for Artists Course - @onkelpedro, @David Martinez, @Alexis Riviere Arms Parts from Anatomy for Artists Course - @David Campbell, @klaibee, @Joseph Osley Legs Parts from Anatomy for Artists Course - @megreet, @mua, @Antti Kallinen Anatomy Study Reference Bundles from Grafit - @Merrill Hutchison, @Johannes Schiehsl, @Shannon Stone Proko Skull - @dalonghu Day 7 Templar Model Packs - @Maryna Tkachenko, @Tate Green Scythian vol. 1 Model Packs - @Kyle Mjoen, @icosah Warlord Model Packs - @Moses Lee, @soso17970 Medium Wacom Intuos Wireless Tablet - @Marco Sordi OLO Marker Zorn Set Signed by Stan - @Gannon Beck Day 8 Figure Fundamental Courses - @Rubens Araujo, @Vlad Mok, @heather08 Proko Model Packs - @Vue Thao, @carlosrdzart, @Tori Tempo, @Rüdiger Weghaupt, @illarstration Small Wacom Intuos Wireless Tablet - @arnaud defaye Day 9 Proko skull - @Veronika Zasadna Medium Wacom Intuos Wireless Tablet - @Jabin Portraits and Expressions Reference Bundle - @JASON WILLIAMS, @Jean-Daniel Bouvet, @Sikandar Kashfi Portraits Study - Light & Emotion Vol. 3 Model Pack - @Kyle Mjoen Portraits Study - Light & Emotion Vol. 2 Model Pack - @bhavanichamarti Day 10 Drawing Basics Courses - @Tori Tempo, @Sarah Rivera, @mariartsy Wizard Model Pack - @Veronika Zasadna, @Miko Signed Grey Marker OLO set - @Sinem Kıymaz Day 11 Drawing Basics Courses - @lynzendra, @mac hewitt, @leel Proko Model Packs - @David Campbell, @anonymouscrow, @saschu Proko Skull - @Matt Tsui Day 12 Creating a Comic Page Course - @Gannon Beck, @Makoto Yasumasa, @Eric A Comic Poses - Female & Male Pack - @JASON WILLIAMS, @Steve Lenze, @Olena Voronina Fighting Pose Reference Bundle - @Ricardo Martinez, @aral, @Konrad Słodowicz
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Alex Greenwood
Did I win a prize? No. Do I have any regret doing this art challenge? Absolutely NOT! I had an incredible time participating in this 12 day’s challenge and I think that being able to share my learning with others and connect with this community was a great prize in its own right. This was my first time participating in the Proko community. I am so glad that challenges like these exist so that people can come together and make awesome stuff. A huge congratulations to all the winners! I saw so many incredible pieces over the course of the twelve days and I truly believe all the winners deserve their prizes! Thanks to everyone that made this challenge possible and to all the participants who posted their work. I hope to participate in this community even more in the future and who knows maybe next year I’ll get the chance to do the 12 day’s challenge once more. Again thanks for the challenge and a huge thank you for the timer tool! I’ll be making good use of it. Happy Holidays to absolutely everyone!!
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Virgil
super last minute submission, i did two 2 minute studies, a 1 minute study, and then two 10 minute ones! i wanted to break my habit of both zooming to far into my canvas (+ physically leaning too close to my monitor) and relying to hard on the liquify tool to correct mistakes, and i think i was pretty successful!
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Alex Greenwood
You killed it! The poses are super lively
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Alex Greenwood
It's the last day!! Thanks for the challenges, I really enjoyed participating. I joined a few days late but it was incredible!! Biggest of props to the Proko team and Stan Himself!!! It takes a lot of effort to put this kind of thing together but it turned out amazing. Huge shout out as well to all the artists who streamed and shared their knowledge and skills with us!! Finally a shout out to all the people who liked and especially to those who commented on my posts!! Thank you all! The last day was very fun and though the time to work was short I'm happy glad I got to use such an awesome photo pack. I did a few 2 minute drawings and some 10 minute drawings as instructed. But to add in a little more fun I did two longer drawings. The first a pencil and the second a pencil to ink to color. Not my best work for sure but I'm still happy I did it and glad I can share it with so many people who love art. Happy Holidays to everyone and as always, happy drawing!
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Steve Lenze
2 min warm ups, and 1 hour finished drawings.
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Alex Greenwood
I love the old school style! Great stuff.
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Alex Greenwood
I just did a quick one today. I spent most of my time finishing my illustration from yesterday instead of doing today's challenge. Not much point in posting this since it's relatively low effort and there is only one drawing but I figured it doesn't hurt. I'm glad I did one at least. I'll be using the timer tool to do more in the future for myself, that's for sure. Tomorrow is the last day and it's going to be amazing. Ryan Benjamin? Comic book posing? I'm there. Let's finish these challenges with a bang everyone!!
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Alex Greenwood
Did something very different today and unfortunately I couldn’t finish it in time. If I do finish it I’ll post it in the comments of this post. I used elements from some of the references to add to the frame like the wings and the horns. This is such a great set of photos. I hope you like it. I did my best to capture the process. Thumbnail and studies to, paper layin, to digital painting. Let’s see if I can finish this piece while doing the challenges over the next two days. Happy drawing.
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Alex Greenwood
This is as far as I’m taking this one. I’m proud of the composition. If it was more polished I could see this being on a t shirt or something. Let me know what you think!
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@mariartsy
Dug out the gouache, and used the Zorn palette. I had so much fun with it that I lost track of time, so I think these where closer to 40min each 😅
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Alex Greenwood
I’m blown away! Amazing work!
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Veronika Zasadna
Watercolour +colour pencils. 1hour+
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Alex Greenwood
Beautifully done
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Tori Tempo
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Alex Greenwood
I love the composition
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@darken
Not sure if this counts as it is a bit of 3D modelling and rendering and some serious photo manipulation but… the photo on the left is one a mate took of me this summer that I used as a reference. Please note the beard was cleaned up in post ;)
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Alex Greenwood
AI?
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@veritasart02
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Alex Greenwood
I love the texture and the values! Incredible job
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@icosah
Haven't drawn expressions in so long! 5-10 min each
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Alex Greenwood
I love the middle drawing on the bottom! They’re all good but that ones my favorite.
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loes roos
Doing an expression like an emoji is kind of easy, but to make it look more expressive and simple and real takes me longer. Started with 2 minutes 5x, 4 minutes 2x and then another 3 for respectively 12, 15 and 15 minutes. Lost focus. I think it is a very good idea to do this more in a comic style, but I thought of that only now, while posting and seeing the beautiful expressions by Lois van Baarle. I was also playing around with brushes in procreate. So used an hb pencil and a 6b pencil and the procreate pencil. I like it when brushes give me a fine line when I am using the point and when I am overhand shading I want the same brush to give me the broader softer shades, like real pencils. It kind of works. But size wise I still need to adapt them for my preference. That makes me slower digitally than if I use paper... Anyway. I like participating in this challenge and I like it as an incentive to draw more (even though it is high season in the hotel) and I love the timer.
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Alex Greenwood
You did amazingly! I especially love the gentleman on the second page. My only piece of advice is to try and put in a simple neck more often. Even if it’s just a couple of lines it really places the head in space and makes the drawing feel more grounded. It can also add to the expression by showing the figures movement. Seriously though you are making great drawings! Can’t wait to see more
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Steve Lenze
5 min quick sketches, and a 30 min digital painting- pretty fun :)
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Alex Greenwood
I love the subtle caricature work
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Fletcher
5 x 5 minutes, and 1 x 30 minutes. Any feedback welcome. Thanks.
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Alex Greenwood
You did great with all these drawings. My feedback would be (for the second page) to think about how the features of the face sit on the face. I think the face reads a little flat and that may be the shading but, to me it feels like the form of the head and features could have been more of a focus during the drawing. Only other thing would be to put less detail in the neck, it ages the individual and all draws the eye away from the face. Still, doing a rendered portrait in 30 minutes is not easy work and you should be really happy about how far you went in the time limit. Great job again, hope this helps.
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@lynzendra
This was a nice challenge ^^ (10-15 min sketches)
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Alex Greenwood
I love the character you infused into each drawing! Super cool
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Robert Varis
Only gonna have time for one today, I think. 30 min
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Alex Greenwood
You nailed those lips! I was really struggling with those
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Juan Pablo
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Alex Greenwood
You did such a great job! I love the color harmonies
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Eduardo Rangel Villarreal
expressions are something I definitely need to work more!
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Alex Greenwood
You did well. I’d recommend using thinner lines to keep the images more clear. Line weight can make a huge difference. Try using darker and thicker lines only on the silhouette and the areas of great significance. Drawing the eyes with lines just as thick as the wrinkles can make a drawing feel flat. Also don’t be afraid to erase the construction lines at the end, even if it goes past the timer a little. Over all good stuff though, I especially like the drawing in the bottom right on the second page. I can tell what reference you used for all the drawings and that’s a solid sign. Getting a likeness is hard. Happy drawing, hope I helped.
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Moses Lee
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Alex Greenwood
I love both pages! I’m seriously impressed by the value organization you got in just 10 minutes
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