I recently started Ahmed Aldoori's Med's Map course. A first problem I have to deal with is the choice of brushes and the right techniques to use them. At first glance I cannot find a separate lesson about this anywhere in the course. Can anyone help me with a tip to a good tutorial on that subject? I am using the latest version of Procreate on an iPad pro OS 17.1.2. Thanks!

Trying to push a little further into finishing pieces and improve my rendering. (As well as everything else) The hat felt pretty weak compared to the rest, and the blade of the sword doesn't really pop as I had intended. Thoughts, critiques, things to work on all welcome.

I read that a brushpack is provided for Ahmed Aldoori’s Med’s Map course. I can’t find that pack. Can someone help me please? Thanks.

So i got some extra income and bought myself a drawing display. Ive tried a tablet couple of times but the hand eye disconnect was too much, especially with learning a new medium. Im gonna keep learning this between my other work, and i also like that i can paint digitally after a hard workday because i can save the picture and not worry about ruining it. Ive now had it for 2 days, and im loving it. Ive started ctrl+paint sites videos for how to use photoshop. This is my first try, just trying everything. I do it like i would traditional so i use my eye, dont trace (not that its wrong, im gonna try tracing for some master copies or something) and try to use brushes that feel oily. I gotta say, digital is not easy, the undo button and layers and other things are great but you have other things to fight. soo.. tips how to learn, tips to make these more organic, and what to avoid.

I've been working on this one off and on for a while. I'm going to make one more pass on the heads and a few details then call it "done." I'm doing a few separate head studies just for practice before I start in on the painting. This is done in gouache using the Zorn pallete. I feel like it's taught me a lot about mixing colors.

First digital painting. Worked mostly without reference. I would love, if you told me all about what could be improved in this picture.

I wanted to learn to paint and decided to focus on landscape painting although most of my time spent drawing was focused on portraits. I painted one small landscape study a day. Most of the paintings are studies from Tiffanie Mang’s Tiny Big Worlds book. Found it to be a good way to learn to mix color and get comfortable with painting in general.

These are some paintings I'm working on and hopefully finishing this week for class critique. I am applying a blue glaze over the one with the banksy piece to make the rest of the darker blues pop. Still in process of adding details and rendering the couple. The dark blue face and hands will be space with stars. I am using oil paint, the banksy and octopus have a yellow ochre undertone, the couple does not to truly see the difference of undertone for myself. I am using original digital collage for reference.

Hey everyone, I'm really interested in painting, but I have no idea where to begin. Can you give me some easy tips to get started? What supplies do I need, and are there any beginner-friendly techniques I should try? Thanks in advance for your help! 😊🎨

First sorry for the bad photo with glare and everything, this is a WIP so some spots are wet and others sunken in. This is something done without reference, im mainly interested in if you like it or not and after that technical aspects. During this painting i learned about composition and shapes and design but it was too late or cumbersome to incorporate what i learned.

Hi, this is my first post on proko, i'd like any suggestions on my panting of a woman. My goal is to master the velatura technique (through layering and glazing) to achieve a good realistic painting using acrylic colors. I've struggled studying the right technique to utilize, finally i choose to make it with magenta, ciano, and yellow as first layers and finally add skin tone. Any comments on my result? And how to improve ?

Hey, everyone! :) I'm red-green colorblind and I've been messing around with colors in this drawing, attempting to follow some of @Marco Bucci's lessons from his course The Color Survival Guide plus a bit of color theory and painting stuff I'd learned in the past. I'd love to hear some feedbacks and suggestions from you all about this piece, specifically regarding colors. Thanks in advance!

I have been pushing myself to create a more full fledged illustration portfolio as a result I am tackling less comfortable subjects for me like characters. This is the first time I have tackled a figure/character to this extent, I'm unsure if it is really portfolio worthy but I would like to get some feedback on what is working and what is not working to help apply to the next one that I tackle.

The final five. The 21st piece was painted with a reference (I think some would recognize it since the reference is quite popular). Man, I had a hard time with color accuracy. The reference felt humid. It felt soft yet vibrant. I tried to replicate that feeling but I failed, haha. The 22nd piece uses almost the same color palette as the 21st since I thought the colors were actually interesting despite its failure. I think I painted the 23rd quite well, until I added the vibrant yellow. I think was trying to add a reflection of the color of a morning sun, but I think that I overdid it. I also added a little bit of purple because it seemed interesting to do so, but looking at the result, I'm not sure about that decision. 24th was painted with a reference. It was supposed to feel darker to represent a sunset/dusk. But I'm still proud of the result. 25th took longer than expected. I kind of "cheated" by copy-pasting half of it and flip it vertically to imitate a reflection on the water. I think I should have refrained from doing that and painted it manually. I think it would look more natural that way, and I would have more freedom to articulate the ripples.

Hi! I made this illustration about a month ago with the intention of putting it in my portfolio. I think it has lost some of its freshness and fluidity after a few corrections, especially to the pose. The pose has definitely become very rigid. What do you think? Any advice is welcome! Qualunque consiglio è ben accetto!

Mostly the title says it all but I would like to learn how to drawing and painting digitally. I'm thinking of Photoshop or Clip Studio Paint and I take most of my courses on Udemy

I submitted this in a competition by an art store, but unfortunately, I didn't win. Basically, they want something that shows the knowledge and creativity gained through books and sharing your favorite books with others. That's not exactly it but that's what I remembered from their instructions. This was inspired by Guillermo Del Toro's color scheme and vibe

Hello again, proko community! I was lucky enough to get to go to a Sargent exhibit in my state(!!!) But that's sort of a tangent. However, it did inspire me to do my first sargent study ever-- his portrait of Mrs. Charles E. Inches specifically. I feel my understanding of values when it comes to color has been a bit lacking, (Of course, the value of studying it in black and white, which I'm confident in, rather than in actual color, when my problem is very chroma-focused, is debatable. But you can't really go wrong properly studying Sargent, am I right?) I think the values are pretty spot on, but the proportions are WILDLY off. However, I think they're off in a somewhat appealing way. If you have any advice, critique, or artists to study to help me "get" color, then that would be appreciated greatly! Thanks again for clicking on this post!

Hello, here's my latest artwork. I was sketching and overpainting character on Adobe Firefly-generated assets. I was using a photo of a girl for reference. I'm not convinced about her proper anatomy. When I was using the Skelly app it showed me that the ribcage should be longer and the belly shorter. I'm not sure about the foreshortening of her left arm (but it is visible in the photo reference).