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some digital figure sketches. (feedback welcome)
By Chris Blue
here are some of my digital sketches:)
2 hours ago
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2h
Focus Study Head Hands and Some Extra Details
By Bo Han Qiu
A half-body life drawing of a French model.
With the same outfit but a different setting,
the overall mood shifted as well.
Originally, I only planned to focus on the head and hands,
wanting to experiment with emphasizing just a few key areas.
But in the end, I couldn’t resist
and added back the subtle elegance inspired by traditional Chinese clothing.
1 week ago
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7d
Studying Snow Without Losing the Mood
By Bo Han Qiu
Following the cold snap, I painted a snowy scene.
The soft, fluffy snow has such an atmospheric feel.
I tried to simplify the values while still finding a sense of balance within the variations.
This winter Shirakawa-go in Japan, with its gassho-zukuri village houses, was especially fun to study for value distribution.
1 week ago
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7d
Self Portrait 2026
By RaphaelleDae
Just wanna share my self portrait cuz its my bday today!
1 week ago
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8d
Graphite Experiments on a Brindle Coat
By Bo Han Qiu
Another long-haired dog added to the collection.
This time I drew the brindle dog from a café I often visit.
I experimented with variations in stroke looseness, spacing, and graphite density to create different effects.
Adding a hexagonal graphite stick made the drawing process even more fun.
2 weeks ago
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17d
sketches
By doaflamingo
still clinging to craig mullins style.
The horse was done with a mouse, as craig said , the simpler your tool, better your understanding of the subject
3 weeks ago
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24d
how do I get better control in my digital painting
By Dennis Yeary
I am looking to improve my skill in painting and not sure how. what would be some good exercises to help with this?
1 month ago
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1mo
Edge Rhythm: Child Portrait
By Bo Han Qiu
A portrait study of a child resting their face on their hand.
I don’t often draw children’s faces, so this time, while searching for the edge lines,
I tried giving the lines a rhythm with subtle shifts between soft and firm.
1 month ago
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1mo
Subtle Color Temperature in Charcoal-Like Browns
By Bo Han Qiu
This time I used this Czech pencil. When blended, it creates a brown tone with a subtle red-violet tint.
It reminded me of the calm, grounded effect I got in a previous life-drawing study (second image). It works really well for darker skin tones, almost like having a built-in dual-tone filter.
2 months ago
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2mo
Which painting course to go for?
By Shashwat
Hi. I am a beginner in painting and unable to decide between Marco Bucci's courses and Digital painting fundamentals + advanced course by proko.
My background is that i have bought and halfway through drawing basics course by proko.
Any guidance is appreciated. Thank you.
2 months ago
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2mo
How do I use the color wheel in procreate to create a color palette ?
By Dennis Yeary
I am in the process of teaching myself how to paint digital in procreate with a tablet. I am curious how do I go about this and what lessons on procreate would help further my goal in creating comic and animation?
making these drawing into fully fledge concept.
2 months ago
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2mo
Redesigning Tree Shadows in a Landscape Study
By Bo Han Qiu
Landscape study.
This time I tried redesigning the tree shadows, and it felt really good to connect the sense of light filtering through.
The same place, painted at different times, can evoke very different moods.
2 months ago
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2mo
Critique on some digital paintings on did
By Dennis Yeary
Yeah teaching myself with a digital tablet
2 months ago
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2mo
Gouache Studies
I've been wanting to put some more time into painting with gouache lately so I'm starting a study thread, feel free to join in! Here are two pieces from this weekend's attempts.
The first is a Dean Cornwell study done along with a livestream from Jeff Watts. Clear reference was tough to find, so I just went along with the process I saw Jeff work though in the video. I spent about 3 hours on the Cornwell study and then applied the same process to an original sketch I did of Norman Rockwell from a black and white photo, which also took about 3 hours. Still getting the hang of organizing values on the palette, I feel like my palette gets crazy and disorganized quickly, so by the end of the Rockwell piece I was hunting and mixing a lot more to get back to the appropriate values. I'd love any feedback, suggestions, notes or revelations you've had during your own gouache adventures!
Tools-
Palette - Winsor & Newton Permanent White, and Ivory Black, Holbein Permanent Yellow Deep, and Flame Red
Robert Simmons 785 Round #4
Arches Aquarelle Watercolor Cold Pressed Paper
Livestream- https://www.youtube.com/live/gsTAsfjR_uk?si=l8BQy83zXAEOzYwk
3 months ago
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3mo
How to do a art study on various paintings?
By Dennis Yeary
Ok so I decided to do a study on various painters and artist. I was wondering how to do that properly so I get the most out of it.
3 months ago
4
3mo
Composing with Values: Boat Sketch
By Bo Han Qiu
Rearranging the balance of black, gray, and white in the composition was really fun.
While painting the boat, I was reminded of Disney’s Treasure Planet.
Just like Atlantis, the visuals in that film are unbelievably beautiful.
3 months ago
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3mo
Edge, Clump, Flow: Collie Fur
By Bo Han Qiu
Tried drawing a Border Collie for a change.
First time drawing a long-haired breed.
Compared to the short-haired beagle I did before,
this one needed more attention to layering different fur lengths with varied stroke types.
3 months ago
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3mo
My Attempt at a Disco Elysium-style Character Portrait
By Joey Edgar
I really enjoy the lead artist Aleksander Rostov's style and ability to incorporate simple shapes into an expressive design. Would appreciate some feedback if anyone is willing to share thoughts.
3 months ago
2
3mo
Exploring the Flow and Design of Monstera Leaves
By Bo Han Qiu
Here are a few watercolor studies of monstera leaves.
The shapes of the leaves have so much freedom, and designing them turned out to be surprisingly fun.
4 months ago
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4mo