Steve Lenze
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The quick answer is: it depends on the light. cool light, warm shadows, warm light, cool shadows.
This is an over simplification of what happens, but it will get you close.
Now, in this image the light is warm, so the shadow is "relatively" cool. It takes on a little bit of a green tint, and is less red/orange.
This is a big subject, but I hope this helps a little :)
doaflamingo
1yr
yes it did, will try some more studies and get back
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need help with skin tones, especially shaodws1yr
I just cannot figure out what color the shadow will be on skin or even a object. I dont wanna use the multiply layer as it kinda grays things off.
im very very bad with painting shadow color if its from imagination.
someone help pls
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critique for color and values1yr
I have serious issue with color and i consider myself a complete idiot at it ! Values are managable but still hard. I try to do many value studies and have recently started color studying from masters rather than real life since i can copy colors well without understanding it
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my 1 year of sketchbooking2yr
on aug 22 2021, i saw fenghzhu's video of keeping a digital sketchbook and started on that day itself. Few days ago i finished year of it.
Most of the days were 1-2 hours of practice except for finished paintings.
here's the link
https://imgur.com/gallery/wujkJVX
feel free to let me know your thoughts
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First time using 3d in a painting2yr
I sculpted 3d cave in blender and used daz3d to pose characters. Damn it really cuts down time
Hey, I love the colors and textures, aI would advice to study some anatomy, the hands and feet could be better. Also cant find a clear light source, maybe intended.
2yr
hi yea, hands and feet are intentionally loose due to my lack of skills lol, this is a copy of film grab from movie tomb raider, i did not do the lighting
Hey doaflamingo,
I didn't know who Craig Mullins was, so I looked him up. Man, I can see why you like him, his stuff is really cool!
I think though you are attracted to his loose and energetic brush style, but are missing the fact that his drawing is really good and accurate. We want to make sure our drawing is really solid before we get caught up in technique or we can get in trouble. There is a truth about representational art: "painting is drawing". You cant be a good painter until you are a good draughtsman.
So, I did a sketch of your main character and showed how you can help yourself by using wrinkles and drapery to sell your anatomy and perspective. It also lends a feeling of reality to our images when we add seams and folds in a convincing way. I hope this helps, and that you keep studying this artist :)
2yr
Oh man thank you so so much for the drawover !
Clothing is something ive not started seriously studying and want to, but i;ve yet to find some good tutorial for it. I tried NMA, but thier course is like they're trying to purposely make the course 50+hours.
Craig Mullins has a course on Schoolism that is amazing. I started taking it then realized that in order to really understand all that he is talking about I need to work harder on my fundamentals until they are effortless. I suggest taking his course, maybe you will have the same epiphany i have.
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Im trying to emulate craig mullins, any advice ?2yr
I can see i need to improve the face, but apart from that what would you recommend i need to improve when making my art look like craig's
2yr
I like it! The only thing I can see is maybe the saturation of yours aren't as rich as the original one, being lack of more saturated orange around the edges of those yellow glow. But yours appears to be brighter. So I think both are pretty neat.
Looks like a marco bucci drawing XD
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haha thanks man, i think about the saturation thing, i learnt the wrong lesson from artists who constantlhy said that beginners make mistake of painting everything saturated.
I was afraid of that and even till this day my fear of making things saturated haunts my artwork
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2yr
you will need composition AFTER you've learnt everything and want to put them in place. Doesnt mean its not important. It just takes a backseat, unless you're starting from environment art, then its becomes #1 topic.
Gesture/ manequin is what you should start with. Focus on gesture. There are 1000 different artists doing it 1000 different ways. Pick what you are more comfy with.
Drawing from imagination comes after you've learnt basics, applied it to enough images that it has gotten embedded in your brain. In short, mileage after basics will give you visual library.
painting, i suggest you keep at last, extreme last.
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Hi Stan & Marshall, can you tell a little about how to actually practice and self-correct during learning of fundamentals of art ? most of the videos are about learning it but no one actually tells how to self correct or practice it !