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Tim Dosé
Very nice! Especially like the second one.
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Lyena
Thank you!
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Portrait Paintings
2yr
Hi everyone! I followed Cornelia Hernes' oil painting demo but I used Photoshop. I always start drawing with a line sketch so trying this technique was new but fun too. What do you guys think?
Josh Sunga
Hey @Lyena! Nice work! I took the opportunity to do a paint over because I like the mood you established- but I wanted to see if I could enhance the lighting. I also thought it'd be cool to stylize the image with more brushwork showing throughout the image. I have notes on the image attached but the main thing was bringing in more of the subtle forms of the face and allowing the highlights to pop. I also added more colors but I wanted to also keep that desaturated feel you had. But as long as you have a solid value structure in your image, any colors you choose will most likely work. Hope some of this is helpful- and thanks for sharing!
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Lyena
Thank you so much! I really like your version. I will definitely use your tips. Thanks for helping me!
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Illustration
3yr
Hello guys! This is my personal piece. I wanted to make a painting with storytelling in a dark setting and make the character look like she is a rebel. What do you think about it?
Cam
Great job on the face! I would say one thing that needs work is the clothing. If you want some cool victorian era inspired clothes I would look up the clothing sets from the game bloodborne. Some of the clothes look slightly different depending on if you play a male or female character so make sure to specify. Reference for clothes is key though so I would look up some victorian era clothes or check out some victorian era movies. Also I don't know how obvious you want to make it that she is a witch but it could be cool to see how the dark magic is starting to corrupt her appearance. Hope this helps a little, great work so far!
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Lyena
Thank you for the advice! It really helps me making the character more detailed.
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Vincentius Sesarius
You seem to be on a good start with this! But I will advice you to take some more time to dig deeper with the concept, because as of right now, the design looks a little early to be finished. Is there any particular reference or characters which you can base your design to?
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Lyena
My idea was to design a witch, but I didn't want to make her in a medieval fantasy style because it's pretty overused so I chose the victorian era and I looked at victorian fashion for reference. I wasn't inspired by other characters.
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Alec Brubaker
Hi Lyena, very nicely done. I think you have a fun idea here, but you could definitely push it farther! In regards to designing for a specific era, It's always a good idea to spend a good deal of time researching the costumes, ornamentation, and other visual elements, which it does look like you've done a bit of. However, I think your design could benefit from a few things, the first being iteration! If you have an idea for a character It is always a good idea to spend time really exploring your options, different takes on what that character could be. Lots of sketches on what this character could look like, before you get to a finished painting! And this is not just in regards to costume, but even things like attitude and body language. Spend some time thinking about this things and pushing the concept of your character. A lot of good designers will ask themselves questions about their character and explore these possibilities in writing. For example, let's brainstorm some possibilities giving ourselves the prompt 'Evil Victorian Witch'. How evil is this witch? And what kind of evil? Is she sadistic? Wicked? Seductive? Does she revel in being evil or is she just ruthless? Is she a sorceress or could she be possessed by a demon? What drives her intentions, her evil actions? Does she want something? Maybe she wants revenge on another person, or to steal political power! Past her intentions, what kind of witch might she be and what does she look like? Your artwork shows her dressed nicely and having face tattoos, which I imagine is quite unusual in Victorian England! Does this cause problems for her in public life?(something to think about!) But maybe those tattoos are temporary, written in the blood of a sacrifice before our witch commits some heinous ritual! Or perhaps we could make her a hag who hides away in the woods, or under a castle. Or is she a member of polite society who hides her malicious intent behind a mask of innocence? Maybe she uses sorcery to change her appearance? Might she have a wardrobe change throughout her character arc in whatever story this is? Perhaps she's a jealous serving girl who ends up a dark queen like Maleficent! Spending time thinking out possibilities in this way is incredibly fun, helpful and will pretty much always lead you to a more interesting and creative design than you might have otherwise had. Here's the link to a video on character design that might interest you, with lots of tips on these exact topics: https://www.proko.com/lesson/level-up-your-character-design-with-knight-zhang/discussions I know It's a wall of text but I hope it helps some, keep up the great work!
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Lyena
Thank you for taking time to write this, it's really helpful! I tend to skip the character exploration and just design it in my mind and draw it. But I will focus on practicing the exploration from now on.
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Victorian Witch
3yr
Hi guys! I finished designing this character. She's a witch in the victorian era and she's an evil villain so I tried to show that by using red and making her eyes red. What do you think about the design and do you think it's good enough to put it in my portfolio?
@decemberg
These portraits are GORGEOUS.
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Lyena
Thank you!!
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Kristian Nee
Hey Lyena! This is really cool! Really great painting skills, and really interesting clothing design. Something I might say if you're going for a Cyberpunk theme is that it doesn't feel like there's anything that places her in the future. Right now, to me it feels like she could exist right now. There's nothing to me that screams that she is Cyberpunk. This is subjective, but to me Cyberpunk implies that there's a utility to the clothing, and accessories. She might have a cybernetic leg that also acts as high heels. Her eyes could be robotic implants that can see in any spectrum. Something else that might help is a contrast in balance. For example, one of her arms might have a robotic glove. I know this isn't Cyberpunk, but in The Legend of Korra, Asami has a glove that she uses as a weapon. I think that part of her design adds utility to her outfit, but also does a lot to make her cooler.
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Lyena
Thank you! I'm a beginner in designing Cyberpunk so these are really good advices, it helps me a lot!
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Lyena
3yr
Hello everyone! I'm looking for some feedback on this character design. I was inspired by the cyberpunk theme but I wanted to keep it in a sort of minimalistic style. I didn't come up with a background story or personality for her, but I'm curious what do you think about her?
Vincentius Sesarius
The proportion seem sound and intact already! They're perfect the way they are. But if there's one thing to add is that try not to erase the initial sketch completely. It's the initial sketch that give any figure drawing its life and soul. So when you erased them completely, even though they still look perfect, but you lost some of the magic. Other than that, it's perfect!
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Lyena
Thank you! Actually I didn't draw the initial sketch, I just used some guidelines. But I guess it's better to draw the whole structure, it's for studying after all but I didn't want it to look messy so I kept it simple.
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I think your hands are too small in some of them but other than that it looks great. I wish my figures looked like this. Do you have any suggestions for me? lol I really do wish I could get that much rhythm and clarity in my sketches
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Lyena
Thank you! I think your figure drawings are really good, the anatomy looks great! I drew a lot of exaggerated gesture drawings so that helped with the rhythm. Also I try to use simple shapes to draw the body and then add details to show the form. Hope this helps!
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Figure Studies
3yr
What do you think about the proportions? Any critique is welcome.
@pjhundle0723
Your work is very good! You appear to handle physical features nicely. I would suggest you vary your background sometimes. Dark background with dark features leaves me feeling disturbed. Too heavy. This is just my opinion though. Great work!
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Lyena
Thank you! That's a good advice.
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Tim Dosé
There's a lot of great stuff in these. It's hard to give advice without knowing what you're going for. What do you feel needs improvement? What's "interesting" to you? In your opinion, is there something missing from these that keeps them from being interesting?
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Lyena
I think brushwork, shape design and colors can make a painting interesting. But when I look at my own it feels flat and lifeless, and if I try to exaggerate the proportions or the colors to make it pop it just looks like I messed up. So I'm trying to make it somewhat realistic but also unique and I'm not sure what should I change to achieve that.
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Sebastiao Oliveira
Yo! My advice for you is increase your value range a little bit on womans and show the highlights, a little bit of blush, some red/pink on cheekbones... That's the juicy part of doing portraits. :) Hope you find this useful.
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Lyena
Thank you I keep that in mind!
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Peter Anton
I was gonna say the same thing: your brushwork looks a bit too slick and samey. Maybe study edges and breakup patterns (how the edges appear in the transition from shadow to light). Texture is mainly about two things: silhouette and breakup pattern
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Lyena
Thank you for the tip! I have a hard time painting edges, whenever I try it looks unfinished so I keep blending it. But I will try to focus on it!
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Radortraft
Hi there, your work looks nice. And my opinion is that, you are using the same kind brush and everything looks similar everywhere, you need more variety of texture also try to hold the blacks down a little bit, I suggest you to research some tutorial on how to render hair. Good luck :)
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Lyena
Thank you for the advice! :)
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Lyena
I love painting portraits but I still need to improve. I'm trying to find my style and make my paintings look interesting. What do you think about it?
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