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Sketchblog post
I can so speedpaint — half hour sketch challenge, no ref. I would like to go back and push her features back a bit more, and maybe fill in the muscles on the highlighted side of her neck a bit more (she’s got more there! I just thought it would be a better idea to …
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昔昔
I’ve been busy! It’s school holidays this week, from both regular school and from art classes, so I’ve been practicing my painting and sketching in my spare time.
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sketch: forlæcan
Tonight’s sketch, because even when there are no life drawing classes on I apparently must still draw naked women. I’m thinking I need to change the colour of the sash or go with the original nude version, as the cloth is distractingly bright here. Companion piece to ferðloca. A couple of hours, no reference.
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ArtStart Festival 2011 — come see!
I’ve just finished packing and preparing — because I’m going to the Bankstown ArtStart Festival tomorrow! The details: Saturday, October 1st from 2pm to 7pm At the Bankstown Arts Centre — I believe parking is available nearby, but no idea on directions by public transport I’m afraid! Traders will be in an outdoor courtyard, so dress …
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Speedpaint — The Makeup ad
Commentary below
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Monday night lifedrawing — 20110927
Time for another round of Monday night lifedrawing!
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WIP">Sweet Spring — animated WIP
So in between speedpaints I like to remind myself that I can draw from imagination. And try to. animated gif showing the various layers of the current painting I’m working on. I’m still sorting out the hair and hands for this value test. Most of this is done without reference, or very loosely to reference. …
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Monday night lifedrawing — 20110912
It’s back!
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Speedpaint: Arjun Rampal
So after a somewhat unexpected hiatus, I’m back! Here’s a quick speedpaint of actor/model Arjun Rampal, based off this photoreference. After a week without painting it’s nice to see I can still learn! I could have learned more, but after a bit of a break I’d like to get back into doing more frequent, quicker …
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3d: environment lighting and textures
It’s been a little while since I posted some of my 3D work*. Time to fix that! There’s a lot I could have done a lot better on this, particularly on the texturing The models I intentionally kept simple. The most fun part was playing with the fur settings, which I applied to the carpet — …
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V is for verity
Turned out looking very comic booky, I’m kind of pleased with it! Smoke could definitely be improved. This one goes in the ever-growing “someday soon, but not today” pile. (Hey, I revisited that pile before! I can do it again!) One thing I learned from this picture (among others!) is I really need to push my colours …
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Monday night…speedpainting?
I’ve missed out on a couple of life drawing sessions because I’ve been too busy being ill. So I’ve been trying to make up for it with speedpaints: