Monthly Scraps - July/August/September 2017

Scrappy batch from last few months. Enjoy (or don't... whatever man). 

These sketches are kind of inspired by what I was doing at the time - mostly watching films :D 

That's the one of the advantages of having two screens. 

I've no idea where these come from ^^

That on the other hand is a rip-off of the Yeseo - Million Things album cover. 

An album itself is 28 minutes long, and so was the painting process. 

Some action films and stuff.

That one I did while watching Pumping Iron. 

I don't like it one bit but hey - it's the Monthly Scraps series - that makes it the perfect place for all the trash.

Birdman again...

The last Samurai^^ Film was good. So good that I didn't feel like painting while watching so there's only rough storyboard like sketch.

Tnspired by some fantasy book and maybe a little bit by Lucifer TV show^^

One and only Pulp Fiction. Gosh - I love that film. 

I got kind of carried while painting Vincent and now he resembles Emhyr var Emreis more then Travolta...

Some random trash^^

I did some 3D stuff too, but I don't feel li9ke showing it yet. Maybe next time.

That's it,

So long.

14 Day challenge - Day 14 and summary

I wasn't updating you for a while... Well - I'm lazy ass. That's why.

I finished my 14 days challenge for female faces.

It went pretty good. I've learned a lot.

I don't feel like recapping all the comments and tips I got.

I encourage you to check it by yourself on my G+ - the icon is somewhere on right side I think. At least on PC.

If you don't care what I did and you're here just to check the results I'm uploading here full resolution pics for every day.

The moment I write this I'm on my day #5 of my male faces 14DC so you can expect recap like this somewhen in mid April.

If you're considering participating in 14DC yourself then stop considering and participate...

There's no drawbacks and no one will give a single flying... Yeah... Basically you can post or twice a week and you'll still be able to progress really fast.

That's it.

So long

14 day challenge - DAY 4

Day #4 change-log:

-head is even wider;

-shadow on the sides of the head is gradually lighter toward the top of the skull;

-eyebrows are lighter on the outer side;

-lips are shaded more gradually;

-added more prominent shadow under the lower lip;

Day #5 was total brainfart but you'll see that tomorrow by yourself.

So long 

14 day challenge - DAY 2

I'm currently working on my day #4 but for you I got just a day #2 painting.

I must admit - number #1 and #2 look derpy as f***.

Those are one of the worst faces I recently painted.

Following advice of fellow artists I :

-lightened up the background to make the face pop-out;

-widened the septum of the nose;

-made the lower eyelid more pointy at the outer ends;

-made eyes bigger;

-tried to make head shorter and wider but it came out roughly the same size as day #1 (yeah... brainfarts are real);

Day #3 is much better but we'll get to that tomorrow.

So long

14 day challenge - DAY 1

I'm participating in Istebrak's 14 day challenge. 

I struggle a lot with faces, so I decided to fix that. 

I mean I can draw a face but whether or not it will be appealing is almost totally random.

I mentioned in the very first post I want to be more consistent so that may be good decision. 

That's day #1 

More to come,

So long

Monthly scraps - January 2017

Another first day of the month - another monthly scraps post.

That I want to finish, but it's hard :(

That I like less and less with every brush stroke I put. I was playing Mass Effect 2 and Illium happened. It's soooo moody place. I was like "imma paint it" but lost interest.

Don't like that piece. My anatomy is not good enough yet. 

And that I did for Jazza's COTM. I was struggling with legs, so I drew them separately.

I started to think more about making my process a bit easier lately.

I made that one sided brush (hard on one side, totally soft on the other) to make hard edges much quicker.

It allows me to focus more on real practice instead of messing up with edges. Of course I still have to refine them but it doesn't take as much time as painting them from scratch.

Now I can just zoom out and paint hints of form in quick and easy way :3 

It's not a biggie, but definitely helps a lot.

So yeah... some brush tests

That creeps me out :D

Some form studies

And an environment thumbnail sketch...

That's all for now,

So long