character desing -- color exploration

here is the color exploration of two characters I designed early in september.

hand and face

This is a hand and face study. We are suppose to draw hand and face with expression. This assignment was really fun. I really enjoy the process of doing it. I choose a angry expression. Although I am good at drawing human face it is still a bit challenging because this time we have to add proper emotions in it. I think this is very difficult because I think that drawing expression is not only about drawing techniques. Instead, I have to feel emotion of that character. Otherwise, I won't be able to show anger through my painting honestly.

There are two things I really like in my work: color and form. Sense I am good at using color, I never have a hard time of choosing color. The hard part at this time is chose colors that can emphasis the emotion of the character. I use purple (cold color) as back ground and orange (warm color) as the basic tone of my character. I believe this create a sense of contrast -- cold and warm, purple vs orange (spilt--complimentary color). The second thing I like about this painting is form, especially the face.

Things I don't quiet like about this painting are: composition, and details in hand. I wish there could be some connect with the hand and face. If I somehow draw the arm and upper torso, it might be more of a painting rather than a "practice drawing". I also don't like how I did with the hand. As Zub (my instructor) says, it need more detail, especailly the finger nails. I may also add the finger muscle to strengthen the tension in that hand. Right now, it looks too soft to become an "angry hand".

Anyways, I learned a lot through this project. My ability of analysing forms has been improved. I also find out my weakness.Wish I could become a better painter in the future.

contrast study

Here is the contrast study I did in the beginning of this year. The only difference is this is a drawing from photo. It was just like how I did with the fish. Basically, I start with simple sketch, and then build layers and layers of painting upon it.

fish drawing

This is the first assignment we did in the begaining of this year. We had to design a fish, and draw it in black and white.

It is not hard but I thought this is the most important piece because digital painting is all about applying color with right values. If the black/white version looks weird, the entire drawing will look awkward.

So I have spend a lot of time analysing the form and how light effect it ...Here is the final work.



line work.

After I drew the fish, I started with basic tone. Then I added layers and layers on top of it to define the form. After that, I put high light and darken the part in shadow. Things I found hard to draw are teeth, fin and eye. The teeth was like a cyllinder, but it was extremely hard to do because the highlight is very subtle and I had to control my brush stroke. The fin was transparent. Sense I was not quiet sure about how to create transparent quality, I had a really bad time when drawing it. The eye was relatively easy. I just had to find some reference photo and paint how the photo looks like.

I like how I did with the light and contrast. I applied some principal in air perspective: the things in the front are clear, bright and detailed; the things in the back are blear, dark and less-detailed.

The thing I don't like is the rubbery feel of the skin. I wish it look more like a fish rather than a fish-toy. Maybe I should add some texture. The eye looks a bit plastic, but I am not sure make it more alive.

Anyways, I was really happy because I learned to analysis form in this assignment. I feel a lot more confident when drawing forms after this one, so as I said, this type of practice is really important.

rat

Here is another drawing I did during this semester. We were suppose to draw a creature with fur. It was really challenging because I had hard time of drawing furs. Eventually, I did two drawings. One of them I don't quiet like. Another is this one.



I like the color choice. (I am really confident about choosing color sense I have a good sense of color.) I wish I used some cool color instead of ward color in the shadow...It may look better...

I also like how I did with the fur. Basically, I used smear tool and hair brushes to build most of the all the fur. It was not very hard because I had to make sure the furs defines the form. Although I did skeletal analysis before I jump into the final painting, it still looks a bit flat because there is no clear sense of lightning and contrast. Another thing I don't like about it that I did not add background, but I have no idea what it should looks like. I may fix it a bit when I got inspiration.

car drawing

Here is one of our assignment -- car drawing.
We were supose to design some sort of vehicle. It can be car, plan, craft.....

First Post

Hey everyone,

Here's my first post. Over the next few days, I'll be posting up a my artworks.