Our SVS virtual studio

[Heather Boyd]

So this is what I have been up to. With the aid of Shapes 2D, Drawing Fundamentals with Dave Malan. I have used a single reference but it is for practise. 6 animals and working on 6 objects this week. I plan to do 6 people/portraits and 6 environments. Then I will move on to Shapes 3D and repeat.

Thanks
Heather B.

[burvantill]

@heather-boyd My favorites are the Octopus and the bird. With all of the notes in the margins they remind me of DaVinci's notes. Its kinda cool, graphically speaking. =)x

[burvantill]

Nothing to show today. BUT! I separated my children's book story into pages and printed out 24 sheets to start drawing up rough sketches. It was tedious and I LOVED it. Why GOD, didn't I start this 20 years ago?! =)x

[Heather Boyd]

@burvantill Thank you. I do notes like a journal entry and to help me learn. But even with understanding things are made up of shape and form I struggle to be able to build structure without references and I am yet unsure how I would combine say 3 references and draw my own from them. I also like drawing animals, people, and environments but find it exhausting stretching myself as I try to learn the fundamentals to build them. Would it be best to focus on one until I understand how to draw them or should I keep practising drawing all three categories?

I also want to help my work be more loose but still have a strong line, not stiff if you catch my drift?

Anyways it was real nice of you to comment.

[Miriam]

@djlambson
This looks great. I like the different textures: the scales of the dragon, the cracks of the ground/rocks, the folds of the fabric and the shine of the pearls. I like the characters you created, and especially since it's for a story-prompt, I like how you can take it in a lot of different directions.
If you can, it'd be great if you could share the story the author comes up with. I'm guessing they will be pretty excited to work on it when they see your painting!

[Miriam]

@kylebeaudette
Wow! All your sculptures are awesome! I'll have to show my brother your adventurer with the map & huge sword. He will love that guy!
This makes me want to play with clay again.

[Miriam]

@heather-boyd
These are very nice studies. I need to do some of this, too.

[kylebeaudette]

@miriam thanks!

[Adriana Bergstrom]

@heather-boyd Love what's happening with the kingfisher and moose. The lion and whale could benefit from some of that amazing light/dark treatment you've successfully done in the others... but I suspect you'll take care of that when you take them to the next step. Excited to see what you do with Shapes 3D!

[djlambson]

@miriam Thanks for the encouragement .. fun idea, I'll do that!

[chrisaakins]

Working on a portrait. 0_1535054368735_IMG_20180823_153047.jpg

[chrisaakins]

Here's the finished work:

[A Former User]

I finished my music piece and I’ve been working on these wrestling cartoons of 80s wrestlers for fun. Me and my friends loved wrestling growing up, I’m thinking of doing one a day!

[smceccarelli]

It's a long time since I've posted anything here on the forum. Now, for a change, I'm working on a personal project for the Bologna Book Fair competition 2019. This time I want to enter the non-fiction category, with a project about trash pollution. So here are the first sketches :-))

[demotlj]

I’ll join in. I’ve been trying to teach myself watercolor this summer and having produced some mediocre landscapes, I thought I’d try some birds. I took a bunch of photos of some common mergansers on Lake Ontario, and drew rough studies of them, brought them into Procreate, and have begun to arrange them. This is very preliminary but I really enjoyed drawing them. (The skelton under the clip is from my other project, a Childen’s book for my niece starring a donkey. Nothing to do with ducks.)

[demotlj]

@smceccarelli I love the hermit crabs. I had some years ago and you captured them so well in these drawings.

[Nyrryl Cadiz]

@burvantill hi! Keep up the good work! Keep on practicing. You’re improving.

[Nyrryl Cadiz]

@smceccarelli looking good, Simona! As always your work is amazing! This reminds me of that book cover for that environmantal project of yours. I love it!

[Nyrryl Cadiz]

@demotlj you birds are looking great! I like their texture. If you chose to color ithese in photoshop, its sketchiness with definitely add character to it.

[Nyrryl Cadiz]

@burvantill i totally agree. I’m saving for a wacom but until that happens, Procreate is my go-to.