Sketchbook – silentheart00

[silentheart00]

@nekronavt Thanks, man.  Appreciate it =]

[silentheart00]

Going back to Kilyn and designing her outfit.  Lots of ideas over the past few months, but I think I’ve found something I like that balances practicality against the more “stylized” elements of design.  I chose a fun dancer pose as reference, put in a basic skeleton, and tried to recreate the muscles.  Now, hands are definitely something I need to work on, so time to find some references!

[odunov]

@silentheart00 Nice pose. The arms seem a bit thick though.

[silentheart00]

@drgnclw I tend to draw my arms quite thin, so I buffed them out a bit.  Plus, this is a warrior dancer, so tried to give her more muscles.  That arm behind the head might be a bit thick, though.

[silentheart00]

Some hand practice.  Tried to break it down into simpler parts, trying to find the relationships.

[smurfmier1985]

@silentheart00 Nice work, hands are hard.. the right hand looks good I think, on the left hand the distance between the pinky and ring finger seem a bit too big/stretched imo. Loving the fist! That one turned out real good. 

[silentheart00]

@smurfmier1985 Thanks for the feedback!  I agree; something’s off in that one on the left.

[silentheart00]

More hands.  Getting more comfortable, took about half the time this round.  Still kinda funky.  The refs I have are low quality, which is good for abstracting out forms, but might be hindering the actual shapes of fingers.  Might take some of my own ref pics at some point.

[silentheart00]

Laying down some colors for Kilyn’s outfit.

[yukino hatake]

@silentheart00 looking great already I look forward to see this in the finished stage. 

[Aaron Rudderham]

@silentheart00 Hands are such a complex thing to create, even more so in 2D I feel. You’re definitely going in the right direction, so looking forward to seeing you progress!

[silentheart00]

@yukinoh1989 @thecabbagedetective Thanks!  Going a little slower over the holidays, but hitting it hard next year.

[silentheart00]

Adding some shading and preliminary details to see if the colors look alright.  The dark part of the chest piece is suppose to be feathers but they kind of look like fur.  I hope shading will help with that.

[yukino hatake]

@silentheart00 really great looking. It indeed looks more like fur now but you’re still in a early stage so later on it might look perfectly as feathers. Great work so far

[silentheart00]

Since everybody is making goals for the new year, I figured I should join the band wagon!  Here’s my rough plan related to drawing (barring any workshops here =]) for the next 7-ish months until I’m off to grad school.

January

• Sculpt January – It’s 3D stuff, so probably won’t have much in the way of drawing as I expect it to take most of my time.

February

• Finish up the Kilyn outfit concept.
• Practice hands.

March

• Create Valentino de Fleur’s clothing concept.
• Practice torso anatomy.

April

• Create Chaos’ clothing concept.
• Practice arm and hand anatomy.

May

• Create Hazard’s clothing concept.
• Practice hip and leg anatomy.

June

• Concept Chaos and Hazard’s world.
• Practice leg and feet anatomy.

July

• Concept monsters.
• Practice full body anatomy.

August

• Packing up and moving to grad school!

It’s a lot to do, and even if I don’t get all of it done, it’s better than nothing!  Good luck to everyone with their goals!  We got this!

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