It wasn't her wings or teeth that gave it away. But the reflection she did not have.

When I started this piece I was planning to paint a reflection. Silly me. Looks unsettling without it which I think fits the scene.

Timelapse: https://bsky.app/profile/ballshapedman.bsky.social/post/3mrvsdiaylk2w

I'm trying for a modern Gothic look. When I look for vampire reference material the outfits are almost all from the Victorian era. This is my attempt to modernize the style a bit. What do you think? What would a modern vampire wear?

Timelapse: https://bsky.app/profile/ballshapedman.bsky.social/post/3mrvb5lxbe22e

Medium is oil paint on 30x40cm canvas.

I hope this is okay here. I didn't see a specific minipainting community with more than 1 member.

Started painting this after resin printing a heroforge mini I made and bought. Just paid for the model file and here we are.

Anyway, spent maybe 5-7 days painting it. I think it looks better in person than from my phone camera (seems to highlight every imperfection, but it actually looks decent compared to what I've seen my friends paint). I'm still new to painting minis, but I think I found a life long hobby i enjoy. Hope you like it <3

I decided to try making doodle cards in my style of doodling. My methods are similar but unique compared to PeterDraws. I don't intend to flag out copy what he is doing. Only use his art as inspiration to find my own art style. These cards were fun to make.

Made with a Bic ballpoint pen.

Portrait based on a late nineteenth century photo

All brushes custom made by me.

Ink, Inkwash, Tinted watersoluble graphite

I might trace this on Procreate or Krita and make something better out of it. Might need to redo where the shading goes because I am not sure if the lighting is consistent. Proportions are off. But other than that it might turn into a successful piece that i might end up printing out.

Carbon pencil sketch of Amelia Earhart

If you're thinking it's only July you'd be wrong. How do I know? My wife at I went shopping this weekend and 3 of the 4 stores were Halloween decked out. Clearly that means it's October...

And I wanted you try to paint a vampire.

Timelapse: https://bsky.app/profile/ballshapedman.bsky.social/post/3mrnp2pavwc2w

I use Procreate and Krita at the moment.

This was just a test drawing. My skill is diminished because I am trying to get used to drawing upright rather than flat as I am used to. This was don't on a Chuwi Ubook (Microsoft Surface knockoff). When I use my laptop, I have a huion drawing tablet that I plug in. It is much easier than this upright tablet. Any tips for comfortability when drawing on upright surfaces?

cross-posted from: https://lemmy.world/post/49950236

Felt pretty inspired the other day, so I redrew Integrelle from scratch, trying out some new styles and techniques. Kinda cool that I can see my improvements over the years!

If you look at my timelapse, you'll see me struggling to get her face right for a while lol

• YouTube: https://youtu.be/gxyahTzbfMY
• PeerTube: https://peertube.wtf/w/sdpqG7rShtCtGVu9JZ37xX

It would be cool if there was a community dedicated to helping people get better at making visual art, e.g. art education, learning, advice requests, feedback, etc.

Is there anything like this already? I had a search around and couldn't see anything much. There is !arttutorials@lemmy.world, but it's fairly dead, and doesn't cover lots of the things above.

If there isn't already something like that, would people be keen for it?

First layer done, needs more color notes than the dull Grey for the rocks