Portrait based on a late nineteenth century photo

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

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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?

A mixed media drawing to conceptualize my world a little better. I did the lineart traditionally, the colors are digital and the shading is a mix of both.

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

First time I tried a chinese brush for the ink wash. They are really soft and can hold a lot amount of water.

cross-posted from: https://jlai.lu/post/40712474

I pulled a black and white photo of this young man and had to paint his hair. But I felt like it needed out of this world colors. What do you think?

And as a bald man who once had hair that was always complimented by the barber, maybe I'm a little envious.

Timelapse: https://bsky.app/profile/ballshapedman.bsky.social/post/3mrdg2w5vck2f

I implore you to check out his channel if you like concept art and creature design, or if you just want sketchbook tips in general. He is a pretty decent teacher.

Hosted by https://bsky.app/profile/artsallianceofstfd.bsky.social, our model, https://bsky.app/profile/ludmedinaartola.bsky.social was great.

This one is my favorite by far is the black and white of Ludmila's face is by far my favorite. I feel like I really captured her spirit here.