It's been a long time :)

Haven't updated this blog for such a long time.

So, what's happen:

- a kitten, although we had to return him, sad experience.. :( Will try again aftrer finishing the main big project.

- two new pieces for Zodiac War board game:

- Some figure practice

- Quick portraits for personal DnD project:

  


- Wedding invitations!

- And 3D! :) finally

So, I opened Zbrush, raged and closed it, opened Blender, even made a doughnut! :D
Seriously, Andrew Price is a great teacher. Some of his tutorials on Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL2CfvJqS-h6o6CJCd2ykWooBIahuL38q1

I am really pleasantly surprised how clear his explanations are. As an ex-teacher I just adore :)

Some useful links for Blender and 3D:

- Characters, an add-on by Manuel Bastioni: http://www.manuelbastioni.com/download.php
- Animated characters from Maxamo: https://www.mixamo.com


#3d #blender #weddinginvitations #portrait #characters #boardgame #zodiacwar #zodiac

Just two master studies this time:

21 out of 21 DONE!!

Finished Noah Bradley's challenge!!

Just 3 left of Noah Bradley's challenge and 3 days of July

Recent masterstudies:

Speed up!

Masterstudies, 15 out of 21 done, just 6 left!

While I was doing these, I understood that using textured brushes is quite handy. Yeah, I usually used only one round brush with ragged edges, so for my ways of painting it is very new approach :D

+ Increasing speed of working
+ Applicable for environment and base layer for portraits
+ Speed also can be increased by placing certain colours in certain places, mistake less, and not just throwing blobs of colours as I usually did :D

 

Aaand some quick figures..


 

New one, slowly coming to "normal"

Artblock?

So, it has happened, I can't do not only master studies, but, like, nothing related to the art at all..

Last one was a day ago, 11 out of 21

What I found helpful in those conditions:

- Go outside: to nature or to museums and galleries, cinema
- Creating something that is not related to art (even cooking something delicious can help)
- Watch some tutorials
- Cleaning
- Change routine


Things i should do to prevent this:

- Take breaks more often (maybe try 45/10), go away from PC
- Regular physical activity is necessary
- Go outside at least twice a week
- New experiences are needed: do something that i didn't try yet, learn something new

Some new studies. Almost half is done

Feeling so unwell these days, plus this useless new flat hunting consumes most of the time, where to get more energy?..

Another two :)

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Started Noah Bradley challenge! :) 3 out of 21 -- so far so good! 

Do you want to join? https://medium.com/@noahbradley/21-days-to-be-a-better-artist-48087576f0dd

And a bit of skulls

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