Art Archive Fan Art Class Version 5.0 {{New Assignment up May 29th: Eyes.}}

Our beloved fanart mod, HanSolo29, has graciously allowed me to start the fanart class again, so here we go:

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This thread will be setup kinda like an art class. Every two weeks I will post a couple of photographs/images to use as a reference for sketching, drawing, painting, whatever. These images will be Star Wars-related (this is a Star Wars board, after all). The point being to draw what you see, as if you were in a life drawing class. The medium you work in is entirely up to you, the artist.

I encourage everyone to post their work here in this thread for a critique and thorough feedback. This thread is aimed at helping each and every artist, regardless of skill level, improve. So, expect harsher critiques than what you would find elsewhere on the boards. And please remember, they are about the work itself - not the artist.

And just like a real art class, each submission must be posted by a certain due date. After which, the reference images for that time period will be taken down and new ones will be put up.

Please don't stress too much over this, just like everything else here, it is meant to be fun!


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Assignment One: Forced Perspective.
Due Date: [color=red]Extended to Sunday, April 27th![/color]

Seeing as how I've never done anything like this before, I decided to do something that I have difficulty drawing, that being forced perspective [face_blush]

[image=http://images.wikia.com/starwars/images/6/63/Mara-sacrifice.jpg]
[image=http://images.wikia.com/starwars/images/7/7e/N1_fighter.jpg]
[image=http://images.wikia.com/starwars/images/4/48/Jainanjo.jpg]

Depending on who/what you like to draw, you may do any or all of these. :-)

A good way to go about drawing the figure in any one of these positions is to start out in a loose gesture drawing. They may end up looking like a stick figure at first, but this will help you to establish the figure. Once you get the proportions and the position correct, you can then go back in and start adding details.

Like always, you are free to use any medium or style necessary. Remember, the key goal here is to have fun.

If there's any questions, please don't hesitate to ask. . . someone else
(jk, you can ask me, and any suggestions are appreciated.)

any suggestions for the next assignment?

 

This is a great idea Good luck!!

 

I have painted the Naboo fighter in acrylics Naboo fighter

 

Nice work! Especially adding the planet in the background.

I've extended the due date to (hopefully) encourage more people to come.

 

Is there anyway threads like this could be stickied? I come in here at least a few times a week, and didn't notice this thread till a few days ago. I'll do my best to try and get Mara done within the next week, but in the mean time could someone maybe give me a definition of "forced perspective"? I did take an art class, but it's been a couple of years and I don't specifically remember that term.

 

Nice topic! Yes, forced perspective isn't always the easiest. I decided to try this for the practice... just a quick sketch, though, since I didn't have a whole lot of time. Sketches are allowed, right?


[image=http://i113.photobucket.com/albums/n238/shrunkenjedi/Mara.jpg]

 

Yay! Thanks, HS29!

Well, I didn't take an art class so I probably got the term wrong. My bad. What I meant was when you show something (like an arm) close up but angled back, it gets smaller in the distance. Does that make any sense?

Nice! You got the proportions perfect! And yes, sketches are great, pretty much everything is accepted.

 

Hey, this is great! I'll do a sketch in class tomorrow when I have nothing better to do.

 

Here's my half-skilled attempt. Considering I normally have absolutely zero artistic talent, I did pretty well...

Becca's Mara

 

My scanner stinks and my drawing is worse but here it is.

 

Rebecca and Ghent, fantastic job on the sketches. You both did super on the assignments despite your thoughts otherwise.

 

I have done another forced perspective only it is of Obi-Wan.

Obi-Wan

 

One piece of constructive critique for each:
Shrunken, I'm not sure what you're medium is but I think you should be more careful with your blending, it was unnecessary on the back arm but maybe more on her back.
Rebecca, you used lined paper, you must've been in school. Anyway, you've got the shape perfect, the shading is the only thing you really need. Shade on her back, and in the middle of her arms.
earlybird, get a different image hoster. Sorry, by PC has issues with deviantart.

Edit: earlybird just sent me his pics:
Firstly, love the shading on the starfighter, shiny objects are beyond me but you pretty much nailed it!
The Obi-Wan pic was good also, but I would darken the tops of the nostrils a little. The eyes and eye-cavities are great. Just make the bridge of the nose a little straighter. FYI, my noses stink beyond anything, so you're not alone.

 

TrulyGhent, loved that faded look on that sketch and noses they can be difficult with only black and white.

Rebecca yours was fantastic and I like to doodle at work too when a meeting is boring and it keeps me listening and awake.

 

I cheated, I used my finger to blur the graphite. Can get a little messy, so keep an eraser handy.


(Thanks to FF for telling me this tip.)

 

Rebecca, you used lined paper, you must've been in school. Anyway, you've got the shape perfect, the shading is the only thing you really need. Shade on her back, and in the middle of her arms.

Yes, I was at school. There is nothing but lined paper there.

And as for the shading... blame my scanner. There was some, but it didn't show up very well. Not that it was very good in the first place. I can't shade!

Rebecca yours was fantastic and I like to doodle at work too when a meeting is boring and it keeps me listening and awake.

Thanks. I did this in math, english, sewing... I was bored in all of them.

 

Thanks for taking the time to critique, Ghent

The medium was digital pen in photoshop... I hear you about the shading, could be better, yeah. I was trying to quickly get the basic forms, though. (And thank you for your first comment I didn't respond to )

 

Ooo, I love digital pens. in that case I would suggest using the smudge tool for blending, if you turn the strength up a bit. Then just pick the point you want to blur and sorta move it back and forth until it gets really blurry then put it back where it was.

P.S. What should next week's class be about?

 

Hm, I think I'd like to try this art class. Never learned anything from the one at school anyway. As for the next theme, maybe something focusing on shading, or dynamic poses or something?

 

Well, sure, that's pretty much what I did, along with enabling the pressure of the pen to determine the opacity... I think using the pressure leaves a better result, though. It was a sketch, though, so I wasn't trying to get the shading perfect

Not that I don't appreciate your comment, though

 

* Shrunken.*

Thanks for the comment Doc I was actually thinking about the shading on noses yesterday, so I'm gonna hunt down some good nose pics:

Posing is another good idea, I'll keep that in mind. Thanks.

Do you guys think I should edit the first post for the next lesson or just post it normally?

 

Post it normally so that any newcomers can catch up if they feel like it.