30 Minute Portrait study #6-10

Hey Gents' Ladies we are going with a slightly different format this time! Instead of just one I'm going to drop 5 studies at a time give self critiques for each one. my hope with these is this format is two fold. one We won't clog up the blog with tons of little one shot posts. And two you can see the grow a little easier. Whelp let me know what you think!

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New Tools

Very small update for this week, and today we are featuring the first art work I've done from my bed! It isn't a masterpiece, but I promise I’m working, however because I’m in the process of transitioning to a new computer there isn’t much art to show this week. What does that mean for you?

Is it cheating to use reference images?

Absolutely not. BUT there is more to it than just that a lot more. If you are  plagiarizing someone else's work I think that is always an issue so we are going to skip that idea and going into a few reasons where reference makes sense and when it doesn’t.

30 Minute Portrait Study #5

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#5 I feel like I'm getting a better grasp on the face now... not to the point where I can pop attractive faces out of my imagination but I'm definitely understanding some things more clearly.

You know the deal by now. Continue reading for my self critique

30 Minute Portrait Study #4

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And another one. really like doing these. And doing the self critiques really gets me thinking consciously about the errors I'm making as I go into the next one as well.
If you want to see where I think I'm going wrong continue reading!

30 Minute Portrait Study #3

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Having fun with these so I did two before bed between other projects.Black a while felt faster but this piece was also missing hand so... Maybe I should stick with black and while for a bit to get a better handle on my values?
Keep reading to for the self critiques!

30 Minute Portrait Study #2

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The Second 30 minute study! Trying to jam the hand in there took almost as much time as the face. once I'ma little more confident with faces I'll definitely need to do more hands. but for now we focus on the goal at hand!

Keep reading for a self critique!

30 Minute Portrait Study #1

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I'm going to start doing at least one of these 30 minute portrait studies a day for a while. I really need to get my faces stronger, and the only way is with more mileage.
I'll likely just be grabbing these from Pintrest, but when possible (like now) I'll be posting links to the reference.
Keep reading for a quick self critique.

40 questions for an artists.

While browsing the Web I came across a website, artculture.com that asked me (an artist) a bunch or questions aimed at an artist. You can keep reading to see my answers or click the link to browse through them and answer them on your own.

Alright let's go!