Week 11 - Animal study, Goose

[long karma]

Welcome to Study groups!!
weekly study challenge to practice art fundamentals

for anyone who wants to join - here's reference! 🪿
Try to observe simple shapes, proportions and focus on drawing the reference accurately

general rules: use any technique, any medium and don't trace or over paint the reference!

this week study ends : <t:1750539600:f>

I will be here to help so feel free to ping me anytime
Have fun!

Reference photo source : Pinterest

here's my result + timelapse

• I've started with grey scale first to establish my values and added colors after that
• pay attention to bigger shape first
• don't get lost in wing details u don't have to add every detail on ref

[next cedar]

How do you go from grayscale to color? I still haven't figured out how to do it so it'd look good

[long karma]

the easiest way is with gradient map! just merge your gray scale to one layer and use gradient map (in csp: edit > tonal correction > gradient map)

[next cedar]

Do you create your own or do you use the one that are already in? Because ik thst procreate has some gradient maps already in

Also how do you add details when it's already in color? I mean do you make another layer with overlay or something like this? Or just do everything on the one that was a grayscale first

Sorry kg I'm asking too much questions I just really want to try to do this in color

[long karma]

I usually find something that fit and then tweak some minor stuff like add one more color or play with settings of each

[long karma]

once I place the colors I usually make new layer and start rendering with details using eyedropper tool, but I think it could be useful to add some more layers with overlay or soft light to adjust the values in colors too

[next cedar]

Oh okay, I think I'll do it on normal layer then, I'm just getting used to using colors so I don't want to overcomplicate it

[long karma]

and don't worry about too many questions I don't add that many tips so there's always room for new ones!

[long karma]

yeah tbh I prefer normal layers too because I just render with eyedropper and add details till it looks fine xd

[next cedar]

Also I like how you made the goose come out of the "frames" of the background, can I try to do that too?

[next cedar]

Tbh from all the options I only know how multiply works and I still dont use it

[long karma]

sure thing!:D I did frame on the layer under my sketch so I can easily change color of it after I establish colors of the goose

[next cedar]

Okay! Thanks! 😌

[hollow scaffold]

I love goose

🪿

[fossil depot]

Oh man this is a weird goose position

And I forgot to do the cloud last week

[frank brook]

question: can we colour pick colours from the reference?

[long karma]

Yup!

[frank brook]

awesome

[quaint warren]

oh boy

i haven't drawn an animal before

[frank brook]

i havent either, lol

[quaint warren]

is there something like this with ibispaint

[long karma]

I will add different ones in the future too:D

[long karma]

I don't use ibis but I will check it!

[frank brook]

yes, it requires premium though

[quaint warren]

ah

well scratch that then

[long karma]

Damn premium

[quaint warren]

I mean iguess I could just make the goose with grayscale first

[long karma]

Yup go for it!

Not allowed sorry xd

[frank brook]

ah, alright

[quaint warren]

I can't be bothered bc I've gone to far to lose my gallery

anywho I'll try in a few days, college starts rn in the afternoon

1st day

[frank brook]

its very hard to keep your mind on the broader details

[long karma]

It's useful to work with big shapes only, I did it for my sketch phase here or u can red line into ref photo first to find those big shapes

[quaint warren]

is this how the wing is supposed to be shaped

it's a bit scuffed but the thought is there

[long karma]

U will have to add the joint shape into it but these will work fine for sketching out bigger shapes so keep it up!

[lofty obsidian]

Ooh I think I'll try and work on this, new to art so maybe this will teach me smth

[rare spindle]

OH MY GOD

THERES ACTUALLY NO WAY

OH MY GOD

ITS ME

THATS CRAZY

[rich wasp]

Hello i just a little late I'll start

[pallid spire]

No it's your cousin

[rich wasp]

What ive got rn

Ill stop for today

[quaint warren]

so

i got trolled

not today apparently

june 30

guess I'll draw this soon

once i get home

[quaint warren]

didn't even say anything in their social media, just a random poster near the entrance

[hollow bison]

Oh I missed the cloud ahh I hav been busy with studies hopefully I will get the time to do this one

[quaint warren]

you still can

you can serve it as warmup

ah it's locked

unfortunate

[hollow bison]

Yuh

[dire scarab]

these fuckers

[real pecan]

I decided to try again but more stylized this time

[sage gulch]

How can you make the colors digital look like water paint?

[pallid spire]

There's a brush for that and methods

[sage gulch]

@pallid spire ah okay I understand now

@real pecan what app did you use?

[hollow scaffold]

Goose

[next cedar]

You can put another layer and set it to overlay and draw over your grayscale

[real pecan]

I used procreate, but I think most art programs have paint-like brushes
if thats what you're looking for

[night spindle]

Im not very good at drawing so here is the best I can give you. Thank you very much for this challenge and the beautiful reference

[hollow bison]

This gets so much more harder without using eyedropper am struggling finding the colors also tye contrast looks so low as compared to the original how do I fix this

[long karma]

hii I think it looks great! for higher contrast I would use lighter colors for the beak

[hollow bison]

📝

[hollow bison]

In case I am not able to complete cuz this is a busy week I am putting the wip here

[steel kite]

WIP 🙌

[steel kite]

WIP update 🙌 I'll do the rest Tommorow going to sleep 😴

[rich wasp]

Wooah

[rare spindle]

Alright, I am struggling quite a bit with the wing, but this is my WIP

[hollow bison]

Ignore the back part its wip but why do the wings look so stiff help

[bronze ravine]

The update version, both are my accounts:p

[old sinew]

I'm not sure if i'm doing it right

[hollow bison]

I love this!!

[old sinew]

Thank you!~