Week 12 - Shoe study

[open isle]

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:1751144400:f>

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

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here's my result!

treat is as fun exercise for using new brushes and techniques, the shoes require some blending or experimenting with air brush so don't hold back, it's material study too!
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brush suggestions and how to easily deal with light on thights!

try to spot the edge type in each shape while rendering to avoid muddy shading

keep your lightest values for highlights so it can pop

if u feel overwhelmed with finding big shapes, always check ref and even draw into it (red line)

[lethal harbor]

those are some fucked up shoes

ehh ill try it

[slow scroll]

LMAOO I WAS THINKING THAT

[lethal harbor]

great minds think alike

or well, dorky minds too

[slow scroll]

ong

😭😭

[tawdry owl]

idek if I can draw the shoe lol

[hybrid lark]

honestly same

[sturdy tide]

Studdy group?
Ya guys trully tought about everything making this server
I think i participate

[slow scroll]

i was thinking about doing it but oh BOY i’d rather draw the crusiest pair of bare feet

[dull knot]

I guess all of my characters will have high heels after this study since thatll be the only type of shoe ill know how to draw

[dull knot]

Oh come on try it

[slow scroll]

hell yeah put men in shoes

[sturdy tide]

Try doing sonic like shoes that don't belongs to whisper:)

[slow scroll]

maybe if i have time😣

[fleet brook]

Uh
Idk
Id probably give up because of my other things and lack of motivation-

[dull knot]

Uh.. i do hope men have shoes

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HEELS*😭 omg i havent slept

[open isle]

those are very pretty shoes tho ✋

[dull knot]

Okay well lets not yap here^^

[fleet brook]

Real

[dull knot]

Yeee

[dull knot]

Id love to see it

[slow scroll]

she looks like she has handcuffs around her ankles🤷‍♀️ but absolutely

[dull knot]

1 in 3 male ocs have heels ( i only have 3)

[open isle]

also as I said above, treat it like material study too and try different brushes or blending techniques, have fun:)

[slow scroll]

men are actually so hard to draw i only have 1 male oc😭

[distant gust]

What brush do you recommend?

[open isle]

hii check the pics above, there are brush suggestions!

I will pin it

[distant gust]

Thank you

[pulsar agate]

Precisely what I though upon seeing them.

[lean basalt]

Hello,

[knotty tartan]

Can’t wait to do this one! Finishing up some work things, making coffee and I’ll start. Thanks, Yor!

[solemn rose]

Now I gotta learn drawing feet 🥲

[storm sandal]

I think ima skip this one I'll do the next one tho

[lean basalt]

Uhh how do I do this

Its my first time doing shoe study

[open isle]

Hii you can check the tips above and feel free to send your work in progress here as well, I will try to help!
focus on big shapes first^^

[lean basalt]

Ahh okay

[open isle]

take your time with it! if u think rendering will be too much, feel free to keep it in lines only or with simple shading

[lean basalt]

Okay

[open isle]

Btw let me know if this type of format is good (might use it for future study weeks too)
or feel free to give me suggestions for more tips

[solar aspen]

I will draw feet

[pseudo canopy]

goofy ahh shoes

[open isle]

Don't overthink it, this is much easier then doing study on feet, just follow the big shape of whole shoe! The last picture of my tips ( above or pinned messages) shows whole shape blocked out in color so u can start with that!!

[round hare]

Oh no I missed completing the duck

[night ether]

Mw too, but it's because it was too hard for me, this one looks also hard to do 😭

[dreamy bison]

next study should be surrealism study/ dream study

[copper roost]

30 minutes, had fun with pencil brush + smudge tool

[copper roost]

I tried again for 30 mins focusing more on proper form this time

[glass umbra]

@calm phoenix

[calm phoenix]

Thank u

[calm phoenix]

I will use this as a reference if you dont mind

[lean basalt]

HUH!!

SURE

the boxes

I didnt do a good job
But its the boxes

💫

[open isle]

https://tenor.com/view/pacha-perfect-emperors-new-groove-very-good-gif-18089782898853427957

[hearty kiln]

im not sure about it, any opinions?😭

[night ether]

Are the proportions correct?

[open isle]

check this part of shoes, overall great!!

[night ether]

Yeah that's the part I'm struggling with

[open isle]

here is zoomed in pic , the shoe is wrapping around the feet

[night ether]

🫡

[open isle]

https://tenor.com/view/nodding-yes-approve-approval-i-approve-gif-6191609

[verbal lily]

Sorry got a bit late because of exams @open isle

My goose 🤧🙌

[grave whale]

What do y'all use to draw? A phone? Tablet? Pc?

I use my phone and I also have a pc, but god it's terrible, a Windows 7 32 bit, but I do have krita

[open isle]

hii I use mainly pc with graphic tablet! If you don't have good device I always recommend drawing traditionally instead so you don't have to hold back bcs of digital stuff

[grave whale]

I would but my brain doesn't accept gray and black colors, it needs to be like the image, only time I can draw traditional is when I want to make smt original

[night ether]

You csn always change your reference to grayscale

[sullen spade]

Hmm….

What app could I do this on?

[open isle]

krita, ibis paint are free programs
or u can draw it traditional too

[sullen spade]

Hi my apologies I am new to this study group

So I wanted to ask

[open isle]

no worries! any medium is fine so feel free to use anything^^

[sullen spade]

Is it hard to go from traditional to digital drawing?

I’m just curious 🙂

[open isle]

personally I've started with traditional and once I was more confident with my skills I've started with digital
so it takes some practice to switch but it is pretty easy after few days:D

[sullen spade]

Oh boy it be challenging for me ha ha 🤣

I have high functioning autism

But I don’t mind 🙂

[open isle]

wish u luck with it! feel free to check other weeks with different refs too

[sullen spade]

Oh the other weeks too?

[open isle]

All of them are here #1357855209916731392!

[night ether]

Here’s mine, first time drawing shoes kinda nervous

[open isle]

great work!

[arctic onyx]

@open isle thank you so much this is exactly what I was looking for! @dull knot sorry again I sent you an apology pm just got mixed up with the channel name.,...

[arctic onyx]

🌈🙏🏻🙏🏻

[hybrid marlin]

this was super fun :D

[open isle]

tbh I will have to do more shoe studies after this great work!!!

[verbal lily]

Wip 🙌

[supple elm]

I wanna join this study so bad but I have to prepare my reference sheets for art fight can I DM @open isle you later if I can't complete this study on time?

[open isle]

helloo no worries! feel free to post it with ref into galleries or into #🎨・art-chat!! (u can ping me ofc)

[supple elm]

Okay!!!

[grave whale]

@open isle did you mainly leave everything else under the shading black? The shading I understand, airbrush and blending, but these fucked up shoes ain't making it easy

Also sorry for the ping

[open isle]

hii pretty much yeah, I used some lighter tones for platform, but top part with biggest light shape is solid black pretty much. here's sketch before blending it all

• feel free to ping me anytime!

[grave whale]

What brush or technique did you use for the shading? This part is for sure going to mess me up

[open isle]

like this, I've added some lighter times into the black base and blended them

random shapes, don't mind them xd

[grave whale]

Mmmmmm. Got it, thank you yor! Have this meme as another thank you

[night ether]

I think there's no point in being worried over brushes, I made everything with one and maybe it's wrong but it came out, just do whatever you feel comfortable with

[grave whale]

I'll keep that in mind, it's just some times whenever I see people making such high quality drawings are such it makes me question what brush they use

[open isle]

yeah I agree, for this one it will be easier to choose something that blends so u can do soft transitions between colors/tones
other than that choose any brush u want!

[grave whale]

Looks decent I guess, but I feel like the front is a bit too low

[night ether]

It looks like you're using airbrush for a sketch

[grave whale]

Yeah, I used to sketch using the pen brush but I saw my friend use the airbrush so I kinda stuck with it

I sketch out over the airbrush

Then do the line art

What sort of Jenga bs am I making

[night ether]

Make yourself some guide lines

[grave whale]

This is the part where it's messing with me

[grave whale]

Got it, thank you

[night ether]

Maybe try drawing the base as a box and then soften the edges and add details?

[grave whale]

Now this is more acceptable, I added a few lines to remember when the lighting would be at

Is this part necessary? I didn't notice it at all

Now my brain stopped, idk how to do the shading over the line art to make it realistic

[night ether]

Maybe don't try to make ot realisti? Since you're a beginner you csn try blocking in the shadows and highlights with hard brush

[grave whale]

I can finally die happily now ;w; (ik it's not the best but my brain was having a stroke struggling on what to do)

No way in all of hell I'm drawing the second foot ••'

[open isle]

hell yeah u did it!!!! 💯

sorry I didn't reply to other messages I wasn't here, but great job!!

[grave whale]

I gave up on making the lighting over the line art, so I went back to my old ways, only thing over the line art is the little shiny lines

[grave whale]

Oh it's ok! Understandable

[open isle]

u did a nice job ❤️

[grave whale]

I will try to improve! Any tips or advice on things I can learn?

[open isle]

I think you can try to use harder brush for highlights, especially the top one, since it's the biggest one and it would bring more attention to it
proportion wise the space for toes is a bit too small
I would consider your work as complete so u don't have to adjust it, but keep it in mind for future studies of shoes/feet

[pliant crest]

This was a fun study, its nice to tackle drawing unfamiliar material like this

[round hare]

I am doing like one step everyday

[peak silo]

Idk why it's purple and yellow im confusion

I'm still not done as apparent of the missing diva left leg

Or right leg?

[solar basalt]

left

[lean basalt]

I struggled with the angle but I tried again!

is
is it good

[open isle]

https://tenor.com/view/knuckles-knuckles-the-echidna-approved-knuckles-approved-knuckles-approve-gif-12133775096657000385

[lean basalt]

Yaaaaay

I never did thsi before

Lol

[peak silo]

[open isle]

U guys were unsure about this study and yet all I see are perfect shoes

[peak silo]

I realized that the heels look off and it looks unbalanced but I shall ignore thateth for the saketh of thy sanity

[clever ingot]

Here’s mine! (+ the🪿)

Also I’d love some critique. My self critique is that I should’ve focused more on the proportions before I started coloring. They’re kinda wonky..😅

[distant gust]

i tried my best 🥲

[maiden sable]

This study was over the span of three days and it total took almost a hour to draw..to say the least I found perspective difficult and using the brush digitally but I tried my best!!!

[solar aspen]

Well i try digitol for such shoe

[open isle]

WHEN POSTING INTO GALLERIES PLEASE ATTACH ORIGINAL REFERENCE WITH IT

[open isle]

great work!!! I would include more hard edges especially into this area to make the shapes more readable just like u did it for goose neck! I like your values✨

[clever ingot]

Tyy!

[round hare]

I kind of rushed it to so that I would not miss this one like the last two also was playing risky by not sketching base and starting off with colors to shape the shoes

Time lapse

[obtuse ridge]

This was nice! Took about 20 mins :3

[sullen spade]

WOW! 🤩