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Hello folks, this is ME. Here I share the exercises I do every day to learn digital paint, most of them are based on ctrl+paint lessons. I hope this helps others to continue their journey.

P.S. "lajevard" is another name for "Persian Blue" color.

Day 105: 2D FX - Techniques for improving drawing skills

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Day 103-104: 2D FX - Wave Movement

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Day 102: 2D FX - The Movement of the Masses

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Day 101: 2D FX - The Movement of the Masses

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Day 100: 2D FX - The Movement of the Masses

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Day 99: 2D Fx - Compression &Stretching

Hi… it’s been two, maybe three months that everything had come to a stop for me. There’s no need to explain why, but I’m back again. For now, I want to focus on 2D FX (I know this is the third time I’m starting, and I left the previous two unfinished, and after all this time I should have definitely completed them—but things don’t always go exactly the way we want!).

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Day 98: Joints

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Day 97: Joints

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Day 96: Joints

I wasn't feeling too good today, but I did this exercise anyway (it's not as elegant as I wanted, but I preferred to force myself to finish it than wait for the design mood to come back to me!)

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Day 95: Joints

It wasn't a perfect day, I expected to work more, but I only managed to do this exercise:

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Day 94: Joints

I finished the joint-related lessons from the Proko course yesterday. Today, I started practicing, and this is the result:

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Day 93: Studying

Today, I spent my time reviewing and refining the notes I took from yesterday’s Proko video about joints. I usually jot down quick notes while watching the videos, and later I go back and expand on them in detail. It takes time, but it has its own benefits!

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Day 91 -92: Just found Proko!

Many times during this period, I had searched the internet for the anatomy of a specific body part and ended up on Proko’s YouTube channel, but I couldn’t find any particular course that seemed comprehensive. Most of the content — at least the ones I came across — were interviews with different artists.

Two days ago, when I finished my 20-drawing challenge, I realized I didn’t have enough knowledge to properly draw the rib cage. So I started browsing the internet again — and this time, I ended up on the Proko website (not just the YouTube channel). That’s when I discovered how amazing the platform actually is: a free course that covers the essential parts, and more importantly, a community of people learning together and sharing their work.

The first thing I did was watch the video about the rib cage — and of course, take notes. While exploring the website, I was relieved to see that I wasn’t the only one taking notes. That made me feel like I was on the right track, and that this kind of active learning is not only okay, it’s necessary. Yesterday, I went back and watched the first videos and decided to go through the course from the very beginning, with full focus.

Unfortunately, in Marc Brunet’s course, the bones are covered very briefly, all in one lesson, with a few basic forms. If you don’t fully understand the proportions and structure of the bones, it becomes nearly impossible to place the muscles correctly later on, and the whole anatomical structure falls apart. I tried to fill that gap using Human Anatomy for Sculpture by Uldis Zarins, which helped, but now with Proko, I think things are going to be a lot easier.

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Day 90: Body Proportions 20/20 ✨

After three years, I reached 90 days of work! During this time, I met friends who left their journeys half-finished (unfortunately). I didn't get where I wanted to go either… but I'm still trying, despite all the hardships!

Now I'd better write about today's work:

With these 20 designs, I realized that I still have trouble drawing simple shapes like the chest. Especially since I'm not familiar with its exact anatomy, the number of vertebrae, and the shape of the spine. At least not well enough. If there is a special view (like design 17) that has a special perspective, it becomes even more difficult to understand simple shapes!!