Ultrazul

Abre las puertas del olvido labio a labio.    Amateur artist drowning in work. Not available for commissions.

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Trying to make my Watcher's in-game custom portrait for Pillars.

Now I'm worrying about what to do with the watercolor version...

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WIP and some random thoughts.

I took a four-month on-line speed painting course and it helped GREATLY. Did 40+ homeworks and struggled with most of them but someday in a miraculous moment everything just... felt different. Now when I go back to my scribbles without the teacher's guidance it still feels, on track, at least, rather than making me want to bang my head against the wall screaming "something is wrong but I don't know why and I don't know how to improve it" !!!

Below are some of the homeworks I loved to study and practice (with detailed instructions from the teacher). Aside from texture and anatomy everything still goes back to the basics: volume & value. 80% of the time I was solving my biggest problem which was "cannot see the grey". No grey usually means no trasitions, thus no volume and not being able to actually going into details...

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Like I said... monocle is cute.

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click click

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random scribbles.

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Poor Aloth carrying all those grimoires around */ω＼*) Another reason to spare some points in Might little wizard!

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The messenger is certainly friendly...

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new #lore

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Looks like this is for tabletop! Hope they finish it soon...(it has been YEARS...(つ´ω`)つ Been craving for PoE inspired one-shots between our weekly PF sessions (when someone needs a day-off or something.

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some practice with my Watcher.

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Somebody is reluctantly expectant?

rough week need comfort character (ノДＴ)

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feels snowy

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Spring.

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Played with different brushes & styles.

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This is a practice I did in the painting class today and I find it very cool! I think the most refreshing part is the "basic procedure" of rendering reflective surface.

It usually goes like "volume"(shadow) → "the dark core" (the darkest part you usually see on metal etc. )→ "highlight" (to indicate shape) → other details. It's extremely helpful for understanding the underlying logic of processing certain materials.

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Grieving Mother. "Do you cease to see me?"

Redrew a previous piece with better surroundings. (And yes she is supposed to be holding a child.

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Fun fact: the bell used to be a rather small and realistic size (so it could be hanged under the archway) in the draft. But the composition was rather dull in that way. In the end I was like: OK I don't want to be reasonable I just want a HUGE BELL!

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No harm in talking (and holding hands?