#material study

[nakakabaliw]

another school thing yet again

[artofcorinne]

Kala in Angus Tsui for @dragon-age-met-gala

Back in March, I saw Angus Tsui's collection for London Fashion Week and honed in ONE dress that I had to redraw for Kala. It gives me an opportunity to practice rendering different materials. I thought the dress matched her aesthetic pretty well. Plus, when her arms are down, it looks like a straitjacket.

You can see the full collection on the Angus Tsui website.

[miamaimania]

Nicholas Alan Cope ≋ Material surface study

[shelandsorcery]

I've been feeling rusty in my digital painting skills, so I loaded up all those fun new procreate brushes and did a quick photo study:

Then I took the two main materials from that study - the blue glass and the orange grapes - and did material studies of each, where you extrapolate a new simple form from the material information in the reference.

This is an exercise from undergrad, and one I should definitely reintegrate into my usual habits - it got me studying my ref in a way I haven't in a while! super recommend if you're feeling like every surface in your paintings feels the same.

[fragrantblossoms]

Edmund Collein. Untitled (Material Study by Otti Berger, Josef Albers’ Preliminary Course, Bauhaus Dessau), c. 1927.

[mbbaniaz]

Posting my progress on being a digital painter?

So, if anyone remembers, there is an Avalon Vial that was given to Merlin by the Fisher King and I decided to make it a victim of my drawing progress.

[vlada-artblog]

Here is what a sample material study looks like for me. I try to take notes every time I do an in-depth dive like this, and include the brushes/process used to achieve these results consistently. It's very helpful when you forget how to render a piece of rusty metal for the 100000th time 🙃