Let's Draw!

I'm Bruce and this is my sketch blog! I'm working on improving my drawing and finding my own art style. Constructive feedback appreciated. Be nice to me :D

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I have completely forgotten I have this blog

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Dwagon uwu 🐉🐜 #artistoninstagram #conceptart #dragon #medieval #insects #artstation https://www.instagram.com/p/BrhOd7BFNq0/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=1ev2fl3gn24iz

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Some techno plumbus guy. #characterdesign #conceptart #alien #artistoninstagram https://www.instagram.com/p/BqxO5zIF3TC/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=14amp3k1cibtj

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Canyon study! #virtualpleinair #artistsoninstagram #nature https://www.instagram.com/p/BprYTSilmKl/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=1h6rrhcwhafuj

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rough building/lighting study. not sure how this year is going to end.. -_-''

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Tried a digital painting.

I want to improve on my painting so my goal this school holidays is to paint atleast 1 landscape a day

this one is an experiment with the brushes I downloaded from sycra.net and the reference photo is this http://brycesreference.tumblr.com/image/149599322949

lots of space from imrpovement :)

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hahaha ! Funny how tumblr showed me this as I was viewing my latest painting. Can’t believe this was painted a year ago. It is my first digital environment painting and it was depressing. I watching speed painting videos make you think it is easy to do.

A total of 22 environment painting in the span of 52 weeks. I don’t think that’s good enough ! Should total to 52+ environment paintings for this year if possible :)

it is school holiday again and yes I am making the most of it. I do have lazy days but I have never been this creatively productive. I’m hoping it carries on this week :)

I’ll work my ass off this year so my skill will at least look up to my standard haha

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2 years ago - 24 September 2016 I have definitely improved a lot. The main cause of my burn out is the depressing feeling that I will not make it even if I try hard. There are people younger that me out there that are doing a lot better. So maybe I should give up now. Looking back to my first digital painting at the beginning of my studies really shows how different I was back then. No negative thinking and just wanting to learn and push through challenges. That is what I am missing now. I should strive to think that way again so I can just improve. Not thinking of what others might think but thinking of all the things I am learning. Hopefuly I get my fire back and finish my studies with a capstone I can be proud of. - later

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ART DUMP! 7/? Week 6 - Swamp Alligator thingy My 6th week topic has been on hold for over a month now. It was very hard for me to even try and just open photoshop. Most of the things I did are studies (1-5); I thought maybe it will help me get my mojo back. The last photo study (#5 - bottom left) got me pretty fired up that I even challenged myself to add people in it- making it a decent concept art. But after that the fire is all gone again. I am still exhausted and struggling to get my motivation back. So I browse through my tumblr and look at all the old struggles I've had. Browing through my blog showed me how far I have come. A lot of things I didn't know before that I would do subconciously now. Just like breathing. Not sure what will happen after this but I will try and focus on creature and character design as it seems like I have worked hard to understand environment design all year.

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ART DUMP! 6/? Week 5 - volcano fortress - thingy Studies/thumbnails on top +the idea I want to finish This is when I was starting to lose it. I think I overworked myself throughout that 5 weeks. I was spewing concept art week by week while also trying to learn the fundamentals. When normally I will focus on 1 fundamental and if I am going to create a finished concept art, it will be just me applying what I have learned. This is when my brain thought "I need to rest" Tho up till now I haven't really rested. Resulting in a month long burn out. :(

(september 8, 2018)

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ART DUMP! 5/? super quick plein air

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ART DUMP! 4/? Week 4 - Junkyard Residents This was my most productive week. I had a proper workflow and I managed to have a decent idea straight away.I working really hard. Not finished yet but definitely will.

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ART DUMP! 3/? Week 3 - Underwater ... something Week 3 is where I practiced photobashing. It is a very fun process as it helps me focus more on the composition that texturing. Tho I end up not being able to finish any of them because I am too intimidated by the textures.. I don't know how to work around them once they are on the canvas. Good experience tho.

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ART DUMP! 2/? Week 2 - Lunar Temple I posted my designs for the temple on august but I didn't post the 3D models I did for my final piece. Trying to learn incorporating 3D into painting was a fun experience. This workflow has more control to it. Easy perspective and lighting. Will add more details later on. This was a success :)

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ART DUMP! 1/? my week 1 for Semester 2 creatures.. (early october) We are just working on our capstone to end the year. My capstone is a concept art gallery of environment,creature and characters(most of my classmates have animation/comics/3d/etc) My goal is to create a finished concept art every week. I haven't done much creature design after my last year's project so I am suffering a lot . haha I end up sacking the idea.. and focused more on studying fundamentals. (VALUE STUDIES)

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another painting. Feeling the need to improve my brush work. Lots of bad habits I need to work on. 😓 #virtualpleinair #mountain #snow #artistsoninstagram

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Plein air I did yesterday and today :D

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Quick virtual plein air i did in class yesterday. #nature #italy #virtualpleinair #artistsoninstagram

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Thumbnails and designs I did last night and today. It's for a moon colony concept art. Doing this much thumbnails and designs in a short period is something I haven't done much before.

My goal before the end of the year is to be able to make heaps more of these within 4 hours. I want to be able to constantly design non stop for 8 hours like I'm already working. I need to learn more about composition and design as I feel the images above are too generic and pretty plain. Hopefully I can produce unique designs as I go.