Ship of Theseus
Prints here ;) Sorry I’ve been so late with these posts; this one’s from a little over a month ago!
So many summer fields
An ode to the passage of time.
“Running into the sun, but I’m running behind.”
Commissioned illustration for an upcoming artist residency program—Gothe Residency of the Arts! Their Kickstarter just launched, go take a peek! You can get a print of this piece with the $25 tier ;)
(Many thanks to Vincent for giving me the banger prompt of "dark academia androgynous person + Borzoi")
Commissioned illustration for an upcoming artist residency program—Gothe Residency of the Arts! Their Kickstarter just launched, go take a peek! You can get a print of this piece with the $25 tier ;)
(Many thanks to Vincent for giving me the banger prompt of "dark academia androgynous person + Borzoi")
Fun news!! I had the opportunity to work on Magic: The Gathering's Lord of the Rings set.
This was my first time working with MtG, and I'm delighted with how my cards turned out. Here's Erestor of the Council :)
AD: Matt Cavotta
Already you will be covered in skin and sinews and you will live. Nothing is too late.
A personal piece in between commissions! If you'd like prints, here u go :)
Colors vs Final Illustration <3
I wanted to give folks here a heads up that I've deleted my Redbubble account (they added a crappy fee structure + they've never been good at paying artists fairly), so if you want prints you should use my Inprnt. Thanks!
Commissions are currently open; email at silverthegold@gmail.com for inquiries.
Anastasia
Another commission ;) I'm closing comms on June 1st by the way! They won't re-open until August, so if you'd like to make a request or ask about pricing, shoot me an email (silverthegold@gmail.com).
Blessed art thou, No One. In thy sight would we bloom. In thy spite.
I’ve got a print sale going on right now, by the way (it’s to celebrate some good news my family and I received)! You get 15% off, through the weekend (thru Oct 4th)—the code is WCRQPG3U.
I am the offering, and the fire which consumes it, and the one to whom it’s offered
Prints here! Again, moved all my stuff to Inprnt—better quality and higher margins than Redbubble.
Colors vs Final Illustration <3
I wanted to give folks here a heads up that I've deleted my Redbubble account (they added a crappy fee structure + they've never been good at paying artists fairly), so if you want prints you should use my Inprnt. Thanks!
Commissions are currently open; email at silverthegold@gmail.com for inquiries.
W & A
I'll be closing commissions next week, by the way! They won't be re-opening until August, so if you'd like to send in an inquiry/ask about pricing etc. feel free to shoot me an email (silverthegold@gmail.com).
Already you will be covered in skin and sinews and you will live. Nothing is too late.
A personal piece in between commissions! If you'd like prints, here u go :)
Already you will be covered in skin and sinews and you will live. Nothing is too late.
A personal piece in between commissions! If you'd like prints, here u go :)
Anonymous asked:
I've always loved drawing people and especially portraits. Your art is so inspiring! Do you have any advice on drawing portraits with accurate proportion? What aspects are the most important in portraits, do you think? And what are good exercises? I'm sorry for bombarding you with so many questions! :3
Thank you! There’s one thing about drawing portraits that I don’t think I’ve ever touched on, and it’s the technique of constraining features. Basically, it becomes easier and more intuitive to rotate the face in 3D space once your mind grasps exactly where the features are located and, furthermore, where they can’t be located.
I use a weird double trapezoid shape that I’ve depicted below in red to keep track of facial feature placement every single time I draw a face. It follows the top of the eyebrows, touches the corner of the eye, traces down to the corner of the lips, and finally ends at the bottom of the lips.
The shape of the constraint will change depending on the person’s features, and it works for every angle of the head. For me it really internalized where each part of the face was, as well as where it started and ended. It kinda helps moderate your drawings; i.e., you’ll stop drawing features that are wildly misplaced or off-sized. I don’t literally draw this shape out every time I draw a face, but I see it in my mind’s eye 100% of the time.
If you’re still learning proportions, a good exercise is to grab pictures of people and trace this shape over them (either digitally or with a marker or something) to get an idea of what realistic constraints looks like. Then go back to studying faces, and constantly check your drawing by tracing along the eyebrows and down to the bottom of the lips to make sure that things aren’t off (e.g., the constraint isn’t terribly asymmetric). It takes a while to get used to, but it might help you get a good feel for portraiture.
There’s one other unrelated thing I like to do with faces, and if you’ve seen a lot of my pics you’ve already picked up on it. If you kinda add some shading to the area on the cheek just below the eye and down to the nose, I think it adds a decent amount of depth to a face. Don’t go overboard of course but there’s another little tip that could be of use.
