Olivia | She/Her | ENG/GER |π¨π| Freelance Artist | Sharing my art journey π¨
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Contact: anyraava
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I'm an illustrator and concept artist from Switzerland who loves to bring fictional worlds to life with light π«
I'm currently open for commissions and freelance projects!π¨
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βοΈanyraava
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Probably the most valuable thing I've learned about painting so far is that you can make almost any (direct) light work if you just separate light and shadow into 2 separate value groups at the start and then preserve them throughout the painting process!
Im bored so let's do something artists,
What is a drawing you think you're iconic for? and let people reply to you what drawing they think you are iconic for
Also some days I can only paint but not draw, vice versa sometimes painting is really exhausting but lineart works just fine? Things like anatomy and my ability to draw from memory, make good shapes/volumes fluctuate massively too
It's kinda frustrating to never know what type of art day I have whenever I get a cool idea and then I'm stressed out by not knowing wether I'll be able to exectue it or not.. Mostly a problem for personal art only tho for some reason?
I thiink a part of this issue is that social media makes it seem like art is a thing that can just be pumped out regularly with consistent quality because we don't see all the behind the scene struggles, so that distorts my expectation in my own abilitiesπ€
Hi everyone! I'm opening a few slots for portrait C0mmissions π¨ You can find all the info below if you'd like to work together with me and bring your character to lifeβ¬οΈβ¨
You could help me out greatly by sharing this, thank youπ
I like to then separate the process into 1) shapes of objects 2) split up light and shadow 3) rendering (while keeping the light and shadow groups intact using alpha lock) which made painting landscapes so much less overwhelming for me
Tip/observation for painting mountains: After blocking in the shadow shapes, add a dark gradient into the shadow (usually the darkest where the shadow edge meets the light) to give it more volume
This usually happens with all cast shadows, under the nose for example
First 2 are done
@Myrmidia
@hugoodraws
Going slightly experimental, hope you don't mind! Was gonna post them all together once I'm finished but not having the capability to do all 6 so I'm gonna slowly chip away at this whenever I'm struggling with drawing
@JensClaessens
Now that I'm thinking about it, for me (and probably a lot of other people) a big drive to keep drawing and practicing is the desire to improve and develop my skills so I can get closer to portray the things the way I see them in my head -
An old dragonfairy concept! Might return to this idea, would fit quiet nicely in my blue elf universe
I imagine them to be about as big as an average human hand
Went trough some old files remembered about this fun painting exercise I've done a few years back, I learned so much about light and color from this so I thought I'd share in case someone wants to try it too