Kim Jung Gi was one of the most highly acclaimed artists of the 21st century. A heart attack lead to his untimely death in October 2022, being only 47 years old.

He became famous for his inking skills, being capable of drawing highly detailed murals without any reference. His calling card became his use of 5 point perspective with multiple vanishing points. Notably, his perspective skills were the product of practiced intuition, as he only learned the mathematical principles behind it after enrolling in an art school.

He spent most of his time drawing and was invited around the world to paint murals for different occasions. He left behind more than 6000 identifiable works and South Korea opened a museum dedicated to him postmortem.

A collection of his works can be found here: https://archive.org/details/982_20221008/kim-jung-gi-2018-sketch-collection/

He truly was someone an artist can aspire to.

◇ ◇ If you drew something that is still a Work In Progress (WIP), this is the place to share it. ◇ ◇

◇ ◇ If you have any art related thoughts or questions, this is the place for that discussion. ◇ ◇

This mega's purpose is to create a casual, low-pressure environment for artists and non-artists alike to engage in sharing their incomplete art, giving feedback to others and holding general art discussion. If you are an artist with original works that are complete, you are highly encouraged to make a standalone post for it.

And when I say incomplete, I do mean literally anything that you wouldn't consider a complete illustration or artwork, from basic anatomical sketches and messy perspective exercises to half-rendered paintings. All skill levels are welcome.

Vladimir Aleksandrovich Serov was a champion of the USSR's "socialist realism" artists, being awarded several accolades for his hard work in ~~making workers look hot~~ depicting workers with delightful grace and overwhelming dignity, as well as portraying key historical moments of the USSR, such as the storming of the Winter Palace,

He was active for most of his life until his death at 58 years old and his many works became the prototypical example of soviet realism. But he was also skilled in creating stylized posters as well. Notably, during the siege of Leningrad he made several posters while inside the besieged city to boost the morale of the population against the invaders.

You can look at a collection of his works here: https://soviet-art.ru/soviet-artist-vladimir-alexandrovich-serov-1910-1968/

Vladimir Serov's art looks impressive at a glance, but that quality wasn't the result of simple fundamental skills, it's nothing other than the crystallization of his passion, his hope and his perseverance.

And that is (mostly) what this mega is all about!

◇ ◇ If you drew something that is still a Work In Progress (WIP), this is the place to share it. ◇ ◇

◇ ◇ If you have any art related thoughts or questions, this is the place for that discussion. ◇ ◇

This mega's purpose is to create a casual, low-pressure environment for artists and non-artists alike to engage in sharing their incomplete art, giving feedback to others and holding general art discussion. If you are an artist with original works that are complete, you are highly encouraged to make a standalone post for it.

And when I say incomplete, I do mean literally anything that you wouldn't consider a complete illustration or artwork, from basic anatomical sketches and messy perspective exercises to half-rendered paintings. All skill levels are welcome.

To encourage people to post their art in the comm, halfway through the mega I will post a comment and one of the replies will get their art featured in this section.

◇ ◇ Featured drawing: ◇ ◇ Credit to @marxisthayaca@hexbear.net

This mega's art prompt word is:

◇ ◇ chainsaw ◇ ◇

First extraterrestrial city built by the People's Republic of Zenith. Testament to relentless progress.

Continent 1, time 12:44, temp. 15C

People's Republic of Humanity's Zenith

Alexei Leonov was a Soviet cosmonaut as well as a self-taught painter. He is notable for being the first ever human to go on a spacewalk as well as being the artist who drew the first sketch made in space.

It's a drawing made with colored pencils depicting the sun rising over the Earth.

It's a humble drawing, made with passion and hope. Compared to his usual paintings it might even be described as incomplete.

And that is what this mega is all about!

◇ ◇ If you drew something that is still a Work In Progress (WIP), this is the place to share it. ◇ ◇

◇ ◇ If you have any art related thoughts or questions, this is the place for that discussion. ◇ ◇

This mega's purpose is to create a casual, low-pressure environment for artists and non-artists alike to engage in sharing their incomplete art, giving feedback to others and holding general art discussion. If you are an artist with original works that are complete, you are highly encouraged to make a standalone post for it.

And when I say incomplete, I do mean literally anything that you wouldn't consider a complete illustration or artwork, from basic anatomical sketches and messy perspective exercises to half-rendered paintings. All skill levels are welcome.

To encourage people to post their art in the comm, I will also feature one of the drawings made and shared in the comm either as a mega comment or a standalone post, with permission of course.

(Because this is the first ever art mega, I will give one of my own incomplete drawings.)

◇ ◇ Featured drawing: ◇ ◇

This mega's art prompt word is:

◇ ◇ future ◇ ◇

Yugoslav partisan Albina Mali-Hočevar.

Made for practicing portraits. Timelapse in comments.

Made for practicing portraits.

One of my friends told me the eyes make him look like a vampire, so I kept them as they were, gives the portrait a nice Romanian touch.

“Looking at the earth from afar you realize it is too small for conflict and just big enough for co-operation.”

Made by me.

Listening to songs like Tачанка and Полюшко Поле always inspired this heroic mental image of the red cavalry sweeping across the fields to usher in a new future, and I finally got around to depicting that.

I now have a Xitter account! (bluesky too) I can link them, but I will choose not to.

I made this in a fevered frenzy in the middle of the night after rediscovering my favorite brush set in Krita, I sketched this concept some months ago and remembered it just for this occasion.

Xitter account coming soon... if I feel like it

made by me I will probably open a Xitter account sooner or later to post my illustrations for a larger audience