My true concern is that I need to finally muster the concentration needed to read and put into practice 250 pages of information. I am pretty sure I don't have an attention deficiency, but I always struggled with reading big books.
But alas, there is no choice here, I must get better until people have no choice but to notice my work.
I got a hold of Scott Robertson's HOW TO RENDER book and I hope it will be what I need to reach true competence.
Might as well set it to 4 trillion at this point, rip off the bandaid and defund everything to 0 except the military, let polio cull the population while their roads become mud pits, what's the worst that can happen?
I will also give a timelapse on xitter (with music), but first I'll do that for my last piece.
First extraterrestrial city built by the People's Republic of Zenith. Testament to relentless progress.
I am glad to see you here.
I would go with Trotrons.
Next project is depicting a lunar base
Continent 1, time 12:44, temp. 15C
People's Republic of Humanity's Zenith
Progress on my own illustration.
What do you call an alligator with a GPS?
A navigator.
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
Will do. I will give a short review when I'm done with it and make sure to ping you.