Sure, you've got your noble heroes, and your dastardly villains... but they can't be like that all the time. It would be exhausting!
Pick a traditionally grandiose character - either of a species associated with "the bad guys" or a major villain themselves, or something known to be holier-than-thou and morally unblemished - and show us a bit about their home life. Their family, their loved ones. How do they behave when they're most vulnerable?
Bonus points for making us laugh!
Disclaimer: There are no bonus points. I ate them all.
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The demos here have been drawn in the course of a student's homework critique, but contain information that can be useful to all working through this material.
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Airplanes are definitely complex, similar in some ways to cars in that they focus on a series of curves running from front to back. Here's how I handle them.
Worth mentioning is how to figure out how far the wings should extend. Don't guess - instead, look at your reference image and try and find other features on the plane that align either horizontally or vertically with the wings.
There are a lot of options for illustration software out there, but mine has always been Adobe Photoshop. I've been using it for nearly 20 years now, ever since I started fooling around with digital art, and it has served me well into my career, both in freelancing and in studio positions. One of the biggest advantages, in my opinion, for those jumping into digital art with Photoshop now is its accessibility. Where when I was younger, it'd cost hundreds, even over a thousand dollars for a software license, younger students can now get their feet wet with industry standard software for just $10/month with their Photography Plan.
Having your work reviewed by others is critical, as those who are just starting out aren't in a position to properly judge their own work, and won't be for quite some time. Don't be afraid to show your struggles - it's by analyzing your mistakes that we can help you grow. Perfect homework is not what we're looking for; we just need it to be complete.
There are currently two places you can get your work critiqued by the community - Reddit and our Discord Chat Server.
Both of these are completely free.
If you are interested in receiving extra help, I critique the work of those who support Drawabox on Patreon.
All of these private critiques are done through reddit, in specific threads where students post their work as a comment, including a link to their work (often hosted on Imgur, though most image hosts are okay).
My requirements are more strict than the free community critiques:
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