tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1354420229972462137.post5929466967383039773..comments2023-02-19T00:48:42.961-08:00Comments on Ashley Walters' Art Blog: The Learning CurveAshley Waltershttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05460270245246759376noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1354420229972462137.post-8632800408888606352012-07-10T02:37:39.692-07:002012-07-10T02:37:39.692-07:00Ah but see I don't use makeup ads as reference...Ah but see I don't use makeup ads as reference. The first time around I focused heavily on NOT using any direct reference which resulted in mistakes. The second time around I mocked up a quick figure in DAZ to see more grace in the pose. The lose eyeballed ref still looks almost nothing like the image you see here (except the hand placement). I think I was much more successful and I pride myself in not relying on paint-overs or commercially derived images to copy. Creating something beautiful from nothing is much more fulfilling.<br /><br />And actually I do know where to put color and this is not Asian influenced. I spent many hours actually studying in portrait painting class the subtleties of color theory exaggerated in the face. It was not haphazardly applied as you may think. And I don't look at online tutorials by artists like this. I push to discover my own techniques. <br /><br />Thanks for your advice all the same but it seems your approach is nothing like my own. Which is fine. We all have our own way of discovering. Copying a photo I find on the net is not my way.Ashleyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15321498743654787428noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1354420229972462137.post-78377491443976544792012-07-08T16:54:39.738-07:002012-07-08T16:54:39.738-07:00The styles you wanted to copy are influenced by th...The styles you wanted to copy are influenced by their culture. There are certain things that they emphasis and hide depending on which country they are from.<br /><br />You emulate something unless you understand why it is so. <br /><br />In asia, even skin tone, big bright eyes, glow from within blush and so on. You can't just put weird colors here and there. <br /><br />You have to learn these things from their beauty magazines and so on. That's where they get their inspiration. Sometimes I look at their work and I think about beauty ads with something added on top.<br /><br />Use better reference, stop wasting time trying to work it out. Stop believing those fake tutorials that certain artists made.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1354420229972462137.post-28778343705640169802012-07-08T15:37:57.672-07:002012-07-08T15:37:57.672-07:00Thank you for your comment, Chris. Yes I have tri...Thank you for your comment, Chris. Yes I have tried the whole Melanie Delon thing before a few times and I just can't seem to get it. In the process however, I have found my own style. <br /><br />If drawing is what you really love, don't give up! As my dad always says, you get good at what you do. ;)Ashleyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15321498743654787428noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1354420229972462137.post-57498815659528142452012-07-08T12:10:23.571-07:002012-07-08T12:10:23.571-07:00I think this is a great blog post :).
I also thi...I think this is a great blog post :). <br /><br />I also think that it's great that you found out that Ruoxing Zhang's style wasn't for you :p. When I first saw the original painting, I thought maybe you were trying to emulate Marta Dahlig or Melanie Delon, because they both have really soft styles too :P. <br /><br />I really like that quote. I really haven't been drawing for very long, but it's nice to know that everyone goes through a phase where they think that everything they do sucks. IO really need to do volumes of work, so that I can improve and get out of this phase! <br /><br />To be honest...I'm REALLY bad at going when times are tough...I need to get better at that. <br /><br />Once again, great post!Chrishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04303437854025245031noreply@blogger.com