Floral Portrait WIP ๐ป + visual breakdown with drawing tips! โ๏ธโจ
Added 2021-11-15 16:38:46 +0000 UTCHappy Monday everyone!! I hope you all had a restful weekend :) ๐งก
Yesterday I started working on coloring this floral portrait and I wanted to show you the progress so far along with a little visual breakdown of the ideation process! ๐ฅฐ
So hereโs a little outline of the thought process I have while Iโm working :) Whenever I work on a drawing, I like to have one main reference of a real person to base my drawing on for the pose, hair, skin tone etc; and sometimes I also like to have an artwork nearby to gather inspiration for colors or lighting schemes! In this case, Iโm feeling really inspired by the colors and rim light in one of @bellhengeโs paintings ๐ Iโm not sure if they have an Instagram, but you can find them on Twitter! ๐งก
A fun exercise to practice if you want to experiment with creating a design concept is to find three reference photos to use for inspiration: one photo of a real person to base your pose on, then find an artwork to inspire a few colors in your drawing or the lighting concept, and then find a reference of some kind of object to add into the drawing (in this case Iโm using flowers!) ๐ป
Itโs a really fun exercise to do if you want to practice combining references ๐ฅฐ The key is to gather inspiration from the images rather than copy them, so just having them up on your computer to glance at occasionally while you work! โ๏ธ
Anywho Iโve never done a visual breakdown like this before but let me know if youโd like to see more of these in the future! ๐ And stay tuned for another post Iโll be sharing soon about what Iโm working on this week for you guys โ๏ธโจ
Love,
Lydia ๐
Comments
This is so great - would definitely love to see more of these thought process nuggets going forward, they do help a lot to gain better understanding of how to improve your art in small but impactful ways! ๐
Kimberley
2021-11-16 12:23:07 +0000 UTClove this tip with the three references! Really helpful! Thank you - and a wonderful artwork!!!
liliyth
2021-11-16 08:47:16 +0000 UTCAww thanks Salomon! ๐ฅฐ๐๐งก
Lydia Elaine
2021-11-16 04:57:20 +0000 UTCThank you!! Iโm happy you like it! ๐ฅฐ๐งก
Lydia Elaine
2021-11-16 04:57:04 +0000 UTCYayy Iโm so glad!! ๐ฅฐ I want to do more breakdowns like this in the future with more detail too! โจ
Lydia Elaine
2021-11-16 04:56:45 +0000 UTCYes!! ๐ Itโs a nice exercise if youโre ever in an art block too in my opinion! ๐งก
Lydia Elaine
2021-11-16 04:56:11 +0000 UTCSo lovely ๐๐๐๐ฅฐ๐ฅ๐
salomon varela
2021-11-16 04:24:55 +0000 UTCsuch a good tip for practicing!
2021-11-16 02:04:25 +0000 UTCThese are so good!!! Love the tips you give in this post! ๐ค
Dead Wolve
2021-11-16 01:18:50 +0000 UTCSounds like a fun exercise! Iโll have to give it a try ๐
Nicole
2021-11-15 22:19:28 +0000 UTCAww thanks Amber!! ๐๐งก
Lydia Elaine
2021-11-15 18:29:09 +0000 UTCThanks Evan!! So happy you found it insightful! ๐ฅฐ
Lydia Elaine
2021-11-15 18:28:43 +0000 UTComg this is gorgeous!!!!!
Amber
2021-11-15 17:10:00 +0000 UTCVery insightful tip ๐ Iโve used multiple references for drawing, but not for color. Iโm looking forward to trying that. Thanks Lydia
Evan Burse
2021-11-15 17:02:59 +0000 UTC
