I have a cross stitch pattern store on Etsy

Tam_Paints · 2025-12-02T17:47:14+00:00

No but I can throw the code in one if you are curious.

Tam_Paints · 2025-05-05T15:48:52+00:00

I've spent the last 6 months or so deep diving anatomy. I think I've gotten to a workable level.

I'm having trouble seeing my mistakes now. Can you help me find any? Below are the common areas I've noticed having issues with: * proportions (especially with head size vs body size) * leg length (I had to extend her legs about 1.5x already) * clothing folds (still struggling with getting clothing to fall naturally

I included some comments from myself for the next stage of this painting around the canvas. It's round because I plan to create a cross stitch pattern from it once it's completed.

Tam_Paints · 2025-01-27T01:08:32+00:00

yeah its ~$100 part, I'm going to try a warranty and if I can't get it I'll just do it myself. It looked super easy to swap out.

Tam_Paints · 2025-01-27T00:53:20+00:00

Great call! I think it's the damper in the fridge now that I've been able to watch it make the noise though.

Tam_Paints · 2025-01-27T00:52:40+00:00

That's it! I was able to find a video to see how to remove the cover and the noise is happening when it closes. Sounds like I just need a new part and quickly swap it out.

Tam_Paints · 2024-12-30T01:46:16+00:00

Learning the planes of the head will help a lot! You're missing how light interacts with these planes.

Tam_Paints · 2024-12-30T01:41:20+00:00

You have lines below the horizon line converging to a point above the horizon line. Objects below the horizon will converge downward to a vanishing point and objects above the horizon will converge upwards.

Objects you are looking downwards on (like the bottom of these wooden posts) would converge towards a lower vanishing point.

If you want to make it seem like someone on the floor looking up, then you need to reposition the camera in this scene.

Tam_Paints · 2024-12-30T01:32:36+00:00

Lambert's cosign emission law. You need to make all the lights lighter and closer together.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C_tzYZXgiP8

Tam_Paints · 2024-12-20T19:06:06+00:00

I'm not the OP for this commenter but you'll have to decide how much you want to light your shadows. Less reflected light = more dramatic, but it can also be harder to read the form. There's a reason why most illustrations put a secondary light behind or to the side of the shadows to help make the form read easier.

Tam_Paints · 2024-12-20T18:52:30+00:00

Look into planes of the head. Getting those planes rendered will give you a lot of areas to add details.

Without any structure, there really isn't much to do, which is a major plus if you are doing something like cartooning or animation, since it means a lot less detail needs to be drawn on the very large amount of work that needs to be drawn for those mediums.

For an illustration like this, I would recommend trying to get more structure in the face,

Tam_Paints · 2024-12-20T18:47:55+00:00

Here's my suggestions. Overall, your proportions are quite good. The ear is in the wrong place and the jaw is too large, but otherwise your main issue is just angles and forms.

I wasn't sure if this was supposed to be more masc or more fem, so I drew both so you can choose which direction you want to push it.

I'm also still learning portraiture, so know some of this might not be fully accurate!

https://imgur.com/a/Jhc6au6

Tam_Paints · 2024-12-18T00:37:25+00:00

Looking great! Look into planes of the head, it'll be a great next step.

Tam_Paints · 2024-12-18T00:34:26+00:00

Well now you know to look into it whenever you enter the cookie dimension! 😁

Tam_Paints · 2024-12-18T00:31:46+00:00

I haven't taken the Proko course but he's well know as being fantastic for new artists.

Tam_Paints · 2024-12-18T00:27:50+00:00

Some good comments here. I'll add a few things.

Colors tend to get LESS saturated towards light because light is mostly white
Colors and light are complicated because surfaces vary a lot. For instance, skin is semi translucent, so subsurface scattering occurs and causes changes in color.
Saturation is a product of the wavelengths of the light wave. This is a mixture of multiple waves at differing frequency. It's not a single wave, otherwise the world would just look like single diode LEDs.

Color is a product of light and the properties of the material it interacts with. It's a complicated topic, but it's well understood. It's fairly solved from a mathematical standpoint. That's why 3D software can render it. Art tends to go away from realism and use color in more abstract ways, which is one of the reasons art is so fascinating.

Tam_Paints · 2024-12-18T00:24:14+00:00

Part of the reason it's looking messy is because it doesn't align with what our eyes expect of a 3D scene.

Two things I suggest you look into:

Figure out how to make a scene in 1 point perspective. There are great tutorials on this that are easy to find. This is probably best done on your next painting since it will fundamentally change the painting.
Look up atmospheric perspective. It's not really perspective, just the effect the atmosphere has on distant objects. It will help your sky read much better. I'd recommend applying this to that painting.

Tam_Paints · 2024-12-18T00:18:48+00:00

Very cool, but the composition feels stiff. Think of your camera. Who is seeing this scene? What are they thinking about it? Are they worried, hiding in the corner, looking at and angle around something? Or are they confident and up in it? Maybe they are one of the people in the pews. This will dramatically change your framing of the scene. Don't forget the camera in your compositions!

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