Painterly Baldur's Gate fan art while learning to draw
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I've wanted to learn to draw well for a couple of decades and finally figured out that I just can't not do it. I've always wanted to do fan art for Baldur's Gate and now this seems the most interesting thing to draw while learning.
Even though I've dabbled before, I'm not any good yet, so I want to go for simple miscellaneous items which should look acceptable regardless of the quality of the drawing. One day I'd love to draw the NPCs and some stories but I'm not there yet.
Learning to use Krita now, as well as how to "mix paint", colours, light, shadows, shapes, perspective, the whole thing. I went for the simplest thing I could think of - a pretty oval.
Reference used (plus actual gemstone pictures on duckduckgo):
Fire Agate Gem:
I'll do a lot more simple stuff before I try to draw people. Ideas are welcome!
Very simple stuff please. And even then, I can't promise I'd draw anything if I can't get into it.
Even though I've dabbled before, I'm not any good yet, so I want to go for simple miscellaneous items which should look acceptable regardless of the quality of the drawing. One day I'd love to draw the NPCs and some stories but I'm not there yet.
Learning to use Krita now, as well as how to "mix paint", colours, light, shadows, shapes, perspective, the whole thing. I went for the simplest thing I could think of - a pretty oval.
Reference used (plus actual gemstone pictures on duckduckgo):
Fire Agate Gem:
I'll do a lot more simple stuff before I try to draw people. Ideas are welcome!
Very simple stuff please. And even then, I can't promise I'd draw anything if I can't get into it. 6
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In the meantime, some common stuff:
References (plus a photo of a green bottle):
Antidote:
Nessa's hangover has been fixed
I discovered that I need to rotate the image while doing the shape, otherwise the stuff is slanted to one side and takes ages to fix. Also, need to zoom out a lot every now and then to see the overall silhouette, otherwise can't see the shapes well.
Constructive criticism is welcome! Anything about shape, perspective, colours, etc, stuff that is not related to the thing being unfinished or the bad rendering. Also, I just realised that I forgot to put a shadow
Not quite as in-game, but somewhat similar. I found a good picture and tried to draw it, with a bit of detail. Didn't do the handle.
Tried to do something quick, as it's bedtime. The pearl surface didn't work out. Neither did the reflections, or the shadow. Will work on that stuff another time in another image.