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Sketchbook | Melogsy

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Curious about everything. Death by information overload. Countdown – Poison Blog. Possibly been playing too much AC syndicate…? Thumbnail Studies – Colour. Hence, thumbnail studies, concentrating on getting the general colour and atmosphere right. Found it quite challenging but useful! Bierstadt – Praires. Orlovsky – Spring Day Ukraine. To understand the forms of the face, it helps to understand the underlying structure of the skull. Simplified, it looks like a loaf of bread a wedge of cheese! The nose i...

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3D | Melogsy

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Curious about everything. Death by information overload. Countdown – Poison Blog. Ending the school term on something fun. Project Sanctuary – looking back. Towards the end of the year, our team of four spent about six weeks of our student lives turning this:. An orthographic (top-down diagram) of the level – one aspect of the concepting process. How the scene developed as we gradually refined our assets. Experimenting with some of the shaders/textures. Testing out the lighting. Textures and lighting go ...

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Anatomy | Melogsy

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Curious about everything. Death by information overload. Countdown – Poison Blog. To understand the forms of the face, it helps to understand the underlying structure of the skull. Simplified, it looks like a loaf of bread a wedge of cheese! The advantage of breaking it down into simple forms is to make it easier to visualise at varying angles. Rough guides on average proportions:. Eye sockets about the halfway between top and bottom of the head. Eyebrow ridge at the top third. The mouth also follows the...

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Reflection | Melogsy

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Curious about everything. Death by information overload. Countdown – Poison Blog. Feet – bony bits, squidgy bits, blobby bits. A while ago I strained this muscle in my foot. It wasn’t one of those sudden, unbearable injuries. Instead, it was the kind that stuck around and crept up on you every time you worked your body a little harder than usual. Bits and bobs I found interesting:. The centreline (of weight distribution? Starts between your two biggest toes and runs down to the heel. The bones on the bri...

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Composition | Melogsy

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Curious about everything. Death by information overload. Countdown – Poison Blog. It’s amazing how much you can pick up when you’re working hard to replicate an effect as opposed to just admiring it. Also, because you’re replicating, you’re not nearly as distracted by your creative vision as you would be when doing an original work. Still got a long way to go but I’m already feeling the results in the way I approach things. Composition is all about creating focus. What are your points of interest? Works ...

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Notes on facial features – mouth | Melogsy

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Curious about everything. Death by information overload. Feet – bony bits, squidgy bits, blobby bits. Thumbnail Studies – Colour. Notes on facial features mouth. Countdown – Poison Blog. Notes on facial features mouth. Shaped centre-line. (Consistent for all people due to the way lip is formed in pre-natal development). The centre-line is the darkest part of the mouth. The plains of the upper lip face downwards (in shadow). The plains of the lower lip faces upwards (lit). March 1, 2015. June 28, 2015.

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What’s in a face? | Melogsy

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Curious about everything. Death by information overload. Feet – bony bits, squidgy bits, blobby bits. Thumbnail Studies – Colour. Notes on facial features mouth. Countdown – Poison Blog. What’s in a face? I’ve been working through some online portrait drawing classes by Gary Faigin on Craftsy. Facial Features – Eyes. Facial Features – Nose. Facial Features – Mouth. There is also a book: The Artist’s Complete Guide to Facial Expression. That I hear is a staple reference for digital artists. March 1, 2015.

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Game Ideas | Melogsy

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Curious about everything. Death by information overload. Countdown – Poison Blog. Regency Love – Sprint to Release. Hello guys, this poison post is going to be a shameless plug. I have been trying to use these poison post deadlines as a motivator for exploring things that are not directly relevant “work”. However, these past few weeks I really have been head-down working on. With little time for anything else constructive (procrastinating and floundering not counting as constructive! If you’re curi...

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Colour | Melogsy

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Curious about everything. Death by information overload. Countdown – Poison Blog. Thumbnail Studies – Colour. Hence, thumbnail studies, concentrating on getting the general colour and atmosphere right. Found it quite challenging but useful! Bierstadt – Praires. Orlovsky – Spring Day Ukraine. Going Digital – Brushes, textures and colours. Two things I learnt:. There are lots of downloadable brushes by awesome artists to help get one started. I’ve been picking and choosing my way through the sea ...Colour ...

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Self Learning | Melogsy

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Curious about everything. Death by information overload. Countdown – Poison Blog. My School of One. Stop Pondering. Just Start already…. Pickles – Yet to be explored. Structure. Relating to prior knowledge. Just Commit. Worry about being wrong later. Bite sized chunks. Keep moving. Spreading yourself too thin. One thing at a time. Being a hermit is not an option. Audience, clients, value. Keeping notes – as a record of your progress. Keeping notes – go on hiatus, pick up where you left off.