My improvement over the years in digital art

I started drawing images on Microsoft paint using my mouse back in 2011. Over the years I have bought Wacom and Samsung tablets along with buying better art programs. When I was younger I didn't really look up art o the internet so I didn't have a standard to reach. I though I was good. Then in 2011 I came across DeviantART and suddenly felt like I was rubbish compared to all of the art other people had done. I looked up to many people and began to try and catch up with them. Here are a few videos of my improvement in digital art over the years.


You can see my techniques improve after a few years.









November 2013. My first youtube video. I had a little practice and had bought paint tool SAI and a Wacom. The anatomy is wrong and the blood is a bit excessive lol.




December 2013. I got a bit better but the wolfs face is still a mess and the colouring isn't great either. I had to re-draw this picture because my computer crashed.




September 2014. The anatomy got better but the poor wolf looks like its struggling to walk. Also it was my first time trying to make the fur more realistic so the style looks a bit odd.




September 2016. My anatomy has improved a lot and there is less blood and more structure.


Its hard to make speedpaints but hopefully I can post more in the future!

Making Stunning Artworks

Many of the stunning pieces of art found in books, art museums and the internet have captured peoples imagination. Something about them just stands out and they can be visually stunning with their good uses of colour, light, shading and emotion. A lot of skill and practice has gone towards creating them.



http://moreearn.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/04/Ellen-Jewett-unique-sculptures-artwork-animals-11.jpg

This is a clay and wire frame fox by Ellen Jewett. It is covered in detail and wouldn't taken a lot of concentration to shape. Also planning the placement of all of the details would've been difficult. 

http://www.mrpilgrim.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2013/08/Unique-Murals-Unusal-Street-Art_03-Shaka.jpg

This is a very colourful piece that has been painted onto a wall. Even the bottoms of the trees were included to connect the painting with reality. Something like this would've taken hours and hours to make. Spray painting is especially difficult. Especially when you need permission to paint of a wall. Most of the time you could be limited to large pieces of paper of cardboard.

One of my favourite artists, known on Deviantart as Grypwolf is a self taught artist from Finland. They use digital art as their main media and is very well known on the internet. Their artwork is highly detailed and professional. They can do cellshading (one below) and highly realistic drawings with soft shading.

They have had years of practice with shading and lighting. Along with learning to anatomy of the animals they draw and humans. The way the lines are drawn are neat and capture the emotion perfectly. It is surprising how hard it can be to drawn emotion.





http://grypwolf.deviantart.com/art/Jieknga-519373917