ElenaZambelli

After switching between one digital tecnique and the other, after watching tons of videos and such, I understood something important for drawing armours and mobile parts in general: how amazing lazo tool is. I don't like to work with too many levels, because I risk messing up, but just selecting an area and working on that with all the big, cool brushes makes the difference. Of course, I still have a lot to learn, but I feel like I took another little step forward.

I noticed that something in my skill improved, and I know what is it; finally I understood the importance of using real-life references even for the scenes I imagine. At the cost of acting myself and taking pics to me, instead of scrolling hours on the web: Real body in real position in the real light. With that, everything goes much better. Seems like cheating, but a accomplished traditional artist told me last year: "Do you really think you could LEARN how every position of a body is, and how the light would hit something and recreate that from your mind to your paintings? Maybe in a couple of years? Only true Masters, after 50+ years of painting, can really do that, and they don't really KNOW with their brain how the things are, it's just that it entered in their HEART and they know by instinct what to do... because real-life things are ALWAYS more complex than you can imagine them. So, use reference, Elena, as we all do." wtf.  I just would like to redraw ALL my old drawings

time passes, and I'm so behind about uploading drawings and paintings... roduction time VS uploading time :-) and If I upload the finished paintings, the preparation sketches means nothing? I love them anyway