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heavyjan week 4 (day 22 - 29) recap!

It's March and I haven't finished posting my heavyjan recaps LOL sorry about that!

This one's a bit of a mixed bag of studies and originals. I've become super comfortable with using heavypaint that drafting quick concepts was now a possibility! (see day 25)

It just happened to be Rally Monte Carlo, so I did a quick study of Jon Armstrong's car (day 26). Had it not been for the studies on corvids, this piece's colours would have looked murkier. Blacks are more colourful than you would think they are.

This is where the fun began. I revisted an old unfinished project ("We Seek The Light Up North"), painting Harald Falstad (day 28) and Ingrid Eriksdottir (day 29).

I've only painted human figures from the bust up, so I wanted to take it a step further: Half-body! Blocking in the characters was challenging when you try to see it as forms, but a change in mindset makes it easier when you visualise them as silhouettes!

Also felt the need to breathe new life into these characters from my formative years of making art! 🥰

Seriously!! Look how stunning Ingrid is!!!!

Obviously there's a lot of errors and mistakes to be found, but improvement is perpetual and basking in the joy of creating is so satisfying!

PARANG

Kara and Kira but they are in a photoshoot of traditional setting because that's always fun

i went the maximalist route once again but this time introducing batik patterns into the mix, which was time consuming and adds to the difficulty lmao

also a homage to the piece that laid the foundation of REPLICATOR (see slide 7) from aaaaall the way back in 2022

"pasar" (happy valentines' day!)

also known as "avro buying sukun so they can share it with erin but forgetting that they don't have the means to cook it in order to do so"

heavyjan week 3 (day 15 - 21) recap

this week was more study oriented, learning to interpret pictures, their colours, lighting and composition. it was also a mix of pinterest pics and my own

i especially liked day 16 for it being a study that i've attempted back in 2020. putting it side by side, the improvement is veeeeeeery visible. i used to think that i've never been able to improve but this just proves otherwise. it takes a lot of time

heavyjan week 2 recap (day 8-14)!

this week was the week of the corvids, where i learnt that blacks are pretty colourful under certain lighting conditions (or if you so desire a splash of colour haha). im particularly in love with day 13 with the Large-billed Crow, replacing the black plumage with a very varied dark blue

heavyjan week 1 (day 1-7) recap!

i took this week to familiarise myself with heavypaint, its gimmicks and knick knacks.

day 5 was when i realised that the vibrancy of the underpainting will affect how vibrant the rest of the painting will be. that revelation basically set the stage for the rest of the month's thought process

Moments

it took me a month to finish this. hopefully this makes a good first impression :D