Rough anatomy practice, with some help from Andrew Loomis

 Hands are very tricky to draw. I studied my own, breaking the hand down to simple building blocks that I could understand. Then practising without reference. 

 Studying the skin folds around the eyes, what happens when you open and close the eye.

The books of Andrew Loomis got me back to the fundamentals of facial construction. the skull is the building block, from which the guidelines used in facial construction can be moved to produce varying identities.

Speed-Paint (duration 1hour), Title - Sacrifice

Crevice

Lunch time on site

Game Point

Sapian

I had a portfolio critique from a professional concept artist, who advised me to return to the fundamentals of painting. it stung a little but I was happy that he was honest. So after much reading, viewing tutorials I pulled out a sketch and set about practising colour theory. This was my first try, I went through the self doubt that every artist has to struggle through, long periods of feeling as though the image will never be pulled together. I learn't to ignore my doubts and focused simple on applying fundamentals to the image, put my head down and worked. I was surprised how well it turned out, though there are always areas of improvement.

Sanitation suits for characters in my short film

Here is a link to my short key-framed film

Kristina Rei, beauty is in the eye of the beholder.