guweiz

April Q&A

Added 2021-04-22 10:55:23 +0000 UTC

Thank you again for another month of support, here is this month's Q&A!
(Youtube link for those with video troubles)

I think a lot of the questions you guys have been sending in are great, it's a bit of a shame that even in verbal form there is still a lot of nuances that I couldn't touch on given the time. In the end, I hope this is at least a little bit helpful!

If you would like to send in a question for next month, feel free to leave it below in the comments. To limit the numbers, questions are for Patrons only, thank you!

-Download video here

Timestamps:

0:16

Paul Quimma

Thank you! this has been really helpful.. my question for the next Q&A is; how to accurately capture the color of the subject (explaining value, saturation and hue) Thank!

2:45

KB22

Whats a good way to learn anatomy?

4:38

Fibox

Hey Guweiz, I really liked this video a lot! It was very clear and I especially found the reference use part to be very useful! I would love to hear you talk about some tips for "Self-learning" someday! For example did you put a X amount of time a week into figure drawing, photo studies etc... Or was there not really a schedule? Anyways, thank you so much! I really enjoy those videos and your book is absolutely the most important item in my bookshelf! Cheers!

6:45

Shugar kyub

really liked the vedio, i wanted to ask a sort of intermediate question, i like your brush work and few other artists how to practice that so that my shapes blend nicely seems like my question has answer itself but still would love any advice on that, this was the main reason i was asking for old pieces of yours with organic bg to study the brush work and shapes on things like heavy clothing and rocks.

8:10

Shinaider

Enjoyed the video and it really helped clear up my doubts about my own layer use, one thing I’ve always wished there were more of was videos of how you went about adding rain or snow and making it interact with the character. I’ve watched that old Greyhound video on YouTube thousands of times at this point and it’s still amazing to see how well the rain began to affect the character as you approached completion. One other thing I’d love to hear about is how you go using the grids to make sure your work has depth. I think I’ve been trapped trying to break out of flat drawings by using more dynamic poses but I still think it’s something else I’m missing so I’d love more on that!

10:03

Jason

Hello Guweiz, nice artwork as always!, I see you're really good at controlling your values, I am still really confused about how you are able to control subtle halftone values especially in the face. Even a very small change can affect how natural it will look, do you have any tips on how to paint these subtle, less obvious values in?

13:36

Justblaze

Hey Guweiz, it's really cool to see the process of one of my all time favourite artists! I do feel like something is missing, I might be wrong, but you seem to work a lot with reference material and it would really great to see that part as well. I think that in general reference, mood board etc topic is poorly explained and really for some reason higher level artists avoid showing in their process even though it might be one of the most crucial parts of illustration. Thank you!

16:02

Anoushka Agarwal

My biggest question would be, how do you keep yourself consistent with drawing and posting and how do you handle slumps? I personally get very easily demoralised with my art and suffer artblocks which last over months. What motivates you to draw and how often do you draw?

19:26

AUSLO

Good day, GUWEIZ! I have been wondering if ever, will you make fundamental exercises and tutorials?