Clouds (Notes + Process)
Added 2022-04-23 19:03:59 +0000 UTCPhew this was a week of clouds!! They are in the order that I did them in!
I initially started it for a homework- to do an illustration based on an emotion. So I wanted to do a series of clouds based on emotion and push the colors as much as I could.
The first few ones were practice and I don't like them much lol. The very first cloud was horrible but I did learn a lot. I learned that I was focusing on my clouds being colorful and using textures I forgot my fundamentals.
‘The second cloud I limited myself to only using the lasso tool so I could relearn how to use interesting shapes and values. I also used the same sketch as my first cloud, to redeem myself lol
The third cloud was IT. This was where everything started clicking. I brought back my colors but also textures while remembering my very important fundamentals.
By the fourth cloud, (this one is titled Dread) I was already improving. I used even more fundamentals of gesture and composition to make things work.
The fifth cloud (Hope) after two successful clouds, I struggled with this one and though damn… all my progress for nothing… I slept and woke up the next day and BOOM things started clicking again and I finished it. This taught me never to give up too early. Breaks help you, they really do!
‘The sixth cloud (Rage) was probably the hardest out of all these because it involved more clouds and took me the longest, about a total of 6-8 hours. I wanted to push my colors as much as I could and not focus too much on references- because this was my problem for the longest. I would do a study of a ref and it would look like the ref. I wouldn’t change anything in the ref, draw it as I see. I want to move away from that! Add my own touches to studies!
The seventh cloud and my favorite. It’s like everything I learned from the past clouds all came together and just… Clicked. This was such a good feeling. I never really like my studies all that much, but this one, I really love. I wanted to push my colors while keeping it realistic as I do love sunset colors.
Maybe after this cloud I struggle and produce an ugly cloud. I now know that it’s not like I’ll continue making good studies. I need to remind myself that I’m learning! Making bad ones is just as important too. This past week has been soooo crazy for me just with studies haha I’m really enjoying doing them!
