Art commission we made, Nightborne Elf mage from Warcraft.
Lots of fun painting all this arcane magic!
Some emotes (emoticons or emojis, as you prefer :P) that we did recently. If you are interested in having similar for your chats on Discord, Twitch, etc... or to use as avatar, do not hesitate to contact us for commissions ;)
Pressure is the prompt for this day 9 of Inktober! Here's a fanart of Azshara from Warcraft, falling into the deeps of the Great Sea. We were wondering if turning this sketch into a painting one of those days ;)
Sketch on paper, two orcs inspired by Warcraft!
Greetings! Meanwhile, I wanted to thank you for all the support you're giving us here on Tumblr, really means a lot! ❤️
I would like to start using this blog not only to show our works but also as a personal diary of our artistic journey... so let us know if you are interested in any particular content!
So... why not start with some artistic tutorials? :P
an artistic mind makes an artistic guy.
Before throwing ourselves in a deep technical vision and some kind of “how to” things, I find truly important to talk about attitude and mental arrangement, because a thing like knowing how to unlock when you are not inspired, are as significant as know which tool to pick. Or maybe more important, really.
1) PRACTICE
The first thing that we need to say is that, like everything, to obtain results, you need practice, time and passion. Everyone can draw decently, just need some practice and time. Natural talent doesn't really exist at all, of course for some people, truly passionate on what they’re doing, should need less time that other, but believe me, with constancy and dedication, you can do everything.
2) SELF CRITIQUE
Second thing you need to know is to be a self-critique, it’s really important to understand errors, and learns from it. That’s the fast way to learn something. Neither an instructor can gift a teaching better than that, because when we fail of course we feel bad, but for sure we will learn how to avoid this next time.
3) RESEARCH
Third fact is: when you feel stuck, don’t give up. Just take a breath, think about what you don’t like in your art, and then try to solve it. Example, you’re drawing a face. However, it looks horrible to you. Well, try to answer that question: why I don’t like this? The eyes are too small? His nose is awry? Look too flat? Well, then try to improve the parts you dislike. You don’t like that at all? Take a break then, some minutes, an hour, a day, rest on your eyes really help a lot. Maybe on your first attempts you don’t make some masterpiece, but is important to rejoice of small success and remember that a bad drawing will never, listen to me, never, be a failure, because from it, you will learn a lot, and believe me if I say that you became better after that.
4) FIND INSPIRATION
At the fourth position, we’re talking about finding inspiration. Inspiration it’s not something like a mana bar that needs to charge, of course on some day we really don't' want to do anything, but you don’t need a divine touch to make some art. So, my best advice is to look around, look at your drawing from distance, see the world around you, just make some steps in your room or go into the courtyard to take a break, or maybe search some image on the web. Take a look on the real life, to find some references to put and transform it in a piece of art. And well, let’s talk about references. If you're attempting to make a realistic drawing is essential to use a model, a photo to study how the light build the shape, how the texture looks and the proportion are connected with different part, but even if you make a cartoon character you need to take elements from real life. Even on an abstract painting you may find useful to put some elements in it, because from reality human use to find a correspondence, an identity, and it’s what can give to your art a personality. So to make art it’s very important to learn to observe. Don't just watch at something, observe, trying to understand every part in a thing. Sometimes to make a good painting is all about details, and the best way to know how to do is to synthesize what our eyes are teaching to us.
5) (extra tip) ENJOY!
Art doesn't have to be a frustrating activity, it doesn't have to make you feel inferior to others or even better than others. It must be a way to express yourself, both with pleasurable and sad emotions, must make you feel free to communicate and not to feel yourself closed in a corner of your room. You have to relax, make you smile, but don't make you suffer, make you cry and make you angry. Certainly the creative process is not always fluid, but if you really like what you are doing, then everything else will not matter. Besides, art has a therapeutic power, and it can really help in difficult times. The art is our friend, who listens to us, and likes us. Not our rival that makes us angry, hurts us and makes you hate everything else. So always remember to have fun, first of all :)
I know, that may looks boring and useless for some of you, maybe you need to know how to make a perfect color blending or to make a realistic eye just with a pair of strokes, but attitude is the most important part of everything in the life. Learn from your error, never give up, and I’m sure you’ll create a lot of a masterpiece.
See you next time, talking about tools and everything you need to be an artist!
⭐️ Part 2 here => https://moonpix-art.tumblr.com/post/173191380078/art-tutorial-chapter-2 ✨
dailysketch 13/365 Today my dad was a bit sad. A few days ago he said that he likes this kind of animal called Genetta, so I sketched one to cheer him up ;)
Daily sketch, a little practice! In the last weeks I've been drawing a lot... usually I'm more focused on painting. If you want to see something else, I've a bunch of sketches to share :P
Inktober 2021 day 3: Vessel
Always fascinated by the sea, its creatures and the pirate’s world. Lot of fun making this, we hope you like it!
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Quick sketch made with iPad, a scifi portrait, just for practice ;)
Inktober Day 16: The Emerald Queen Ysera. I've always liked the history of the Dragon Aspects, it's really a pleasure to draw them ^^ But when she died in Legion... oh... 😭
Inktober day 20: Magni Bronzebeard, The Speaker. For Azeroth!
We are Stefano and Luna, a couple of Artists, Daydreamers and Fantasy Adventurers!
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