Tuesday, July 7, 2015

Art Tutorial (Normand Lemay) #freelance_talents


I use this a lot when storyboarding a first pass of a sequence. Placing hands in the right, most appealing position can be tricky. In order to create a clear silhouette for the hands, I often draw them “floating in the air”. Then, using my general knowledge of anatomy, I just “fill in the arms”. This way I can create a much more expressive and clear pose than if I was just radiating out of the torso. That’s when structure and anatomy can get in the way of a clear message. And hands carry a lot of meaning, so I want to make them as clear as possible for my audience to see them.

I would say the same applies to life drawing. Since they often don’t carry the body weight (legs most often do), I feel like i can take the freedom of changing their position slightly to make a better visual statement. ‪#‎art‬‪#‎tutorial‬ ‪#‎freelance_talents‬

Thursday, July 2, 2015

Freelance Talents #level_up


Artist - Naufal Azka


Patrick Deza - "What is it that makes an image look good? I think it's the composition. What do you think? -30 minutes, no refs..."


Robson Michel - "Lovecraft inspired piece...


Hamza Suraj Bajwa - "Trying my hand at some medieval architecture."‪#‎freelance_talents‬

Friday, June 12, 2015

Articulated Comic Book Art Community

Articulated Comic Book Art is akin to the miniature dioramas found in many museums, and as the name implies, the subject matter is influenced by comic book/superhero themes that pay homage to Comics and games. Originally posted (ACBA Community) 



Jake Leggett - "Red Skull: Resisting is pointless Captain Rogers, Zhey all break eventually."


.....by KJ Bernard


CJ Cjeism - "I just wanted to check my Facebook." #acba_panels


....by Dominic Dimagmaliw

Wednesday, June 10, 2015

#freelance_talents


*) - Viktor Fedotov - "Having fun with shapes." ‪#‎freelance_talents‬


Robert Rejmak - "Hi guys. I want to show you my next work (wip). It's my third photobash/photomanip. I'd be happy to hear some tips/first impressions/advices. I want to make last touches, and i'd like to know your opinion.

Better quality: http://s8.postimg.org/sru0y1sl1/Untitled_1.jpg

Progress (3steps) : http://s23.postimg.org/kr2kxveeh/progress.jpg

There is my artstation, if you'd be curious about my earlier / next works.
https://www.artstation.com/artist/revrite

Thanks!"

Thursday, May 14, 2015

FT News

*) - Alexander Pavlenko - "Hi guys, recently i was working on some illustrations for Central World War II museum in Moscow. This one is my first commercial illustration which is meant to be illustration and not concept art i think. You always gives me very nice critique and advices, so this time feel free for any C&C." ‪#‎freelance_talents‬ ‪#‎level_up‬


*) - Asgh Anas - "Into the clouds - i used to build this concept to zbrush for sculpt the ice piece, 3dsmax for particle system & mix the elements together, vray for clouds by using environment fog, & materials, photoshop for depth of field & final view. hope u enjoy it."


*) - Pulse by Roman Leon


*) - Watercolor painting by Z.l. Feng


*) - .....and finally a Public Service Announcement...

Sunday, April 26, 2015

The Road to 10,000 Hours by Volen CK

Volen CK - "Hey everybody. Back in 2013 I decided to teach myself to paint and draw. Since then I've been working each and every day. My progress has been slow, but it has been consistent. In this vid I want to share some of my progress, major lessons about learning in general and how you will change as your art develops. You can skip up to 15 minutes in to just see some of the work I've done over the years. I hope this helps give you some perspective and inspires you to keep working."‪#‎freelance_talents‬

Friday, April 10, 2015

FT Community Updates

*) - Boell Oyino: "Hi ! my entry for a brainstorm challenge ! We had to mix gladiator with insect/fish features. Well, the rhinobeetle features aren't so obvious it's a pity. But I ceased this opportunity to experiment how the result will look if I removed lines."



*) - Speed Painting by Mathieu Seddas


*) - Alessandro Constantini - "Fluid simulation colisioning with fresh fruits. I used a kodak gold 200 film emulation, baked the simulation and rendered a still frame."


*) - Kristina Gls - "My goal was to imitate the crystal in a variation to get the overall impression, used mainly 2 brushes, 1 textured beneath and then 1 basic brush with just shape dynamics for sharpness. 1 par appears off but unsure what to do about it. Took a bit more than an hour, another 30 min for initial copy of the image. I tried lasso way with gradients, but it was too flat."


*) - Thank you all for the feedback  here is update. First I did all sharp edges some, but I prefer the a bit more organic one on the right, what do you say? This was even more fun than the first part  Played around with color a bit to make it more magical. I didnt change any textures tho to not overdo it. So any C&C are very welcome  (which one do you prefer)

Wednesday, April 8, 2015

Community Updates

*) - Peter Saunders - "My first go at using a palette knife, I thought I'd share how brave I feel!"


*) - Hector Arzate - "A teacher just upload his first Gumroad video. He is pretty cool I took some courses with him at Gnomon Online. His name is Craig Elliott.
This is a character design portrait lesson painted from imagination. The lesson will teach basic working methods in Photoshop, color for realistic skin under overcast light, character design of a personality, and general approach of painting a portrait in Photoshop. This is a 15 minute video with image file of the painting included."


*) - Portrait Study by Leila At


*) - Cristian Sánchez AtwoCandels‎ - Hello all! Here it's my last illustration, Berserk Fan Art. Here is the video-presentation with sketch & detail view:

Wednesday, March 25, 2015

Amazing Freelance Talents

*) - Zbrush Tutorial : Create Hair with Fibermesh



*) - Art - Sylwia Smerdel - "Hi guys. This is my break through. Finally managed to combine perspective, some lightning and some dynamics in one work. I've been so blocked with that for years..."


*) - Flavio Greco Paglia

"Hi people! I had the pleasure of making the cover for 'Antología Steampunk, cuentos del retrofuturo', a book next to be edited by Ediciones Ayarmanot."


*) - Art - Andreas Vourdoumpas, 3D matte painting, modelled in maya, and Zbrush, rendered with vray. ‪#‎freelance_talents‬


*) - Art: Leo Loomie - "Becalmed! - Soft pastel on art spectrum paper on archival foamcore, 9X13" ‪#‎freelance_talents‬

Wednesday, February 11, 2015

2 Useful Indie Artists Groups


2 allied uber cool groups on FB, Deviant Art, Youtube Behance and Blogger. 


*) - Independent Creators Connection (Group) 
(Rating 3.5/5)


*) - Level Up!
Parent Url -  https://www.facebook.com/groups/levelup.livestream/
(4.5/5)

Lots of activity, online meets and tutorials.

Monday, December 8, 2014

The Aryanist Journal (2013, 2014)



1. The Aryanist Journal # 01, Language: Hindi, English, 40 Pages (Published - October 2013)
2. The Aryanist Journal # 02, Language: English, ISBN: 9781311414564, 79 Pages, (Published - December 2014)

Friday, November 21, 2014

Indian Comics Fandom Awards 2014 *Announcement*

Namastey! Third edition of ICF Awards with new categories and format. Voting Now Open for Indian Comics Fandom Awards 2014, Vote for your favorite contender in the following categories.

4. Best Reviewer / Critic – http://www.opinionstage.com/polls/2233138
5. ICF Hall of Fame 2014 – http://www.opinionstage.com/polls/2233172
7. Best Comics Collector – http://www.opinionstage.com/polls/2233183
8. Best FanFiction Writer - http://www.opinionstage.com/polls/2233120
Deadline - 26 November 2014 (3 PM IST)
*Results of 2 non-poll categories categories - Moment of the Year 2014 and Best Cosplayer (on Indian Comics) will be declared soon. 
**Last Year winners not included in the nominations this year.


Saturday, January 11, 2014

Final Standings - Freelance Talents Championship 2013



Champion: Kapil Chandak (Captain Kapil)



Runner-up: Mohit Sharma (Trendster)



Bronze Medalist - Siddhant Shekhar

Semi Finalist - Rahul Ranjan 

5) - Daud Zaidi (Subt. Neel Eeshu) 

6) - Karan Virk

7) - Ranjana Sharma 

8) - Deven Pandey

9) - Shivam Pandya 

10) - Rishi Srivastava

11) - Priyashrav Bharadwaj (Subt. Ravi Shankar)

12) - Youdhveer Singh

13) - Mehfooz Ali

14) - Soumendra Majumder

15) - Prashant Vasava

16) - Srishti Yash Mudaliar

Parallel League Champion - Mr. James Linton

*Total Participants in International Freelance Talents Championship 2013 - 311

A BIG Thank you! Every participant, renowned judges and readers for making this event a success. This Blog got over half a million hits. For more mesmerizing statistics related to FTC 2013-14 - Watch This Video 



FTC 2013 Champion - Kapil Chandak



Congratulations to Mr. Kapil Chandak on winning the inaugural World Freelance Talents Championship. 

*Undefeated-Undisputed-Most Respected*

List of Prizes 

*) - Dedicated, customized Website www.kapilchandak.com for the Champion.

*) - Trophy & Certificate.

*) - 3 Comics Contract with Fenil Comics.

*) - Co-Authoring 2 Ebooks with Freelance Talents Team.

*) - Entries in Freelance Talents Anthologies (3-Book Series).

*) - Graphic Novel - "Kuhaas - The Mist" & multi-books, merchandise Gift Hamper.