Abril de Lucia ART CLASSES

Love what you do first. Then it wont matter how good you are at it.

You don't have to be the best at what you do.

You don't have to be the best at what you do.

You don't have to be the best at what you do.

Anything worth doing is worth doing badly

#artadvice

Join the Abril Art Class Discord Server! Check out the Abril Art Class community on Discord - hang out with 20 other members and enjoy free voice and text chat.

Join the group here! discord.gg/G4fh3M2nTx

Flyer for a free art workshop on friday 23rd of March 2023. Through Discord. Dm me if interested

NEXT FRIDAY THROUGH DISCORD. DM or email me to participate!

#free | #artclass | #seminar | #supportartists

Title: Analyzing Reference - Pay attention to the angle of the joints: shoulders, hip, knees and feet. - Pay attention to the negative space left by the pose - Analyze weight distribution, gravity, tension and action. Find the weight bearing leg. The hip on that side is gonna be higher than the other side.

How to use reference in a smart way!
#education | #art | #arttutorial #reference

Reference by Pose Archives.

Sheet describing how to draw perfect curves with the help of tangent lines.

You can draw perfect curves with the tangent method!
#artclass | #arttutorial | #tutorial | #artsky | #learning

These are wonderful!

Portrait of a blue male water genasi with dark watery hair. Marlon looks a bit sad and pouty.

Marlon Blues, from my sketchbook 🪼

I love your style!!

Gorgeous rendering style

Woah, your style is amazing!!! Full of character!

Full of charming detail- the colors are soothing as well.

Stunning line work! Good job!

Love the color choice here!

The colors are so harmonious here, good job!

Use a bigger brush!!!!

A small likeness study sheet for Viktor’s facial structure and features. Focuses on his asymmetrical pear shaped nose, slanted eyes with hidden eyelids, round chin and eye rendering details. Viktor is a character from Arcane.

Finally got around to drawing him!!
#viktor #arcane #reference #fanart

Identify most striking dark pattern when trying to summarise the eye shape. Take the main volumes of the head into consideration. (Forehead, sloping down the browbone into the cheekbones. Then the mouth barrel. Then the chin.

#art #studies notes for heads in two tones.

My work has been licensed by #criticalrole, I've done several illustrations for Black Diamond Games and the Combat Wheelchair, and I've participated in several zines!

Art Class (Hourly) - Arcane Souls's Ko-fi Shop A single hour of tutorship for my art classes.

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I'm an #art teacher specializing in digital #fantasy! I'll teach you the fundamentals and advanced techniques needed to bring your characters to life!

#artclass #arteducation #ttrpg #fantasy #arttutorial

Class notes showing the sharp shapes and contours created by fabric when pinched

Class notes on wrinkle angularity and pinched, overlapped fabric.

Drapery’s hidden secret shape: triangles! Keep them in mind!

Archie the raccoon reaching up towards a star. Drawn in a colorful póster style.

Archie wishes you a happy new year!

#art | #artsky

5m timed sketches of sheep, orangutang, horse, bunny, buffalo, otter and baby elephant.

On Thursdays it’s #GroupClass! Following @devinellekurtz.bsky.social advice to build a visual library and work on our sketching skills, we drew a few animal spreads!

#arteducation

Anatomical schematic and shadow and light pattern observed over a screenshot of Baldur’s Gate 3’s vampire spawn character Astarion. Screenshot from an art class.

Neck #anatomy with #astarion

#bg3 | #artclass | #tutorial

Tutorial describing a series of steps to achieve quick and tight rendering of a portrait, from a cell shaded sketch. ALT text will be expanded soon

Second portion of the tutorial which discusses focal points, the usage of color variation, soft vs hard edges, specular highlights and material treatment when rendering.

Quick rendering tutorial I made some time ago.

#arteducation | #painting | #art | #tutorial

Class notes on the usual placement for occlusion shadows, drop shadows and form shadows when then subject is lit from the front and above.

Today:

- Types of shadows
- Common shadow placement
- Feature alignment!

#artclass | #education | #arttips

Skulls in front, 3/4 and side views. First concept is the midline that divides the head. Second concept is the front and side planes of the head Third concept is the contour lines that wrap around the surface.

3 Most Important Concepts when tackling heads!

#arteducation #anatomy #tutorial

Class page of anatomy annotations including joint and bone alignment and hip and ribcage angles. Pictures and reference by ThePoseArchives. (On X, Insta and Bsky)

@theposearchives.bsky.social always super useful as a teaching material- go follow them!

#arteducation

5m timed sketches of sheep, orangutang, horse, bunny, buffalo, otter and baby elephant.

On Thursdays it’s #GroupClass! Following @devinellekurtz.bsky.social advice to build a visual library and work on our sketching skills, we drew a few animal spreads!

#arteducation

Study of a plaster cast bust.

Study of an illustration by Leyendecker, focusing on the way he shades hair like broad ribbons.

Studies I do alongside my students so they can watch my workflow.

#artclass | #study