smurfmier1985 thank u !  u attitude inspire all of us !

silentheart00 thank u :)

mmalhomsi wah, that's already looking good, keep going! Looking forward!

mmalhomsi awesome progress :) looking forward to seeing this one come to life!

nekronavt thank u man ur feedback count a lot ! character artists rule !

smurfmier1985 thank u ! u r an awesome friend 

mmalhomsi Looks pretty interesting. I'll be keeping an eye!

mmalhomsi What a great project, he is coming to life!

beefkeef  drgnclw   thank u both for ur words ! i appreciate !

mmalhomsi wow, that looks great! Cannot wait to see more details on the character.

mmalhomsi Very nice work!

I´m looking forward to the finished piece! :D

mmalhomsi man, you are light speed with your stuff :D

fide  llavabear   thank u very much ! i'm glade u like it !

nekronavt  yes ! i m fast and to be honest i have time this Week , so it helps , it will be another story when doing the retopo !

mmalhomsi I like the contrast between the hair and the clothes! The shirt and jacket are a bit too close in colors I think, harder to see. I like all the scars! Keep up the good work you're doing great 😄

smurfmier1985 thank u for the feedback and the nice words ! u got a point about yhe clothes. for the hair i was going with white hair , but i found the red more interesting . i have to do more testing ! once i finished all pieces ! 

mmalhomsi Love the work in here! Would you like me to critique this latest character for the stream next week? If so, could you do me a favor and post a reminder in the critique submission thread? Just to ensure I don't forget.

theluthier thank u Kent , it will be great to have a pro critique ! i ll do my best to get it finished befor monday !

mmalhomsi that silhouette looks good! Nice job 😄

Don't forget to put a message for Kent in the 'live stream thread' on the forum, so he can remember to give you feedback next Tuesday during livestream! I'm very curious to hear what he has to say about it 😊

smurfmier1985 thank u ! i m almost done ! i will not be texturing it for now , but hopefully i ll have somethig to show for the Stream!

mmalhomsi The silhouette really resembles the concept art. The model is probably going to look better than it when textured :D

mmalhomsi Dude are you kidding me, that looks amazingly great, I'm the one who wishes I could do an awesome character like that. Stick figures at the back of a math notebook is as far as I can go. 

mmalhomsi Amazing! 👏🏻

mmalhomsi Nice work, dude!

mmalhomsi awesome work, man! Great details, great atmospheric render!

dostovel  smurfmier1985  silentheart00  nekronavt  and drgnclw  thank u all for u words and for the support ! 

credit goes to the 2d concept Creator !  this Community rocks ! 

mmalhomsi 

try that it a very good practices

I will, tho I'm a bit stick with animation for a while because of game development.

Good luck with your new character!

mmalhomsi I understand not liking social networks. It's why I only pay attention to my twitter. But if you're thinking of doing one, I would recommend instagram. As an image-based platform, artwork gets way more attention and exposure there. I'm thinking of starting one as well, if I can accept being a person with 2 active social networks 😅

theluthier yes you can! 😃

I agree with Kent Malhomsi, Instagram is much better for sharing art. And also a lot easier to follow than twitter imo! I like it way more. I started a twitter account only because I was missing some interesting news, but honestly every day I'm thinking about discarding Twitter again, it's messy and busy and I like watching art on Instagram a lot more.

Once Sensei Kent finally starts an Instagram account I can stop looking at twitter 😉😛

mmalhomsi I use Twitter to post WIPs and stuff, but it's really hard to get any attention unless you spam the hastags.  I don't care for Instagram because even though you still retain ownership over your work (previously you could not), they still have permission to use your art in any promotions in any way without crediting you.  Plus you have to publish from your phone in a specific size ratio and it's just really annoying in my opinion.  Facebook also owns Instagram, so if you don't like Facebook, I'd be hesitant to use Instagram.  Might as well get the profile even if you don't use it just so someone else doesn't alter your online presence, if that makes sense.  You could use some social media publishing tools to help with scheduling posts and stuff so you don't have to be so plugged in all the time (Hootsuite is what I use personally, but there are others).  Ultimately, up to you. 

Also, publish low quality images on social media with a watermark so someone can't steal them as easily.  It'll be more hassle to the stealer and they will be less likely to steal it.  If there's anything you really want to protect, apply for a copyright in your country.  While you may technically have the copyright from the moment you make it, registering it will provide even stronger protections against infringers.  Take a look into it and see.

Anyway, that's the end of my cautionary tale.  It's up to you to do what you want.

silentheart00 thank u for taking the time to give me advice ! finaly it seems too complicated.. i m puting social network a side for now , Artstation may be enough ! 

theluthier  and smurfmier1985  thank u for ur response ! 

mmalhomsi No problem!  Studies have shown that social media is a negative on one's mental health, so might be better in the long run.  Let us know what your Artstation is and at least I will give you a follow!

mmalhomsi Hey Malhomsi, you probably have done this course already, I haven't but as far as I know it's all about creating likeness and such. If you haven't watched it (or maybe it was a long long time ago) it might contain some good pointers for you.

The art of sculpting

smurfmier1985  hello Miranda , i hope u r fine !

i ve already Watched this lovely course ! ( more than once !)

i m trying now to read between the lines .

mmalhomsi It also helps to work from large to small details.  So, get the basic shape of the head, then the basic shape of the features.  Make sure the features line up about where you want them before going into detailing.  It's a decent head sculpt, but maybe the features are too generic?  Pinpoint what makes a person recognizable.  High cheek bones?  Low cheek bones?  Big nose?  Small nose?  Rounded nose or angular?  Big jowly jaw or tapering and defined?  And so on.  Keep practicing.  You got this.

silentheart00 thank u for responding ! as usual it's really Something i do appretiate !

i love the idea to pinpoint the recognizable features ! i ll do as u said take a step back , doing the basic shape  matche before going to far in details !

did u do likeness befor.?

mmalhomsi I haven't done extensive studies into likenesses until Kent's character development stream, and around September or October of 2018 when I was creating a lot of busts that I started to seriously study features in more depth than before.  I always liked characters, but my style was more anime than realistic, and you can extrapolate away with most facial structures in an anime style.  But, learning realism is really pushing me to focus more on the structure of faces and bodies.

mmalhomsi somebody getting obsessed with anatomy learning :D

nekronavt obsessed with anatomy re-learning ! ;)

mmalhomsi lol, dude, take it easy.  Or go hard.  Faces everywhere!

silentheart00 lol u r right !! i have to take it more easy !!

mmalhomsi The knees look a little low.  Looks pretty good overall.

silentheart00 i m not happy with the legs .. i keep telling my self the they will not be seen anyway… 

mmalhomsi The legs may be covered, but the knee is still a key feature in that it bends, so the length should  probably be adjusted.  So, either move the knee or lengthen the lower half of the leg.

mmalhomsi I can't give advice on the sculpting side of thing. However, I'm very familiar witch artist block (aren't we all?)

Whenever I'm stuck with something I leave it be for a while and go do something totally different. Something fun that doesn't any expectations of being great. Do a course I haven't done yet, or create something simple just for fun. Enjoying the journey of it rather than focusing on the result. Usually after that my mind is clear and I can get back to my project and get much better results.

Hope this helps. Good luck Malhomsi! I'm rooting for you! 👊🏻😎

smurfmier1985  u r of great help as Always ! i ll take u advice and try to have some fun ! thank u Miranda !