“Liuween” Fantasy Digital Painting Made In Corel Painter For The Epic Character Contest On Drawcrowd

A new beginning.

Hi there! 

After a very long time, I decided to start publishing something again.

These months was very busy for us,between work, problems, various stresses, inner conflicts and demons... anyway the whole World seems to be against our wish to make art. But I'm not a person who gives up easily and I really love what I do. So life goes on ;)

I've got a lot of things to show you. For now, I'm going to share just some meaningful things. Among these, I re-discovered an old passion of mine, the sculpture. I'm having a lot of fun with fantasy miniatures and small objects like pendants and keychains, can't wait to show you someting more!

I've always been shy and a private person, so I find difficult to use social networks in general and that's one of the reason I've take a little break from Tumblr. Also, in a sea full of water drops, it's diffcult to be noticed and this could means that nevermind how much effords you put in your artworks, it's kinda easy to remain in the ocean deeps. And it's demotivating. You know, the most important thing is to continue doing what you love. Yes, but it's not easy to stay positive in some moments, right? xD

Anyway, I've met some beautiful people here that gave me so much motivation to continue my journey as an artist. I will be always grateful for all that wonderful support. Also a smile means so much even in the darkest moments, and if I will be able to give to you some positive emotions throught our art, it'll be worth believing that also a little waterdrops is enought to make the World a better place ;)

I'll share new things soon, stay tuned! <3

DailySketch 17/365 Say “Hi” to our new little friend  :P

Here's a new Digital painting made in Corel Painter . And while I painted it on Twitch ... I became an Affiliate! 

Take a look on my Channel ;) https://www.twitch.tv/moonpix

Print available: https://www.inprnt.com/gallery/moonpix/autumn/

Art Tutorials!

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

CHAPTER ONE:

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 ✨

Inktober day 3: Portrait of Durotan, chieftain of the Frostwolf Clan. Hope you like!

A selection of paintings published a few years ago on Deviantart, when Moonpix was not yet formed ;) I have changed a bit the style and the way of painting, but I hope you like them anyway!

Work in Progress! Need to add more details on this piece . I will stream the process on Twitch, take a look at my channel :D Hope to see ya !

https://www.twitch.tv/moonpix

Alexstrasza the Life-Binder, digital painting fanart from Warcraft and Heroes of the Storm, made in Corel Painter!

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!

Check out more at: https://www.moonpixart.com/

Character portrait commission, Blood elf hunter from World of Warcraft! 

If you're interested in get a painting of your favourite character, feel free to contact us! ;)