@GreyPon3
My Little Render: HDRI Lighting is magic :D

@Stellarator
Yep. Nice detail.

@GreyPon3
The skate park.

@Stellarator
Actually, what’s in the reflection.

@GreyPon3
HDRI lighting is magic. :D

I like the reflection in her eye.

@Background Pony #EEFB  
Got ya covered.

@Four Tet
 
Wow… that is a bizarrely specific combination of elements that he seems to really enjoy, but he’s doing it very well. hits ‘Follow’ for reasons he is uncertain of
 
Yeah, looking at sources is important. If I had to pick the one thing that my figure drawing instructor drills into us the most, it is “Use references, use references, and dammit use references. Even if you think you already know what something looks like”
 
Plus, if you examine a real thing/process/whatever enough to make it look at least passable to people who are familiar with it, it’s almost always also going to look good to laypeople. If you mess things up, sometimes you can get away with it, but often times something about the subject will just look wrong to the viewer, even if they don’t actually know why.
 
I often get sent down a rabbit hole of research for a piece, and end up learning way more than I actually needed to about random topics like archery/fletching/bowmaking (>>1722721 >>1710319) or half-timbered architecture (>>1870484 >>1870495) or something XD

Whoops linking failed me there lol.

@Four Tet  
LOVE Suzusiro’s stuff! He has a Twitter too (for those who can’t be bothered with a Pixiv account).
 
@suzusiro333
 
“suzusiro333”:suzusiro333

@Stellarator  
Hey, at least you actually used sources to capture the look and feel of the sport. At this rate, you’d be right up there with some other artist I’ve come to admire…can’t quite put my finger on it, though…
 

 
…ah well, it’ll come back to me. Sorry for the late reply!
 
(More of this magnificent madman’s work here.)

@Four Tet  
That’s good to hear. Thanks!  
I try to always do a moderate amount of research on a thing before I use it in art. While obviously I didn’t try to learn about how to DO anything, I now have WAY too many photos from the Vans US Open and similar. XD

Reminds me of all those Skate 3 mods

Actually, for an action shot of a 5-0 lip grind in action, it’s pretty solid to me. Also, not wearing helmets is almost a dress code for street skaters, so trust me when I say “you made the right decision”.
 
For that, have a song to set the mood!