/ic/ - Artwork/Critique

>>6297275
That's beautiful, I've never heard of it before. It reminds me of that one statue of Jesus Christ.

>>6203728

The guy who did this was in an art high school before moving to the fine art academy of rome (FAAR). The website for FAAR mentions a "free nude" course, I'll quote what I believe to be the workload -translated from italian;

>e) All those who have completed the admission exam are admitted to attendance
regular application with attached the receipt of payment of the annual fee;
f) The addresses of the Free Nude School are: PAINTING and PLASTIC;
g) The teachings present within the Free School of Nude, which can be evaluated in formative credits are i
following:
PAINTING drawing 300 annual hours, assessable in 12 c.f.a.
PLASTIC drawing 300 annual hours, assessable in 12 c.f.a.
Enrolled students, except internal students, can attend the following courses within those activated
in the Academy:
ART HISTORY 50 annual hours, assessable in 6 tax codes
ARTISTIC ANATOMY 75 hours per year, assessable in 6 c.f.
ENGRAVING TECHNIQUES 150 annual hours, assessable in 6 c.f.
DRAWING 150/200 hours per year, assessable in 8 tax codes
ELEMENTS OF MORPHOLOGY AND DYNAMICS OF THE SHAPE 50 hours per year, assessable in 6 c.f.

if the thread topic is on being an academic then there's no way around it. You've got to go to school.
>>4646620
There's no evidence to suggest otherwise. I've never interacted with digital but i've been told it works on layers, same as trad, if that's the case you only need practice. Practice how i'm not sure, but I guess that's what this thread is for. Maybe this caliber of skill is locked to poorfags, or maybe its only time worked that offers access. One would need serious discipline & organization to complete a workload like that in a self teaching environment while keeping a job and maintaining positive health

>>4646846
ferri work is influenced by baroque and his greatest inspiration is caravaggio, who worked with real dark shades. His works are stunning in any case, the deep blacks emphasize focus on the form, and like Vilppu says "no rules only tools"