Posted at March 16, 2006, 10:16 pm:
Hey everyone! I've recently decided to start drawing again. Right now, I've been drawing 1.5 hours a day and am trying to get up to 3 hours a day. I've drawn on and off for a while, maybe a few weeks at a time every couple months, but I hope this time I'll stick to it. I think I've quit so many times because I wasn't having fun, and was extremely picky. I think "The Natural Way To Draw" techniques of super-slow contour drawing for hours, and the need I felt to have _perfect_ reference for drawings really sapped my passion, so I went and tried a bunch of different other arts. But I always come back to drawing- maybe it's really what I want to do. I'm going to college next year, and with no idea what to do except some form of art, be it a visual art or literature or music. I'm a little desperate to find out exactly what, so I'm going to push myself to draw a lot and gain some experience and insight into what I can do with the medium, and if it's what I want. Even if it's not what I want to do for the rest of my life, it's an awesome skill to have. I'm noticing things I never saw, even in my own neighborhood, from actively looking from a visual artist's perspective. There are my drawings I've done so far, oldest is 3 days ago. They're all from photo reference. I've been doing these much more loosely than I usually draw, and using photos as reference which I wouldn't normally use, like thumbnail-sized b&w photos for the first 3 building sketches. I've been timing myself for each drawing to avoid getting too tight, which is a bad habit I had. E.g., I had put full detail into a window before drawing anything around it. I've been careful to make outlines of everything before going into detail in these drawings
From "Woman at the Window" by Dali
This took me an hour and a half, first half hour I was riding in a car so I didn't set up perspective lines like I should have (too bumpy), just eyeballed them. That's also why the wood on the doors suck, should have erased and redone that part
Is this a good resolution/size for the scans? What should I focus on to improve overall
Crits & comments welcome!
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Replies:Welcome !!
You have some good observationnal skills.
Gotta agree with Recursive_End, you seem to be pretty good at observat...
Nice sketches.
Thanks! Does anyone know of good hatching/crosshatching examples or t...
Well, i cant find any good tutorials, but i did found other artist who...
Those guys you linked look really cool.
Kiwis! About an hour.
From Ico concept art.
About 50 min.
From a picture of a bust of Gala, Dali's wife.
The Dalian theme indirectly continues.
Finished shading.
You're off to a good start! Keep at your studies.
follow the link in your sig
got a nice progression of work going alre...
well luke if your not that motivated you have to find something your r...
Here's a tip,
When you sit down to do a longish study, try looking ...
Thanks everyone, I can hardly express how much you're all helping me o...
good job here, I really like your buildings and would like to see more...
Smashpansy: Thanks! I've only been using 2H, but will try using a ran...
LukeTores,
Thanks for stopping by my scketchbook and commenting!! ...
Next chance I get, I'll do a pencil study with various hardnesses.
nice man keep going
rock on
Still alive.
Hover your pencil!!! best possible thing to do.
sketch sketch sketch and if you cant think of anything ref drawings ar...
Some stuff copied from from "How to Draw Comics the Marvel Way&qu...
More gestures!
Top 2/3 of page from imagination, bottom third from ...
Last two from memory.
From Bridgman's 'Complete Guide to Drawing from Life'.
ooooooh.
Toss some more confidence in your lines.
White Rose: Good advice, thanks.
Experimenting with Photoshop: first digital painting!
Used this refe...
Did perspective stuff yesterday, but didn't post because they're borin...
A WIP.
hmm i thought i posted something about that shark picture.
I like how the hair turned out
I remember someone saying to me, that...
This is the best I've been able to get him.
From Bridgman:
Foolin' around, no ref used.
Am I going to sound like a huge pain in the ass if I reccomend never u...
Hehe, I agree not to use smudge for blending, but I got the effect I w...
when i need to blend in ps.
These are from Sunday, I'll post more recent stuff when I have time.
hmmmm your doing all the right things man, im afraid your just kinda a...
Man, how do you skilled artists draw so much, so long? Being a newbie...
I'm taking a break and trying new things, writing fiction.
woah woah woah
why .
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