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@cloudhopper
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11mo
added comment inProject - Learning to Sketch from Observation
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Any advice for those of us who have a hard time not making our drawing run off the page?
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11mo
If you find this becoming a tendency, something you could do is a very light sketch of the 'big picture' shapes of what you want to draw, making it take only a few seconds and easily correctable if you go outside the page. For example, with the penguin, it could be a simple oval, the arm a curving rectangle, or the VR girl a triangle. This will help you envision the placement on the page and give you a loose guide to follow once you start drawing. It's good to think about the process from largest to smallest, starting with the big picture, to medium shapes that make it up, and only afterwards adding in the last details.
Shubhendu Bhaskar
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1yr
Hi, I tried again after watching the demo on some other references. Any comments are appreciated.
Beautiful references. LOVE the flow , especially the 2nd! 1st cat might make more sense if u suggested the chest line?? Just cuz its an unbalanced pose that I'm trying to mentally edit wout the photo
@cloudhopper
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11mo
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Good exercise for me! Restarted snail so much due to way off proportions. Excited to watch demos
Looks like good proportions....i had to start over many x to correct proportions on the snail
Alyss Erulisse
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1yr
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Here is my second attempt at the mushrooms. I am still experimenting with the pencil tool in Photoshop. I figured out that when using opacity with pressure sensitivity, ultimately the value will build up to but not exceed the selected swatch.
I find I have much less coordination on the slippery angled surface of the graphics tablet than I do on paper. I tend to hold more tension in my hand and shoulder in order to control the slipping of the stylus. Meanwhile, the side of my hand sticks to the surface, so that if I use it as support, I can only draw from my wrist. Has anyone working with digital managed to overcome this? What is the weird glove that Stan wears?
"The Drawing Glove prevents your resting fingers and palm from transferring oils or moisture to the drawing surface while keeping your drawing fingers free to comfortably grip your pen." I think it's mostly for digital so that you don't get extra marks from your hand...Would love to know more, too
Mariana
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1yr
Simplify portrait after watching demo. I think watching the demo helped me a lot, my first attemp before, was not realy simplified. I chosed another reference for my second try.
This is so interesting! Great subject and pose. Does her face have more width in the photo? Dunno if it helps for me to post anything, I'm a rookie.
@cloudhopper
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1yr
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Is this the exercise? I was doing what I thought was the exercise, to the benefit of drawing lots better than I usually manage. I was going for broader shapes and really trying to have different values. But I'm not sure if this is sharp lines? I also didn't know if I was ready to try the level 2 exercise, then surprised myself w a way better portrait than I've done before. Definitely learning. But should I try to do it with sharper lines? Also don't have a softer lead pencil yet, which I'm looking forward to having soon!
I think adding more values would help improve the visual shape of everything a lot better! The proportions are good but try making the darker portions darker (hair on the guy, left side of pear) and I think you’ll like the outcome. In terms of sharper lines, I would focus on confident strokes coming more from ur arm than wrist/fingers. It looks great keep going :)
