While doing this project I learned that I have trouble with drawing things from observation with the same proportions, and that I still don’t have a lot of control over how my lines look because of my tremors. I eventually got frustrated and used line stabilization but I don’t want to constantly rely on that to make lines that actually look good. I had to leave out a lot of detail on the boots because I was taking way too long to finish them. There’s an earlier draft I did of the right boot underneath the reference image. The snail was a lot easier though.

I’m specifically taking these courses to get better for the purpose of making comics, which involve the final image being done with inks, so I did some different methods for shading more in tune with that. Or at least I tried.

I’m not exactly new to art, but I really wouldn’t say I’m amazing at it. Most of what I had learned up to this point was from YouTube tutorials, artist friends of mine, and what I learned in high school and college before things kinda got complicated. Still, I wasn’t going to give up on learning and doing art, which is why I’m here now. I also know for a fact that the first and most important thing I need to do is brush up on the fundamentals, so I can have a solid foundation for the future. With all that in mind I thought it would be best if I did the level 1 version of the project, but I made sure to turn off any line stabilization since I also wanted to train my hand to not be so jittery.