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@wildwolf531
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2mo
added comment inProject - Learning to Sketch from Observation
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These are my first attempts at the Observation sketches. What I struggle with the most is if I was actually sketching with those energetic tapered strokes like the video suggests or if I was just putting down messy line. Basically if I was messy sketching the right way. Let me know and if not what I could maybe do to improve my tapered strokes.
@wildwolf531
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3mo
These are my attempts at the level 2 projects. From left to right it goes pre-demo attempt then post-demo. I like how the camel turned out, but I feel like the skull was a bit off. I am still having trouble controlling my arm/hand when trying to make confident lines. Any advice is appreciated.
@wildwolf531
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3mo
Asked for help
My first attempts with the camel and skull. Have not been drawing for a while so it is good to get back into things with these assignements. I think I am having trouble with proportions. For instance, the camel's head seems a little too big to me. Let me know whatever thoughts you have, greatly appreciated.
The camel is well done. Your proportions are great. I have to ask, did you spend a lot of time on this? I was under the impression we were meant to make quick, expressive lines. There seems to be too much detail for this. Also, I think you could've added more line weight -- darker in places, lighter in others.
The only thing with the skull is its bottom jaw being too long. I like your decision to make the eye sockets cicular. Also, you don't have to mark each individual tooth. I found that a quick, jagged lines towards the top do the trick.
Anyways, be well and great work,
Alan
@wildwolf531
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3mo
Here are my snail and boot drawings post demo.
Disclaimer: By the time I got around to this part I hit an intense 6-week work period back in May and I kinda burnt out part way through. I have been working to get my self back into it but these drawing suffered from a bit of rushing in my attempt to get back in. Still, any critique is appreciated.
@wildwolf531
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3mo
These are the drawings I did for the challenge.
Disclaimer: By the time I got around to this part I hit an intense 6-week work period back in May and I kinda burnt out part way through. I have been working to get my self back into it but these drawing suffered from a bit of rushing in my attempt to get back in. Still, any critique is appreciated.
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Thank you for sharing! 💛 Seconding the resting piece of advice! It's already awesome you are doing the Drawing Basics course at your own pace! Taking a break from art is ok. I would also suggest since you like Indie animation (so do i!) is to check out local film festivals in your city or go browse a local comics shop and see new comics. Fill your brain with awesome art and watch new things. Who knows, that might inspire you! You can reach your goals AJ! I believe in you!
Thank you for your reply. The only thing I will mention is that I live in a very small remote area. Nearest city is about 6 hours away. So any online alternatives would be appreciated. Thanks for the advice.
Hello community,
So, I am making this post to share some of my goals to get some feedback and advice as well as for some self-motivation. For the past month and a half, I have been experiencing some severe burnout and art block which is disappointing because way back in April I was making pretty good progress and was drawing, sketching, and studying during almost all my free time. Then I hit a long and hard work period at my job, and I had to put my drawing progress on the shelf for a few weeks. Since then, however, things have calmed down, but I find my drive has dwindled and I am hardly drawing at all. I’m hoping to get some advice on how to help get my drive back. I know that down periods are common when learning art and even art in general, but I don’t want to fall off completely. Below I will explain my goals, both big and small, and where I am right now to help give an idea on maybe what I can do to both regain the drive and improve as well as any advice for reaching these goals overall.
The Big Goals:
The reason I got back into drawing (used to draw some as a kid and in high school) is because I recently got inspired by the indie animation scene on YouTube and as someone who has always been a daydreamer coming up with his own little stories, fanfics, and characters I wanted to finally try my hand at bringing them into the world (at least on paper lol). In short, I want to bring my stories and characters to life. Initially I would like to try producing my own webcomics as I think it’s a great way to get my stories out there. Then further down the road I want to try my hand at 2d animation to really bring some life into my stories.
Smaller Goals/Current Progress:
Now, I am focused on improving on the fundamental skills of drawing and am currently in the Drawing Basics course. Other than that, I am mostly focused on character design and recently completed a smaller course on character design fundamentals. Outside of studies I have mostly been doing some small observation drawing as well as reference drawing some of my favorite characters from other shows/movies (not tracing). I am sticking to traditional pencil and paper since I feel that will help me improve my fundamental skill more in the long term but want to eventually switch to digital. Once I complete the basics course I am considering moving to anatomy and maybe some more advanced character design courses.
So that is pretty much where I am at and where I am heading to. Hoping to get some advice on ways to progress as well as tips on overcoming this burnout. If you have made it this far in the post I wanna say thanks for taking the time to read it and hope you have a great day.
Some notes:
· I know my big goals are not going to happen overnight and will take probably years so just know I am taking the long view with them.
· I am doing this as a hobby for now as I have a job/career that is keeping me stable now, so I don’t have any pressure as far as needing to make money goes.
· Despite that, I do still want to pursue this as best I can because I believe it is something that can bring me a lot of personal joy and excitement
Thank you.
@wildwolf531
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6mo
Asked for help
These are my practice sketches for both level on pics. Have not watched demo. The boots were particularly hard with the excessive curves and I found myself redoing a lot of the line work, especially the ones where the laces fold in on themselves. Proportion- wise they are a bit off but I was focused more on trying to pull of the lines in as little strokes as possible. Any advice on how to handle complicated curves like in the laces is appreciated as well as any othe advice.
@wildwolf531
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6mo
Left is before watching the demo, right is after. Like how it turned out, but the hardest part was outlining the portrait based on values rather than shapes. It also made getting the proportions down difficult too so any advise on how to outline based on value and getting the proportions right i appreciated along with any other advice.
@wildwolf531
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7mo
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First attempt at level two without watching demo. Definitely harder with these move complex shapes. Any critiques welcome.
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7mo
This is a great portrait! I think for this assignment it's helpful to focus and design the shapes make up the feature rather than the actual feature (the eye, the eyebrow, etc) itself. It makes it easier to group like areas of value when you're not categorizing and separating the features of the face. For example, the shadow that encompass his left eye, eyebrow, and orbital socket could be simplified to be one shape. Hope that helps!
