Newborn in draw, Looking for Feedbacks
4yr
Tony Lavaud
Hi guys, i'm french (sorry for my english) and i finally decided to start drawing two month ago. I draw everydays (4 or 5hours per days) and i try to learn everthings i found. I found Proko and thought that it was a really good website to share my progression and discuss with other people. What do you think ? Any suggestions to progress ?
Thanx and all the best for all of you !
Tony
Hi Tony! Your drawings are looking great! And to have hours of daily practice sure is a great thing, you did much better than when I was in that phase XD.
If you want to bring you skills to a higher level, you can do some master studies using the exact pen&ink technique you are using right now. Could be studies of classical paintings, or comics you like. So you won't dabble in a blind way, to me at the moment you don't really have a certain direction you want to go, which is a good thing I think, then it gives you time to find out what kind of content you really like.
Hey Tony! Really nice work for a newborn in drawing! Congratulations!
So, one of the most important and basic things about drawing is the study of shapes and forms. Basically, any complex subject can be drawn if you distort and combine the most basic and fundamental shapes and forms. Understanding this concept will also help you improve your shading skills. My advice would be, study the basic shapes and forms.
I almost forgot, in english, the word "shape" refers to the 2D space (Circle, Triangle, Square, etc) and the word "form" refers to the 3D space (Cube, Cylinder, Sphere, etc). Sometimes that might be a little confusing, because in some latin languages it would be said something like "2D form and 3D form".
And also, the study of form (3D), goes together with the study of perspective. A good perspective is what makes a form seems realistic and well drawn.
Keep it up man!
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4yr
These are quite impressive for just starting a couple months ago!
It looks like some of them might be from reference and some might be from imagination? The first image of the bird (skeksis?) feels really solid and has fantastic line weight. The wolverine further down though feels a little less observed and a bit messier, but maybe that was just an earlier drawing.
Overall your handling of the pencils and ink is really sophisticated, you've got a good handle on your tools and are doing a great job managing your values to create focus. I think the concepts Proko talks about in the figure drawing course would be helpful to you; the way he shows simplifying complex subjects into simpler forms (robo bean, mannequinization, etc.) are relevant whether you're drawing figures, monsters, or spaceships. So doing exercises like that where you break things down to their fundamental structure will be really beneficial as you continue practicing.
Beyond that, just keep going! You've got a great start here and the most important thing is to just do more, study from reference, and have fun. :D