Topic: Make mine doodles (Read 65198 times)

Büge · « **Reply #740 on:** September 18, 2012, 07:21:18 AM »

http://skinnyartist.com/9-warning-signs-of-an-amateur-artist/

Dangit. I better work on my skills.

Stush · « **Reply #741 on:** September 21, 2012, 04:39:05 AM »

Just another attempt at a sketch from a photo. I like how it came out, except I have a bit of trouble with the head shape. I made it too small originally, and then I had to adjust a lot to match the features.

Disposable Ninja · « **Reply #742 on:** September 21, 2012, 08:58:54 AM »

feels like you're not only being too cautious, but too cautious in the wrong way. Next time you do a sketch from a reference, do it freehand with a pen.

Stush · « **Reply #743 on:** September 22, 2012, 01:27:19 AM »

I did it freehand. What other way could I Do it? I don't have a weird drawing machine.

But with a pen? That sounds terrifying. It'd be a mass of corrected lines.

Büge · « **Reply #744 on:** September 22, 2012, 06:47:13 AM »

It's supposed to be terrifying. If it wasn't, it wouldn't build your confidence. But to give you an example of what a finished product looks like: http://tweets.copicmarker.com/tweets/224240331577769985

You can see how he used a light pen to build his framework and then used thicker pens to beef up the shadows and heavy lines.

The point of the exercise is developing the ability to get what your eye sees (or your brain, if you're working from imagination) onto paper with efficiency and not worry about making mistakes, because mistakes are going to happen anyway.

Disposable Ninja · « **Reply #745 on:** September 22, 2012, 06:59:51 AM »

What buge said, also

Quote from: Stush on September 22, 2012, 01:27:19 AM

I did it freehand. What other way could I Do it? I don't have a weird drawing machine.

I meant no construction lines.

Get a black sharpie, and just start sketching what you see.

Büge · « **Reply #746 on:** September 22, 2012, 09:23:59 AM »

I wouldn't go with a sharpie. Just a ballpoint pen.

Stush · « **Reply #747 on:** September 22, 2012, 10:08:04 AM »

Okay! I'll give it a shot!

Stush · « **Reply #748 on:** September 25, 2012, 03:59:33 AM »

I thought that maybe I had gotten better at drawing and gotten over this goddamn artist's block bullshit, but nope, I can't draw again, no matter how much I try. Everything I draw ends up looking crappy. I can't figure out why, what the hell's changed since last month, When I was able to draw with like a 99% success rate?

Stush · « **Reply #749 on:** October 30, 2012, 04:29:05 AM »

A friend suggested I do a halloween sketch, It's sort of crappy, but with how drawing's been going lately, I'm glad just to be making stuff!

Stush · « **Reply #750 on:** November 28, 2012, 04:00:06 AM »

I've been sketching at work lately, it seems like it's a LOT easier when I get away from my computer, can any other artists comment on that? Do you guys tend to do your drawing away from it? Or is it fine to be sitting at it?

François · « **Reply #751 on:** November 28, 2012, 08:15:40 AM »

With the exception of when I'm training myself to color/ink on my tablet, I can't get anything done in front of the computer. Sometimes I'll listen to a LP or a podcast and draw in the same room as my computer, but "within earshot of my speakers" is about as close as I get when I have a pencil in my hand.

Stush · « **Reply #752 on:** December 05, 2012, 05:19:23 AM »

I did a bunch of inking over the last couple of days.

Stush · « **Reply #753 on:** December 07, 2012, 03:53:53 AM »

François · « **Reply #754 on:** December 07, 2012, 04:17:04 AM »

Dang, nice. The left arm seems a little stiff, but I'm liking your color choices. If the greens were even just a bit lighter it'd be kinda hokey, but this scheme really works well.

Stush · « **Reply #755 on:** December 07, 2012, 06:52:30 AM »

I hear stuff like that a lot, which seems pretty weird to me. Because I seriously have no idea what i'm doing with colours, I just make it up as I go along.

R^2 · « **Reply #756 on:** December 07, 2012, 07:19:54 AM »

Intuition!

Ted Belmont · « **Reply #757 on:** December 07, 2012, 07:22:55 AM »

Quote from: Stush on December 07, 2012, 06:52:30 AM

I hear stuff like that a lot, which seems pretty weird to me. Because I seriously have no idea what i'm doing with colours, I just make it up as I go along.

Maybe you're actually a...

COLORMANCER

François · « **Reply #758 on:** December 07, 2012, 07:32:17 AM »

Ha, it's nice to just have good instinct about things without thinking too much every once in a while.

I think here it works because you strike a good balance. The grays, greens and browns you picked seem brighter than what I'd mentally associate with military clothing, but they're not blatantly cartoony either; it's like they're lively and sober at the same time. Feels like good guy clothes. I'm not sure how to detail the impression. The wrong shade of blue could easily have looked jarring and out of place but, I don't know, you somehow managed to pick one that fits in!

Stush · « **Reply #759 on:** January 04, 2013, 09:59:55 AM »

Evil shall be crushed by Crablady's claws of justice!

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