Not really a beginner thing, but if you have one euro or its equivalent, you can get 11 hours of livestreams of Even Amundsen painting a lady and doing studies: https://gumroad.com/evenamundsen
Pretty neat! There's also a 26 minute timelapse in there.
Not done with this yet since the proportions are pretty off especially with the width, hope to get it as close as possible before I continue with the value study
Gonna take a break to reset my eyes
Wonder if anyone in here have any recommendations for an artist who is really good at drawing faces, I do have some questions and doubts on how to put down lines at certain areas like the contours of the cheek and jaw if they look really soft
I love moderndayJames so much man I think he's among the top art educators on youtube right now
I should be able to push for one final round before reaching my current limitations, don't think there's any breakthrough in terms of technique and speed for this attempt I suppose
Hey folks I remember being really impressed by medibang on my phone a while back and it turns out that they actually have a free pc version of it
Seems pretty competent and easy to use from what I have tested so far, brush work feels good right out of the gate too. Fun to just open it up and doodle around. Check it out if you are interested.
Tried to study this photo I came across, there's quite a bunch of stuff I want to learn how to draw in there
Wonky proportions and perspective aside, I think I need to chill a bit on the cloth wrinkles and make them more subtle
Attempted to get out of my comfort zone, tried a harder brush instead of the usual airbrush and attempted to simplify but it didn't really work out so I gave up
Tried to use a realistic brush (oil paint flat) from clip studio instead of doing airbrushing like usual. It feels pretty good but also really strange since the brush works completely different, can't really say I am in total control of it. I still find it quite impossible to break the folds down in a simple manner, think I will try to study more first
Woah, great rendering on that piece! You did a great job capturing the sheen of the fabric and the way it wraps around the model.
Thank you! The folds does makes sense when I am painting but I don't think I completely understand what's going on to replicate or simplify them as of now
My creativity is still non existence to be honest to be called an artist lol
I think it's the hardest thing to train, been scouring through tutorials but never found anything which clicks for me
That's a tough thing to get around, to be sure. I'm pretty bad about 'training' this aspect of my art, since I tend to fall back on exercises and tutorials instead of my own pieces. This vid from Uncomfortable talks a bit about this, and offers some ways to start moving out of that rut. I need to actually follow the advice again. For the brief period I kept up with it, ideas came more easily to me and it was nice to see my exercises paying off in my own work.
Huh, looks like he also released a course about this through Proko's website. I'm going to be honest, the structured lesson format is really helpful for me, even when it's something that I should really be able to put into practice on my own. Price is kinda steep though, I dunno about shelling out the cash.
I wish I had the executive function to follow classes or tutorials
I would be able to practice much more mindfully if I could actually focus for a while
Usually anymore if I open my sketchbook or Krita I stare at the blank page and maybe doodle a few squares and circles and triangles I'm just to intimidated by the blank space to try anything else
I think the basic proportions of the hat are pretty solid and can be a good keystone for other measurements.
There are a couple of areas in the shoulders I see that may have conspired to throw off measurements in other areas:
The angle of the shoulder here is steeper in the photo. Measuring angles can be tricky. When working from a model you can hold out your pencil, squint an eye, line up the edge with the angle you want and then holding you arm straight, move that angle to the paper. If you're working from a photo you can just line up the pencil and move it over.
It looks like this measurement may have impacted the positioning of the left arm. Otherwise, I think that arm and the negative space it is making is well observed.
Plumb lines. Everyone's best friend. You can see here the shoulder in the photo almost lines up with the cylindrical cornery bit of the hat.
The inner and outer corners of elbows are good and memorable places to use as plumb line keystones.
Somewhat related:
Stephen Bauman has been posting some excerpts from his Bargue drawing course on his youtube and they're pretty interesting, even if they're just going over basic enveloping. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GZm7qih71-w
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Thanks for your tips and advice as always! I feel like I should be paying some of you folks for your time over the years
Gonna try to fix the proportions when I get back later. Can I also ask if you have any recommendations for things to study or practice for a legit breakthrough with the goal of being an illustrator? I know I am not to be a professional at my age, but I want to at least work towards that area
General advice is to learn some nitty gritty technical perspective, as well as freehand perspective.
There's some really in depth technical examples and demonstrations here: https://www.handprint.com/HP/WCL/tech10.html. I remember struggling through these back in the day. There are probably better resources out there now.
Basically you want to avoid things that only show
And find things that cover cones of vision, station points, measuring points, and good stuff like that.
There's a guy covering some of that here. I remember it being pretty rare to see someone actually use a protractor in a demonstration: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RsbzCHLsQuQ
I've had my eye on the Linear Perspective Master Course on https://nma.art/learn/ for a little while. It says it's 111 hours... There's gotta be some good stuff in there...
For freehand perspective stuff, I'd suggest Scott Robertson, who you're already familiar with.
For general career stuff https://muddycolors.com/ is a good resource. It skews toward a lot of figurative and fantasy illustration.
Aye guess I need to go through the Scott Robinson book again, perspective wise I am at the point where I understand what's going on but is unable to construct a scene with solid perspective from scratch. Thanks for the recommendations!
Continuation from last night, I think the proportions should be a tad better now except for the frills which looks obviously off, gonna go crash for a bit
Hopefully I will be able to start a paint attempt by this weekend lol
This isn't a doodle persay, but I followed the muddycolors link posted by ChicoBlue and found a super inspiring article on reasons we create art. Short and sweet, it was a nice and inspiring read! https://www.muddycolors.com/2020/06/what-good-is-art/
Took a break from the previous photo study to start studying perspective stuff again
Looking for a solution to draw details and clouds using lines, I still can't deal with them
Posts
https://gumroad.com/evenamundsen
Pretty neat! There's also a 26 minute timelapse in there.
Same study back view, probably gonna study something else next to switch it up
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Study
Not done with this yet since the proportions are pretty off especially with the width, hope to get it as close as possible before I continue with the value study
Gonna take a break to reset my eyes
Wonder if anyone in here have any recommendations for an artist who is really good at drawing faces, I do have some questions and doubts on how to put down lines at certain areas like the contours of the cheek and jaw if they look really soft
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Okay I think I am ready to move on with this study
I am currently stuck at this level of polish, wonder what I can do for a breakthrough
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pssst
y'all know about gurney journey? great resource for all kindsa artists
Seems pretty competent and easy to use from what I have tested so far, brush work feels good right out of the gate too. Fun to just open it up and doodle around. Check it out if you are interested.
https://medibangpaint.com/app-download/#medibangpaint
Digital Speed Painting on 1 Layer | Medibang Paint Pro 2:37
Video to quickly see the ui and features
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Tried to study this photo I came across, there's quite a bunch of stuff I want to learn how to draw in there
Wonky proportions and perspective aside, I think I need to chill a bit on the cloth wrinkles and make them more subtle
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Which is a philosophy that I appreciate, because I don't wanna render all that.
Also,
anothercat
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If anyone is interested
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Attempted to get out of my comfort zone, tried a harder brush instead of the usual airbrush and attempted to simplify but it didn't really work out so I gave up
For now i guess
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Tried to use a realistic brush (oil paint flat) from clip studio instead of doing airbrushing like usual. It feels pretty good but also really strange since the brush works completely different, can't really say I am in total control of it. I still find it quite impossible to break the folds down in a simple manner, think I will try to study more first
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I think it's the hardest thing to train, been scouring through tutorials but never found anything which clicks for me
Thank you! The folds does makes sense when I am painting but I don't think I completely understand what's going on to replicate or simplify them as of now
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That's a tough thing to get around, to be sure. I'm pretty bad about 'training' this aspect of my art, since I tend to fall back on exercises and tutorials instead of my own pieces. This vid from Uncomfortable talks a bit about this, and offers some ways to start moving out of that rut. I need to actually follow the advice again. For the brief period I kept up with it, ideas came more easily to me and it was nice to see my exercises paying off in my own work.
Huh, looks like he also released a course about this through Proko's website. I'm going to be honest, the structured lesson format is really helpful for me, even when it's something that I should really be able to put into practice on my own. Price is kinda steep though, I dunno about shelling out the cash.
https://www.proko.com/course/the-science-of-deciding-what-you-should-draw/overview
I would be able to practice much more mindfully if I could actually focus for a while
Usually anymore if I open my sketchbook or Krita I stare at the blank page and maybe doodle a few squares and circles and triangles I'm just to intimidated by the blank space to try anything else
Really liking it so far.
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I'm not sure if this actually looks better
Looking great!
I’ve messed around with the contrast, brightness and saturation for a sec, because for me personally it’s too dark. Thoughts?
This is unfinished but I might have bitten more than I could chew for the night, probably would find a easier photo to study if I don't continue
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There are a couple of areas in the shoulders I see that may have conspired to throw off measurements in other areas:
The angle of the shoulder here is steeper in the photo. Measuring angles can be tricky. When working from a model you can hold out your pencil, squint an eye, line up the edge with the angle you want and then holding you arm straight, move that angle to the paper. If you're working from a photo you can just line up the pencil and move it over.
It looks like this measurement may have impacted the positioning of the left arm. Otherwise, I think that arm and the negative space it is making is well observed.
Plumb lines. Everyone's best friend. You can see here the shoulder in the photo almost lines up with the cylindrical cornery bit of the hat.
The inner and outer corners of elbows are good and memorable places to use as plumb line keystones.
Somewhat related:
Stephen Bauman has been posting some excerpts from his Bargue drawing course on his youtube and they're pretty interesting, even if they're just going over basic enveloping.
Thanks for your tips and advice as always! I feel like I should be paying some of you folks for your time over the years
Gonna try to fix the proportions when I get back later. Can I also ask if you have any recommendations for things to study or practice for a legit breakthrough with the goal of being an illustrator? I know I am not to be a professional at my age, but I want to at least work towards that area
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There's some really in depth technical examples and demonstrations here: https://www.handprint.com/HP/WCL/tech10.html. I remember struggling through these back in the day. There are probably better resources out there now.
Basically you want to avoid things that only show
And find things that cover cones of vision, station points, measuring points, and good stuff like that.
There's a guy covering some of that here. I remember it being pretty rare to see someone actually use a protractor in a demonstration:
I've had my eye on the Linear Perspective Master Course on https://nma.art/learn/ for a little while. It says it's 111 hours... There's gotta be some good stuff in there...
For freehand perspective stuff, I'd suggest Scott Robertson, who you're already familiar with.
For general career stuff https://muddycolors.com/ is a good resource. It skews toward a lot of figurative and fantasy illustration.
There are good gems like https://muddycolors.com/2016/03/building-basic-portfolios/ and a lot of Lauren Panepinto's posts.
Continuation from last night, I think the proportions should be a tad better now except for the frills which looks obviously off, gonna go crash for a bit
Hopefully I will be able to start a paint attempt by this weekend lol
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Ok, no more posts about this villain. Only fresh doodles! Exclusively for this thread!
https://www.muddycolors.com/2020/06/what-good-is-art/
Crossposting from the artist-corner.
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Took a break from the previous photo study to start studying perspective stuff again
Looking for a solution to draw details and clouds using lines, I still can't deal with them
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