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Ethan Smith
Origin name: Beart4toArlington, VARegistered User regular
Origin name: Beart4toArlington, VARegistered User regular
I'm an artist, however, I've never really been very good at detail. I've always kept to abstracts, and things close to abstract, which means that when I try to really draw a detailed drawing, I usually mess up a couple of details, like make the guy have a wry smile when he's supposed to be serious.
I've finished my sketchbook this week (it's a 300-page'r), and I did 4 drawings which I think was the best work within it. I've scanned those four, and I'll post them, and (with the 3 based off a 'master drawing' I'll link to the original.
The first, a quarter way into the book, is based off a furry webcomic that some of my friends read...<_<
Original-http://images.wikia.com/furry/images/9/94/Jack-DaveHopkins.jpg
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The second is halfway in, and is an original work. This is probably the best example of my work, which usually is very high-contrast.
Mine-
The second two are based off of things which I'm pretty sure we've all seen before, and are the last 2 pages in my sketchbook.
Original-http://emo185.tripod.com/sitebuildercontent/sitebuilderpictures/mgs2cover.jpg
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Original-http://www.cyberpomme.com/jeux/half_life_2/images/cover.jpg
Mine-
I really hate how I fucked up here. I had the first eye done so well, but I messed up on the second, which meant I had to erase it with my shitty pencil.
I've finished my sketchbook this week (it's a 300-page'r), and I did 4 drawings which I think was the best work within it. I've scanned those four, and I'll post them, and (with the 3 based off a 'master drawing' I'll link to the original.
The first, a quarter way into the book, is based off a furry webcomic that some of my friends read...<_<
Original-http://images.wikia.com/furry/images/9/94/Jack-DaveHopkins.jpg
Mine-
The second is halfway in, and is an original work. This is probably the best example of my work, which usually is very high-contrast.
Mine-
The second two are based off of things which I'm pretty sure we've all seen before, and are the last 2 pages in my sketchbook.
Original-http://emo185.tripod.com/sitebuildercontent/sitebuilderpictures/mgs2cover.jpg
Mine-
Original-http://www.cyberpomme.com/jeux/half_life_2/images/cover.jpg
Mine-
I really hate how I fucked up here. I had the first eye done so well, but I messed up on the second, which meant I had to erase it with my shitty pencil.
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Each and every one works for me.
o_O
Also, you should probably just post your pieces in the thread and link to the reference.
Thanks.
How old are you, if you don't mind me asking?
16.
edit-Yeah, the gordon freeman one isn't finished by any means, but it's close. I'll prolly finish it during art tommorrow.
You might want to stay away from those fuzzy lines while sketching. If you're unsure where the line is going to go, draw it straight through anyway and if you're not happy with it, just erase rather than making gordon freeman look like he's got fuzzy skin. Also, I suggest making a skeletal sketch of what you're drawing before filling in all the detail (as in, breaking the drawing down into basic shapes) because it seems like you're just looking at your reference, starting from one point and drawing outward and in the process screwing up the proportions. Look at Freeman's head. Does a head really look like that?
you should go back to the basics, drawing simple shapes (until you can do them accurately with little/no "sketchy" lines) and then go onto making 3d forms - spheres, cubes, etc.
learn how to make your lines smooth and crisp, I used to draw with very sketchy lines - it isn't a stylistic thing when you're learning -i t's just your lack of control.
one you're good at the basics, then apply what you can do to the human figure, learn proportions, the skeletal structure and anatomy, etc etc
the key is to practice as often as you can and to always look to improve
after you get good at making fairly realistic representations of ... well, anything - then and only then you can take what you know and simplify and distort form into abstract pieces. no offense, but the stuff you have isn't abstract, it's just bad. just don't get discouraged and work hard to improve.
First one: Find a better image to copy. A photograph of a model is a better image to copy in case you're wondering.
Second one: Are you just trying to waste my time? Learn to spend more than three minutes on something that you deem to be the best in your sketch book.
Third one: Again, spend some actual time doing something. I know you probably have ADD or something but you're going to have to put some more effort in to get real results.
Fourth one: Same as the third. Only more emphasized.
You're taking yourself way too seriously.
"I usually mess up a couple of details, like make the guy have a wry smile when he's supposed to be serious."
More like you mess up the whole picture. The guys don't even have jaws, much less lip expressions to mess up.
None of the anatomy in your pictures are even close to being accurate.
And uh.....calling yourself an artist is a bit pretentious at this point.
I will agree though, Ethan should stop calling himself an abstract artist, since it doesn't really look like he understands what abstract means. It's not the same as "poorly drawn and hard to make out."
And Ethan, stop drawing from other people's art. Draw from life or photographs, don't just try to copy what someone else has done.
And then I have a deviantART here: http://scottewen.deviantart.com
And I tweet: http://www.twitter.com/scottewenartist
No kidding. I didn't have the ass pat teachers though (technically i'm an art 1 student at my school). To really get cracking I try to do a shit ton of stuff outside of class (signed up for a basic college drawing 1 class, bought some anatomy books, etc). Hell, I think the first thing I posted at these forums was some shitty freehand tracing doodles.
The comments posted in that topic almost knocked me off the fucking internet, but I somehow managed to suck it up and straighten my shit out.
Thanks PA:AC!
But I can assure you, you're not going to impress anybody by poorly copying other people's work. Don't get me wrong, when I was 13 that's about where half my art came from, but I didn't SHOW people that crap because I knew that was just a stepping stone to help me figure shit out.
The funny thing about all of this is the fact that I just blasted someone's ass over the same goddamn thing I used to do, except she just flat-out traces over anime bullshit. Not only that, but she's done a crapload of these doodles, and she still thinks she's learning correctly.
I'd post it but I don't want to spam up this thread, but oh man, I was damn proud of that tear down I tell you what.
Also I'm curious as to what the hell your art grade is.
wait..which one is the eye that was done so well..because both are a little weird.
you have to treat your pencil as an extension of your body and spirit..you know..like a jedi..with his lightsaber. so maybe when you say you have a shitty pencil, what you're trying to say is that your art it shitty.
and i'd hate to see the other couple hundred pages of "abstract art"