So how much time are you guys spending on these each day? I ask because I tried to do this for the first two days and ended up taking so long that I only got about 3 hours of sleep those nights, which was pretty rough seeing as for the first week my job was on 12 hour shifts.
I know myself for the second one I spent a lot of time hunting for reference on how to draw a few particular details.
BTW, I often see people say that it is very important to draw from the shoulder and I've been trying to do that, but it just feels so awkward and imprecise. Do most of you draw from the shoulder when doing these pieces?
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I'm the same way about drawing from the shoulder- I feel like I should be doing it, but it feels very awkward. It might be because I have a weird grip or way of sitting or something.
I spent too long on mine, especially when I first started. I was averaging maybe 2 and a half hours per piece. As I I've worked more and loosened up I've cut some time off. Now it's maybe an hour, hour and a half. A large part of that is because I've quit trying to make professional pieces with extreme detail and just worry about conveying my concept. It's a lot easier than you might think at first. You have to do one or two of these a day, nobody expects them to be perfect.
I try to keep mine to 60-90 mins. And the drawing from shoulder thing - i can't find the drawing illustrating it- but its about the length of lines you need to make. when I'm doing the bodies of the planes and stuff, i'm drawing from the shoulder. you have 3 pivot points, shoulder, elbow and wrist, and each is for a different length of line. like i draw more with my hand with the smaller hatching.
And the drawing from shoulder thing - i can't find the drawing illustrating it- but its about the length of lines you need to make. when I'm doing the bodies of the planes and stuff, i'm drawing from the shoulder. you have 3 pivot points, shoulder, elbow and wrist, and each is for a different length of line. like i draw more with my hand with the smaller hatching.
See, that's what I suspected, but I was seeing things that acted like you were always supposed to draw from your shoulder no matter what.
I'm still gonna practice with it for longer lines, though: I made a bunch of scans of a sheet of lines made using straight edges and French curves that I try to trace over exactingly with a pen. I even bought a five pound ankle weight that I wear on my wrist while doing this (the thought is that it will keep me from moving my wrist and force me to concentrate more on being precise by making my shoulder muscles work harder, hopefully helping me build muscle memory faster).
Anyway, I'm very far behind now, but I guess I'll try to resume doing these daily until I reach 31, extending it into November. If I do anything I'm particularly proud of I'll post it here.
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I used that white gel pen for this one which is why its so dull but I finally went and got some real white ink so hopefully it won't look as bland in the future.
I didn't do anything yesterday, which is fine. while I think this stuff is going better I'm going to have to take a break from the lessons though since they are pretty mentally taxing and do some review/challenge stuff
Ack! Man, I should have gotten on this thread earlier. Love everyone participating. @iruka is it okay if I start to post in here? Even though I'm 15 days late in posting...
I forgot I had an actual brush I could've used so I couldn't get my white ink to build up. Ended up just splattering some which, in hindsight, I kinda wish I hadn't done. The water is actually kind of a nice effect.
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I know myself for the second one I spent a lot of time hunting for reference on how to draw a few particular details.
BTW, I often see people say that it is very important to draw from the shoulder and I've been trying to do that, but it just feels so awkward and imprecise. Do most of you draw from the shoulder when doing these pieces?
See, that's what I suspected, but I was seeing things that acted like you were always supposed to draw from your shoulder no matter what.
I'm still gonna practice with it for longer lines, though: I made a bunch of scans of a sheet of lines made using straight edges and French curves that I try to trace over exactingly with a pen. I even bought a five pound ankle weight that I wear on my wrist while doing this (the thought is that it will keep me from moving my wrist and force me to concentrate more on being precise by making my shoulder muscles work harder, hopefully helping me build muscle memory faster).
Anyway, I'm very far behind now, but I guess I'll try to resume doing these daily until I reach 31, extending it into November. If I do anything I'm particularly proud of I'll post it here.
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I used that white gel pen for this one which is why its so dull but I finally went and got some real white ink so hopefully it won't look as bland in the future.
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I... honestly didn't even exaggerate it that much.
I don't know if that makes it funnier or?
The hands seem accurate, at least.
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I decided to do the prompt from the Frogtober list today.
I forgot I had an actual brush I could've used so I couldn't get my white ink to build up. Ended up just splattering some which, in hindsight, I kinda wish I hadn't done. The water is actually kind of a nice effect.
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