As cliche as this sounds one of the biggest hurdles you’ll ever deal with is yourself. “I HAVE to be able to draw this with the tools other professionals use.” “I shouldn’t use reference or guides because I should know this by heart.” “I shouldn’t color pick, trace, or rely too heavily on photos or… Continue reading Breaking Down Assumptions
Learning to copy a reference image is probably the most important thing you can learn and it should be something you learn to do if you are interested in dramatically improving. First let me just say this as concisely as possible. If you cannot copy another image/photo faithfully, what chance do you have of giving… Continue reading Learning to Copy First
This weeks update is about committing to art. Tutorials and how-to’s are fine if you’ve got the drive but as most of you know it’s not something that comes easily. So let me break what I know of it down into sections. Inspiration Most people confuse inspiration with motivation. They are quite separate! That said… Continue reading Committing to Art
Thick Girls Draw your shapes with some sense of volume even if you don’t intend to have those shapes in the final drawing. This helps you place the character in a 3 dimensional space. Blue Keep your valleys and peaks shallow. By that, I meen try to confine your shapes so they don’t bulge in… Continue reading Doxy Notes – Drawing Thick Girls
I’ve recently gotten into traditional after years of neglect. I’ve always been very digitally driven because of certain limitations. Some of that was warranted like postural issues and fatigue. The avoidance was mostly due to the abysmal results traditional brought me compared to digital which has mostly been due to anxiety and other emotional aspects.… Continue reading Sketching Observations
