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I'm not going to sugar-coat anything. I just haven't had an edge to be drawing furry art lately. In fact, over almost a month, I've been busy playing online games (mainly Team Fortress 2 on the PC). But finally I've told myself lately that sooner or later, I gotta start practicing furry artwork again if I wanna get good at it. Plus I should try out more things and try stuff others have suggested to me as far as what I've discussed in my One-Year-Anniversary-On-FA journal post.
For this time around, I've decided to keep things simple and go back to basics: the headshots. I recently came across a couple of tutorials from
aamp. I mainly took a stab at her muzzle practice sheet. Well, more specifically - and seeing as how I was using traditional methods of drawing at the time - I treated that practice sheet as a tutorial of how to draw the perfect muzzles. Unfortunately, that didn't fare so well in my favor. The boxes overall were very complicated and frustrating (yes, even after just drawing it in three different angles only once each time [don't judge me, lol]). I guess I just grew overwhelmed trying to figure out how big the box should be for the muzzle of my fursona species - a lion - while trying to place all the other details around it. Then again, I believe I've tried other strategies that involved drawing boxes in the past which probably didn't turn out so well either.
For that matter, I'm sure my attempt at that eye tutorial probably wasn't good either. Perhaps I'm confusing "the part of the lid closest to the nose" as the other way around, but to me, the overall style looks a bit feminine for my fursona. I could be wrong, but that's just how I see it for the moment.
It was after attempting that eye tutorial that I recalled a little something I was recommended by a very wonderful artist from a few months ago. I remember she told me to try tracing/drawing over a photo (in Paint Tool SAI) of myself both as a human and as an anthro (neither finished picture, of course, aren't on my FurAffinity page [yet?]). When I tried out, I could not believe how well it actually worked (or at least how decent my drawing was turning out)!
Upon remembering that, I figured that maybe it could work with my traditional sketchbook drawings as well (just without the photo reference), so I set off to work. For the most part, I think that headshot in the upper right corner looks well done! I especially like how the cheek tufts came out. As far as the muzzle, I'm a bit thrown off. While it does look like a fairly decent muzzle, I think its outlines are taking away from its general appearance, or maybe it's standing out too much. I don't know how much of the muzzle line I should strategically leave in or leave out. Also again drawing the eyes in aamp's style makes him look a bit feminine.
Temporarily going back to trying out headshots seeing as how I haven't been in my usual drawing groove in quite a while.
As always, I'm willing to improve, so please don't feel bad critiquing me; it's the only way I'll learn. Thank you very much!
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I'm not going to sugar-coat anything. I just haven't had an edge to be drawing furry art lately. In fact, over almost a month, I've been busy playing online games (mainly Team Fortress 2 on the PC). But finally I've told myself lately that sooner or later, I gotta start practicing furry artwork again if I wanna get good at it. Plus I should try out more things and try stuff others have suggested to me as far as what I've discussed in my One-Year-Anniversary-On-FA journal post.
For this time around, I've decided to keep things simple and go back to basics: the headshots. I recently came across a couple of tutorials from
aamp. I mainly took a stab at her muzzle practice sheet. Well, more specifically - and seeing as how I was using traditional methods of drawing at the time - I treated that practice sheet as a tutorial of how to draw the perfect muzzles. Unfortunately, that didn't fare so well in my favor. The boxes overall were very complicated and frustrating (yes, even after just drawing it in three different angles only once each time [don't judge me, lol]). I guess I just grew overwhelmed trying to figure out how big the box should be for the muzzle of my fursona species - a lion - while trying to place all the other details around it. Then again, I believe I've tried other strategies that involved drawing boxes in the past which probably didn't turn out so well either. For that matter, I'm sure my attempt at that eye tutorial probably wasn't good either. Perhaps I'm confusing "the part of the lid closest to the nose" as the other way around, but to me, the overall style looks a bit feminine for my fursona. I could be wrong, but that's just how I see it for the moment.
It was after attempting that eye tutorial that I recalled a little something I was recommended by a very wonderful artist from a few months ago. I remember she told me to try tracing/drawing over a photo (in Paint Tool SAI) of myself both as a human and as an anthro (neither finished picture, of course, aren't on my FurAffinity page [yet?]). When I tried out, I could not believe how well it actually worked (or at least how decent my drawing was turning out)!
Upon remembering that, I figured that maybe it could work with my traditional sketchbook drawings as well (just without the photo reference), so I set off to work. For the most part, I think that headshot in the upper right corner looks well done! I especially like how the cheek tufts came out. As far as the muzzle, I'm a bit thrown off. While it does look like a fairly decent muzzle, I think its outlines are taking away from its general appearance, or maybe it's standing out too much. I don't know how much of the muzzle line I should strategically leave in or leave out. Also again drawing the eyes in
aamp's style makes him look a bit feminine. Temporarily going back to trying out headshots seeing as how I haven't been in my usual drawing groove in quite a while.
As always, I'm willing to improve, so please don't feel bad critiquing me; it's the only way I'll learn. Thank you very much!
Category Artwork (Traditional) / Doodle
Species Lion
Size 1024 x 768px
File Size 348.6 kB
My first suggestion to people is to try to draw from life/photographs at first. That's what I did--tried to copy the picture as realistically as possible, and THEN I started figuring out how to simplify forms and shapes down to their cartoonish essence...
so, along with doing these tutorials, I would suggest also working from still photographs as well, just doing what feels natural, as another sort of practice.
so, along with doing these tutorials, I would suggest also working from still photographs as well, just doing what feels natural, as another sort of practice.
So essentially use photo references? Yeah, that's what I figures.
I suppose it wouldn't hurt. And like I said in the description, I sorta did base that headshot in the top right corner off of a draw-over-a-photo-in-SAI tactic from a few months back. I just did it this time around without photos.
I wanted to get feedback on my digital attempt(s) before from a certain artist I've asked for help from in the past, but that artist is going through a lot right now.
But because I relied on waiting for that artist to reply back with critique - hoping that artist would feel better soon - I just never got around to trying more of that digitally-drawing-over-a-photo strategy on my own for a while.
I suppose it wouldn't hurt. And like I said in the description, I sorta did base that headshot in the top right corner off of a draw-over-a-photo-in-SAI tactic from a few months back. I just did it this time around without photos.
I wanted to get feedback on my digital attempt(s) before from a certain artist I've asked for help from in the past, but that artist is going through a lot right now.
But because I relied on waiting for that artist to reply back with critique - hoping that artist would feel better soon - I just never got around to trying more of that digitally-drawing-over-a-photo strategy on my own for a while.
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