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In between study sessions, I get the awful urge to sketch and draw. To be fair I get the urge to do literally ANYTHING but studying after a point which usually comes about 2 hours or so into studying. It's not that my material is boring it's merely that it's not intrinsically satisfying for me. I gain more satisfaction in HOW I study rather than what.
So I realized that my art's pretty stale. I'm not saying it sucks... I'm saying it's missing something. It's like trying to make a decent meal... in a college dorm... with miso, salt and pepper and low quality ingredients. It's edible but there's nothing particularly flashy about it. Sort of generic to be honest.
So I took a look at a bunch of art tutorials and self-help manuals. It was pretty eye opening. There are loads of things I don't do that are super simple and make a ginormous difference. One of them was simply drawing a continuous line.
I've got the bad habit of making short little strokes rather than long smooth ones. So I decided to emulate
Emotioncreator 's style for his great LONG strokes. I used one of his pieces to practice long strokes. There'll be a link at the bottom so you can sort of compare. It was a pretty neat exercise because I could always check if I had reverted midway through the piece to my usual short strokes. It was... kind of hard to not short stroke my way through the sketch. Like I'd do a line and then I'd need to erase it because I cheated at least 10 times throughout the sketch. It was horrible! '
but now I can sort of put down lines without shaking and with a pinch more precision! It's pretty cool. Thanks EC for the way you draw.
Of course I'm a nutty dude so I decided I needed to keep on with humans. I freaking hate drawing humans now. Been drilling myself with facial structure and proportion as well as trying to get down things like the lips and nose. I absolutely hate drawing lips. In fact I hate most everything about drawing humans nowadays...
Until I get to the end result then I'm pretty happy with drawing humans. I think I've gotten somewhat better? My style's always drawn heads a bit too wide so I've been working on that bad habit. I've got a lot of bad habits in my drawing process! Anyways Shounen's always good human subject. I didn't want to do myself again. I draw myself constantly. They tend to get erased because I'm vain.
I like inking stuff now. Practicing Line Weight and basic hatching has made ink pieces more rewarding. I'm very pleased with what I've accomplished here.
All characters belong to their respective owners. Source below:
http://www.furaffinity.net/view/8723791/
http://www.furaffinity.net/view/17401142/
So I realized that my art's pretty stale. I'm not saying it sucks... I'm saying it's missing something. It's like trying to make a decent meal... in a college dorm... with miso, salt and pepper and low quality ingredients. It's edible but there's nothing particularly flashy about it. Sort of generic to be honest.
So I took a look at a bunch of art tutorials and self-help manuals. It was pretty eye opening. There are loads of things I don't do that are super simple and make a ginormous difference. One of them was simply drawing a continuous line.
I've got the bad habit of making short little strokes rather than long smooth ones. So I decided to emulate
Emotioncreator 's style for his great LONG strokes. I used one of his pieces to practice long strokes. There'll be a link at the bottom so you can sort of compare. It was a pretty neat exercise because I could always check if I had reverted midway through the piece to my usual short strokes. It was... kind of hard to not short stroke my way through the sketch. Like I'd do a line and then I'd need to erase it because I cheated at least 10 times throughout the sketch. It was horrible! 'but now I can sort of put down lines without shaking and with a pinch more precision! It's pretty cool. Thanks EC for the way you draw.
Of course I'm a nutty dude so I decided I needed to keep on with humans. I freaking hate drawing humans now. Been drilling myself with facial structure and proportion as well as trying to get down things like the lips and nose. I absolutely hate drawing lips. In fact I hate most everything about drawing humans nowadays...
Until I get to the end result then I'm pretty happy with drawing humans. I think I've gotten somewhat better? My style's always drawn heads a bit too wide so I've been working on that bad habit. I've got a lot of bad habits in my drawing process! Anyways Shounen's always good human subject. I didn't want to do myself again. I draw myself constantly. They tend to get erased because I'm vain.
I like inking stuff now. Practicing Line Weight and basic hatching has made ink pieces more rewarding. I'm very pleased with what I've accomplished here.
All characters belong to their respective owners. Source below:
http://www.furaffinity.net/view/8723791/
http://www.furaffinity.net/view/17401142/
Category Artwork (Traditional) / Portraits
Species Unspecified / Any
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Me? Using long strokes? Pffffth, come on man, alot of people know that I go for rather short bursts of strokes in my sketches just because that's what they are: sketches. Easy enough to do if you do not care for the "clean outcome" -look that lineart/inking would need. (It's during the inking stage where I need to perform quick, long strokes to get the lines look smooth.)
But hey, you still possess quite a way for the shading with pencils alone, so that's quite a feat there. I'd say you're improving technically faster than what I am. (Oh and yer welcome.)
But hey, you still possess quite a way for the shading with pencils alone, so that's quite a feat there. I'd say you're improving technically faster than what I am. (Oh and yer welcome.)
I'm not improving my technique faster than you, EC. I'm developing a different part of my skill set. I'm crap with lineart, absolute crap. Gotta work on getting that part down so I can do more awesome things!
Besides, I'm only "okay" with shading. I still struggle with specularity of surfaces and more dramatic shading styles like Cell and Marvel (is that a correct term?). I've got tons and tons to learn.
I only said that you used long strokes because of the piece I was referencing. It had some pretty long strokes for what it's work. You do it a lot when detailing muscles.
Besides, I'm only "okay" with shading. I still struggle with specularity of surfaces and more dramatic shading styles like Cell and Marvel (is that a correct term?). I've got tons and tons to learn.
I only said that you used long strokes because of the piece I was referencing. It had some pretty long strokes for what it's work. You do it a lot when detailing muscles.
Well I still think you're improving rather greatly with what you do. And I still think you're better at the shading you do currently, since it's smooth and gradient - a thing I don't always get done with my pencils at all.
Well, they still are rather short strokes in my opinion since I tend to draw the same line over and over again on top of each other so they get more "strength" to them and aren't faint to the viewers eyes. Though I can see your point there.
Well, they still are rather short strokes in my opinion since I tend to draw the same line over and over again on top of each other so they get more "strength" to them and aren't faint to the viewers eyes. Though I can see your point there.
I'm sure you could google search a better explanation but a nice smooth gradient is all about building it up. I like setting down a "base coat" of mild shading (20% Shade) over an area and then erase where I want the light is. I then just add layers of shading (10% each) over the mildly shaded areas with larger "halo's" around the lit area. I add in the shading gradually enough that I don't need a tortillion. Also, I tend to use the smoothed part of my pencil lead to shade, that sloped bit that occurs when you shade for a while. You can probably cut a normal wooden pencil to have that flat surface as well, but it might be bigger and less maneuverable.
I see what you're saying and it's a pretty cool way to do line weight. I do like that you tend to give "texture" or curvature to your shapes in your drawing process. I know I criticized your methods earlier but I'm totally seeing the benefits now and I'm sorry I was so harsh earlier. It wasn't cool of me to come down on you like that.
I see what you're saying and it's a pretty cool way to do line weight. I do like that you tend to give "texture" or curvature to your shapes in your drawing process. I know I criticized your methods earlier but I'm totally seeing the benefits now and I'm sorry I was so harsh earlier. It wasn't cool of me to come down on you like that.
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