There is no furry artist P2
17 years ago
So we tried studying anatomy, got to a point where we feel a bit more confident but not quite happy. Whats missing? What keeps the empty feeling around? Why don't i feel great about drawing spiffy fox for the 6th time? Everyone gets stuck in THE WALL one time or another. Whats the wall? Its when you know you can work fast and well but you feel something is missing so you don't like what you draw anymore and eventually don't draw at all.
That usually happens because of two non official factors:
The Loophole: "Ive drawn spooge fox 50 times in a row in 45 different poses and outfit"
Or
The Artblock: "I don't know what to draw anymore..."
None official terms, just thoughts but it does happen often and we all shared these thoughts one time or another. Im sure even Davinvi had enough of drawing his 100th life drawing nude model with no reference, at his house, late night.
What to do, what to do?
Lets go back to the basics:
1-Ability to draw sexy bodies thanks to anatomy : Check
2- Ability to draw characters in environments : Huh...what?
3- Ability to tell a story within a drawing: Err....dude...Story?
4-Ability to understand how light falls affects a figure: Oh cmon dude thats not possible.... boulder dash....
5- Ability to draw textures or paint...oh ok ok ok i guess we get the point.
And thats just five out of ten fundamentals theories of drawing.
Now i know what you may be thinking or saying and im sure i have or AM thinking the exact same thing in my head:
"Ive studied this, i don't need to study it again. I know it, kthxbye"
Alright fine, now use it compulsively ahaha in ALL YOUR WORK HAHAHAHAHHAHAHA yes, tiny sketches, fast sketches, quick spooge sketches make sure that knowledge stays in your head and most of all, becomes an automatic reflex. Its harder than it seems so one day at a time dudes hahahah.
What? Still stuck? Oh noes, What to do? How can we win ?!
Maybe trying out new things? playing with some tutorials, trying different approaches. We cant always stick to doing the same thing the same way we always did, right?
Warning: This doesnt mean you should completely change style or approach.
Kinda passing from a Zaush-ish approach to a SolidASP approach. That'll make you even more confused about where you want to go with your style. Ok so you got the anatomy down, why not study some of your favorite artists?
Warning: Study doesn't mean copy and claiming as yours.
Just seeing what you like about certain techniques and integrating it to your approach. Its easy and fun, sometimes trying out other approach will make you land on HAPPY ACCIDENTS, i was so ready to say happy ending....hahahah so yeah, try stuff, play around, have fun even if its hard.
Oh dudes, still stuck with Art block, thumbnail:
-3 x5 no bigger, less than 2 minutes or even faster, anything that comes to mind, for 20 minutes. Dont even think about using that eraser, throw it out the window. Erasers make your Penis smaller. That'll scare you out of that solution hahahaha.
Oh yeah its late night here, so sleepy and high, gotta rest, good night dudes and go draw, not just furries, everything else.
This journal is full of win. And the thing about studying doesn't mean copying for your own...that happened to me once. This kid on Halobabies.net totally ripped my old chibi style, called it his and got wildly popular off of a tut that i made. Made me mad as hell.
But, I've progressed since then so it doesn't bug me anymore. :)