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12 years ago
Soboy ostat'sya dol'she...
I am looking to practice drawing multiple character poses, adult poses, muzzles and other such posing.
I guess what I am asking for is someone [or several people] who wouldn't mind lending me some of their are to practice with.
I'll be blunt here. I am going to trace them first, then work towards shape outlines, and keep practicing until I can draw them without. That is my intention with this request.
I however, will make the following promises:
-I will not claim the work to be mine ever.
-I will not post them to any art site, if posted anywhere.
-If I DO post them anywhere, it would be only in one circumstance: When I attempt to freehand the piece, I may upload to scraps, WITH full credit to the original artist, and only to get that artists feedback on how I did, and what, if anything can be improved further. Once feedback is received, I would remove the piece entirely. If it is against FA policy, I would be happy to upload to Flickr or some place to link to the artist for said feedback, and then remove it entirely.
[b]If you're curious as to why I make this request, here's the reason[/b]: I have been perusing ED lately [for lulz, purely] but some of the threads and comments on certain entries got me thinking. Sure, I could be like so many others and not bother to try and improve my art at all, or even just outright steal and copy the art I like. But why ruin my chances of becoming respected and have real friends? I don't want to be 'That person who is infinitely shitty in their art, doesn't listen to anyone's critique, and just blatantly steals shit' I want to be 'That person who was okay to start with, but decided that they really wanted to make efforts to improve and become really good at their passion for art.'
What else do I plan to do to improve?
A long time ago, I went to the FA forums for help getting better with my art. I received a lot of feedback, that I guess at the time, I wasn't ready to hear. I admit that fully. I was butthurt, as a person who has been drawing for 20+ years, I assumed I was getting really good. I thought people were picking on me. [I actually AM a person with Asperger's, and I admit also that social cues are not my strong suit. I can't tell the difference between constructive criticism and utter sarcasm/teasing online, sure.] That's not even a valid excuse for why I was butthurt, just something that aided in it. I even got advice from Admins. After awhile, I took to heart a lot of the things they suggested. I like to believe that my art has indeed improved, even just a little. So in addition to learning from tracing > shape outlining > freehanding, I fully intend to keep attempting to draw from real life, and practice shapes on their own, and textures. I don't often if ever post my practicing, because I like to keep my gallery clear from clutter, and to be hoeest, I'm really ashamed that I feel like I have to go back to the basics just to get better. I just feel like the people who felt like I was WORTH WATCHING deserve to be proven right. They deserve to see that I am putting forth effort and doing the best I can to get better.
TL;DR, please leave me a comment if you're alright with me using your art for practice, and be assured I'll take every precaution to make sure you know I will not steal your hard work and effort. I merely want to improve.
If anyone else would be so kind to donate some pictures to my cause, I would be forever grateful. I don't feel comfortable walking around my very small town and taking pictures of people. People here are way too paranoid about what I would do with those pictures, since everyone knows everyone's business. I want to practice a more realistic style as well. For certain things, I can draw with real objects [ie, my BJD, food on the table, trees outside, etc] but for people, I don't want to just practice with trying to draw with pictures of animals and weird stock photos [seriously, have you seen how unnatural some of them look?] To be honest, a fursuit picture, or a real picture would help either way. I will also be willing to post up my practice works to show that I am legitimately putting effort into getting better.
I honestly love and respect everyone who I have watched and who has watched me, everyone here has been so great and kind to me, it's really touching. Thank you again.
I guess what I am asking for is someone [or several people] who wouldn't mind lending me some of their are to practice with.
I'll be blunt here. I am going to trace them first, then work towards shape outlines, and keep practicing until I can draw them without. That is my intention with this request.
I however, will make the following promises:
-I will not claim the work to be mine ever.
-I will not post them to any art site, if posted anywhere.
-If I DO post them anywhere, it would be only in one circumstance: When I attempt to freehand the piece, I may upload to scraps, WITH full credit to the original artist, and only to get that artists feedback on how I did, and what, if anything can be improved further. Once feedback is received, I would remove the piece entirely. If it is against FA policy, I would be happy to upload to Flickr or some place to link to the artist for said feedback, and then remove it entirely.
[b]If you're curious as to why I make this request, here's the reason[/b]: I have been perusing ED lately [for lulz, purely] but some of the threads and comments on certain entries got me thinking. Sure, I could be like so many others and not bother to try and improve my art at all, or even just outright steal and copy the art I like. But why ruin my chances of becoming respected and have real friends? I don't want to be 'That person who is infinitely shitty in their art, doesn't listen to anyone's critique, and just blatantly steals shit' I want to be 'That person who was okay to start with, but decided that they really wanted to make efforts to improve and become really good at their passion for art.'
What else do I plan to do to improve?
A long time ago, I went to the FA forums for help getting better with my art. I received a lot of feedback, that I guess at the time, I wasn't ready to hear. I admit that fully. I was butthurt, as a person who has been drawing for 20+ years, I assumed I was getting really good. I thought people were picking on me. [I actually AM a person with Asperger's, and I admit also that social cues are not my strong suit. I can't tell the difference between constructive criticism and utter sarcasm/teasing online, sure.] That's not even a valid excuse for why I was butthurt, just something that aided in it. I even got advice from Admins. After awhile, I took to heart a lot of the things they suggested. I like to believe that my art has indeed improved, even just a little. So in addition to learning from tracing > shape outlining > freehanding, I fully intend to keep attempting to draw from real life, and practice shapes on their own, and textures. I don't often if ever post my practicing, because I like to keep my gallery clear from clutter, and to be hoeest, I'm really ashamed that I feel like I have to go back to the basics just to get better. I just feel like the people who felt like I was WORTH WATCHING deserve to be proven right. They deserve to see that I am putting forth effort and doing the best I can to get better.
TL;DR, please leave me a comment if you're alright with me using your art for practice, and be assured I'll take every precaution to make sure you know I will not steal your hard work and effort. I merely want to improve.
If anyone else would be so kind to donate some pictures to my cause, I would be forever grateful. I don't feel comfortable walking around my very small town and taking pictures of people. People here are way too paranoid about what I would do with those pictures, since everyone knows everyone's business. I want to practice a more realistic style as well. For certain things, I can draw with real objects [ie, my BJD, food on the table, trees outside, etc] but for people, I don't want to just practice with trying to draw with pictures of animals and weird stock photos [seriously, have you seen how unnatural some of them look?] To be honest, a fursuit picture, or a real picture would help either way. I will also be willing to post up my practice works to show that I am legitimately putting effort into getting better.
I honestly love and respect everyone who I have watched and who has watched me, everyone here has been so great and kind to me, it's really touching. Thank you again.
I've been where you are, and if it weren't for generous artists that I greatly admire giving me permission to do exactly what you're asking, I'd still be drawing stick figures.
So go ahead! Trace. There's a few fursuit and RL pics in my galleries too. Help yourself sweetie.
I would recommend against use my drawn images as I am an amateur artist and wouldn't want you to copy my mistakes.
I appreciate the advice as well. I really love your artwork, actually! But if you feel like it would be a bad idea to use the drawn works to avoid making mistakes, I will take that to heart. :3 Thank you again!
<3 thanks so much!<3
;~; You all are really the best.
I also very strongly recommend reading this. It's one of the best drawing tutorials I've ever seen.
Whatever you decide to do, though, don't stop drawing! Keep at it and you'll get to where you're trying to go.
I will definitely also take your advice on being cautious of referencing art to avoid picking up habits ;~;
I'll check that link now, actually!
=< To be honest, even though art is one of my biggest passions, I actually have come very close to quitting several times. Mostly whenever I personally felt I wasn't getting better, or I thought I sucked, or, as mentioned in the journal, when I thought the advice of others wasn't meant to be helpful but a trolling attempt at telling me I was a failure and sucked. I realize now that that was helpful advice, and that I DON'T suck, I just have to keep working. As for not improving, I also realize that was entirely my fault for not branching out of my comfort zone and trying to draw from life, or sticking strictly to anime styles.
._. Basically, I'm trying to use this as a practice for drawing things I'm not used to [Feral, Anthro, multiple poses, multiple people, muzzles, learning anthro anatomy, hopefully learning textures, light/shade principles, better shaping, and, possibly as a bonus, doing *drum roll* ACTUAL BACKGROUNDS!!! <3]
Thanks so much also for your great advice! I'll do my best to improve. Luckily, not so much for homework today, so I'm going to work on a few owed arts and a trade, then I will work on practice. I'll hopefully be uploading some of that today as well. =/ My gallery feels cluttered though, so I plan to possibly migrate things to their proper accounts x.x