
Ongoing FREE ART giveaway XxRedSagexX
For more info about the chance to get free art visit the journal below:
http://www.furaffinity.net/journal/7055850/
Here is more art to show that I am still alive, and Still doing these!
I will continue drawing NEXT WEEK because I have to visit my sister for her graduation and housewarming party on the weekend.
I had to take a week or two off because I had computer trouble. I bought a new graphics card. I had trouble installing it, so I had to take my computer to the shop. Then When I got it back We found out that the problem with the driver is not in the computer but the display. I then had to boy a new display, and turn out that one was faulty so I had to exchange it for a new one. It took a long while to get my computer back to running, but now I have a new graphics driver, and a display that is bigger than the previous one, so, all in all, everything went well. I guess.
So this art is for
xxredsagexx
He wanted a picture with the theme "playing with fire" So a fire dancer it is!
Character belongs to
xxredsagexx
http://www.furaffinity.net/journal/7055850/
Here is more art to show that I am still alive, and Still doing these!
I will continue drawing NEXT WEEK because I have to visit my sister for her graduation and housewarming party on the weekend.
I had to take a week or two off because I had computer trouble. I bought a new graphics card. I had trouble installing it, so I had to take my computer to the shop. Then When I got it back We found out that the problem with the driver is not in the computer but the display. I then had to boy a new display, and turn out that one was faulty so I had to exchange it for a new one. It took a long while to get my computer back to running, but now I have a new graphics driver, and a display that is bigger than the previous one, so, all in all, everything went well. I guess.
So this art is for

He wanted a picture with the theme "playing with fire" So a fire dancer it is!
Character belongs to

Category Artwork (Digital) / General Furry Art
Species Dragon (Other)
Size 1000 x 1276px
File Size 846.9 kB
Listed in Folders
Thank you : ) I am glad the computer woks now. I had problems with the previous display driver as it was difficult to start up the computer. But now the new one should allow me to play pretty much all games on high settings, and the new screen is bigger so I can actually fir the reference sheet on the window and STILL have space to draw in for photoshop : D
Expensive, yes, but pretty darn useful.
Expensive, yes, but pretty darn useful.
I have been improving myself a lot! Like two years ago, (if you go through my scraps gallery) You can see how bad I was at this xD
I am getting better with anatomy. I can now see easier if I drew something wrong (Like in that one drawing of my old sona, I can't believe I forgot to draw the lower jaw?!? What the hell?) I am also getting better by a ton with actually doing line art.
So far I still could use practice in coloring (which is the whole reason I started these free drawings) And sketching. What I mean by sketching is coming up with the first draft of character from air, without having to use references. I really should improve on that.
I must say that a youtube user "Draw With Jazza" has helped and inspired me a lot. I always want to learn new ways to do things (like different ways on how to color your picture. Doing the grays first? Just slapping the colors in? Using a clipping mask and then changing the opacity if your pen to do the shadows?) I really suck in the technical part of drawing, as in, how to generally use photoshop, so I love learning and seeing how others do their drawing, to maybe learn the tips and tricks of the trade.
But one really gets better with drawing by practicing a lot. I usually try to learn what I personally am not good at, and then doing a LOT of that.
I still hope that I can improve to be better at drawing. It would be nice to one day be able to do commission for which people pay for. I do not think that is important for me at the moment, it is not a priority that I aim for, but it would be nice.
Oh, and another thing that I recommend is betty edwards: drawing with the right side of your brain. That book is actually a mind opener. If nothing else it shows you that drawing is not impossible. It just needs a little push to make your brain pay attention to the things that count. It's a book that teaches you how to learn to draw, not how to do it. Which in my eyes is the best possible thing.
But I would still like to warn you about drawing guide books in general:
I advice you to use them with caution. Learning to use the iron wire structure for sketching is useful, as are the anatomy studies, but try to distinguish the difference between art study and copying. The people in art books are teaching you what they know. And as such, if they have mistakes in their own art, they will then pass those same mistakes on to you. It is always more recommended to look at live pictures, photos and such, to let your brain work on things by themselves. Looking for photos as reference trains your brain to decipher shadows, the way light reacts to surfaces, the way things shine or reflect light, just as it teaches you anatomy to look at a human character as your source. But I would like to remind you not to trace, but to try to look at the picture and then re-create it. I usually have reference in one window, and my drawing on another. Using reference is totally okay. I bet you couldn't draw me a bicycle from memory alone (I sure know I can't!) but with a picture of a bicycle, it gets a ton easier. I recommend searching for "xxx pose" on google or deviantart, because there are a lot of people who take pictures of humans (etc) doing a specific pose for you to learn on. research is always the key. try to find as many reference photos as you can, so that you can look at them and see "Yes, this one has nice legs. But the position of the arms is better in this other one etc" and then combine the pictures in your head. Doing it without tracing teaches your brain how to handle an image in a realistic way. It forces your brain to do work, and not just find easy ways to cheat. It's like studying. You can either find the method that helps you learn, or you can peek the answers from your friend and remain clueless.
So all in all I recommend photos. That way you get a clear idea of what something really looks like, not just what it is supposed to look like. Photos are also really handy teaching you what materials look like. It shows you how the sun reflects on the character's clothes. it shows the shadows it casts, and it shows how the color is not just one even colored blotch, but actually many shades of a color, reacting differently to the elements.
Another handy thing to learn for coloring, is to learn not to use the eyedropper tool, but to learn to pick your own colors from the palette. Also, with training one will get better with choosing good colors, and seeing how the color reacts to light. To make something brighter doesn't necessarily mean "add white". Because white light is really rare. It's more likely that the sun is shining shades of yellow and red instead of pure light. So adding vibrant colors to your drawing is very recommended, and one will learn that with practice.
On another note, as artbooks often come in "learn to draw xxx", I would like to give you a small word in drawing styles. Learning a style to draw is more simple than you could guess. You already have a style. whatever it is that makes you comfortable drawing, and gets a picture on to paper, is already done in a fashion you are familiar with. One might not realize that is actually their style, since nowadays it's such a fuzz about anime/manga/graffiti/comic/realistic whatnot styles, that one is easily mistaken in to thinking that you need to find something that will set you apart from the group and be recognizable. There doesn't need to be a slot for you. You don't need to be categorized as "the artist who does xxxxx" It is always good to experiment with different styles to know what makes you comfortable, but don't let them limit you.
I myself could easily say that "I don't have a style" just because there is no name for the scribbling I do right now, but that doesn't mean I don't have a style. After all, I bet if I showed you two different drawing by two different artists, I bet you probably could call out which picture is drawn by me. Even if I show you two pictures I drew myself, You probably could say which parts of the pictures are similar. I myself use sharp lines with heavy angles. That is usually a good giveaway that I was there, scribbling. So whenever you think what style your art is drawn with, the easy answer is "my style". And that is a good answer!
I hope any of my random babbling helped you, and if you have any specific questions, like "how I draw xxx" feel free to ask. I can always try to answer to my best ability.
I am getting better with anatomy. I can now see easier if I drew something wrong (Like in that one drawing of my old sona, I can't believe I forgot to draw the lower jaw?!? What the hell?) I am also getting better by a ton with actually doing line art.
So far I still could use practice in coloring (which is the whole reason I started these free drawings) And sketching. What I mean by sketching is coming up with the first draft of character from air, without having to use references. I really should improve on that.
I must say that a youtube user "Draw With Jazza" has helped and inspired me a lot. I always want to learn new ways to do things (like different ways on how to color your picture. Doing the grays first? Just slapping the colors in? Using a clipping mask and then changing the opacity if your pen to do the shadows?) I really suck in the technical part of drawing, as in, how to generally use photoshop, so I love learning and seeing how others do their drawing, to maybe learn the tips and tricks of the trade.
But one really gets better with drawing by practicing a lot. I usually try to learn what I personally am not good at, and then doing a LOT of that.
I still hope that I can improve to be better at drawing. It would be nice to one day be able to do commission for which people pay for. I do not think that is important for me at the moment, it is not a priority that I aim for, but it would be nice.
Oh, and another thing that I recommend is betty edwards: drawing with the right side of your brain. That book is actually a mind opener. If nothing else it shows you that drawing is not impossible. It just needs a little push to make your brain pay attention to the things that count. It's a book that teaches you how to learn to draw, not how to do it. Which in my eyes is the best possible thing.
But I would still like to warn you about drawing guide books in general:
I advice you to use them with caution. Learning to use the iron wire structure for sketching is useful, as are the anatomy studies, but try to distinguish the difference between art study and copying. The people in art books are teaching you what they know. And as such, if they have mistakes in their own art, they will then pass those same mistakes on to you. It is always more recommended to look at live pictures, photos and such, to let your brain work on things by themselves. Looking for photos as reference trains your brain to decipher shadows, the way light reacts to surfaces, the way things shine or reflect light, just as it teaches you anatomy to look at a human character as your source. But I would like to remind you not to trace, but to try to look at the picture and then re-create it. I usually have reference in one window, and my drawing on another. Using reference is totally okay. I bet you couldn't draw me a bicycle from memory alone (I sure know I can't!) but with a picture of a bicycle, it gets a ton easier. I recommend searching for "xxx pose" on google or deviantart, because there are a lot of people who take pictures of humans (etc) doing a specific pose for you to learn on. research is always the key. try to find as many reference photos as you can, so that you can look at them and see "Yes, this one has nice legs. But the position of the arms is better in this other one etc" and then combine the pictures in your head. Doing it without tracing teaches your brain how to handle an image in a realistic way. It forces your brain to do work, and not just find easy ways to cheat. It's like studying. You can either find the method that helps you learn, or you can peek the answers from your friend and remain clueless.
So all in all I recommend photos. That way you get a clear idea of what something really looks like, not just what it is supposed to look like. Photos are also really handy teaching you what materials look like. It shows you how the sun reflects on the character's clothes. it shows the shadows it casts, and it shows how the color is not just one even colored blotch, but actually many shades of a color, reacting differently to the elements.
Another handy thing to learn for coloring, is to learn not to use the eyedropper tool, but to learn to pick your own colors from the palette. Also, with training one will get better with choosing good colors, and seeing how the color reacts to light. To make something brighter doesn't necessarily mean "add white". Because white light is really rare. It's more likely that the sun is shining shades of yellow and red instead of pure light. So adding vibrant colors to your drawing is very recommended, and one will learn that with practice.
On another note, as artbooks often come in "learn to draw xxx", I would like to give you a small word in drawing styles. Learning a style to draw is more simple than you could guess. You already have a style. whatever it is that makes you comfortable drawing, and gets a picture on to paper, is already done in a fashion you are familiar with. One might not realize that is actually their style, since nowadays it's such a fuzz about anime/manga/graffiti/comic/realistic whatnot styles, that one is easily mistaken in to thinking that you need to find something that will set you apart from the group and be recognizable. There doesn't need to be a slot for you. You don't need to be categorized as "the artist who does xxxxx" It is always good to experiment with different styles to know what makes you comfortable, but don't let them limit you.
I myself could easily say that "I don't have a style" just because there is no name for the scribbling I do right now, but that doesn't mean I don't have a style. After all, I bet if I showed you two different drawing by two different artists, I bet you probably could call out which picture is drawn by me. Even if I show you two pictures I drew myself, You probably could say which parts of the pictures are similar. I myself use sharp lines with heavy angles. That is usually a good giveaway that I was there, scribbling. So whenever you think what style your art is drawn with, the easy answer is "my style". And that is a good answer!
I hope any of my random babbling helped you, and if you have any specific questions, like "how I draw xxx" feel free to ask. I can always try to answer to my best ability.
Comments