getting back into drawing

cycras · Jun 2008

yer, i was doing 3d models since i just started at it, but yer, this is my first seriousish drawing, ... sry if picture doesnt show up i dont know exactly what to do

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im entering the url but its not showing, help? so heres a direct link, hop some 1 can help us out

http://i159.photobucket.com/albums/t133/cycras/asianreal.jpg
sigh, i think something is wrong with the saved image..

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Japhir · Jun 2008

the url doesn't work either

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cycras · Jun 2008

should work now, i tryed it again on photobucket, and link works unlike the on stupid tinypic

BeatKitano · Jun 2008

The proportion should look a lot more like this:

But you need, and you can't avoid that to draw human properly, to look at reference if you're lazy, or learn anatomy if you want to get serious.

Your colors are wrong too. Keep going though, achievements come with trials and errors.

Mark Dygert · Jun 2008

Very jaundice, very blurry. You should try to work in solid brushes and block in color shapes.

You might want to read over and do some of these tutorials,
http://www.gfxartist.com/features/tutorials (Digital painting tips, tutorials and techniques)

As well as give these a look,
http://itchstudios.com/psg/art_tut.htm (VERY informative study of materials and light)
http://www.eatpoo.com/forum/viewtopic.php?f=5&t=27 (Great beginners guide)
http://www.anticz.com/heads.htm (Head construction)

Jeremy Lindstrom · Jun 2008

I love that eatpoo one.

"Buy a graphics penis. The most common brand is penis. "

cycras · Jun 2008

thnx for the sites and feed back, im trying out reflective lighting on a basic shape style character i didnt design and it looking a lot better and 3derer, also ive learned to not draw on whit backgrounds cos it makes all the co lours i use very bright since my starting point was white, all those sites were extremely useful, and ur right about it being very yellowy looking (lol had to look up the heller fancy word you used), my bad, but i think im going to leave that as it is until i get a bit more tips from thoes sites
http://i25.tinypic.com/ngvec0.jpg

cycras · Jun 2008

k here the basic shaped character, its like a 1950's style robot, i tryed to do what i briefly read (cos i'm also doing a lot of home work too)
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{scumworks} · Jun 2008

Best thing you can do is to stay away from detailing imo, you'll learn more from doing 10 faces an hour then just 1. Look at the tutorials posted by vig (you already did I know), and just try to get the base colors, lighting and shaps right. If it doesnt look good in a "crude" sketchy state, refining it further usually wont help much.

Mark Dygert · Jun 2008

Technically its coming along I see progress, but you should really hammer out a a pose before starting. One thing I like to do and I picked it up here a while ago, was to knock out 5-10 silhouette thumbnails. In that exercise you spend only a few min on each one and work with a solid black brush. it helps you get a sense of weight, pose, attitude and you can try out a few different ideas quickly.

This covers silhouettes and even goes a bit into technical but its principles are rock solid for painting and modeling.
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cycras · Jun 2008

thnx so much, yer cos im pretty good at seeing details, but i have the same noob problems like most people with no thoery background what so ever in drawing, like proportion and shape, and stuf like that, but that robot did have a pose down, it was just done by my gf quickly cos i had to do alot of homework today... and im trying to get ti all done rather than get it done good lol, but ill get practicing siouets and just lined out poses of drawings, but thnx again, ur like my free enternet art teacher

Mark Dygert · Jun 2008

meh, the interweb and your own experience are the teachers.

I'm just a tour guide.

cycras · Jun 2008

you forgot something, your my FREE tour guide lol

kymbyli · Jun 2008

Is it possible to see what visual reference you were using? Was it done on a tablet or by non digtal means?

getting back into drawing

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