For a long time I had wanted to try using graphite powder for my drawings, and I finally have. What a horrible mistake! This stuff is as fine as talc powder. You open the tub, it goes everywhere. You pick it up, a cloud of graphite erupts from the surface. You lay it down, more clouds, more graphite falling off the sides.…
Hi Jake, besides anatomy as stated before, you could improve your habits with pencil. The difficulty to nail correct shapes are partly to the way you 'construct' your drawings. I presume (from lines) you start from one end of figure and work your way to the other, but it's almost impossible to get correct proportions like…
Hi there. I call myself a "digital artist in training". My goal is to be able to draw and paint any character I can imagine in 2D, and in 3D to be able to model and render anything I can imagine. These first couple of posts are my last efforts in the 3D world before I went on a sabbatical to learn traditional art,…
Thank you for the message, I think you have a point about the line art part of my work. I have heard good things about Andrew Loomis from different places and I'm planning on getting some of his books in the near future. What exactly do you mean by not having permission to see my linked images? Are there any problems with…
Little hiatus, house moving related. Working through the Andrew Loomis books. Wrestling with how the examples don't always match up with the formula's he states about thirds, and how this early on in the books, the placement of the features in the right place is more important than drawing them right. People's heads and…
Well, that was my point, not doing in your 'favorite' way, but the right one. Learning is never about security. When you feel confident in something, time to move on. I can only recommend starting at more basic level. You are trying advanced stuff without foundations. Tons of lips and eyes won't help you if you won't start…