Devon D. Yeider
Kalamazoo, Mi
Aspiring comic creator, cartoonist, artist. Art parents include Mike Mignola, Moebius, Cartoonist Kayfabe, Sienkiewicz, Waterston,BWS, JRJR, Toth etc.
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My pencil sharpener broke so I ended up doing these with a sharpie. I'll get a new sharpener or make a sanding block and try again tomorrow. Lots of room for growth on these, but I like this approach.
I'm going to be doing more these with my drawing group via Zoom on Sunday, December 3rd. If anyone wants to join us, DM me.
Devon D. Yeider
4d
Ah but the shapie brings fear and immediacy! Doesnt look like you were held back at all these look really great. Especially the middle pose!
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This is a really fun and informative group! I highly recommend working with Gannon
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Hokay, so this one was NOT in my comfort zone, but I loved it. It's a great feeling to be given a new and useful approach to drawing. I'm going to have to lean into this one a bit before it feels natural, but I'm happy with what I learned with this first one.
I think what got me the most was trying to figure out the proportions with out a digital tool? I think when i go back through this ill have to use tracing paper.
4d
so cool Gannon! Crazy how good norman Rockwell. You did a great job capturing the depth of the image and the weight of the characters posture. Very cool indeed.
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Here is mine. I do a fair amount of this sort of thing, so this is in my comfort zone.
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Here are my first drawings of the course from this morning.
A few of us taking the course have formed a drawing group that meets via Zoom. We meet on Sunday EST at 7PM and we also meet a few times a week early in the morning-- 3AM EST, which might be a good option for those in different time zones, or for those who don't mind getting up crazy-early.
DM me if interested.
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Current warm up. Got a great recommendation from @Gannon Beck to try using a ruler for now till I really understand the concept of the exercise, then using it as a line quality exercise as well.
1mo
You use your "mastery" of 1, 2, and 3 point perspective to create a box and draw your figure inside.
27d
This was really fun to read. Thank you for creating this forum and thank you @Steve Lenze for the solid advice!
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Looking for study buddies! Already messaged a few of you. Hope all is well and looking forward to drawing with you all!
1mo
Would anyone like to join me in a study session type group chat? We'd meet every few days, watch the lessons, critique each others art, and so on. I'm only level 1 in this, and my line art isn't great, but that's why I want other people I can have conversations and critiques on each others art with, so I can see where I need to go and be kept accountable for doing the lessons. Dm me if interested.
27d
hey im interested in a study group and i see there's someone else that stan tagged you with in the drawing buds group. looking forward to this!
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6mo
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There's no where to hide in a room so full of eyes
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Feel like I'm starting to get the hang of this! Fun exercise! Line quality isn't perfect but pretty happy with it. Any thoughts would be appreciated 🙏
6mo
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Very fun! More to come. There's a turning point in the hippos where you can see I re watched the video 😅
6mo
Are there any groups out there getting together over zoom or anything like that to co play or otherwise? I'd be very interested in setting something like that up! Doing that for another project and it works wonders! A lot more fun too!
Is there anyone else here doing this course that have a chronic illness? I struggle alot atm. My illness has been worse the last 7 weeks. With fever everyday and im just lying in bed. I live for doing art but havent been able to draw or sculp anything the last weeks. It makes me so sad. Anyone else in similar situation?
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I'm a very anxious artist. There isnt much I get anxious about any more. But I gotta say, The whole concept of intuition and allowing my self to trust my self really makes me anxious. Even watching Stans video about this master study i was anxious the whole time. It feels so big and mysterious even if at some level I think i understand. Letting my self not make a perfect copy of the master i'm studying. At times when i start to copy a piece i'm not sure if i'm doing it right, Am I just mindlessly copying a piece of art? Or am I learning something important from it. I have been attempting to copy the works of other artists better then me for a while. But I have difficult time taking off those training wheels and allowing my self to draw something from imagination, while using the shapes, or designs, or lines that I should of learned from the masters i studied . This is just getting some of my thoughts out. I'm super anxious just thinking about it, i hope one day I can throw aside my anxiety and just draw.
7mo
I'm currently working through ACT which is Acceptance and Commitment Therapy and one of the main principles, very similar to yoga (which I've been practicing for a decade, teaching for over a year and STILL I need the helpful reminder lol) is that we can't get rid of our negative thoughts; but what we can do is accept that not every thought deserves our attention.
Often the brain is still in survival mode after millions of years of development so we'll find ourselves worrying too much on the future or past and in that it's our brain trying to protect us from harm ( "failure" "ridicule" etc).
So, if you're interested, I'd try and practice noticing your anxiety, not as who you are (I AM anxious) but instead noticing and naming your thoughts and feelings (I'm noticing I'm feeling anxious) then start to connect with your body, with your breathe for a couple of seconds, then connect deeper to your work and just gently rinse wash and repeat.
I strongly recommend reading "The happiness trap" the exercises are so helpful. I'm pairing this with a therapist who specializes in ACT and it's working WONDERS.
I wish you all the best and feel free to message me if you need any support 🙏✌️
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