@kartoffelpuffer
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@kartoffelpuffer
Apologies for the delayed response. It was difficult to organize my thoughts about all this. I have started again, using the book “How to Draw” by Scott Robertson as my primary resource. I created a daily goal for practice that I should be able to maintain even when school starts again. So far it’s been pretty good, practicing nearly every day and going above the daily goal since I have a lot of free time right now. I’ve also done exercises I had avoided in the first try of this book, thinking I didn’t need to practice it or not taking the time to figure it out when little instruction was given. These early exercises are ones that I’m familiar with, but the new ones are coming up soon. I know it’s going to get more difficult and I am prepared for that. Even if my lines aren’t perfectly straight, I move on when I feel I understand the exercise. I’ll come back to practice it more, and it may even be part of the newer exercise, but I won’t let perfectionism prevent me from progress. I’ve kept everyone’s advice in mind. Thank you all. I am determined to not give up this time!!!!!!
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I have a history of starting things and not finishing them. Which includes actively practicing art with the intent to improve. Multiple times I’ve tried to study consistently with a focus on a certain topic, such as gesture, faces, and perspective. It would go well for a while but then I would stop. Stop practicing, stop doing exercises, stop trying to improve on those things. I think the main reasons I stop every time are lack of structure and not knowing when to move on. Also nerve issues in my hands and arms, but that’s a whole other problem with other methods of managing. I do have the resources now to follow a structured course, but none of them are live. The problem with this is that I have, and will, get stuck on certain thing. Be it a specific exercise or an entire topic. I can’t tell when I should move on when I'm just by myself with a book or videos. So my question is, should I try to master every exercise before I move on to the next (which is what I felt compelled to do before) or should I just become familiar with it, enough to where I know how to do it and what the concept behind it is, and over time improve upon it while practicing other things alongside and potentially integrating it into other drawings? I know I very much need to pop my art bubble. I should ask for feedback more often if I’m going to try to actively study again.
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Here are some new ones drawn today. I watched a video from Alphonso Dunn this time and used a bit of a different approach than that of the other drawings. I really tired to capture the motion of each pose.
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Hey, @kartoffelpuffer, I think these are really good! The figures have a nice sense of flow and effective simplification. I like that the linework feels loose. The poses read clearly, and there’s even good handling of proportions and a slight sense of form. Great job!! If anything, for my personal taste, I’d suggest you could play around a bit with some more exaggeration - pushing the poses to more extreme degrees of motion. Just experiment daring how far you can take each pose before it “breaks”, as this can be a helpful exercise. It’s certainly good to keep practicing gesture once in a while in the long run, but I’m glad you’ve already moved on to further lessons. Feel free to keep sharing your progress through the course! Good studies! 🙌🏻
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@kartoffelpuffer
Thank you very much. I will certainly try exaggerating more now.
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These are some gesture drawings I’ve done recently. They’re all a 2 minutes time limit. I would like some feedback on these. I’ve been practicing gesture for probably longer than necessary (without moving on to other things) but I never seem to be satisfied enough. I have moved on only recently to studying things like the bean and basic shapes, but I still practice gesture every session. These are also ones that I consider to be “better” than the rest. Anyway, I need more than my own judgment. So, any feedback would be appreciated.
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