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@robot0906
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1mo
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Hey everyone. Long time no see. I have come to a road stop on my art journey. The reason why is that after completed learning about anatomy and learning about digital and making personal digital art work, I have no idea what to do next. I have learnt about gesture, structure, perspective, basic colour theory, shading and anatomy. As you can see, I haven't fully mastered them but I have an idea on how it works and when its appropriate to use them.
The problem stems from the fact that I don't know if i should just be doing the same exercises on repeat again or I should move on after a week. I know that doing these exercises on repeat are extremely useful, but I don't know where I will use these because I'm stuck procrastinating which leads me to do minimal work or no work at all. I work better if my study has a theme at the end for example, I focus on gesture and muscular anatomy on weekdays then to draw Kratos at the end of the week but that hasn't always been working out because like I said before no direction. This year, I want to learn about composition, prop design, master good line quality and learn about character design.
What do you think I could do judging by what I just said and the quality of most my art.
@robot0906
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4mo
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I’m practicing how to paint metallic surfaces. What should I do to make these studies better because I felt like I was kind of copying more then actually drawing it the thing. I dint trace over it but the first attempt at painting Suzanne (Monkey) and trumpet felt as if i was relying too much on reference but I did rely more on myself on observation for the second monkey by drawing the subject myself. What do you think @Rachel Dawn Owens @brown
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4mo
Wow! This is a great way to study. Metallic surfaces can be very complicated. Especially when you get into the hyper reflective chrome surfaces.
Scott Robertson could be a valuable resource for this type of thing. His book on rendering goes deep into this topic. Check it out if you want to really understand all the technical stuff.
I also found his YouTube channel that has some videos you might find interesting for this-
https://youtu.be/tIaQAK4UPSM?si=6MGmnyY8qItMa6pG
For now, using reference is perfect.
If you want to try something a step further, try taking the original reference image away and only use your own study as reference for the next drawing.
I think your studies are looking awesome. I especially enjoy how you broke down the monkey head.
I might knock down the light values on the ears and mouth a touch. It seems like whatever light source is pointing at the monkey is a sort of spotlight that is lighting up the middle of the monkeys face more than his ears or mouth.
Its a cool effect that adds a focal area to the eyes.
Hope this is helpful. Keep up your in-depth studies!
@robot0906
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5mo
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Here are Some tracings of the leg I hope I wasn’t wrong. Critique is welcome.
@robot0906
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5mo
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Hear my gestures. The ones from the book are from today but the ones done digitally are from yesterday.
you think you could help me out @Martha Muniz?
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5mo
Hey there! It's a great idea to practice both digitally and traditionally, I see it helping approach gestures in different methods. I think overall what I would recommend is incorporating more variety in your lines, thinking back to CSI lines. I see a lot of C curves currently, which is great for getting fluidity in the gestures, but finding more areas where an S curve could emphasize a change in direction or a straight I line could highlight a sharp turn or edge in the figure would help balance the fluidity and also help bring out the energy and direction of the drawing overall.
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What are things that need to fix of my Anatomy of the legs. I did these tracings as a part of study. Also I what is good way to come up with leg anatomy schedule @Jesper Axelsson?
@robot0906
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6mo
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Here are some tracings of the butt muscles I did. I feel like I could have done better anything that I could do to work on?
@robot0906
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7mo
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Here are some drawings from the lesson and 3 and 4 are those same poses but in different perspectives.
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7mo
I looks like you have all of the important muscles in your drawings, now it's just a matter of figuring out where they connect and how they change when flexed. It's a truly wonderful challenge to take on :) What helps me is to do tracings before I dive into an anatomical study. I find that I ask more questions when trying to work out what goes where beforehand than when I am in the midst of a drawing. You could print out the images and use tracing paper or do the tracings digitally. It also helps me to label the muscles. That's just what works for me, but it could work for you too!
I also try to find references to have available, like Richer's Artistic Anatomy and the free app 3D Anatomy for Artists, which is a great way to learn the origins and insertions.
I included my tracing of the images you included. Hope that helps!
