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What can we check against our value scales to see whether it's a good progression or not? Like how do we check against the "right answer" lol. Or is there even a "right answer" to really strive for?
Soul
18d
Thank you both @Steven Wolf@Proko it really helped bring clarity on everything :)
Dennis Yeary
will this work in procreate on a tablet?
Soul
1mo
I'd imagine with digital you can just choose the value you want to use honestly, like the training and stuff would mainly be in being able to choose the right value when doing studies and stuff, and less in the actual physical technique of it, if that makes sense. With traditional you'd have to worry about technique, *and* seeing value properly and stuff when doing studies. Those are just my thoughts off the top of my head
Filippo Galli
Yesterday and Today's practice. Next up is animal simplification.
Soul
1mo
Nice shape manipulation dude 👍
Soul
Soul
1mo
Asked for help
Throwing this out there, but I've rewatched/listened to the draftsmen clip on "How to Approach Figure Drawing (A Guide for Taking Proko Courses)" and one question I thought of recently was how it applied to structure and anatomy. Right now I'm revisiting the figure course and my plan was to split off and practice the drawing basics "How perspective works" and "Intuitive perspective" sections and then afterwards go back to the figure course and go up to mannequinization. Afterwards either jumping straight into anatomy and taking a break sometime during the course to bounce between portrait courses and back to anatomy or vice versa. Anyways the main question is, what would be the wisest decision to go about building up to anatomy? Should I not take a small "side quest" 💀 and visit the basics course for structure, and just jump straight into anatomy? Introducing myself to it now and when I want a break from anatomy later, going to the basics course to practice structure for a bit? Or the opposite, and continue working on structure through the figure and other courses till I have it down well enough, where I feel I can handle the complex structure anatomy brings. A bit of a long winded question but I tried my best to say it clearly lol, anyways thank you for anyone considering reading all that and helping :)
Soul
So many things I'm struggling with lol, like how exactly to draw from observation. I look, observe the subject for a solid like 30 sec to a minute, looking at the edges, curves, how many planes are showing, etc. Then look at the page and still struggle a bit to draw what I remember, but when I look at the subject again and bounce back and forth, I get a bit tripped out since the perspective slightly changed so deciding between being faithful to the drawing or to the subject is kinda rough. I haven't really thought of tapering yet, since I'm drawing from observation, but I do want to try adding varying degrees of tapering/foreshortening once I draw from imagination (all of this was from observation). Line quality, how to actually draw an elipse, and other stuff are a bit frustrating too lol, but I'm honestly not stressing over it, so far this exercise has been pretty fun despite me complaining so much 💀
Melanie Scearce
It sounds like you're doing the right things. Visual memory is a muscle that needs to be exercised, so as long as you are enjoying the process all there is to do is practice :) You can check out this visual memory game to help you with the reps: https://www.proko.com/course-lesson/project-visual-memory-games/assignments.
Nick Quason
Good work! My suggestion for your trouble is to do one after the other, accuracy from observation then imagination (that may start from observation, but you fill out the rest yourself from the theory). Then you can draw over and compare with the original and takes notes for what to do and look out for and repeat!
Soul
Props to the Proko team for giving us such a valuable video ;)
Harry Green
Asked for help
It's been a while since I properly did some technical drawing and since I'm not happy with my art at the moment, I thought it would be good to go back to basics and refresh myself on the fundamentals. Here's some 1 minute gesture drawings I did this morning. The main thing I picked up on during my session is how sketchy or scratchy my lines can be, which I believe I can improve on by limiting myself on the number of lines I'm allowed to use. Is there anything else I can improve upon with my gesture studies?
Soul
1mo
These are great! You already pointed out what I was going to say, how the line quality could be given some attention, but in terms of expressivness and body language these are pretty good. There's no end to improvement
Manuel Rioja
Dear Steven Zapata, I want to express my heartfelt gratitude for the amazing tutoriales about shading that you provided in this online drawing course. Your clear instructions and creative insights have truly helped me improve my skills and confidence as an artist. I appreciate the time and effort you put into each lesson, making complex concepts accessible and enjoyable. Thank you for your guidance and support throughout this journey! Best regards, Huayra Nadalino Rioja.
Soul
1mo
You cooked with this, be proud 🍳
Soul
How do you guys draw from observation when each time you look back at the sketchbook and again at the subject the perspective changes slighty? 💀
@elyusium
1mo
When you’re drawing a subject from observation, don’t try to look at it at the same time as when you’re looking at your sketchbook. Look directly at your subject, take a mental snapshot of a part you want to draw, like an edge or a curve, then try to capture it. Look back and compare. It doesn't need to match perfectly, it just needs to get the right idea across. If you captured it accurately, great, move on to then next part. If not, adjust it until what you have on the paper captures what’s in front of you. Don’t stress out about the tiniest of details. It takes a lot of practice to develop an eye for accuracy, so just keep going and you’ll improve. Hope this helps :)
Vincent Falk
I had to make my own guidline and duplicate it with a light table since I don't have a printer right now. I think they turned out decent but I missed out on solving the smaller details on the rhino like the wrinkles.
Soul
1mo
Love that Funky Kong
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