My Art Journey
5mo
@ariart18
Hey guys, my name is Aria and this is my first post. I stopped drawing back in 2016 and decided to restart my art journey in 2019. I really want to improve my skills and I think this community would be a perfect place to do it. So I attached a few pages from my sketchbook of recent portraits I've done.
I tried to make the portraits look more interesting by pushing the shapes a little more. I'm very timid about shape design. I feel like I don't know what I'm doing so I always go back to my comfort zone. I know it's bad and need to push myself out of it. If there are any exercises that I can do, let me know! And any critiques on my sketches are welcomed. :)
I hope you're all doing well and happy drawing!
5mo
Wow, these are wonderful! I hope to be able to do that myself someday, glad you decided to share!
I'm not very experienced myself, especially with portraits, but if you plan to exaggerate with shapes, I might suggest looking at both cartoon design and caricature, and writing down what features they exaggerate, and how you received it, so you can practice doing it with a purpose?
@ariart18
5mo
That's a good idea! Thank you so much for commenting, I hope my next post will show improvement :)
5mo
These are pretty nice, I like all the different angles you chose to practice.
The only thing I would say to watch for is that all the faces seem kind of long, so keep an eye on your proportions. Over all though, nice job :)
5mo
Yeah, I see what you mean. I'll have to revisit the skull and Loomis method. Thank you so much for your comment! :)
