Alen Liber
Alen Liber
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Alen Liber
Alen Liber
3yr
So, just over 3 months of extensive practice of fundamentals, i finally decided to go in depth with this one and other pieces. Still figuring out as i go, correcting lines, but this piece is completely out of my head. When i did pencil sketch i went for some sort of automatic drawing, only idea behind it was "fantasy, female, creature". Still figuring out how to use photoshop and brushes since i was mostly using Rebelle 4 and Corel Painter, but it's not that hard since my approach is more intuitive and i like to figure out on my own and i've got about roughly 100 hours in ps work. If it stops i google up. Honestly i've gone from really crappy imagination drawing to this. Before that i was mostly referencing other artists in both traditional and digital. I have somewhat finished picture in my mind already, i'm guessing i'll need 10 hours + to get it out. But honestly, what i want to say here, my approach was very simple, i was grinding basics hard, hours daily, from anatomy, which this site and Proko and Marc yt channel helped so much, perspective, foreshortening, values, etc... Now after all the hours i want to focus on putting as much detail out on every piece i do. I've done few other sketches in similar way, faces, creatures, etc... Feels like finding right approach to mindful practice and staying consistent helped me improve so much compared to my old habits. Tyvm, this community is awesome. ^^
Alen Liber
My unexpected hero is called Hen-Man. He's like a Superman version in parallel universe, where people are half human half birds. He doesn't need wings since he can fly, but other Birdians with wings can fly naturally, not as fast or as good as he tho. Depends on how they are born. Some have wings, some don't, but technology is advanced enough so anyone can fly around. There are some who aren't born with wings. If a chick is in need, this guy come to help, due to very low crime rates on Birdia.
Lasse Jin Brøgger
Good job with the drawing. Wonder what Birdians would say to chikens on earth... I smell crisis here :D
Charlene
3yr
This concept is very amusing! Love the description!
Noah Albrecht
Very creative idea, and I love the chicken-like detail you put into the design!
Synthia Lillendandie
Sometimes it is easier to focus on one thing at a time. When I practiced gesture drawing, it helped to focus more on pushing the post and the gestural quality, while worrying about the anatomy less. Other times I would focus more on the anatomy and construction. It's tough for beginners to do both of these things well at the same time. That's why I recommend breaking things down and setting one intention at a time until you feel you're getting a grasp on things. Also, have you tried 'the bean' and 'robo bean' lessons from Proko on YouTube? That's another way you can build structure in the body. If you're learning something new, give yourself time. :) Pushing yourself always feels uncomfortable at first, but you can grow.
Alen Liber
3yr
This. Mike Mattesi approach about force is good aswell. One more thing, if it gets frustrating, stop. Take few A4 papers and just do few gestures without expectations. In whatever weird way or shape you can imagine as you get mental image. Allow your arm to flow, like quick sketching, bit faster and relaxed pencil movements. Again, ZERO EXPECTATIONS. Whatever you see on paper is ok as it is. Take 2-3 min per sketch then move on. Getting frustrated as you try to learn something is very counter productive and longer you stay in that mindset more it affects you. Learning isn't just what to focus on, it's also acknowledging distractions and slowly taking them out of picture. In your case is you getting frustrated due to not making progress as fast as you'd expect. And find different artists with different approach when drawing bodies and gestures. Take a bit from one and another bit from another and apply to your existing style. Just like what Bruce Lee did with his Jet Kune Do. In your case you can take few bits from Proko, few from Mattesi, other few from Brunet and so on. I don't know how many people use this method, but create a quick story in your head as you try to imagine male/female figure in different poses. Like if you try to draw figure laying on couch with her core twisted a bit and as one of her hands support her head. For example, she's posing to a photographer in a studio, room of X size, light coming from certain direction, couch being medium or large size,... etc.. Take that image and strip it down to blueprint layout, imagine space filled with lines. With practice you'll be able to do this super fast, i mean just a thought about a pose or landscape or animal or , or... and you'll have a story about it. You'll have mental image of what you are drawing. Later on this helps big time as you do imagination drawing. If your observation is good, you'll be able to draw literally anything you've seen many times, down to every detail and also change it in whatever way you desire. Think of it this way, you want to draw certain pose and all you can see with mind's eye are lines, which then connect into shape. Add value on shape and you get form. Put that form into perspective,.. and so on. That's construction. With story telling you help your mind with deconstruction part. Some people have easier time looking at whole picture and breaking it down rather than constructing it up from scratch. Life is yin and yang, art is too. But many people mostly learn about yin and forget about yang part, that's why it takes them so long and once they realize it, oh well, years go by. XD
Alen Liber
Alen Liber
3yr
So, few days ago bought Rebelle 4. I really love it so far. I've done few hours of oils and watercolors but that's it. It's kinda hard but very fun because it looks so natural for digital art. Huge props to EscapeMotion for this software. Think i'll switch from Corel and use this one. For pencil and other stuff i use ClipStudioPro. Any kind of critique would be appreciated. Thank you
@animal
Where should someone start to study animal anatomy? I’ve been drawing for years now (I’m 16) but still am having problems with anatomy. I’d love some advice!
Alen Liber
3yr
You shouldn't look at it as problem, but rather as something you correct by practicing anatomy itself. You will get better little by little, but keep in mind, be fully immersed in it. Don't get distracted by external noise, focus. Also, problems create more problems and depending on your other beliefs it might slow down your process of learning. Learning process is psychological on many levels. And you're young, create some sort of plan in your head what to study and how often. Don't just randomly jump to drawing anatomy. And put more focus on parts you aren't good at yet. It forces you to go outside of comfort zone. Kinda sucks when you start, but eventually you'll enjoy it. Marc Brunet has awesome video on how to learn faster, "the secret rule to learn anything faster". He has very good points but don't take them word by word, go with what feels right to you and create new learning habits with information you already have and what he, or others, explain. If you wonder why some people learn super fast and others slow, it's about mindset, focus and goals.
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