Mike Karcz
Mike Karcz
Denver
Art enthusiast always looking to improve at drawing!
Peter Tinkler
The forearm is not easy, but I'm enjoying it. I think it's slowly sinking in there...bit by bit...
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Mike Karcz
This looks awesome!
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Mike Karcz
Would love some insight. In the red circle, those two bulges: Am I looking at the Teres Major being split in two by the Lat, or is that the Teres Major and the Serratus?
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Mike Karcz
I'm in the camp where I hate AI. For ChatGPT - where it generates written content - I don't care as much, though I still dislike it. In regards to using it for visual "inspiration"; I truly despise it. #1 - It's literally stealing art from artists to generate its images. There's been cases where watermarks - the artists' signature - was planted into the generated image. No artist ever has given their consent to have their artwork harvested for an abomination designed to someday replace them. (Sorry if I'm using too strong language, I just get passionate, haha). #2 - I understand why someone would use image generators for 'inspiration', but I don't GET why an artist would use it. It's like, robbing yourself of one of the best parts of creating - the part of discovering. You have an idea of something you want to draw.... so BRAINSTORM. Discover! If you NEEEED inspiration, pick up a magazine, read a book, play, let your imagination take over. Do thumbnail sketches. Look at other artists who've tackled similar subjects. Draw inspiration for their poses, the lines they used, their shape language, etc. There are sooo many art books out there. This isn't the same as looking at an AI image because the artist was deliberate about what he made; the AI is not. The AI is like a lump of wet mud mushed into what it thinks 'deliberate' looks like. To me in my opinion, using AI to create visual art is excessively lazy, detrimental to your own artistic progress, and sacrilegious to the process of creating.
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Lynn Fang
Attempt to draw T-Rexes from imagination. Blue sketches were drawn from observation at the beginning. Btw I love the Jurassic series for so many years, eventually I get done with a dinosaurs sketch from imagination. Not one ,but three. It was a challenge.
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Mike Karcz
These are Awesome studies!
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Luke Ng
Here's my submission. I made 2 attempts at the full-page sketch from imagination. I'm not sure If this is what the assignment required, were we supposed to stylise and exaggerate our subject?
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Mike Karcz
I love your line quality. Very clean and very fluid - full of motion.
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Dave Sakamoto
Hello! I decided to try my hand at baby goats. I don't draw animals often so it was a bit of a challenge.
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Mike Karcz
These are so good!
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Dan Stevens
Here are my sketches from observation. All done digitally with iPad procreate and the closest brush I could find to a colored pencil. Looking forward to seeing what everyone draws from imagination!
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Mike Karcz
These are great!
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@luciovm
I still need to stop looking at details but at least I think I am getting more confident
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Mike Karcz
I had a tough time mentally with the hand. There are so many lines and creases, I had to stop for a few minutes to mentally prep and remind myself - Sim-pli-fy.
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Linda Alsworth-Elvey
I've learned today that if I use a color pencil that I cannot erase easily that I do better with being more free and relaxed, I know it is weird but it worked for me. I am excited to see where the is going to go from here.
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Mike Karcz
I absolutely love sketching in color pencils. Especially soft color pencils (if you can get Caran d'Ache brand). Sometimes it's really refreshing to sketch in color.
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Mike Karcz
Attached are my three reference images, and some sketches from my imagination. I just finished listening to one of The Witcher books and drew a scene from there - the one with the Unicorn.
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Mike Karcz
Tried my hand at a portrait. Would love any critiques! :) "It's not a phase! Gosh!"
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Mike Karcz
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Jordan Henrio
Hi everyone! As a monthly challenge on a Discord server, I had to draw a portrait. I thought it was a nice opportunity to combine the challenge and the exercise proposed by Stan. Here are my drawing and the reference photo. Reference photo credit: @earthsworld on Instagram.
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Mike Karcz
This is cool! I like the shapes you used
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Mike Karcz
I like the rendering on the nose alot
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Mike Karcz
I used three darks (8b, 6b, 3b) for the darks instead of two for the pear. Attempted the Level 2 as well with stages in the progress attached. Used 8b, B, 2h, and h5.
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Luke Ng
Any advice for keeping a steady hand when measuring? My hand keeps moving, especially when I am moving my desired measuring unit across the subject I feel like I can't "stack" my measuring units accurately.
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Mike Karcz
Use your other hand to brace your arm. Just goes keep doing it. Build that shoulder strength.
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Mike Karcz
First attempt at the back. I appreciate any critiques!
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Mike Karcz
Hello. Sometimes I struggle with the pelvis, and how to imagine the pelvis as a box, instead of round disks; like, where would the corners of the box be? I'd love and appreciate some tips on drawing the pelvis as a simplified shape.
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Mike Karcz
Hello, I would very much appreciate a critique of my muscle placement for the shoulder. Additionally, I struggle a lot with mentally imagining the box around the hip bone. Like, where do the corners of the box go? Would love and appreciate some tips.
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Madison Stromski
Hello! I figured I would start having fun with my supplies by doing a skull study and some gesture drawings where I added some anatomy; still rough with anatomy, but the journey is fun! The tools I use are incredibly cheap save for the inking markers. My mechanical pencil is the regular BIC 0.5 HB, my wood pencil is a Ticonderoga #2, my eraser is the usual pink rectangle (dunno the name), I don't know sketchbook brand, and my inking pens are the SB and 0.3 size Faber-Castell. My sketches are not perfect, but I had a lot of fun! If you have any critiques, let me know! I'm still experimenting a lot.
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Mike Karcz
Your shapes are awesome! I especially love the lady leaning forward and the bottom skulls.
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