rajeev Tripathee
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Can any one suggest some art discord where we can exchange feedback?
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Discord Channels2yr
What are the channels you guys have joined for learning the fundamentals of drawing in discord ?
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Shading2yr
Hey guys, I started learning to shade and this is my first attempt. Any feedback is highly appreciated.
3yr
Hey there! Nice work so far!
Try to use boxes to define the position of the form in space. It'll make your life so much easier.
rajeev Tripathee
3yr
Ok thanks for your suggestion. I will try to define the position of form in space.
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3yr
The tail looks way more foreshortened in the reference, try drawing the ellipse inside the tail and construct it around the arch
3yr
Hey rajeev,
This is really cool, scorpions are awesome. You did a nice job on this, and your proportions look good. I think what you could do to improve your drawing. I did a draw over to show you how you can start your drawings with a structure first. This will help you work out your perspective and make it look solid. Keep drawing :)
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Hi @Steve Lenze , thanks for the feedback. I tried drawing it again and I feel I have improved some parts but I just wanted to ask how you would approach drawing the detail that is in the front of a scorpion. It is very difficult
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Yes, Thank you very much. I was having a hard time on how I could simplify the main body and head of the scorpion. Your drawing was very helpful. I will definitely follow your advice and try to break down the body in its simple form .
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Hi @rajeev Tripathee, if you want to really nail down the structure of your pieces, then it's probably best to get a solid lay in with simple shapes first. Try simplifying the parts of the body into cylinders in perspective, and try to nail in those simple shapes first. Then, use the contour lines of your simple lay in to inform where you place the details in your finished drawing, which will make your image feel more solid overall. I may have just accidentally re-iterated what Steve had already said previously...but the point still stands haha. This is the process you should take with all of your images if you want them to feel really solid and grounded.
Hope this helps!
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Hi @Luigi Manese , thanks for the feedback. I tried drawing it again and I feel I have improved some parts but I just wanted to ask how you would approach drawing the detail that is in the front of a scorpion. It is very difficult
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Thank you very much. It really helps a lot. The information was really helpful. Yeah, I was having a hard time on how to simplify the main body of the scorpion. I will definitely follow your advice and try to break the image into a simple form.
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This is fantastic! Awesome work. You've added 3D forms to the tail which give a stronger sense of the form. If you do more insects, it might be worth incorporating more of those forms into the thorax and head and legs. Especially if you can add cross-contour lines in those shapes! It's okay to lose details!
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Thankyou . Yes I tried to add 3D forms to tail .But for the body I was having a hard time on how I can break into simple form. I will also definitely try to add cross-contour lines to show the form of the drawing.
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Main thing is just to practice wrapping contours around the forms. Peter Han (dynamic sketching) is a good person to look at
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Improve the structure of drawing3yr
Hello Everyone. I just wanted to ask how can I improve the form of my drawing?
I would say you should get the proportion of mouth eyes and nose shape right and you should get the structure of the head right by using the Andrew Loomis method, focus on getting the shape of your inner ear by learning the anatomy of the ear and do the shading by learning the basic principle of light . The shape of the neck is very good. Keep up the good work.
