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Published: 2016-11-21 05:33:40 +0000 UTC; Views: 205; Favourites: 9; Downloads: 0
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Drawing a character from pose reference. This particular one turned out to be somewhat tricky, lots of twisting. This is probably the first time in years that I have drawn something that is more than just a pose sketch or fanart.I think it turned out decent. I just wanted to get something out there.
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Thank you! Glad you like it!
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This looks really good~ c:
I dunno what kind of drew me to this, but anyway... It makes a really good pose study without copying the reference exactly (and it's always a good thing to add your own twist and ideas even when using a reference image~) I especially like how this looks like it's slightly more from-below than the reference, which really lends itself well to the shot. And all the details in the shoes and outfit are really nice as well~
I would definitely suggest working more on hands and wrists, maybe some shading, and working the initial sketch lighter so it's easier to erase and draw over with final lines. Hands can be really hard, but once you figure out how to put them together and the initial shapes that make them up and look at somewhere around a billion pictures of them in the same post from several angles you'll be able to draw hands doing anything at all~ Looking at several different references for a single picture isn't bad thing. C: And there's lots of really useful tutorials that show the different tubes and blocks that make up the shape of them.
Shading is slightly less important for something like this, since it's mostly just a lineart sort of thing, but it would really give some nice depth and show the form more and would make a good jumping off point if you ever wanted to take the drawing further.
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Wow, thank you for taking the time to write such kind words and honest feedback.
I definitely have an issue with bearing down too much, making it difficult to erase later. I need to practice longer, more flowing strokes. The fact that I use a lightbox which makes all the lines seem lighter in the moment doesn't really help much haha.
Looking back, I think I definitely did a better job with the trigger hand than the other. You're right in that it would have looked better if I had blocked it out a bit first. I think to some extent I panicked just a bit because the placement was pretty different from the reference.
As far as the line art and shading, I plan on working more on my anatomy and gesture for this month and moving more into digital afterwards. With this encouragement, I think I will redraw this one in a month and have the new version be the first picture I try to ink and color digitally.
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You're welcome~ :D I'm glad it was helpful.
haha yea, getting the pressure right can take some practice. Doing some swatches where you just start out really light and gradually make it darker can actually help with that, since they let you see about what pressure makes about what shade. And it helps with developing more control over the pencil overall.
aww, shading and lineart don't necessarily have to be done digitally~! Learning how to shade and make neat line art traditionally is important too. C: Lots of gesture drawings will have shading~ Timing yourself for gestures can be a good way to learn from them: short five/ten minute gestures to focus on the shape of the body and the movement, increasing the time you take for them to really get down as many details as you can in the time and take note of shapes and lighting. Tho making a few different versions of the same picture for learning different mediums is another good learning tool as well and seeing improvement by redrawing things is one of my favorite things ever, honestly~ xD
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My main hesitance with trying to do much traditional lining/coloring is that I tend to draw too small. Most of my pictures come out to be 6-7 inches tall, tops. Infinite zoom is a big plus side to digital. But really, working in a larger canvas would be something I could do as well. I'll try to try shading soon.
Again, thank you for the feedback, it inspired me to do another drawing today that I might have been to lazy to do otherwise.
Lastly, and this is just me being greedy after you've already spent so much time on this pic... mind watching me so you can see my progress in the future?
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Ahh yea I get that too. Working on a bigger canvas is something I struggle with. OTL Though mostly because my computer starts to lag and freak out when the canvas gets to be over a certain size.
No problem~ c: I'm really glad it helped you be productive~!
haha, sure thing. I thought I had before but maybe my computer just derped out
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