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Published: 2011-08-19 22:49:00 +0000 UTC; Views: 1074; Favourites: 17; Downloads: 0
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Really nothing original, just a one-hour speedie out of immeasurable boredom. C&C welcome, though!Related content
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And again, some really amazing-looking landscape. You made this in one hour?! Wow. How'd you learn to draw/paint like this? (Talking about all your artwork in general)
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Thank you! Yup, all super-fast haha.
I essentially just looked at a lot of art and tried to do it! If you go to the last page in my gallery (in "browse" mode) you can see how my art looked three years ago. Pretty brutal. Other than that, it's just been trial, error, and practice to get here.
I'm still trying very hard to push into a more professional level before I build a portfolio and head to art school.
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Yeah, you've certainly improved a lot! I want to improve as well. I want to go into the multimedia/graphical/creative industry, preferably something to do with drawing. But right now, my art is nowhere near as good as yours. Check out my latest drawing if you want. I could use some tips from an experienced artist
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It's probably a good idea to start studying from photo reference. Pencil or pen or tablet -- it doesn't matter what medium. Just get used to the practice of taking a little more time and really focusing on what things really look like, instead of how you think they look. Once you've got an OK handle on that, you can start to stylize however you want. There are plenty of basic anatomy and painting tutorials on dA, and I've got a couple on scenery that should get you started.
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Hey, that's not such a bad idea. I don't want a photorealistic style, but of course I could still learn from photographic reference and then stylize as I please. Thanks!
However, the construction of bodies and such.. How do you learn that from photographic reference? Each photo of a body is different, in a different pose, with a different body build..
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Anatomy is a whole other realm. Tutorials are good, but mostly it's active observation of photos and real people. And drawing anatomy from reference can be very helpful, as you get a better sense of what looks 'right' and what looks 'wrong'.
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I'm getting better at anatomy thanks to some tutorials on DA and a lesson I had over Skype ^^
But I haven't applied photographic reference to anatomy-learning yet. Will try it. Thanks!
However, you said:
"I essentially just looked at a lot of art and tried to do it!"
So in that period.. Did you learn from looking at, and copying the symbols (eyes, mouths, trees, etc) on the artwork, or photographic reference? Or both?
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Well, there were many methods. I began by mixing together reference and imagination. I would use reference for a drawing, and then try one without. The landscape stuff, colouring, and blending all evolved naturally from trying to push my boundaries and looking at other people's art, but the anatomy develops differently. It's more of a conscious, rigorous study.
I have only very rarely used a drawing or painting of a human as reference, only as inspiration. It's important to decide whether you want to get photorealistic or if you like the stylized method, like ~enayla versus =sakimichan . And it's all practice. I would recommend starting with some photo studies or life studies to get a good foundation before moving into a stylized form, but I'm really not a master at humans. I just fiddle with them until they look OK haha.
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I prefer =sakimichan 's style a lot more than ~enayla 's, so I guess i'm going for Stylised
Learning from other drawings' symbols seems a lot less boring to me than photographic reference. I've been using photographic reference for a while now, and i've found that i'm not really learning much. I'm just copying the photo's.. While, when I searched for an image of MetaKnight, was was a 3D model but still could be called a "drawing" in this context because it's conceived from fantasy and built out of shapes.. And I used THAT picture to draw MetaKnight (breaking him into basic shapes and all), I found that afterwards I could draw him again without photographic reference.. because he consisted of basic shapes that were easy to remember. I could even somewhat put him in different poses.
But since that was a drawing, I guess one could say that was learning from symbols.
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Yeah, sakimichan is pretty ballin'.
The only problem with learning stylized is the danger of getting stuck in the style, where you can't improve because you're so used to following a formula. Many beginners do it, especially if they're into anime/manga or other stylized art. The head can also be broken up methodically into spheres, triangles, and rectangles (though that's not the method I prefer). Again, the most important is practice!
Maybe try using another person's painting as reference if you want to learn the stylized method. Make sure that as you go, you can get a family member or someone to honestly let you know how each drawing looks, and have them point out what you need to work on. Critique can be very useful.
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I missed your comment about you having landscape tutorials. Will check them out now
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Ohh! Did you draw this at a regular angle and then rotate it? Or did you draw it at the angle it's at?
Either way, it looks awesome!!
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Drew it at that angle, which is a little tough. It makes the perpendicular rock formations hard to line up
Thanks!
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