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tomasoverbai In reply to Thnoman [2014-07-29 21:44:26 +0000 UTC]

Try starting from big shapes to small shapes.  Dont work on all details to the drawing until the very end.  Work the entire piece at once.  Sometimes when artists focus on small portions of the drawing they lose the whole thing because portions of it might be over rendered and not relate to other parts of the drawing.  By working with large shapes you can refine them early and avoid heartbreak later when you have spent hours on an eye that needs to move over a quarter inch.  But that quarter inch could mean everything. Likeness is weird, you can lose it and get it and lose it again so fast. 

Since most of my drawings go online at a certain point I will just stop the pencil drawing early, bring it into photoshop and move the eye with a quick cut and paste.  Its all practice.  The more you draw the better you will get.   

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tomasoverbai In reply to Thnoman [2014-07-29 21:37:56 +0000 UTC]

mmmmm biscuits.  

The secret is I only post the drawings that work and never show anyone but my waste basket all the shitty failed drawings I do.  

  

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Thnoman In reply to tomasoverbai [2014-07-31 11:03:44 +0000 UTC]

Cool. Thanks a butt tonne for the advice. It really helped move my drawing along. I never really appreciated before just how much you can do in photoshop / digitally. Even having the reference picture next to the drawing on the same screens makes loads of difference. I've been crouching over a shiny kindle fire, trying to keep it in shadow to see the detail while trying to keep my paper in good light to see my work. On the same screen that whole problem is eliminated. I did what you recommended and moved the drawing to PC early and then moved bits around to get the right shape. It kind of goes back to what you were talking about with having less attachment to the picture. I wasn't so afraid in photoshop cos I knew I could undo my lines, so I felt freer and worked better! Thanks man

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tomasoverbai In reply to Thnoman [2014-07-31 17:40:23 +0000 UTC]

I used to think using digital somehow cheapened the drawing but that's just my ego talking. Use whatever tools are at your disposal to create art.  Digital is another tool to use when appropriate.

I still have to start all my drawings on a piece of actual paper and then move into digital. I render my drawing a bit more traditionally so I have an original piece to sell at my convention tables. And the digital image gets a print. 

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