05-22-2018, 09:10 AM
Hey, DESQUOLOR. Thanks for stopping by my sketchbook, thought I'd return the favor.
A few things to try/think about:
Right now what you're doing w/ hair in the portraits could still be simplified more. Possibly this is only due to time restraints or not taking these images to a total finish, but just in case. Decide before hand if you're doing a study where you're copying the reference image or if you're doing it more as an artist, in which case you design, not copy. Artist is to reference/reality/imagination as a chef is to raw meat. We're 'preparing' what we see, alter it to fit our needs. Check out Proko's vid on hair. And check out this guy's portraits, see how design can be pushed: https://funkymonkey1945.deviantart.com/g...?catpath=/
You have a note on your image to use forms, but I'm not sure you've unlocked the sense that drawing is a 3D modeling program yet. I have taken breaks from drawing and come back, gained and lost this sense repeatedly. What I do to get it back is to draw boxes and shapes in space a ton, both from reference and without, until it just clicks, and suddenly looking at a blank page is like looking into space. Maybe this will work for you. Here's the type of thing I would draw, and then try to do the same without ref: https://i.imgur.com/huS2TA2.png
Could also be good to simply draw cubes in a circle, that kind of deal. Anyway, hope there's something useful there!
A few things to try/think about:
Right now what you're doing w/ hair in the portraits could still be simplified more. Possibly this is only due to time restraints or not taking these images to a total finish, but just in case. Decide before hand if you're doing a study where you're copying the reference image or if you're doing it more as an artist, in which case you design, not copy. Artist is to reference/reality/imagination as a chef is to raw meat. We're 'preparing' what we see, alter it to fit our needs. Check out Proko's vid on hair. And check out this guy's portraits, see how design can be pushed: https://funkymonkey1945.deviantart.com/g...?catpath=/
You have a note on your image to use forms, but I'm not sure you've unlocked the sense that drawing is a 3D modeling program yet. I have taken breaks from drawing and come back, gained and lost this sense repeatedly. What I do to get it back is to draw boxes and shapes in space a ton, both from reference and without, until it just clicks, and suddenly looking at a blank page is like looking into space. Maybe this will work for you. Here's the type of thing I would draw, and then try to do the same without ref: https://i.imgur.com/huS2TA2.png
Could also be good to simply draw cubes in a circle, that kind of deal. Anyway, hope there's something useful there!