Nigelpik's sketchbook

[nigelpik]

For sure, darktiste, I have used reference for all drawings above, as is recommended by the drawabox website. However, they ended up looking too cartoony. I think the problem is that the amount and level of detail is too low, and also I was kinda rushing them and didn't took my time to properly study and capture the texture.

I decided that the better approach going forward would be to take my time and focus on each individual chest and make them look good, rather than knocking out a bunch in a single day. Thus, from this point on I will aim to finish 2 to 4 chests in a day, so it will take me several weeks to wrap up the challenge. Of course, I will be doing some sketches and drawings on the side, so two chests a day would not be the only thing I draw. I may or may not post them.

So, here are today's two chests, no undos and no erasing, as always:



And here are the reference I used:






I tried to redo my stone chest and than make a metallic one.

Main thing that I noted while doing the stone chest is that I should be using straight rather than wiggly lines. Unevenness of the surface should be indicated via line weight. I also didn't have direction of the light planned from the beginning, so it's all over the place. Newbie mistake. I may redo this chest later once again in order to fix it.

Next I tried the iron chest. I messed up the pattern at the front, before I understood how you're supposed to draw it. Overall, I think the first attempt ended up being a failure. I'm still not quite sure how you can show matte surfaces like in this reference with a simple drawing. Even if I redid it now, I wouldn't know how to improve it apart from not messing up the pattern. I guess, that's the main thing.

And, that's it for today. I will try to do more and post them tomorrow. Chests are not fun, by the way, but I'm definitely learning a lot.