Darktiste Sketchbook

[bruhsuv]

You should stop relying on the symmetry tool, it's only robbing you of more mileage and knowledge. Also you really need to focus on building up forms properly as even your 3/4 view looks like just a very flat and stiff outline.

You keep circling back to this thought process of "wasting time" on learning the fundamentals. I don't know where you're getting this from. The way you speak always sounds to me as though you really do not enjoy drawing, its actually a little bizarre. You can't expect to be a costume designer (or any sort of designer for that matter) without understanding the forms underneath the designs.

Let's try to put it into perspective another way. There are thousands of artists all studying the fundamentals, properly, right now. Some are right here on these forums. They're all looking to fill the same jobs you are. What makes you think you can skip over the basics and get hired over them? Flat out truth is, you cannot. You have to accept that learning the fundamentals is not a waste of time, it is mandatory.

I know most people will try and say not to compare yourself to others and it's mostly true. However if you're seeking employment as a professional artist you really have no choice to as these people are, quite frankly, your competition.