06-13-2023, 08:49 AM
Greetings
It's been some time since my last post. I haven't stopped drawing, though the stuff I'm doing right now would be better described as mark making. I didn't think it'd be terribly interesting to post multiple pages of lines and circles on graph paper, but now that I've practically filled a book with them, I may as well update.
A big part of my struggle for the past while has been less about my technical skill, but increasing the amount of time I draw. A series of unfortunate life issues had served as a strangle on my pursuit of illustration, my full time job also serving as deterrent. It's difficult to gain skill without mileage, and my circumstances and slow drawing speed was making mileage difficult to acquire. So considering this, I double down on doodling lines and circles, adding values and hatching to the daily practice. It is practically a warm up, but it kept my hand going and that was the most important thing for me.
Of course, I drew other things during the time as well, but I'll save those for another post.
It's been some time since my last post. I haven't stopped drawing, though the stuff I'm doing right now would be better described as mark making. I didn't think it'd be terribly interesting to post multiple pages of lines and circles on graph paper, but now that I've practically filled a book with them, I may as well update.
A big part of my struggle for the past while has been less about my technical skill, but increasing the amount of time I draw. A series of unfortunate life issues had served as a strangle on my pursuit of illustration, my full time job also serving as deterrent. It's difficult to gain skill without mileage, and my circumstances and slow drawing speed was making mileage difficult to acquire. So considering this, I double down on doodling lines and circles, adding values and hatching to the daily practice. It is practically a warm up, but it kept my hand going and that was the most important thing for me.
Of course, I drew other things during the time as well, but I'll save those for another post.