02-25-2025, 10:08 PM
There is no real magic wand. As long as you identify some area to improve on and practice solution that can help fix the issue you are doing great. Some people are to bias to even see the flaw in there work so you can be lucky you got eye and an honest hearth this is already stopping many who are shackle by an ego.
The thing you can practice is certainly simplification as you said the concept of turning complex object into simple geometric. Finding the subject matter is often the biggest problem. The rest is simply understanding what geometric shape make the most sense to use as the ''place holder'' this topic really rely on observing and decision making it really depend what you choose to draw on that particular session. But let say you choose for whatever reason to draw tube connected to a tube it not really logical to choose a serie of sphere to simplify that group objet but you could certainly use a bunch of rectangle box to help you draw cylinder. it just about what would be logical choose really not using to many shape to describe thing at first. My advise for this type of study is to take picture from new paper like let say a car ads and to just think about what are the ''big shape'' you see.Try to visualize a chair for example what would you use to create the most basic chair. Then you move to more complex subject from session to session.
Don't be surprise by foreshortening it certainly not a easy subject matter.I don't have any particular advise for you on that apart execept learning from comic book master they are really the champion of dynamic gesture and foreshortening.
It hard to give you any specific advise because you don't work with a ''method'' or a specific tutor so my advise is find a ''simplification school'' basically the approach that use by a master to simplify the body into simple geometric solid. This way you can have a consistent ''approach'' at least for the human body. Object and scene are more a per case problem as they come in a infinite amount of simple to complex.
Some of the stuff i am saying is ''pretty obvious'' like if you struggle with proportion well be willing to expand the range of body type you draw and study from... if you don't study them you can't reach in your experience bag to draw them convincingly...
For perspective there is really no secret. Know the rule play by the rule. Practice practice practice .But also practice drawing in perspective in a very simple to complex fashion otherwise it overwhelmingly complex. Plotting everything in perspective is not the point being able to estimate will certainly help alot but that come with a great deal of experience. There is no point to learn how to draw a cathedral if you can't draw a cube. Here simplification is really a big plus but it won't be necessary as you will eventually rely more on visualization and visually measuring.
You basically struggle with thing you probably shouldn't be dealing with right now to put it simply because you which to be at a point where your skill are just not at right now not because of arrogance but because you want to draw comic which is a very complex topic and require alot of different fundamental to properly render. But you simple leak the experience of doing and probably the theory that make it possible.
Be patient and work smart and work consistently at it.
The best thing you really can do for yourself right now is show your work and voice what you find difficult atleast this give you a journal of your thought that you can revaluate as you go. But most important establish a short term plan and execute the plan by creating or gathering exercise that are relevant to answers your specific issue.
The thing you can practice is certainly simplification as you said the concept of turning complex object into simple geometric. Finding the subject matter is often the biggest problem. The rest is simply understanding what geometric shape make the most sense to use as the ''place holder'' this topic really rely on observing and decision making it really depend what you choose to draw on that particular session. But let say you choose for whatever reason to draw tube connected to a tube it not really logical to choose a serie of sphere to simplify that group objet but you could certainly use a bunch of rectangle box to help you draw cylinder. it just about what would be logical choose really not using to many shape to describe thing at first. My advise for this type of study is to take picture from new paper like let say a car ads and to just think about what are the ''big shape'' you see.Try to visualize a chair for example what would you use to create the most basic chair. Then you move to more complex subject from session to session.
Don't be surprise by foreshortening it certainly not a easy subject matter.I don't have any particular advise for you on that apart execept learning from comic book master they are really the champion of dynamic gesture and foreshortening.
It hard to give you any specific advise because you don't work with a ''method'' or a specific tutor so my advise is find a ''simplification school'' basically the approach that use by a master to simplify the body into simple geometric solid. This way you can have a consistent ''approach'' at least for the human body. Object and scene are more a per case problem as they come in a infinite amount of simple to complex.
Some of the stuff i am saying is ''pretty obvious'' like if you struggle with proportion well be willing to expand the range of body type you draw and study from... if you don't study them you can't reach in your experience bag to draw them convincingly...
For perspective there is really no secret. Know the rule play by the rule. Practice practice practice .But also practice drawing in perspective in a very simple to complex fashion otherwise it overwhelmingly complex. Plotting everything in perspective is not the point being able to estimate will certainly help alot but that come with a great deal of experience. There is no point to learn how to draw a cathedral if you can't draw a cube. Here simplification is really a big plus but it won't be necessary as you will eventually rely more on visualization and visually measuring.
You basically struggle with thing you probably shouldn't be dealing with right now to put it simply because you which to be at a point where your skill are just not at right now not because of arrogance but because you want to draw comic which is a very complex topic and require alot of different fundamental to properly render. But you simple leak the experience of doing and probably the theory that make it possible.
Be patient and work smart and work consistently at it.
The best thing you really can do for yourself right now is show your work and voice what you find difficult atleast this give you a journal of your thought that you can revaluate as you go. But most important establish a short term plan and execute the plan by creating or gathering exercise that are relevant to answers your specific issue.