05-30-2013, 06:34 PM
Hey florent.
I like your sketchbook, you are doing interesting studies and you work hard. both is great. Also your approach to "learning over quality" is great imho.
your hellboy fanart sketch is really cool, you could try to use those cross-hatching-skills digitally.
I saw that you cross-hatched in the skull studies that are in your first entry and I really like the result.
also your still lifes look good. I like the onion more than the apple, because it's shape is cleaner.
I don't know if you know ctrl+paint, but over there are some great tips on lines, doing studies etc.
just browse through the videos and check out what ever interests you. It helped me a lot.
for the mental-thing. It is hard to do diagnosis and to help from afar, but often it is just an imbalance of resting/working out. your body need to use its energy in order to get new energy. that counts for mental as for physical. the mental exercise can be the painting/studying but don't forget to take breaks and move. there is a great subforum here on crimson daggers, it is called gyms and daggers. head over there and get some inspiration, post up a goal and stick to it.
to me it sounds totally natural if you are super-productive for 2 weeks, that your body and brain get tired and keep you from overdoing it. therefore you are in a "i want to go to hell" mood and don't do stuff. after that you have re-energized enough to start over again.
try for a month to build in breaks in your study routine. for example start the day with a 30 minute workout. eat breakfast. then do studies for 2 hours. get up and stretch. do 1 hour more of studies. eat lunch. rest for 30 min. do 2 hour more studies. get up and stretch. do 2 hour more of studies. take a break. if you are hungry, eat something. and then do some personal work from imagination.
this is not a super finished plan. but it might give you inspiration to plan out your day more in order to get some routine and not over work your body and brain. there are schedules flying around the internet i.e. by dave (rapoza) on how he used to plan his studying. look for those and check them out.
that is all i can say for now. :)
I like your sketchbook, you are doing interesting studies and you work hard. both is great. Also your approach to "learning over quality" is great imho.
your hellboy fanart sketch is really cool, you could try to use those cross-hatching-skills digitally.
I saw that you cross-hatched in the skull studies that are in your first entry and I really like the result.
also your still lifes look good. I like the onion more than the apple, because it's shape is cleaner.
I don't know if you know ctrl+paint, but over there are some great tips on lines, doing studies etc.
just browse through the videos and check out what ever interests you. It helped me a lot.
for the mental-thing. It is hard to do diagnosis and to help from afar, but often it is just an imbalance of resting/working out. your body need to use its energy in order to get new energy. that counts for mental as for physical. the mental exercise can be the painting/studying but don't forget to take breaks and move. there is a great subforum here on crimson daggers, it is called gyms and daggers. head over there and get some inspiration, post up a goal and stick to it.
to me it sounds totally natural if you are super-productive for 2 weeks, that your body and brain get tired and keep you from overdoing it. therefore you are in a "i want to go to hell" mood and don't do stuff. after that you have re-energized enough to start over again.
try for a month to build in breaks in your study routine. for example start the day with a 30 minute workout. eat breakfast. then do studies for 2 hours. get up and stretch. do 1 hour more of studies. eat lunch. rest for 30 min. do 2 hour more studies. get up and stretch. do 2 hour more of studies. take a break. if you are hungry, eat something. and then do some personal work from imagination.
this is not a super finished plan. but it might give you inspiration to plan out your day more in order to get some routine and not over work your body and brain. there are schedules flying around the internet i.e. by dave (rapoza) on how he used to plan his studying. look for those and check them out.
that is all i can say for now. :)