07-24-2013, 08:56 PM
Heya!
Nice to see you varying by doing studies and work from mind, just keep doing what you're doing with anatomy and it's gonna rule and..yea, you know the drill xD
I think a nice way to go about studying art is to think of it a bit like a math problem: You could look up the right answer and copy that, and sure, it will look right but you have no idea why X = Z or whatever xD You never actually solved the problem. So avoid tracing stuff and rather try to understand why the object looks like it does. It's easy to get stuck just copying shapes and never really learn about their function. I thought about writing down some more examples and metaphours but I'll spare you that hah.
As for tips on shading characters, there's no best way to go about it, as in using different tools or starting from dark and working towards light. You have to learn how light works and interacts with different materials. Here's a nice tutorial btw, it covers a lot of things but doesn't dwell too long on any subject. Sometimes it's nice to keep it short. http://androidarts.com/art_tut.htm
Nice to see you varying by doing studies and work from mind, just keep doing what you're doing with anatomy and it's gonna rule and..yea, you know the drill xD
I think a nice way to go about studying art is to think of it a bit like a math problem: You could look up the right answer and copy that, and sure, it will look right but you have no idea why X = Z or whatever xD You never actually solved the problem. So avoid tracing stuff and rather try to understand why the object looks like it does. It's easy to get stuck just copying shapes and never really learn about their function. I thought about writing down some more examples and metaphours but I'll spare you that hah.
As for tips on shading characters, there's no best way to go about it, as in using different tools or starting from dark and working towards light. You have to learn how light works and interacts with different materials. Here's a nice tutorial btw, it covers a lot of things but doesn't dwell too long on any subject. Sometimes it's nice to keep it short. http://androidarts.com/art_tut.htm