Greatdictators Sketchbook

[Greatdictator]

You've got some epic feedback here so far. I remember being at this point years ago...I'm basically going to tell you what I wish I could tell myself back in 8th grade haha.

-Draw from life as MUCH as possible. Strive not only to replicate, but to understand.

-Don't use lines for everything, think in terms of marks, accents, shapes, edges and values.

-Research the kind of stuff that ateliers do and aim to replicate their exercises.

Do these and I can pretty much guarantee exponential growth in your abilities to draw whatever your want convincingly. Best of luck!

Im not fully sure i understand what you mean by no lines for everything . Like i know that for something like a nose its prefferable to use shadeing instead of lineart unless you mean dont use lineart for like the ending stages when you are shadeing it and everything . but i do understand i hope anyways what you mean by shapes.

And when you say understand what exactly do you mean ?

(im sorry if im questioning very basic stuff here but i just want to make sure i understand what it is your saying)

The last one is pretty self explanatory though :p