SamSzymSketch

[Samszym]

Thanks for the comments guys!

@Cyp hey, thanks for the link! This guy is definitely good :0 I've been looking at Tom Richmond's blog and picked up his book, planning on digging into that for a few days before sending in the app. I'll do some studies of this dude too!

@foxfire I manage my time really poorly outside school! I
m terrible at building structure for myself, without school or a job or something I really will watch cartoons and play video games. don't be like me DX working on fixing that though. I'm just finishing up my second year taking online classes at TAD, think I'm done with art schooling for now but I really wish i could be in an in-person community of artists
And MLAATR's design rocks so @_@ just picked up the art book and loving the art deco and Fleischer influence, such an awesome example of taking inspiration from sources nobody is looking at to make your art feel fresh.

@Lyr: Thanks! Ya starting to work in pen has been great, working in pencil first was really making me worry and not be free. (but now I never post anything with good construction or solidity...so there's a balance to be found)
I've been using felt tip pens that my dad had around his office, the specific brand is Flair by Papermate and you can get a box of 12 for around $20 on amazon, so they're not super expensive..but more than I'd wanna pay for doodling pens. I'd recommend a felt tip or rollerball, something that's closer to a marker than a nib so you can glide the pen over the paper and make a mark instead of needing to use any pressure. I also sometimes use sumi ink and a watercolor sable brush, harder to control but that's part of the fun.
reward system sounds good...giving myself contained break time should help me not goof off

For today's update, a ton of quick sketches! dang XD need to do more longer clean drawings, realizing that this pile of not portoflio worthy doodles is all I have to show for the week was pretty shocking, I need to be using my time to make actual pieces as well as learn. gotta find my balance :/

last couple images are studies from Jack Davis