08-19-2014, 01:08 AM
Hey man, great stuff going on here! You're building your visual library of bugs everytime you do one of these ^^
Definitely get down to that museum and sketch some insects from life - it becomes more of an emotional experience - I find - when you draw like that, you build up a connection with the thing you're drawing which, for me, makes me take more care over it and helps me to remember it better if I want to draw it from imagination.
You may well have seen this video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YFVggG7ajXM
The exercises he teaches towards the end could really help you; drawing shapes then giving them volume with wrapping lines. A lot of insects resemble really clear spheres / ellipsoids / cylindrical legs & antennas etc, all stuck together. Getting an instinctive feel for how those shapes attach and feel in space would really help you to draw insects; like being confident you can always get the legs in the right places on each side even when it's at an angle. I do those exercises all the time.
Good luck man! Keep it up!
Definitely get down to that museum and sketch some insects from life - it becomes more of an emotional experience - I find - when you draw like that, you build up a connection with the thing you're drawing which, for me, makes me take more care over it and helps me to remember it better if I want to draw it from imagination.
You may well have seen this video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YFVggG7ajXM
The exercises he teaches towards the end could really help you; drawing shapes then giving them volume with wrapping lines. A lot of insects resemble really clear spheres / ellipsoids / cylindrical legs & antennas etc, all stuck together. Getting an instinctive feel for how those shapes attach and feel in space would really help you to draw insects; like being confident you can always get the legs in the right places on each side even when it's at an angle. I do those exercises all the time.
Good luck man! Keep it up!