12-28-2014, 09:54 AM
Hey man, been having a look and a read through your sketchbook. Looks like you're really serious about this, trying to break things down and try different ways to study - I read somewhere that muscian's say that it's not 'practice makes perfect' but 'perfect practice makes perfect', so I think it's really important to keep checking yourself and how your studying and stuff.
I feel you on the imaginative stuff too, you think if you study the right things it'll just come naturally, but as you've been trying, applying your studies is a whole other area that needs practice as well. Great work with it all man! Some drawings look bad to you, good to others but as long as you make a mental note of what went wrong and try to address it next time you just need to keep doing it and you'll improve.
I wanna say about your injury too, since I had a hand injury a few months ago - put me out of action for a good 6 weeks. From what I understand about RSI and drawing related injuries, without being a doctor or knowing the specifics of your situation, they are mostly caused by holding the pen / pencil too tightly for too long. Someone told me that the pen / pencil should be so loose that someone could easily slap it out of your hand. Recently I forced myself to learn the overhand pencil technique (or violin bow grip or whatever you want to call it), it sucked for about a week, felt like I'd regressed a good year or two but with discipline not switching back to the tripod grip the muscle memory adapts quickly, now I can draw for a long long time without feeling any fatigue or pain since the grip is really natural for holding the pencil lightly. It doesn't work with a tablet but for traditional stuff it's great, plus my drawing is now much much better, more fluid and lively than the tripod grip.
http://scribblesinstitute.com/hot-tip-ge...ur-pencil/
Anyway, sorry to bang on about all that! Just wanted to share : )
Keep up the great work, I'm sure you can hit your 30 page goal ^^
I feel you on the imaginative stuff too, you think if you study the right things it'll just come naturally, but as you've been trying, applying your studies is a whole other area that needs practice as well. Great work with it all man! Some drawings look bad to you, good to others but as long as you make a mental note of what went wrong and try to address it next time you just need to keep doing it and you'll improve.
I wanna say about your injury too, since I had a hand injury a few months ago - put me out of action for a good 6 weeks. From what I understand about RSI and drawing related injuries, without being a doctor or knowing the specifics of your situation, they are mostly caused by holding the pen / pencil too tightly for too long. Someone told me that the pen / pencil should be so loose that someone could easily slap it out of your hand. Recently I forced myself to learn the overhand pencil technique (or violin bow grip or whatever you want to call it), it sucked for about a week, felt like I'd regressed a good year or two but with discipline not switching back to the tripod grip the muscle memory adapts quickly, now I can draw for a long long time without feeling any fatigue or pain since the grip is really natural for holding the pencil lightly. It doesn't work with a tablet but for traditional stuff it's great, plus my drawing is now much much better, more fluid and lively than the tripod grip.
http://scribblesinstitute.com/hot-tip-ge...ur-pencil/
Anyway, sorry to bang on about all that! Just wanted to share : )
Keep up the great work, I'm sure you can hit your 30 page goal ^^