06-30-2015, 12:00 AM
I also don't really do a lot of studies. Mostly I learn from my imagination stuff. Doesn't mean I haven't done them when needed, but the vast majority of my learning comes from doing pieces, not grinding studies. My first year on the game was pretty much just speedpaint after speedpaint.
Having said that I did notice how quickly life drawing helped all aspects of my work improve, so I am a big fan and advocate of that and still lifes.
One time I grinded out 3 months of nothing but studies, at the end of which I realised I probably didn't need them as much in the way I was doing it. But then recently I have had to face my character hatred, and so the studies are coming out again.
Having said that I did notice how quickly life drawing helped all aspects of my work improve, so I am a big fan and advocate of that and still lifes.
One time I grinded out 3 months of nothing but studies, at the end of which I realised I probably didn't need them as much in the way I was doing it. But then recently I have had to face my character hatred, and so the studies are coming out again.