08-20-2015, 10:23 AM
insbox: Thanks for the tips, man. Every little bit helps. 
And you're welcome! Hope it helped.
Adam Lina: Ah wow, that video was sorely needed. That'll definitely help apply. And Proko as always is a great choice when figuring stuff out. I do quite long studies as well as these short ones, so hopefully that helps me build. I couldn't even say what my longest study was. Maybe the Nightmare study on page 2. Took me maybe 50+ hours to complete.
I can say that doing those 'master copies' at least helped me with observational skills. My eyes are really great now. I can copy just about anything. Now it's time to learn imagination stuff. I feel like I'm kind of backwards from everyone else. It seems like everyone has all of these great imaginative pieces, but all I have are studies, lol. I don't really want to try anything until I've applied everything adequately, y'know?
crackedskull: Yeah, sounds good to me. I'll try it and see if it helps at all. Hmm... Cool idea. I generally either do graphite, or pen. Haven't tried doing marker over pencil. Should be an interesting experience. Just gotta order some precision markers I guess. Thanks for the tip!
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All right, so I don't really have anything to show at the moment. I've been painting 4 or 5 hours on a gift I just started today. I want it finished for Friday, my dad's birthday. It's going pretty well, and it's actually really fun, too. Too bad I can't show it. Too personal, haha.
But, it's a lesson in colour.
I gotta question for you folks: I've heard it's a really good idea to make short term deadlines that are relatively realistic and attainable.
I was thinking... I'll master the anatomy of the arm and/or hand in a month. What do you think? Is that realistic and/or attainable? If not, what do you think is? 3 months? 6 months? A year?
I figure if I really work at it and focus on this particular aspect, applying to imaginative works and figuring it out, then a month should be no problem, right? If I spend a few hours on it every day?
I wanted to write something like that in death line, but I tend to be kind of idealistic and/or unrealistic, haha.
I'm at 8 hours.
EDIT: Now at 12 hours. No sense in making a new post, since there's nothing really to show. I do have my first deathline, though-- 88 Hand/arm anatomy studies and 88 hand/arm application/imagination. If I get to 88 before 20th of September, I will try to get to 100! Wish me luck!
And you're welcome! Hope it helped.Adam Lina: Ah wow, that video was sorely needed. That'll definitely help apply. And Proko as always is a great choice when figuring stuff out. I do quite long studies as well as these short ones, so hopefully that helps me build. I couldn't even say what my longest study was. Maybe the Nightmare study on page 2. Took me maybe 50+ hours to complete.
I can say that doing those 'master copies' at least helped me with observational skills. My eyes are really great now. I can copy just about anything. Now it's time to learn imagination stuff. I feel like I'm kind of backwards from everyone else. It seems like everyone has all of these great imaginative pieces, but all I have are studies, lol. I don't really want to try anything until I've applied everything adequately, y'know?
crackedskull: Yeah, sounds good to me. I'll try it and see if it helps at all. Hmm... Cool idea. I generally either do graphite, or pen. Haven't tried doing marker over pencil. Should be an interesting experience. Just gotta order some precision markers I guess.
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All right, so I don't really have anything to show at the moment. I've been painting 4 or 5 hours on a gift I just started today. I want it finished for Friday, my dad's birthday. It's going pretty well, and it's actually really fun, too. Too bad I can't show it. Too personal, haha.
But, it's a lesson in colour.
I gotta question for you folks: I've heard it's a really good idea to make short term deadlines that are relatively realistic and attainable.
I was thinking... I'll master the anatomy of the arm and/or hand in a month. What do you think? Is that realistic and/or attainable? If not, what do you think is? 3 months? 6 months? A year?
I figure if I really work at it and focus on this particular aspect, applying to imaginative works and figuring it out, then a month should be no problem, right? If I spend a few hours on it every day?
I wanted to write something like that in death line, but I tend to be kind of idealistic and/or unrealistic, haha.
I'm at 8 hours.
EDIT: Now at 12 hours. No sense in making a new post, since there's nothing really to show. I do have my first deathline, though-- 88 Hand/arm anatomy studies and 88 hand/arm application/imagination. If I get to 88 before 20th of September, I will try to get to 100! Wish me luck!