01-13-2016, 04:11 PM
Hey man, nice sketchbook you got there. I have some suggestion after reading your thread, mainly about motivation I would say.
1st, for your gesture, I think you are going in a good direction. Personally, I try to capture the energy first and then put down the volumes (cylinders). Like someone says earlier, you can take more time for your gesture if you need it to analyse the pose better. You can also don't limit yourself to contour lines, go watch some glenn vilppu video on gesture, he's a beast about energy and flow of the figure.
2nd, I personally ''like'' when I am failing at drawing from imagination because that way I can analyse what I don't like about the crappy drawing and try again until I am somewhat happy about it. And on the same notes when I get frustrated about it try to use that energy into your drawing, like some else said, when this happen I know my drawing are going to be F*** crappy so I just put on some metal or hardcore music and go with it. I would say it is better to be frustrated than to not give a shit about it. Use that desire to draw better at your advantage.
Finally, books are good, but the world is better. When you are studying the world (from life or photo) you can give your own interpretation and how you see it.
So yeh hope this is helpful, or sorry if it sounds like bs :)
edit : nce read : https://www.facebook.com/s0r3n/posts/10206560760071644
1st, for your gesture, I think you are going in a good direction. Personally, I try to capture the energy first and then put down the volumes (cylinders). Like someone says earlier, you can take more time for your gesture if you need it to analyse the pose better. You can also don't limit yourself to contour lines, go watch some glenn vilppu video on gesture, he's a beast about energy and flow of the figure.
2nd, I personally ''like'' when I am failing at drawing from imagination because that way I can analyse what I don't like about the crappy drawing and try again until I am somewhat happy about it. And on the same notes when I get frustrated about it try to use that energy into your drawing, like some else said, when this happen I know my drawing are going to be F*** crappy so I just put on some metal or hardcore music and go with it. I would say it is better to be frustrated than to not give a shit about it. Use that desire to draw better at your advantage.
Finally, books are good, but the world is better. When you are studying the world (from life or photo) you can give your own interpretation and how you see it.
So yeh hope this is helpful, or sorry if it sounds like bs :)
edit : nce read : https://www.facebook.com/s0r3n/posts/10206560760071644