10-06-2013, 10:19 AM
I've been doing a fair amount of work, just not much of the actual...working thing. Rather, I've been collecting resources (videos/tutorials, websites, etc), but not doing much actual drawing.
It's probably a mix of being lazy/having fear (mostly the latter). For some reason I'm still afraid to fail and make crappy drawings, but that's kind of the whole point of improving. I should be eager to fail, so hopefully someone can point out what I'm doing wrong, or maybe have an idea myself.
I don't think it's entirely for nothing though - I'm taking the time to learn all the skeletal landmarks of the body, as well as anatomy. I'm taking existing pictures and mapping where all the visible skeletal landmarks/anatomy are, and it's helping me figure things out and what to look for. I think it'll help a lot when I really jump into figure drawings.
That said, I did make a crappy digital painting of another apple. Bit off more than I could chew with this one.
I'm wondering if someone can help me figure out how to render out all the gritty details of the apple on the left? I was only using one brush (out of the three from ctrl+paint), and I figure I'd need to use a new brush, do a textured brush, or a differently shaped one. That and it probably would've just taken a lot of time.
It's probably a mix of being lazy/having fear (mostly the latter). For some reason I'm still afraid to fail and make crappy drawings, but that's kind of the whole point of improving. I should be eager to fail, so hopefully someone can point out what I'm doing wrong, or maybe have an idea myself.
I don't think it's entirely for nothing though - I'm taking the time to learn all the skeletal landmarks of the body, as well as anatomy. I'm taking existing pictures and mapping where all the visible skeletal landmarks/anatomy are, and it's helping me figure things out and what to look for. I think it'll help a lot when I really jump into figure drawings.
That said, I did make a crappy digital painting of another apple. Bit off more than I could chew with this one.
I'm wondering if someone can help me figure out how to render out all the gritty details of the apple on the left? I was only using one brush (out of the three from ctrl+paint), and I figure I'd need to use a new brush, do a textured brush, or a differently shaped one. That and it probably would've just taken a lot of time.