Slink's Sketches [C&C Welcome]

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# Bio, short into (Can be skipped #

Hello guys, i've been doing digital 'painting' on and off for about a year now. I can actually tell you the date I did one of my first proper attempts at digital speed painting it was 11-06-2013. During this last year I have had an on an off relationship with art, quitting when it gets hard and always eventually coming back to it. I figured recently as I keep wanting to come back to it it must be something that is important to me.

I've feel i've matured quite a bit in these last few months mentally and understand myself better and what it is that motivates me and why I react certain ways in certain situations. These revelations have been made clear to me through meditation, which I highly recommend! It really helps me understand why I think the way I do and what I need to change about my thinking if I want to achieve goals.

At the moment I am actively focused on improving myself, understanding fundamentals properly (not just skim-reading and half applying) and my most favourite part responding appropriately to critiques. I really like getting feedback as an extra set of eyes is more helpful than anything - most of the time I know my work doesn't look great, but can't explain why. This is where you guys come in - thanks for all comments in advance, feel free to PM me if you ever want to critique me in private.

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Here's a catch up of some of the things I've been doing in July:





# 30 min study of glass. Not really long enough


# Drawing from imagination. I was quite proud of this one as my imagination is not very strong. 1 hour.


# Practicing my stroke confidence




# 60 second gesture


# Heads from imagination, pre-study


# View from my window. Study from life


# Someone on CA said I should carefully study heads and hands. Starting with heads, loomis obviously:













# Study of lotr still, didn't come out great. Need to spend more time on studies I think.



# Some imaginary heads from just now as a warm up



More to follow.