AfricanVoodoo's Sketchbook

[AfricanVoodoo]

Yo, yo, yo guys! Now that I know a more consistent way of uploading digital art here, hopefully, I can start to upload more and more now.

So... I got another problem afoot on my art journey. The fundamentals. I feel like I am going way too fast . There is Perspective, Form, Anatomy, Value, Light and Color, Proportion, Gestures, etc. But I feel like I have the basics of Anatomy, Proportions and Gestures since I draw way too much humans for my own good, but everything else is absent in my mind.

I honestly do not know where to start with Form studies, is it just drawing wireframes around a still life? (I think it is). I do not shade my sketches as much as I should, nor do I do value studies on anything. And I do not use color that much either for me to study it... sigh.



So you know what I am going to do? I am going to reach out to other art communities and I am going to get some critiques on my studies on the fundamentals. Mainly on a reddit page for the website Draw A Box, a website handled by an independent dude named Uncomfortable who pretty much teaches you the most basic of drawing, like linework and drawing forms. He used to take free critiques but now they are a Patreon reward and I have to get critiques from the community. WHICH IS FANTASTIC, getting multiple responses from different people instead of just one person is so awesome.

I mean, I won't get some fundamentals down like Color, Light, and Value since he does not go through those but I have more communities out there to help me out in that!

I am trying to cheer myself up because I am honestly scared that I will never get, AT LEAST, a commission that involves drawing. I am scared that I have to go into something entirely different that involves me to completely disown drawing. I don't want that to happen to me, which means I have to train up and be known!! (But still have fun since I feel like I am taking drawing too seriously, time to loosen up.)

Another thing is ... I might start a YouTube channel. I dunno, I could document my thoughts and show the world how much of a goof I am. Some could be about drawing, most will be about my life experiences and stuff since I think I am a """"""""""""good"""""""""""""""" storyteller, so why not? We'll see when I have time.

Till next time! Bye now!