02-08-2014, 05:00 PM
@monkeybread- Yes yes, muddycolors is a wonderful blog! I read the thumbnailing post when I was working on my image. Oh, and I followed you on facebook long loooooong ago! I would ask for the same in return, but naaaah hahaha my art isn't worth following at the moment.
Update: sketches from imagination; trying to figure out things on my own by drawing, finding mistakes and correcting those mistakes instead of studying from books and other references online...copying anatomy perfectly from a book isn't the same as building/drawing a body from your braaaaains. Screwing up and rectifying your own images, in my opinion, speeds up the learning process and helps make information stick. This I think this applies to other fundamentals and areas of study too. Copying is good at improving observational skills, however, if you want to know how to CREATE an image from your brain without using references, one must practice CREATING: forming an idea in your brain and translating that onto a paper. For this very reason, I think this is why some people who start sketching at a younger age and continue drawing well into their adult life and don't "study" often are beasts at drawing and painting.
That being said, I'm going to have to say that anatomy is indeed my comfort zone... :l That's all I draw whenever I sketch hahaha muscle dudes in somewhat dynamic stances. Whenever I deviate from that, and try to draw a dude with clothing, my drawings look stiff. SOOOOO, I'm going to study design really REALLY fucking hard next week so in time, I can couple strong design with my anatomy dudes from imagination. Off the DOME.
I want to improve my anatomy skill so much more though toooooo: I want to focus on more accurate proportions, different types of bodies, and more dynamic poses.
Yeah... my drawinzzz:
Update: sketches from imagination; trying to figure out things on my own by drawing, finding mistakes and correcting those mistakes instead of studying from books and other references online...copying anatomy perfectly from a book isn't the same as building/drawing a body from your braaaaains. Screwing up and rectifying your own images, in my opinion, speeds up the learning process and helps make information stick. This I think this applies to other fundamentals and areas of study too. Copying is good at improving observational skills, however, if you want to know how to CREATE an image from your brain without using references, one must practice CREATING: forming an idea in your brain and translating that onto a paper. For this very reason, I think this is why some people who start sketching at a younger age and continue drawing well into their adult life and don't "study" often are beasts at drawing and painting.
That being said, I'm going to have to say that anatomy is indeed my comfort zone... :l That's all I draw whenever I sketch hahaha muscle dudes in somewhat dynamic stances. Whenever I deviate from that, and try to draw a dude with clothing, my drawings look stiff. SOOOOO, I'm going to study design really REALLY fucking hard next week so in time, I can couple strong design with my anatomy dudes from imagination. Off the DOME.
I want to improve my anatomy skill so much more though toooooo: I want to focus on more accurate proportions, different types of bodies, and more dynamic poses.
Yeah... my drawinzzz: