05-29-2014, 06:40 PM
damn, sucks to hear about your hand! really really take care of your hand and wrist. I think if it's starting to hurt like that you should definitely take some _days_ off if you can, really no point injuring yourself over a few days of lost practice. you can still read, observe and practice with your left if necessary. take photos...
does your wrist ever do small involuntary jerking motions when drawing? has it gotten to a point where all of its movements are somewhat like small twitches? if so, you really need to give it a break, and also make sure to always draw _really_ relaxedly and smoothly...
i notice when i get a bit stressed or aren't drawing in a relaxed way that all of my motions become jerky and also subtly frustrating, little tensions build up over time. really important to keep those down!
the other day i was thinking about how drawing on these little pen-tablets isn't very ergonomic. old artists used to always draw on large sheets of A1 sized paper, they didn't spend all their time drawing in tiny sketchbooks, yet with our tablets, no matter how big the painting, our range of motion when drawing is effectively always small and narrow, as if we never moved out of the confines of a small sketchbook.
there is a pretty good app called AntiRSI which chimes you every so often (15mins or so), blocking your screen to force you to give your hands a little stretch, maybe try it out!
http://tech.inhelsinki.nl/antirsi/
must be equivalents for other OSs out there too
ah yeh, and great work on all these studies : ) great work ethic, i love how you break things down. the book cover looks fantastic to me, i agree with pnate's advice too
does your wrist ever do small involuntary jerking motions when drawing? has it gotten to a point where all of its movements are somewhat like small twitches? if so, you really need to give it a break, and also make sure to always draw _really_ relaxedly and smoothly...
i notice when i get a bit stressed or aren't drawing in a relaxed way that all of my motions become jerky and also subtly frustrating, little tensions build up over time. really important to keep those down!
the other day i was thinking about how drawing on these little pen-tablets isn't very ergonomic. old artists used to always draw on large sheets of A1 sized paper, they didn't spend all their time drawing in tiny sketchbooks, yet with our tablets, no matter how big the painting, our range of motion when drawing is effectively always small and narrow, as if we never moved out of the confines of a small sketchbook.
there is a pretty good app called AntiRSI which chimes you every so often (15mins or so), blocking your screen to force you to give your hands a little stretch, maybe try it out!
http://tech.inhelsinki.nl/antirsi/
must be equivalents for other OSs out there too
ah yeh, and great work on all these studies : ) great work ethic, i love how you break things down. the book cover looks fantastic to me, i agree with pnate's advice too
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