Zombie's Book of Sketches

[ZombieChinchilla]

Hey, thanks so much for the comment, Tristan! Interesting comment, but I gotta say that I kinda disagree, at least on what works best for me. I get what you mean how using the Loomis method for drawing head from life doesn't work too well, but I was drawing those fifty heads to further understand the structure underneath so that when I was to draw them from imagination later, I would be able to do it in a convincing way. I learned how to draw from life by the way you describe way back, and I think I actually have a pretty good handle of it. But when it comes to drawing from imagination, I've found that while looking at a head and drawing I focused more of copying it rather than studying it, so it doesn't transfer over. After years of being able to draw what I see fairly well but not what's in my head, me doing construction drawings is something that's really working. I've tried many methods for heads, too, and Loom's method, as explained by Proko, has probably clicked the best for me. If you look back on page 2 on here, you'll see a bunch of black and white drawings I did for class, all by using the method you explained. I even have a few cast drawings, and I think I can do them at a fairly well level of skill. But like I said, I can't do them from imagination, so that's why I'm doing this method.

Thank you for the comment, though, and if doing that works for you then go for it! But construction is what works for me, so I'm gonna do that. ;)

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Okay, I have some more stuff to post! Sorry for disappearing for a few days there, after I finished my painting on Wednesday, I didn't draw anything else, and then I took the day of on Thursday and Friday. Despite it being such a nice day out (sun! warmth! no rain!!), I took some time to draw. :)


My potions piece is finished!! 1/3 done. I posted this in the critique section, and would love some feedback.


One problem I always have is balancing studies with finished pieces and with fun doodles. So I took some time to draw some Steven Universe characters.




Watched Proko's mannequin video and decided to give it a shot. Both from reference.