Darktiste Sketchbook

[darktiste]

Hey man!

Good start to your sketchbook! I can see that you're putting in the effort to get better and that's all that matters. Now to keep it consistent!!

Alrighty, so, a couple of things I noticed:

Your opening sketches seem to be better in terms of this:


Basically, you're going to want to try your hardest to avoid "chicken scratching", and instead try to draw with more fluid, confident lines. I know how hard this can be, believe me :/ try to keep your position as natural as possible as you grip the pencil/tablet pen and move with your shoulder, arm, wrist:
I did a quick paintover to demonstrate what I mean:

But what's more important in this proportion study is that you're visualising the underlying structure of the form, so the skeleton, muscles etc. Though, this will come over time as you study, don't fret too much :)

I can't tell you, nor can anyone else tell you how you should be gripping your tools in the most comfortable way... it's up to you to experiment and find out :D
but in finding this position and continuously drawing for example gestures from*pixelovely*posespace*quickposes
*(and although not the best in terms of life models lol - the muscle anatomy is pretty useful. I wouldn't recommend doing gestures studies from here though...)posemaniacs
(... though I'm sure you know of a good few of these, in which case sorry ^^; haha)
you will without a doubt improve your technical skills - given you aren't just copying the outline of the models in each photo, but are considering the basic forms (like you stated in your previous post) that make up the human figure three-dimensionally.

For example, the sphere and cylinder!
If you're able to think about these forms as both solid and moldable/squishy in each appropriate context of a pose:

(e.g. whether the figure is tilting/sitting, and the variety of ways the muscles sit in each of these given contexts -- followed by how the skin wraps around these areas etc.), and are able to apply this to your drawings, you'll be able to see not only the human form in a new light, but many other facets of nature differently as well!

Aside from all this, I can't stress enough how important observation from life itself is.
Seeing the models in real life is a completely different experience to studying from photos, as I'm sure you're aware of.
But if you're unable to manage this, try to draw people around you! Portraits, clothed figures or anything lying about!

You need to be constantly thinking and trying to understand how these concepts you're going to be studying applies to the real world.

Keep up the great attitude and work, I hope this helps in at least some way!
And most importantly, have fun with it

i am doing 1min per pose that to early at my stage or not? because it may stress me to do chicken line and like i said i am pretty new to the tablet should i start by tracing over something?Oh and thx to remember me to have fun with it that the best advice