02-22-2015, 04:35 AM
Patrick-Thank you for the advice. I guess what I meant was if I was being thorough enough, I was worried that what I was doing was too simple and not properly analysing the forms.
Valve Gear-Exactly, that's why I believe that there is much an illustration can convey than a photograph, not so much through detail but the reduction of it. Thank you, my lines do need a bit of work, so I'll make sure to get onto that.
Meat-Yes, hopefully I can get to the point where it doesn't require as much effort. Thank you!
Agverkist-Thanks a lot man. To answer your question, yes, I have looked into Scott Robertson's How to Draw book. In fact, as you will see from what I've attached to this post, I've been practicing working with it a bit more.
As just mentioned, I have decided to have another attempt at working with Scott Robertson's book. I felt pretty intimidated by some of the exercises in the book, hence the reason I shied away from it for a while. Thankfully, JyonnyNovice was very kind and helped me out by working with me in the hangout, which has helped elevate my understanding a bit more. Below is some samples of sketches in which I have practiced some of the exercises from the 3rd chapter of the book. Yes, I know Robertson advises you to draw with pen rather than pencil when plotting lines, so I will make sure to do that in future. I also have a number of sketches from observation, in which I attempted to analyse the forms of my subjects.
![[Image: QanNllUh.jpg]](http://i.imgur.com/QanNllUh.jpg)
![[Image: luxvwf0.jpg]](http://i.imgur.com/luxvwf0.jpg)
Also, here's a silly doodle I inked, in which I attempted to draw a subject by plotting the basic 3D shapes first.
Valve Gear-Exactly, that's why I believe that there is much an illustration can convey than a photograph, not so much through detail but the reduction of it. Thank you, my lines do need a bit of work, so I'll make sure to get onto that.
Meat-Yes, hopefully I can get to the point where it doesn't require as much effort. Thank you!
Agverkist-Thanks a lot man. To answer your question, yes, I have looked into Scott Robertson's How to Draw book. In fact, as you will see from what I've attached to this post, I've been practicing working with it a bit more.
As just mentioned, I have decided to have another attempt at working with Scott Robertson's book. I felt pretty intimidated by some of the exercises in the book, hence the reason I shied away from it for a while. Thankfully, JyonnyNovice was very kind and helped me out by working with me in the hangout, which has helped elevate my understanding a bit more. Below is some samples of sketches in which I have practiced some of the exercises from the 3rd chapter of the book. Yes, I know Robertson advises you to draw with pen rather than pencil when plotting lines, so I will make sure to do that in future. I also have a number of sketches from observation, in which I attempted to analyse the forms of my subjects.
Also, here's a silly doodle I inked, in which I attempted to draw a subject by plotting the basic 3D shapes first.