06-29-2014, 04:03 AM
Hey Pictomancer, awesome work so far. I can see you're really dedicated to this so keep working at it.
As for some of the things your struggling with, first off, don't worry that much about it. Over time the way you work will change and morph into something that is more than likely completely different from how you work now. Like with the angular vs. curved lines, don't stress about it. Really, just remember it doesn't matter how you start an image, just the finished product is what matters.
But the reason why you're sticking with angular lines instead of curved seems more like a lack of confidence in what you're drawing. You mentioned before how you feel more confident with faces than with anatomy and that's just going to take practice. A lot of it. The IFX magazine anatomy is good but I really recommend investing (or downloading if you're low on money right now) in Michael Hampton's anatomy book. It's incredibly useful and breaks down each part of the body into large forms and then each part of the body part into forms as well. Confident lines will come with confidence in what you're drawing, so if you know the forms or shapes of something well then that will more than likely shine through with your lines.
Also try to stick to pen, it's gonna be a bitch to work with but it'll force you to think more. Not just in studies but in your imagination work. There's less room for covering up mistakes so you have to think back to how certain muscles work or what facial features you just studied.
Now for getting more confident with painting you really just need to paint more. Try to challenge yourself by not starting a painting with a sketch and just go straight to blocking in with paint and work from there. It'll be super hard and frustrating at first but just remember that it's a study, it doesn't need to look perfect for everyone on here, you just need to show us you learned something from it.
You're rocking it so far though so just keep it up :)
EDIT:
For your latest image that you're working on the poses seem really stiff right now. I think it might be the lack of confidence in painting the construction of the body, so try watching this video below and then do some gesture drawings for awhile. Do it with the least lines as you possibly can to describe the movement and apply that to your figures. Also try building the construction of the figure on top of the gesture.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=74HR59yF...2fwOxR6Zn6
As for some of the things your struggling with, first off, don't worry that much about it. Over time the way you work will change and morph into something that is more than likely completely different from how you work now. Like with the angular vs. curved lines, don't stress about it. Really, just remember it doesn't matter how you start an image, just the finished product is what matters.
But the reason why you're sticking with angular lines instead of curved seems more like a lack of confidence in what you're drawing. You mentioned before how you feel more confident with faces than with anatomy and that's just going to take practice. A lot of it. The IFX magazine anatomy is good but I really recommend investing (or downloading if you're low on money right now) in Michael Hampton's anatomy book. It's incredibly useful and breaks down each part of the body into large forms and then each part of the body part into forms as well. Confident lines will come with confidence in what you're drawing, so if you know the forms or shapes of something well then that will more than likely shine through with your lines.
Also try to stick to pen, it's gonna be a bitch to work with but it'll force you to think more. Not just in studies but in your imagination work. There's less room for covering up mistakes so you have to think back to how certain muscles work or what facial features you just studied.
Now for getting more confident with painting you really just need to paint more. Try to challenge yourself by not starting a painting with a sketch and just go straight to blocking in with paint and work from there. It'll be super hard and frustrating at first but just remember that it's a study, it doesn't need to look perfect for everyone on here, you just need to show us you learned something from it.
You're rocking it so far though so just keep it up :)
EDIT:
For your latest image that you're working on the poses seem really stiff right now. I think it might be the lack of confidence in painting the construction of the body, so try watching this video below and then do some gesture drawings for awhile. Do it with the least lines as you possibly can to describe the movement and apply that to your figures. Also try building the construction of the figure on top of the gesture.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=74HR59yF...2fwOxR6Zn6