12-19-2014, 06:53 PM
@desirulz123 Thank you for contributing friend! Make yourself comfortable. Good work on that studies! I see you just starting out and all try to give you a few tips.
Study. When doing a study, set yourself a purpose for it first. If you want to get better at doing Armour, DON'T JUST COPY IMAGES FROM THE GOOGLE IMAGE SEARCH. Do a research, gather yourself a nice folder to reference from (Maybe with sub-folders for Time Period, Culture (European, Asian, Arabian) Etc). Study and analyze this photos. Watch a few documentaries, get to the bones of the subject, learn how armor is made, what the purpose of it, how uncomfortable it to carry on you etc. And then practice! When practicing from photo try not to fall on trap of copying it, you wont get better at armor designs by copying photos you'll became better at copying photos. Try to think and analyze what makes Armour. What the surface of it, the material, scratches and little protrusions if its been used a lot, maybe there's rust on the edges, wheres the joints? The surface is shiny and reflected. Royal knights got fancy ornate, shiny new ornate armor. Mere soldier is mostly equipped with an old rusty low metal quality one. Think.
With you figure study ill recommend to try to go along and thorough the Andrew Loomis's books. That books got everything you need, proportions, figure in perspective, human had hands etc. Great guide into drawing for beginners.
What is most important: DONT GET IN LOOP OF JUST STUDYING. 'Cause there is no point of studying if you not using your gained knowledge. You'll drain yourself with endless study's and give up eventually, have fun! Do the things you always wanted to, balance studies with fun personal projects and work. Don't bother too much if you work is not as good compered to other people around, its temporary, if you getting better - you in the right track.
Hope it helps! Again thx for your contribution and keep posting! Its always inspiring to see new people come around and watch them getting better!
Study. When doing a study, set yourself a purpose for it first. If you want to get better at doing Armour, DON'T JUST COPY IMAGES FROM THE GOOGLE IMAGE SEARCH. Do a research, gather yourself a nice folder to reference from (Maybe with sub-folders for Time Period, Culture (European, Asian, Arabian) Etc). Study and analyze this photos. Watch a few documentaries, get to the bones of the subject, learn how armor is made, what the purpose of it, how uncomfortable it to carry on you etc. And then practice! When practicing from photo try not to fall on trap of copying it, you wont get better at armor designs by copying photos you'll became better at copying photos. Try to think and analyze what makes Armour. What the surface of it, the material, scratches and little protrusions if its been used a lot, maybe there's rust on the edges, wheres the joints? The surface is shiny and reflected. Royal knights got fancy ornate, shiny new ornate armor. Mere soldier is mostly equipped with an old rusty low metal quality one. Think.
With you figure study ill recommend to try to go along and thorough the Andrew Loomis's books. That books got everything you need, proportions, figure in perspective, human had hands etc. Great guide into drawing for beginners.
What is most important: DONT GET IN LOOP OF JUST STUDYING. 'Cause there is no point of studying if you not using your gained knowledge. You'll drain yourself with endless study's and give up eventually, have fun! Do the things you always wanted to, balance studies with fun personal projects and work. Don't bother too much if you work is not as good compered to other people around, its temporary, if you getting better - you in the right track.
Hope it helps! Again thx for your contribution and keep posting! Its always inspiring to see new people come around and watch them getting better!