10-03-2015, 07:11 AM
@LindieDB, Welcome, I am glad to have helped you into the art game. Well done on drumming up the courage to post, GO you! Just keep going, and always remember why you enjoy the process of creating art, and you'll be fine!
@wasgodx: Hey man, good start,. I'm basically really after a clear "read" for the image. I need to know what is going on, the depth, the perspective and what I'm looking at without any explanation. So far, I am not getting a very clear idea of the perspecive in your post and what things are so think about how to show that off. Also, I didn't mention, be sparing in your use of pure black and white this time. It makes it simpler for notan, but not great for realistic pieces.
How you create your shapes is up to you, I find it easier to block them in with a large brush first and then refine, but if you want to sketch and then fill in that's fine. The demo was just a way I do it, you don't have to do it exactly this way.
@wasgodx: Hey man, good start,. I'm basically really after a clear "read" for the image. I need to know what is going on, the depth, the perspective and what I'm looking at without any explanation. So far, I am not getting a very clear idea of the perspecive in your post and what things are so think about how to show that off. Also, I didn't mention, be sparing in your use of pure black and white this time. It makes it simpler for notan, but not great for realistic pieces.
How you create your shapes is up to you, I find it easier to block them in with a large brush first and then refine, but if you want to sketch and then fill in that's fine. The demo was just a way I do it, you don't have to do it exactly this way.