AfricanVoodoo's Sketchbook

[AfricanVoodoo]

Hello!
 







Ugh, I should be doing these daily but I always prioritize other things than this. This entire set was after one hour, so I should just dedicate one hour to doing at least 5-6 drawings daily. 

(Art): I ultimately prioritized the gesture of the poses but I am still thinking about form and the fat on the figure. I don't like the first one AT ALL because that was pretty much the first thing I drew after doing my warm ups (oh, speaking of, I am still doing circles but in pen and I am doing the connect the dots exercise more too.) and it looks ultra super stiff. I actually winced looking at it when I scanning it. Other than that... I guess these look okay? I dunno, whatever.







Hmm... I remember when I did figure sketches and they were all super clumped up and some drawings fell out of the page because it was too big. Now, I actually (sometimes) think about where to place the figure before drawing it. Like if the figure has their leg stretched to the left, I will plan to draw the figure on the far right of the page. I dunno how I developed this, but I am glad I did because I hated when that happens.

(Art): Some warm-up figure sketches that I did the other day. I am certain that the first two pages are from reference while the last ones is from memory. The third one is probably a mix of the two. These are the warm ups I should do before the actual figure drawings. I think that'll get me fired up to draw some ladies.




(Art): I dunno why, I just picked up a fine tipped Sharpie and started sketching heads with very little construction. If I was going to do that, I should start exploring shapes and ways to construct the head with said shapes. Oh, and I watched Sinix's video on cleaning up your sketches and making them presentable so that inspired the second image. Remind me to not put tiny drawings in the edit anymore because I hate how I did it here. I should of just put in some tiny sketches but leave them out of the sharpie area, Save the space for bigger head drawings. Well, this was my first time doing shit like this so...






(Art): Some character sketches and exploration plus another edit that I tried to do on Photoshop. Looks better than the first one but only because there are no tiny sketches. I also dabbled in expressions to see if I am still shit at it. Ehhhh, I see a little progress but I STILL don't like my expressions. They are just not good enough for me honestly. With this image, I overdid the exaggeration part while shoving the form of the head away. Ugghh, gotta keep on going...



(Art): A thumbnail I did while I was doing the character sketches... I thought it was cute.

Overall, this was a shitty week because I was so unproductive and I only did dumb sketches all week long. I was also designing Arron's backpack that he carries around during the story of Steam Soul and it SHOULD NOT be taking so long to design but because I am still looking for a job and just pure laziness overtaking me,  I did not get anything done and I am so mad about that. Time to not be a shithead.


Clip Studio Paint

 I got Clip Studio Paint because I luckily went on their website while a sale was going on! I got this shit for 25 dollars (apparently others got it for $15, lucky) and it is AMAZING! There is a pencil brush that astonishingly look like an actual pencil and it looks so natural. When you crop the canvas, it actually shows a preview of what parts is going to be kept/added/removed and I gasped so loudly. When you want to make a straight line with the Shift button, it also shows a preview of where that line is going to go and it makes it so much easier to just draw on that program. 

   If I find more things that are amazing with this program, I might have to just kick Photoshop off the curb because linework and line-dependent art is the way to go for me. Alright, maybe not kick off the curb because I still use it for a lot of things but it is tempting because that subscription shit is getting on my nerves.

Here are some of the things I did:



(Ew, this one is so blurry.)


I didn't do major shit but I am trying to get used to the software. I give it two thumbs up!