drifter93's sketchbook

[drifter93]

I actually think the cross-hatching exercise is a really good idea. I'm not great at cross-hatching myself, but I really love old engravings. It's amazing how they were able to make such fine gradations using only curved lines. Two things I've observed about the traditional cross-hatching is that

1. the lines cross at the diagonal, not perpindicular. In other words, you're doing it like + sign, whereas the master does it like an X over the form.

2. The lines have to be really close together and evenly spaced in order for the illusion of shading to work. Yours are too far apart.

In other news, the recent figure drawings (of the man, digital) look pretty good. I like how you are able to show each body part as a 3D form and how it's going back or coming forward in space like the bottom left drawing. But be more careful about proportions, too. There's no reason why you can't capture the pose in basic forms AND have it be accurate at the same time, though it will take some patience.

Thank you for the feedback! I think I was being too impatient with the cross hatching and figure drawings, I should be more careful to take the time I need so they look correct. I assume it is better to draw 15 proportioned figures than draw 100 incorrectly proportioned ones.