07-21-2020, 12:38 AM
@Pubic Enemy - Thank you, I've got some academic training in me so that does explain the 19th century look hehe! Definitely agree about the memory drawing. I'm trying to hold myself accountable and really practice memory drawing. It's lagged behind due to the heavy focus on observational drawing where I used to study, so gotta get those other skills up on par hehe! It's a journey
@Chubby Cat - Hi and thanks! :D I know right... I feel like I'm closer now than I was a year ago, which feels nice. Explore is the way to do it, gotta keep searching until i find it. Thanks for the encouragement, seriously, sometimes I quit before even trying when doing imagination stuff, and that habit has got to go :D
@Xelfereht - Thank you :) It's a tricky balance but it's fun to explore I think. Everything doesn't have to be spelled out, but some things definitely does, and I enjoy looking for that.
Some updates on portraits, most of them are from mind, and i'm trying to just get more intuitive with how the head feels and looks in terms of structure. Used to do some Loomis back in the day and I think some of that still sticks, but some of it has been forgotten (crap) so I'll go back and have another go at it I think. Also a portrait that I've been tinkering away on,
I have to study how the eyes work, especially the far eye that gets forshortened. I've always found those tricky!
@Chubby Cat - Hi and thanks! :D I know right... I feel like I'm closer now than I was a year ago, which feels nice. Explore is the way to do it, gotta keep searching until i find it. Thanks for the encouragement, seriously, sometimes I quit before even trying when doing imagination stuff, and that habit has got to go :D
@Xelfereht - Thank you :) It's a tricky balance but it's fun to explore I think. Everything doesn't have to be spelled out, but some things definitely does, and I enjoy looking for that.
Some updates on portraits, most of them are from mind, and i'm trying to just get more intuitive with how the head feels and looks in terms of structure. Used to do some Loomis back in the day and I think some of that still sticks, but some of it has been forgotten (crap) so I'll go back and have another go at it I think. Also a portrait that I've been tinkering away on,
I have to study how the eyes work, especially the far eye that gets forshortened. I've always found those tricky!