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You seem to have found your answer, just experiment xD.
But I guess have you tried looking more into the more abstract ideas in art? Like contrast, composition and shapes. I remember there was this really good Craig Mullins lecture (maybe it was that gnomon master class one) on how exploiting the stuff that doesn't necessarily have to be representational is where some interesting stuff lies. The big one he talked about was contrast, how you should be able to have light/dark, textured/soft, big/small, sharp/curved, many/few, distributed/grouped, all these different things you should be trying to play off each other in an abstract way. If you havn't found the lecture before i suggest you look for it! I'm sure Mullins can explain it way better than I can :p
Hope that was somewhat helpful xD, keep it rocking regardless!
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@Felime - only problem with that is that i have absolutely no fun drawing.
I almost always paint directly without any underlying linework. It is just no fun for me. :/
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The yellow pillars made me laugh--the hammock, his expression, the upside down bird looking at him... So inventive and fun!
Love Yvonne--Chuck was the best show ever!
The gestures have some good variety. It helped me to start drawing the ribcage and pelvis as separate shapes and connecting them, and to draw through the figure, rather than just the outline. Sorta like in the proko or sycra youtube vids.
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I like your studies especially the study reel of Yvonne Strahovski. The first two studies there are great and also very clean! It would be great if you could try to apply the clean part also to your other studies. I am sure they will look twice as good then and it also helps gives your images a better structure and helps to focus on the important parts in your artworks/ studies! :)
Also it might be good, if you try to rely a bit less on textures and premade brushes, and concentrate more on things like value, composition and colors - especially if you want to draw more things from your imagination instead of photos. Understanding these things fully will help to achieve that goal. :) Also making exercises like texture studies or copying something form a photo and do the same from imagination again, might help a lot! :)
Keep up that hard work!