Dominicque's Sketchbook

[Dominicque]

I think there a misconception about posting unpolish stuff you absolutely can but it hard for people to know your level and how much restraint they should apply in the cirtic it much easier to tell an artist level when it there polish piece.

Study should be mention when you post them if not we will assume there is no clear intention

W.ip should be mention if it a piece that is unfinish but you need some direction

Finish piece normally speak for themselve no need to mention it.

The problem of studying throught piece is that it as not the repetitiveness aspect drill in it to improve quickly if improving is necessary to you.If you don't care about fast improvement i understand why it might be a chore. But if you prefer that approch you might hit a plateau where you might get frustrated because your eye is picking up on aspect you didn't address throught what we will call corrective study.

That's fair. I have so many sketchbooks of just gesture there doesn't seem like a point to post all of them. But, I'm try to post more of the good, the bad and the ugly.  My artistic intentions for this year to to focus more on rendering out finished pieces rather than just sketches and then getting advice, like CG does. Finishing things is a skill in itself!
I find repeating the same pose to learn less cumbersome, once I then use that the basis for a character and/or picture. Like the superheroes I've been drawing. If I look up poses I want for an image in my head it feels less tedious and I can see the direct link between the image in my head and the reference. 
I'm planning to try and digitally colour some sketches and get you guys' advice for feedback. Still very much a novice when it comes to that arena.

Agree on the perspective appraisal, have a couple of perspective books to study and I still don't get it. That's OK, I know what they forum is for. For feedback and community. I obviously want to get better, but I'm also learning to be more kind to myself. Constantly beating myself up for 'not being good enough' and not drawing, won't help me improve. This is now the only place I post my art, so I'm using this thread as a stepping-stone to confidence build.