08-10-2013, 05:08 PM
Dang man, thanks for spilling your guts like that. I've said it before, but seeing how hard you're pushing yourself and working towards your goals is really inspiring. All day I'm gonna be thinking "crackedskull isn't being lazy right now, what excuse do I have to be?"
Couple things I thought of, first I think you should try drawing figures made up entirely of big boxes. A box for the torso, a box for the head, a box for the pelvis, and a couple boxes for each limb plus some hands. Doing this and drawing all he boxes in proper perspective really taught me to consider how every part of the body was moving towards or away from me and really helped my sense of form. (hope you don't mind me posting a few here as examples)
(hah, looking at these old ones makes me think I should be doing this exercise again myself)
Those cross contour lines you're doing are a good exercise for learning form as well, but it doesn't look like you're putting enough thought into the contour lines for them to help so I'd suggest doing this even simpler exercise until you get the hang of it.
Another thing that came to my mind is how many soft edges and complex textures there are int these studies. I think it might be a smart to begin these studies with the lasso tool, blocking out all the biggest shapes first then when everything you need is established going in with the brush and rendering/softening up edges where it's necessary.
Best of luck man, I really hope you find a schedule that works out :D
Couple things I thought of, first I think you should try drawing figures made up entirely of big boxes. A box for the torso, a box for the head, a box for the pelvis, and a couple boxes for each limb plus some hands. Doing this and drawing all he boxes in proper perspective really taught me to consider how every part of the body was moving towards or away from me and really helped my sense of form. (hope you don't mind me posting a few here as examples)
(hah, looking at these old ones makes me think I should be doing this exercise again myself)
Those cross contour lines you're doing are a good exercise for learning form as well, but it doesn't look like you're putting enough thought into the contour lines for them to help so I'd suggest doing this even simpler exercise until you get the hang of it.
Another thing that came to my mind is how many soft edges and complex textures there are int these studies. I think it might be a smart to begin these studies with the lasso tool, blocking out all the biggest shapes first then when everything you need is established going in with the brush and rendering/softening up edges where it's necessary.
Best of luck man, I really hope you find a schedule that works out :D