11-04-2014, 10:38 PM
hi all!
Recently I've been doing mostly photo/master studies. And even though I think I've learned stuff, it is annoying because I feel like I'm always copying someone else instead of creating my own art.
Anyways, I suck at fundamentals and I really need to improve there. I'm very very confused on where to start and what to do so if you have any advice or idea, I'd love to read it.
Here are some recent drawings
with photo reference (no color picking/tracing)
![Click on this image to display the full size version. [Image: OmTwQe6.jpg?1]](http://i.imgur.com/OmTwQe6.jpg?1)
![Click on this image to display the full size version. [Image: 6caQQnK.jpg?1]](http://i.imgur.com/6caQQnK.jpg?1)
![Click on this image to display the full size version. [Image: 06SpWJ1.jpg?1]](http://i.imgur.com/06SpWJ1.jpg?1)
Frank Frazetta values study (again no cheats)
![Click on this image to display the full size version. [Image: KUik357.jpg?1]](http://i.imgur.com/KUik357.jpg?1)
and here's a self-portrait for which I used another painting as a ref for the pose of the character + lighting
Recently I've been doing mostly photo/master studies. And even though I think I've learned stuff, it is annoying because I feel like I'm always copying someone else instead of creating my own art.
Anyways, I suck at fundamentals and I really need to improve there. I'm very very confused on where to start and what to do so if you have any advice or idea, I'd love to read it.
Here are some recent drawings
with photo reference (no color picking/tracing)
![Click on this image to display the full size version. [Image: OmTwQe6.jpg?1]](http://i.imgur.com/OmTwQe6.jpg?1)
![Click on this image to display the full size version. [Image: 6caQQnK.jpg?1]](http://i.imgur.com/6caQQnK.jpg?1)
![Click on this image to display the full size version. [Image: 06SpWJ1.jpg?1]](http://i.imgur.com/06SpWJ1.jpg?1)
Frank Frazetta values study (again no cheats)
![Click on this image to display the full size version. [Image: KUik357.jpg?1]](http://i.imgur.com/KUik357.jpg?1)
and here's a self-portrait for which I used another painting as a ref for the pose of the character + lighting
![Click on this image to display the full size version. [Image: lmXqCJ2.jpg?1]](http://i.imgur.com/lmXqCJ2.jpg?1)