02-22-2014, 09:08 AM
Hey dude, your studying seems to be doing you a bunch of favours. I think I can see some Scott Robertson influence with the typeface practice and ellipses, right? Well, you need to do more exercising in Photoshop, do a bunch of perspective designs to teach you about line and angle accuracy. Stuff like this:
http://cargocollective.com/drawthrough/drawthrough-BLOG
This because I think you have a bit of a trepidatious fear of failing in Photoshop, and so you work traditionally to satisfy your desire to improve without -quite- fulfilling the necessities of your training. At least, that's what I felt like when I was working like you. In hindsight, the only traditional drawings that helped me were my scene drawings and portraits in ballpoint pen, they really crystallized for me what contrast and texture could convey and how facial anatomy was built.
Anyway, once you've strengthened your perspective and tonal control with drawings like Robertson's vehicles, you'll be a lot more confident and then have the wherewithal to tackle more ambitious stuff, like creative scenes.
http://cargocollective.com/drawthrough/drawthrough-BLOG
This because I think you have a bit of a trepidatious fear of failing in Photoshop, and so you work traditionally to satisfy your desire to improve without -quite- fulfilling the necessities of your training. At least, that's what I felt like when I was working like you. In hindsight, the only traditional drawings that helped me were my scene drawings and portraits in ballpoint pen, they really crystallized for me what contrast and texture could convey and how facial anatomy was built.
Anyway, once you've strengthened your perspective and tonal control with drawings like Robertson's vehicles, you'll be a lot more confident and then have the wherewithal to tackle more ambitious stuff, like creative scenes.