01-12-2016, 11:26 PM
@AlCo: Thanks very much! Just keep at it! Draw every day, do studies and then sketch them from memory. Draw from life, photos and even other artists (old and new masters) (this helped me a lot, when I studied drawings from Alex Pascenko. it gave me an instant boost in understanding how to apply clothing and accessories) And have lots of patience, there is sadly no way around that. Try to enjoy the the process of actually drawing more than the final result. That will keep you motivated.
As for your questions, here is a blog entry where I explain the shadows a bit more:
http://elderscroller.blogspot.co.at/2016...h-and.html
As for sources, I can recommend Scott Robertsons book How to render. It is a bit more on the technical side, but explains everything nicely.
Regarding reference: I try to not use it when doing imaginary sketches as I want to see how much I remember from all the studies. For clothing (or any other subject), you have to do lots of studies (these can be quick 5 min drawings) to build up a visual library. Once you know how e.g. a dress from the renaissance era looks like, you can draw it from memory. But you need to get it into your head first. Once it´s in your mind, you can twist it, combine it and be creative about that even when not using reference. As a starter in arts, you should draw from reference heavily! It takes time, but one day you wake up and say: I can draw renaissance dresses....;)
@Sagittarius-A-Star: Thanks! And yes, both Elderscrollers, one and the same :) I have multiple instances of my sketchbook on different site as some (*cough* conceptart.org *cough*) tend to be offline or even loose posts....
Some more artbook sketching and a digital portrait done in painter, finished in photoshop:
As for your questions, here is a blog entry where I explain the shadows a bit more:
http://elderscroller.blogspot.co.at/2016...h-and.html
As for sources, I can recommend Scott Robertsons book How to render. It is a bit more on the technical side, but explains everything nicely.
Regarding reference: I try to not use it when doing imaginary sketches as I want to see how much I remember from all the studies. For clothing (or any other subject), you have to do lots of studies (these can be quick 5 min drawings) to build up a visual library. Once you know how e.g. a dress from the renaissance era looks like, you can draw it from memory. But you need to get it into your head first. Once it´s in your mind, you can twist it, combine it and be creative about that even when not using reference. As a starter in arts, you should draw from reference heavily! It takes time, but one day you wake up and say: I can draw renaissance dresses....;)
@Sagittarius-A-Star: Thanks! And yes, both Elderscrollers, one and the same :) I have multiple instances of my sketchbook on different site as some (*cough* conceptart.org *cough*) tend to be offline or even loose posts....
Some more artbook sketching and a digital portrait done in painter, finished in photoshop: