11-04-2016, 10:09 PM
So many sketches in here, some are really interesting. And you're also doing a lot from imagination and experimenting, exaggerating stuff. I like that. That's what I should do, damn it, but I'm sitting here in my cozy comfort zone and when it comes to imagination sketching I suck big time.
I think you feel your memory sketches look better because you are in a more focused state, doing a more careful construction, since you don't have all the shapes already figured out for you, so you have to find them. When you have a reference, you're more relaxed because you have all the stuff in there and it's a lot easier, you just have to reproduce.
Dunno if that makes sense, but I kinda felt that same way when I was practicing portraits, I was so focused on nailing the proportions and likeness that I was completely ignoring construction, so you can imagine the end result was always terrible. I often felt like I was 5 yo again and just started drawing portraits. When I tried practicing from memory, I had no reference, thus no likeness to focus on, so I was focusing on construction lines and all. I had way better results!
Oh and thanks for sharing my thread, I appreciate it!
I think you feel your memory sketches look better because you are in a more focused state, doing a more careful construction, since you don't have all the shapes already figured out for you, so you have to find them. When you have a reference, you're more relaxed because you have all the stuff in there and it's a lot easier, you just have to reproduce.
Dunno if that makes sense, but I kinda felt that same way when I was practicing portraits, I was so focused on nailing the proportions and likeness that I was completely ignoring construction, so you can imagine the end result was always terrible. I often felt like I was 5 yo again and just started drawing portraits. When I tried practicing from memory, I had no reference, thus no likeness to focus on, so I was focusing on construction lines and all. I had way better results!
Oh and thanks for sharing my thread, I appreciate it!