Darktiste Sketchbook

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Hey darktiste;

What an incredible journey you started on! You've come far already but I wanted to draw your attention to a core fundamental you're lacking at the moment.

A lot of the stuff you're doing is what I'd call an iconographic study; you're taking the shapes and forms of your reference as if they exist on two dimensions. This does not practice your brain in considering the 3rd dimension of, well, everything.

Draw through the forms when you study them. Consider the back-side of everything you draw. The thickness of it.
Take the object in your hand. Imagine its weight, its texture. Now put it back onto the floor. Where is the light? Imagine how it hits the sides, bounces off, reflects into your eye. 




Making art is a multi-sensory exercise. The more you get into the world of the thing you're making, the better your choices will be. No more guessing, because you know, intimately, what it is you're making.

Good luck and looking forward to your new work!