07-17-2015, 08:47 AM
I resisted this for a very long time, but what I've recently been doing is going on Pinterest, finding a topic that I'm terrible at, finding photos of it, and drawing from photo reference. Then, after I've done some studies, I'll try to apply the idea to something from imagination.
It's hard when you're first starting out because you suck at everything, but studying Loomis, and basic forms is always a good idea. I also know some people that study like 100 hands, they just study them over and over until they feel like they are at a certain level with them, and then they look at their work and see if something else is noticably the worst thing in the piece.
Like, I draw hands a ton, got to the point that I was ok with them, then noticed my feet were really bad, so I started working on those. Got those to the same level as the hands, then suddenly noticed my ability to draw a 3/4 head was off, specifically the far eye, nose and head outline were off, so I started working on that. After that, I noticed my character poses felt "floaty" so I worked on making them feel grounded. It just keeps going around and around like that for me.
It's hard when you're first starting out because you suck at everything, but studying Loomis, and basic forms is always a good idea. I also know some people that study like 100 hands, they just study them over and over until they feel like they are at a certain level with them, and then they look at their work and see if something else is noticably the worst thing in the piece.
Like, I draw hands a ton, got to the point that I was ok with them, then noticed my feet were really bad, so I started working on those. Got those to the same level as the hands, then suddenly noticed my ability to draw a 3/4 head was off, specifically the far eye, nose and head outline were off, so I started working on that. After that, I noticed my character poses felt "floaty" so I worked on making them feel grounded. It just keeps going around and around like that for me.