Brian Hermelijn's - Sketchbook

[Brian Hermelijn]

One more post to show the way I study is the way Anthony Jones suggested in his How to Study Better Gumroad video. For me, it is working really well.

The way this type of study works is that you first state beforehand what exactly of the image you want to study. And as you can see, for each image its the design of the shirt, the lightning or the aesthetic of the robot, or the design of the helmet.

When you are specific what you want to study, and then redo all of what you studied afterwards as an illustration, you in-grain that information better.

Another thing I also do is I redo the study again but a bit different, to see what will happen if I change it. Like always asking myself what if if this corner was a rectangle and not a circle? What if I add a bit of grunge to the edge? What if I make the background lighter or darker? What if I change the overall shape of the helmet? What if ... you see where I am going?

That's how I study now, which I found to be effective. And also having a timer to keep myself focused on what I am studying, and not get off-track to other things that I do need that study in that specific time.