Beau's Sketchbook

[beau]

your study is, the proportions are okay, its just a terrible reference because the lightings all dead pan flash camera style, idk if youve seen this post but its worth reading for finding good reference

http://www.stanprokopenko.com/blog/2009/...reference/

Despite that your edge work is all slushy and samey, theres no variance between hard and soft edges, i hate to say it but painting stuff like this might be too advanced for where youre at and youd make a better use of your time learning traditional drawing techniques like basic lay ins and shading simple forms well with just black and white, or pencil/charcoal.

just doing some basic proko or watts exercises helped me develop alot, lot faster than working with color straight on digital.

Wow, do I appreciate the real talk. It's always good to reestablish "I'm not hot shit."

I watch them on youtube but I'm not familiar with their stuff out of that, if you have any recommendations for me to read or study please post them. Otherwise, I'll do research of my own. As for going beyond my current skill, I always thought biting off a lot more than I could chew was the fastest way to improve- after all, pain comes before groeth, right?- but I guess I've neglected the fundamentals... That's a shame. Greyscale studies will help, also patience and planning, two skills/techniques I've ignored. Also, this is going to sound dumb, but what is a lay-in?

Thank you, as always, great feedback.