Dominicque's Sketchbook

[Dominicque]

Welcome to the forums Dominicque! It's so cool to see old CA.org veterans trickling in! I agree that there is a sense of community and closeness that forums like these can only provide! I hope that you will continue to post here and grow together with the rest of us!

I think your work so far is looking quite nice! Your colors are not bad, and your faces are looking very good and appealing. However, you do need to work on your bodies and hands. The hands especially are looking quite rough in comparison with the rest of the drawings.

There is also a lack of shape and dimension. Your characters and subjects are looking quite flat, and do not look as if they were placed within a 3D area. Try to imagine them standing on a grid and how they would look in space when you are sketching them out.

I recommend that you go back to the basics and learn how to set up proper 3D grids and how to place objects in space. That would probably improve your art a lot in a short time. This book is a classic and a must to study from:

https://www.amazon.com/How-Draw-sketchin...1933492732

Best of luck! And I hope to see more of you art in the future! Keep up the good work! :)

Hi Zorrentos, forgot to mention the only thing I wasn't afraid to draw was faces. Maybe I rationalized it in my young head as 'Everyone has a face. All faces are different by nature'. So, I wasn't scared of getting into trouble. That's why my work is centered on faces, with that area having the most detail. However, I am trying to move away from that. 
The bad thing with being cognizant of your faults is you are acutely aware of just how much there is to learn. I'm trying to learn so much, and sometime I feel very behind, but I'm just trying to take one day at a time. I've only just started slightly understand how to paint. But, I still suck especially without a reference.  You say the colours aren't too bad, but I didn't post the really sucky stuff, pumping myself up to show the really bad stuff.
I have heard of Scott Robertson and the book is on my list. I have so many 'core-reading' art books.

Thanks, for the comment and encouragement. Let's see if I can make a home here. 
P.S Is there a limit on what we can post daily, regarding attachments?