@stealcase I edited my first post with my fb link if you've not founb it yet and thank you very much!
@byot Thank you so much. Yeah I love to improve my foundations and practice that most of my time which results in me not really having any "finished" artworks that I could put into my portfolio page, haha^-^
Also I'm trying to visualize the most with as few strokes as possible if you know what I mean
@thor6136 Thank you very much Will do
@karidyas If you really want to here's a tip: Do art only for yourself. If there is something that you're interested in at any moment, may it be art related or not, just put time into research and learn it. Take notes, etc. Draw it onto the paper to not only let the information run through your head but also through your hands onto the paper. Makes remembering twice as easy.
And the most important thing. Keep it as dirty as you like. You dont have to make an illustration with your studies. You're trying to get information in and most often in a short amount of time. Just do it for yourself and dont worry about the quality. Once you're about to make an illustration you have the information in your head and can afford to put more time into making it "clean".
Tl,dr: Study for yourself to improve not only as an artist but as a person.
Also if you want to "create" a habit of studying/drawing everyday, you have to force it at the beginning. (For a habit to stay you need to do it 20-30dayish). For me: I also had to force it at the beginning because I wasn't used to drawing sevarel hours a day, but now because I developed this habit, I just do it, haha
@cedricgo Thank you, mate! Yeah was trying some weird new stuff with that painting^^
Thanks for taking the time to write that, it means a lot. Just drawing whatever I'm interested in at the moment is great advice and I see a lot of people doing it now that you point it out, that would definitely make the drawing habit easier to stick to. Inktober will hopefully get me into it, though I managed to drop the ball pretty quick last year. Just gotta keep the drive, and this blog I can see being very helpful for that. Thanks again
@gardfinvik Thanks dude! I'm planning on doing some portfolio pieces during this month. I really hope that I can get enough time to finish them^^
@karidyas If you're in a phase where you are used to drawing without having to force yourself you need to start on working on fundamentals. - Build the passion than build the foundation - Haha^^
Also ART is just like a language. Like before learning to form sentences you have to be able to build words and before that you have to know the alphabet, etc.
Before you can work on designs (my current state) you have to be able to draw in perspective, paint your values properly, etc. pp. freely to express your designs through your drawing/painting. I really hope you understand what I mean
So in short: Build up your passion first (drawing, painting, sculpting,...) and then if you're comfortable in using your medium, work on all your fundamentals to be able to draw anything you have in mind (lifelong process) .
But I'm just a noob. Started to draw seriously with my first "Daily Sketch" so take my advice with a grain of salt.
Keep at it!
@stealcase Haha thanks man. I love scribbling, too. But I'm currently trying to get rid of my habit to draw "unclean" because I never draw over them again to clean 'em up, haha^^ Cheers!
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DS #538: Trying out an ink brush on my iPad Pro which is similar to a ballpoint pen.
Wanted to draw something clean straight onto the canvas.
Still working on my shapes und lineart...
Compressing the file made the lineart really pixelated and blurry... hope it's okay on this site.
Tools: iPad Pro 12.9'' + Apple Pencil
DS #539:
Tried to get more practice with the iPad. Today's topic: Rendering practice - face study
Need some more time to get used to the brushes and need to work on my rendering workflow... My workflow is a mess haha... Haven't done a rendering study in a long time
Tools: iPad Pro 12.9'' + Apple Pencil
DS #540:
Started reading some 'Halloween' stories today for the Crimson Crucible Challenge 6 and got really inspired by Lovecraft's short story 'The Cats of Ulthar'. May be starting a project based on some elements of it.
So I sketched out quickly a scene that I had in mind before losing it. Gotta adjust the background though for better contrast.
Wrote a lot more into my mindmap in 'Mindnode' to keep it all organized.
Working titles and possible end titles: The Boy and his Cat - The Boy's Cat - The Cat's boy.
This may finally drive me to creat portfolio pieces. Kinda hyped. Gonna be (hopefully) a fun project!
Worked in Photoshop today because I don't like to render with the Procreate brush (yet) until they fix the 'glazing' option, haha^^.
Tools: PS CC, Wacom Intuos Pro M
DS #541:
Did some environment colour studies today because I want to get back into environments and noticed that I have to improve my fundamentals... So tomorrow will probably be fundamental training day haha^^
I notice that it wasn't a good idea to stop painting environments from life/photos >.< I feel like I lost several months... Well, time to get back into it!
Also worked on that Boy and his Cat project a little bit. Tried to force a little bit more of that perspective. Also noticed: Was hard to draw the character into perspective, especially the legs. -> need to draw more perspective grids and fill them up. D:
Also: I may turn the boy into a girl. I want to have him/her to have long hair and he/she should wear a lot cloth. May be creepier in the end.