CHOGIYO - Art School Journey

[mitsuki-youko]

these are nice studies!

Admittedly I have not been drawing as much as I wanted to, but I have been gaining consistency even if its just 30 minutes a day.

this is SO relatable! lately i have also been trying to draw for at least 30 mins and write 200 words a day

[mitsuki-youko]

My motivation for doing this - I stumbled upon a book named ultralearning from Scott Young. Within that book it suggests that one of the best ways to learn is by actually doing the skill as close to the context you eventually want to use it in. From there, you become acutely aware of your shortcomings which guide you towards the places that need improvement the most.

This is actually what Marc said in a recent Vid as well

[CHOGIYO]

May 29 - Drawing Anime head from imagination/ Memory
Note: Very difficult. I was lacking visual library and fundamentals. At least by doing this it highlighted to me what I need to work on the most.

June 3 - Anime portrait Study - Referenced
Note: Not happy with this. A lot of the proportions were far to different from the reference.

June 4 2023 - Loomis head construction practice

June 5 2023 - Real life portrait study - Referenced
Note: I need to learn basic anatomy for the facial features. Still some proportion issues compared to the reference, I realise I have a tendency to place the eyebrows a bit too close to the eyes.

June 7 2023 - Anime Portrait study - Referenced (Same reference used with June 3 Drawing)
Note: Better. Its closer to the reference and this time I used the Loomis method to construct the head. I briefly studied the proportions the original artist uses and tried my best to apply that to the loomis method.

June 8 2023 - Anime portrait Study - Referenced
Note: Used Loomis head construction. More trial and error needed to nail down proportions.

Goals:
Learn more about how the head and face look like in different angles/ perspectives
Continue to practice placement of facial features
Learn basic anatomy of eye
Learn how the eye changes shape in different perspectives
Stylization of eye and eye designs
Learn the basics of drawing hair

[CHOGIYO]

It has been a hot minute since I last posted. (Just over 3 weeks!)
Overall, there has been some progress, unfortunately not at a rate that I am personally satisfied with due to my second occupation which is professional procrastinator, but at the end of the day the outcome is 100% my responsibility. I started to put more time in just very recently, I hope I can continue.

Anime portrait studies (Pen Only)
Note: Where is the irl CTRL - Z key? lmao

Anime portrait Drawing from imagination:
Note: Mainly just trying to experiment with the eyes.

11 June 2023
Skull studies!
Note: First time studying the skull. It was 100% worth it. It definitely gave me a better understanding about how the skull affects the contour of the face.

18 June 2023
Anime portrait Study

20 June 2023
Anime portrait Study

21 June 2023
Inquisitor Fanart?
Note: This drawing was based on someone elses fanart but I tried to draw it in the way that my role model draws it. It didn't turn out the best as there were some inconsistencies with my understanding and how my role model usually draws faces. It was a good learning experience at the very least.

22 June 2023
Portrait Study

24 June 2023
Portrait Study

27 June 2023
Anime Portrait Study

30 June 2023
Second Illustration - Original fanart of Inquisitor from Dungeon Fighter Online

Portrait ver:

Note:
Using what I learned so far since the last illustration I did in May, this is the result.
I was able to create an original drawing in the art style of my role model.
Comparing this to my previous art and the May illustration I am happy to see improvement.

The method I used to improve was to pick a role model and study their art. As per my note in the May illustration, I stated I would be focusing on the face.

The following is my personal process I went through when I did my anime and real life portrait studies.

• I would trace over the face, then observe the lines I drew without the reference
• Hide the trace lines + Attempt to construct the head whilst looking at the reference
• Add in the facial features and hair
• Drag the finished drawing over the reference
• Draw correction lines in different colour
• Take notes on the inconsistencies and try new rules to draw the face next time
• Diagnose inaccuracies in the construction phase

Although I was very happy for myself when I finished this, at the same time I felt a little frustrated. I feel like the further I progress, the more problems I become aware of in my own art. It feels like I have 100 different paths I can take but I can only pick 1 at a time.

Things I will focus on next:
- Drawing eyes in different angles.
- Learn to draw side profiles.
- Study how to draw the head looking down + up

[mitsuki-youko]

Note: Where is the irl CTRL - Z key? lmao

LMAOOO SAME!!!!

these studies look really good!

if you put ur skeleton studies one after another in order you'd get a headturn animation

Although I was very happy for myself when I finished this, at the same time I felt a little frustrated. I feel like the further I progress, the more problems I become aware of in my own art. It feels like I have 100 different paths I can take but I can only pick 1 at a time.

Marc said something like - learning art is discovering problems with it then targeting the problems you want to solve... so you should try and see where exactly you want to improve first, tackle that, then tackle the next problem. he'd said in a recentish youtube vid that learning = learning to solve those problems, which will then lead to other problems for you to solve those and rinse and repeat until you are at the level you want to be at
good luck on your problem solving!

[CHOGIYO]

5 September 2023

Its been a while. Simply put I got busy with other competing interests and admittedly haven't been drawing much due to my crippling addition to instant gratification.

At the very least I wasn't wasting all my time, I trained for and ran my first half-marathon recently!
Now things have settled again, I hope to get back on the grind.

Third Illustration - Fanart of Traveler from Dungeon fighter online.

I drew this for a fanart contest that my game was holding (Dungeon Fighter Online).
This took me around 20 hours to draw from scatch. (16 of those hours was today because the deadline for submissions is well.... TODAY. I procrastinated.)

Needless to say, I felt like I was running into brick walls every 5 minutes simply due to a lack of knowledge and applied practice and I'd say 1/4 of my time spent trying to draw this was looking up tutorials from multiple sources xD.

I tried my best to learn basic colour theory today under the looming time pressure of the deadline and this was the best I could do. At least from my point of view there is a decent improvement from my last coloured illustration at May 24.

There is still much to learn. I am hoping to start drawing faces in different angles, learn different ways to draw and colour facial features and continue learning about colour theory in the short term.

Also, if anyone is interested in viewing the Dungeon Fighter Online Fanart Contest and all of its wonderful submissions, Im leaving a link below.

https://www.dfoneople.com/pg/The-9th-DFO-Fanart-Contest/list

You might even see mine!
But there are some really talented artists that made fantastic submissions. I hope to be as good as them. One day.....

So Lets Do Our Best Together!

[mitsuki-youko]

Simply put I got busy with other competing interests and admittedly haven't been drawing much due to my crippling addition to instant gratification.

BRUH SAME LOL
(I'm working on a new song rn then i'll draw or animate something for it afterwards and get back into more drawing lol)

At the very least I wasn't wasting all my time, I trained for and ran my first half-marathon recently!

Ooh! Noice!

Now things have settled again, I hope to get back on the grind.

Yay! glad to see u back

noice ur drawing looks really good!