Random Update #2
Aalright, Here's another quick little update, I've started properly trying to draw Forms in Perspective, I should've started this a long time ago, but I just don't know when I'm "ready" for the next step..
I tried to incorporate all the different "elements" into my drawings, everything such as Deformation, Connections, Overlapping, and Interactive Shading though I might've gone a bit overboard with the shading, mostly cause I'm experimenting.
As always Critique is welcome!.
1st Attempt
2nd Attempt, I tried to use brighter values instead of really dark gray or almost pitch black, but it came out a little flat looking imo, I'll also do more soon but I need to fix my damb sleep schedule, It's 6am here..
Oh man these are really awesome, especially like the first one!
For me something about the square twisty form at the top of the second attempt feels off, I think the silhouette where lines intersect make me think of a concave surface but the light seems to hit uniformly hinting at a flat surface, maybe the fix would be to make the intersection more seamless or add some shading to suggest it is truly concave if that was what you were going for
cheers
Thank you for your kind words Snakker!. And yeah i see what you mean, And i think the issue was my linework being off with the whole cube thing, I wanted it to be a flat surface but my linework obviously says otherwise.
Thank you for the feedback anyways!, I'll try to keep my linework in line with what I'm imagining next time!.
Random Update #3
Currently working on fixing my sleeping schedule cause I flipped it completely earlier this week, so during the day I kept practicing Volumes in Perspective, and I've also started doing some DrawaBox practices secretly, currently on my 4th day of doing them instead of gesture drawing, just taking a temporary break cause my current style of gesture drawings just feel so boring to me, and unrewarding, which is why I'm still working on getting better with the FORCE Method and The Bean.
I also found an older shading practice, and man.. looking back on it, (even though it's probably just a few weeks old) it's pretty bad.. Some don't make any sense at all in terms of light direction or just the general Volume.
I also forgot to upload a Figure drawing I did yesterday.
And here's todays Volumes in Perspective, I didn't really do much, I'm on 4-5 hrs of sleep trying to fix my schedule so I didn't have a lot of energy.
I tried to keep my line art in line with what I had imagined, and when it comes to light I'm not sure if I did it right, so any critique is welcomed!
And thank you for checking in on this random update, much love!
Great work
Loving the volumes in perspective. I think the shadow on the far right wouldn’t curve back as much but I could be wrong, regardless really cool. This seems to be a great exercise for 3d drawing
I’ve checked out a bit on that drawing with force series of books, looks like ideas of how Glen Keane would draw his disney characters conveying lots of dynamism. Do you feel it’s a good read or easy to understand?
Cheers
That shadow on the far right was actually not supposed to be a curved shadow even though it really looks like it now that you say it, the top part of that shadow was supposed to be the cylinder that extends from the far left to right, and the bottom part was from the 2nd cylinder that connects from the long boii triangle in the middle to the top right.
But thank you for the feedback, I need to watch out for connecting shadows that form a different shape that isn't supposed to be there.
About the Force books, I actually use the Youtube Series on the Force Method and I'd recommend you to check them out rather than books for now to get the general gist of it if you're interested. For me personally it's a rather easy to understand concept, but actually executing them isn't as easy as they make it seem. I mean duuh, they're professionals xp.
Here's a couple of the videos if you'd want to them check out!.
I won't post all videos as that'd extend this post more than it is
Improving Line Quality and Rhythm - FORCE Series Part 1
How to Simplify the Motion of the Torso - The Bean
Random Update #4
Currently 8am here, and I thought I'd do a quick little update after a 4 Day break, Friends and a new game happened .
Trying to get back in to the groove of things, I did my typical roughly 2 hour Draw a Box assignments that I'll share once I've reached day 30, Just cause I'm really curious to see what 30 days will do to my pen control.
First little practice I did was a single Construction, just to make sure I didn't forget how to do it, I am a fair bit rusty so Imma have to start doing more of them again.
Then I worked on the Bean for the Gesture Drawings again, A quick little 30 Min session, and majority of the beans took roughly 30 Seconds to draw, which is a big improvement over my initial minute+ per bean.
And Finally, (yes I didn't draw much, I'm still pretty rusty and slow after this break) Is my Volumes in Perspective study, I'm still not sure how light works at all, But eey, gotta live with it until I learn how light works properly.
As usual any feedback is greatly appreciated!, and keep getting those Art Gains!.
Random Update #5
Did my Typical 4 Hour Draw a Box Session which I'm still keeping secret.. Ssh you didn't read any of this.
And yes I said yesterday that It's a typical 2 hour session with Draw a Box, But that was wrong, I just took the time today and it's roughly 4 hours per session xp
Then I just went straight to my Volumes In Perspective practices again, took roughly 2 hours. Not really as finished as it could've been but I really wanted to get back into constructing people again cause I'm really getting rusty
And just 2 quick little constructions, I really need to get back into these again cause I struggled a bit with these, roughly 1 hour for 2 when that was 30 mins for 2 before, and my proportions are more off than usual too.
And yes that's all I had to post, the Draw a Box sessions really take up A LOT of time.
I still love you all, GO GET THAT ART EXP!.
Random Update #6
Maan time is going by so fast, I was supposed to post an update yesterday but I got distracted by games and fell asleep early.
Starting off yesterday and today with my usual 3-4 hour DrawaBox session to help my pen control, It's still in secrecy though, so sshh..
Yesterday I did another bean study, Still need to incorporate it into actual gesture drawings, maybe I'll do that over the weekend.
I also went "back to the basics" and did some quick little boxes in perspective, cause I really felt myself struggling to draw boxes in perspective for my construction attempts 2 days ago.
Then I did 2 constructions yesterday, and 2 today. I'm slightly time constrained due to my DrawaBox sessions taking so long. But I will not stop doing them regardless.
And to finish things off, I decided to dip my toes into the very basics of the Head construction, I haven't started with anatomy just yet, I wanted to get feedback first to see if there was anything to improve on with the very basics.
Any feedback here is GREATLY appreciated, I don't know if I'm doing things right here.
Alright, Thanks for checking out this little update. I wish you the very best for this weekend, take care of yourself! ♥