Challenging exercise once again. I find art in general challenges my perfectionist habits very effectively and I am trying to enjoy the challenge of letting that habit go, appreciating the quirks and accepting them.
On another note I find my new iPad hurts my eyes unusually much, anyone else have that issue? I tried many solutions but something about the screen seems to hurt my eyes more than iPhone or laptop. Older iPads were fine but this new iPad Pro (12.9) screen seems different. Anyway just a side note. Wishing everyone the best.
That’s interesting about the ipad, i haven’t personally had the issue myself but a few things to consider would be brightness, taking short breaks where you look towards infinity and close your eyes hard then again look far away and repeat a few times (i learned to do that in lab when i would be on the microscope for long periods) also consider getting a screen cover like paperlike - they matte out the light a bit could help. Final consideration, might be worth an eye checkup - sometimes it can be a sign of something
As for line/circle exercises definitely keep at em/ and doodling a lot. Experiment with grips, hand position, ghosting, propping up the tablet (or increasing its angle) and using your shoulders
Cheers!
I actually just found the setting of reducing white point in the iPad accessibility section and that helped a lot, I don’t know how I didnt see it before. That plus all the other more obvious adjustments. I'll keep working on the lines. Sometimes my body doesn't really follow orders so it’s hard to do clean lines but I’ll keep trying maybe I'll have to use digital stabilization at some point.
Agreed on what @snakker said. Many of us started with very hairy lines (some of us still do so for sketching), but with practice, self study and time, you will naturally gain more confidence in doing those long stretches of lines. Especially since in digital you can just undo and retry as many times as necessary until you get that "perfect line".
Stabilization does help though, you can adjust is as needed until you feel comfortable with it.
The black background is an interesting choice, but it's definitely easier on the eyes than pure white. (I never use a pure white canvas as it hurts my eyes, too.) Gotta say, I don't really see any difference between the figures you drew from imagination and those drawn from reference - the poses look realistic and plausible.
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