Sep '23

Hi ! welcome to the forums !

Sep '23

Thank you all for the warm welcome. Even the first couple weeks I find the exercises can be pretty challenging to me so it’s nice to have the sense of community support. I hope to post some assignments eventually and participate in the forums too. Wishing everyone the best 😊

Sep '23

welcome. I'm also from the late 30s group. Struggling through life :smile:

Sep '23

I found this more challenging than expected. I’ll keep trying to improve. I’m tempted to give some reasons as to why it was difficult but I think better to let it stand as it is :smile:

Sep '23

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.

Sep '23

I think the colors got away from me a bit here.

Sep '23

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!

Sep '23

I much appreciate the tips, I’ll give them a try. A recent matte cover has helped a lot but not fully cured the issue. Eye exercises I could do more for sure.
Thank you :smile:

Sep '23

Reply to

snakker

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.

Sep '23

I think organically improving over time and not dwelling too much on it, just do some exercises and trust the process!

Cheers

Sep '23

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.

Sep '23

Thank you both for the helpful comments and encouragement. I'll keep on going :smile: ,

Sep '23

Also here is a perspective assignment that was fun to do with procreate perspective tools and some free stamp brushes.

Sep '23

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.

Sep '23

Thank you. I chose black just to reduce eye strain but now I kinda like how it’s different. Even after finding the white point reduction setting I am still using it.