Lin - A Very Meandering ART School Journey

[Lin]

I posted a topic a year ago, with just some Term 1 stuff (mostly from the Photoshop class), so I thought a new topic would be more... prudent haha.

Anyway, a quick introduction! So my name is Christina, but I also go by Lin (my Chinese name). I've been wanting to become a professional artist for a long time... but have found it really difficult to learn on my own because self-discipline has never been a strong suit of mine TT A TT

In any case, my goal is to get through the entire course (so all ten terms!) by March 2021! I'll be skipping some things (like the ZBrush stuff) because I really just want to focus on drawing for now. My art goal at this point in time is to make comics!

[Lin]

So that being said, here are some of my homework things from the Nude Figure Drawing class and the Perspective class in Term 1 (and a bonus doodle):

[Lin]

And here are some older homework practice things from last month or so.

[Dunkel]

Hey there! Some really impressive progress, I haven't quite gotten to the perspective stuff yet, but it seems like you're killing it!

You clearly have much more patience than I do for drawing Cylinders... haha.

[Lin]

Hi hi! :] And thanks! I'm glad it looks like I have patience because it sure doesn't feel like it LOL

I feel like I still have a long way to go... but maybe we all feel like that haha XD

[WeirdOwl]

I assure you we all feel like it's a long and never ending way to go. But I can agree, you're definitely progressing! The line quality is getting better and I love the approach you did with anatomy cylinders. I can clearly tell that it's a sequential movement poses.

[Lin]

Awww thanks! :] And yeah, the struggle is so real OTL

And as for the anatomy cylinders, I was drawing off of a series of photo references from BodiesinMotion.photo haha XD But I'm glad the movement is clear! :]

[ghostmonster]

Looks like you have a pretty firm grasp of perspective and form, I am looking forward to seeing how your progress through the work. Welcome.

[Lin]

Aw, thank you! :] Though I still struggle a lot with perspective... it's something I need a lot of practice in QuQ But thanks (again)!

[ghostmonster]

if that is you struggling now at the beginning, your growth will come fast. those look good. the boxes, etc. and the human bodies.

[Lin]

A little update! Went on to Term 2 - Anatomy 1, and here are some of the practice sketches I did for the homework assignment! Gotta do more though Qu Q

Simple heads:



Ears:



Noses (still the most difficult part for me, outside of putting everything together OTL):



Eyes and lips (I really like drawing eyes ^^):



Putting everything together:

And as always, comments and critique are welcome! Please do critique me haha XD

[WeirdOwl]

Hi Lin those are some great studies. May I recommend you also draw some eyes, noses and lips from a reference? This may help solve the issue with giving the features volume in different angles. Always the tough part for artists - learn to draw what we see, not what we think is there.

[Lin]

Oooh, yeah, I definitely need to draw from references haha XD But I was just drawing different eyes, noses, and lips from what was in the lesson (they're not supposed to be the same sets/same ones)... unless you're referring to the stuff I drew when trying to put a whole head together... that, I definitely need a lot of work QuQ

Thanks for the tip though! The struggle is definitely real OTL

[Lin]

Eep! Long time, no post DX Anyway, perspective really killed me... I really struggled with the stuff from Term 2 TT A TT... so I moved on to Term 3 (anatomy and clothing) anyway XD

Here's what I got:

I'm still working on understanding everything... for some reason, I can't wrap my head around back muscles OTL Anyway, as always, comments/critiques are more than welcome ^^