Nathanielle - Art School Journey!

qdominois 2022-08-09 09:50:56 UTC #21

Here come my first shot at proportion measurement ! Altho its hard i'm proud with the results, its faaaar from perfect and i got a lot of problems on anatomy ( which i havent studied yet ) but i'm really happy to have kinda succeeded to put all the right thing at the almost right place !

Here is with a low opacity layer !

qdominois 2022-08-10 09:57:35 UTC #22

My second attempt to draw proportion measurement !

I start to struggle a bit, even if this is quite in proportion and in pose, i've drawn other model with much more movement and it end up a lot of time with HUGE misplacement of the joints, i have to take a looot of time and measuring to do it and it sadden me a bit .

Like this one :

I had to redraw multiple times the joints ( i used layer to create a correct green body to show my mistakes ) .

I've got a hard time to measure and use proportion by the eye, even using the pen to count the head or measure i still struggle.

Am i doing something wrong or should i train even more again and again ?

I have a lot of hard time to pintpoint like the pelvis position or the center of the body, i can but i take me an ungodly amount of time ...

qdominois 2022-08-10 16:14:11 UTC #23

Fifth attempt, the best for now, i cant anymore, ahah i progress but so sloooow and i keep drawing muscle too small or too big, it's horrible , i take like 150 try to place the joints at the good place and then anothers 150 years to succeed drawing " correct " proportion

CYP2C19 2022-08-10 17:20:42 UTC #24

I wish i had a good answer/tip to give regarding how to get the limb sizes correct, or how to measure correctly each try, but sadly i don't cause i'm in your same position, I struggle with exactly what you're struggling with and i'm on my 7th try, and so far i've had my closest attempt yet, so from what i've experienced it's all down to trial and error, and your eyes slowly being able to spot what's wrong/right.
The most important thing is not giving up, your tries so far are REALLY solid, and honestly look way better than what i've got after 7 attempts!. Keep grinding, you'll get there

qdominois 2022-08-10 17:34:22 UTC #25

It ease me a bit to know that i'm not the only one to struggle on this, i felt like garbage for like hours ahah, but it sadden me too that you devaluate your work like that , i'm sure what you did is really cool and i'm pretty sure with your good attitude and spirit that you will make it really far !! 7th attempt is a lot of work and i'm impressed that you did so many !!

You're right only experience will make us out off that spot and with much better knowledge and aptitudes !

I will never give up, i cant ! Thanks for saying my try are solid that cheers me up ! Thanks a lot, keep grinding too brother !

qdominois 2022-08-10 19:20:48 UTC #26

Sixth attempt ! I'm really proud of this one !! I tried myself for the first time of my life to draw hair from my personnal feeling and it look great i think !

I did this one much more quickly than the previous one ! I start to get a little bit better !

I found that my error was misplaced proportions because i used bad spot mark, like here is used the bottom left corner for my starting point and used the head measurement for everything !

I was applying all of marc brunet advice but well this time !

( I still struggle tho, but i f it was before 99/100 i'm now at 45/100 !! )

qdominois 2022-08-11 10:06:40 UTC #27

Seventh attempt ! Hard work pays off, i put the joints with more easyness and much quicker, i get the shapes of the body and i analyze it much better ! Tho i have MUCH to learn i'm happy to progress step by step !

I start to taking habits in observing, make link between body part and use them as measurement and proportions ! I try to correct my mistakes by doing it again and again !

And i've take some pleasure trying shading for fun ! ( i KNOW i know i dont know how light work but i wanted to give it a shot ! ) and a little bit of perspective with the cube ( who's objectivly ABJECT in term of perspective, but i will have to work on that on the next lesson in term 1 )

qdominois 2022-08-11 14:50:17 UTC #28

8th attempt ! I will do some more and continue my lessons !

CYP2C19 2022-08-11 14:52:20 UTC #29

Massive improvement from your first few attempts already!, not only in placing the joints but also your linework!, i also love your attempts at shading the figure, definitely adds to it!

qdominois 2022-08-11 15:01:25 UTC #30

Thanks a lot ! I redraw things a lot and sometimes like the last drawing, when the joint are waaaay far one from another i struggle a bit ! But i try to put more heart at work and your answer means a lot to me ! I hope you're working hard too and i'm sure improving !!

Thanks a lot, shading is for me really hard but ahah again thanks and have a good day !

qdominois 2022-08-11 19:17:02 UTC #31

9 th attempt ! This time i tried coloring ! ( for the lol of course ) but i like to do multiples layers of different tones, stack it on each other and then changing oppacity ! This was fun !

qdominois 2022-08-12 10:04:48 UTC #32

Tenth and last exercice before i move on the next lesson ! Gesture drawing.

Tho i'm not 100% satisfied with my work i think that i can move on a little and came back to exercice every day !

qdominois 2022-08-12 20:24:57 UTC #33

First attempt to draw gesture in 30 sec its harder than i thought and it show me my lack of anatomy and proportion knowledge ! Nontheless i will continue to draw and learn more !

In this second attempt i tried to be more gestuous and feel the lines, its hard but i will not give up !

qdominois 2022-08-13 10:47:06 UTC #34

Still going and practicing as much as i can ! I tried to add the pelvis and the clavicules to give more space for my body ! I try to be fast and more gestuous, i know i've a lot to learn but i will never give up !

alexander.engel84 2022-08-14 08:51:15 UTC #35

Your Gesture-Drawings is on a nice way, and looking good.

qdominois 2022-08-14 09:22:23 UTC #36

Thanks a lot for the kind comment ! Tho im not satisfied at all i see improvement every day by working and praticing ! Thanks again and i cant wait to see your progession too i love your spirit !!

qdominois 2022-08-14 09:24:12 UTC #37

Here are my latest attempt to gesture drawing ! I tried this time to focus MORE on the lines of action and movement, i exagerrated the overall lines to make them more gestuous ! Tho its less proportionned its more lively and i like that ! I cant wait to continue and learn more and do my best !

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qdominois 2022-08-15 19:20:44 UTC #38

here it goes ! My first attempt at perspective ! Tho it look meh im proud of it ! It took me a lot of time to make but well there it is !

Lockenheim 2022-08-18 15:35:18 UTC #39

Nice work with this! learning perspective can be really mind bending at first, but it will get easier! You did a nice job here, the one thing that I think will help this the most is the horizontal lines should be parallel to the horizon if you want to avoid the off tilt room feel. These are the lines I am talking about.

But for your first time with perspective you did a really great job here! Keep it up it will definitely get easier and you have a really fun style! Nice work!

qdominois 2022-08-18 17:41:38 UTC #40

Thanks a lot for the kind comment and the good feedback ! Yeah for me perpective is a little bit tidious and it take me a lot of time to do a basic drawing and i can really see where i was in the wrong here by your lines !

Thanks a lot, i saw all the awesome perspectives drawing others students did on the forum and i feeled kind of bad for mine ahah, but you definitly cheered me up ! i Hope to do my best and to see your art too !