Niko - Art School Journey

olashamala 2023-04-17 22:29:30 UTC #12

Yeah, I increase my time as well because it frustrates me when I'm not even able to complete each piece or I'm not satisfied with it.
I think it's a good practice with people who focus on details a lot (I'm that person) so the 30 secs are to help them not to get stuck on one part of the body and be more flexible.. but I think increasing the time, in the beginning, helps to get used to sketching gestures and then once you're more comfortable and know what's the process that works for you (like @Lockenheim said) you can then start decreasing the time.

NikoM 2023-04-18 19:45:41 UTC #13

Thanks for your feedback. I upped my time to 1 min today and it feels better. Like i can actually look at the reference and not panick to get something on the paper. It definetily feels like I'm improving and i'll be posting some more gesture drawings over the week.

NikoM 2023-04-18 19:47:42 UTC #14

Also thanks. I'm trying one minute poses right now, which feel much better. I'll keep you posted

NikoM 2023-04-18 19:51:02 UTC #15

Also I really liked the pen control worksheet we got the first three weeks. It felt well designed and you could easily see your progress. Since we got a new exercise (from the video on youtube) and I could not find a sheet for that, I created my own. Do you think anybody ill be interested in that? I'll gladly share it in better quality (idk what the forum does to my images but they dont look the same).

NikoM 2023-04-18 19:51:46 UTC #16

Allthough this one seems to have turned out alright.

mitsuki-youko 2023-04-18 21:03:02 UTC #17

oooh is that new? that wasnt there when i downloaded the course

olashamala 2023-04-18 21:54:01 UTC #18

Yeah, I don't have it either. Do you guy get a notification when there is new stuff added?

mitsuki-youko 2023-04-18 22:01:56 UTC #19

I have gotten some emails when things were added like the new weekly schedule for example but i dont recall getting an email for this pretty new pen control worksheet

NikoM 2023-04-19 13:03:26 UTC #20

Well since I made it myself i guess you could describe it as new .
Feel free to download and use it though!

NikoM 2023-04-19 13:05:36 UTC #21

To answer your question no, I did not get any notifications about new stuff (yet). Regarding this worksheet you would not get notified anyway, since I made it myself and it is not officially part of the course. Feel free to download and use it though!

olashamala 2023-04-19 16:54:39 UTC #22

Thanks alot! it'll make things easier

mitsuki-youko 2023-04-19 23:16:24 UTC #23

oh wow lol thats pretty cool! it looks so official that i thought Marc made that XD

NikoM 2023-04-20 20:21:14 UTC #24

Hey guys

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here are todays gesture drawings (1 min poses). I feel like im able to better understand and get the gesture, allthough it still feels kinda stiff. Getting some volume (even wrong volumes) on the page seems to help me. ALso i tried to focus more on legs because imo it makes my gestures more expressive. Still it feels like its very much a hit and miss game. Some poses i like, but most I don't. However the little improvements i see keep me motivated!

olashamala 2023-04-20 21:39:28 UTC #25

I can definitely see the improvement from the post a couple of days ago, keep at it. it helps me as well to add volume to the thighs and hips, don't know why lol but it works for me

NikoM 2023-04-23 17:08:34 UTC #26

Thanks

NikoM 2023-04-23 17:09:12 UTC #27

NikoM 2023-04-23 17:12:14 UTC #28

Here are some shading exercises i finished today (took me way too long ). I would really appreciate some critique. So many shapes and shadows feel out of place/wrong, but I tried them often and this is the best I can get. I just don't know how to get them right . Thanks you all!

mitsuki-youko 2023-04-24 04:48:46 UTC #29

this cross hatching looks amazing!!! wow - your ability to convey shadow and light is so good!

NikoM 2023-04-24 19:24:11 UTC #30

Haha Thanks! really glad you like it

NikoM 2023-04-24 19:25:20 UTC #31