Puri-baachan - ArtSchool journey

[meme.aijou]

Hello, I'm Puri-baachan.
I've been drawing on and off for many years, sometimes stopping a few years due to lack of motivation.
I recently joined ArtSchool after following Marc on youtube for quite some time. I think the community aspect is what I was lacking the most in my previous attempts.
I will try to draw most days, but won't pressure myself too much if I am too tired or don't have time...

So here is the beginning of the exercises. I chose to begin with figure drawing because first that's what I enjoy the most, but also next week I will be on vacation, so no digital drawing almost all week.

(I hope the pictures are not too big)
So I gradually went from drawing on the ref to drawing beside it, with less and less "help".

Then I used one of the poses to do a sketch of one of my characters.

I forgot that I should take a higher resolution ref, so I had to draw the face the size of my thumb

I am wondering if it is important to put the cylinders in the correct size and position ?
While doing this sketch, I realized I paid attention to the skeleton and checked it against the ref, but for the cylinders I only worried about the perspective and vaguely the width of the limb.

Thanks for reading, see you next time

[Kosmonaut]

your main goal is to basically get used to thinking of the body/breaking it down into 3d shapes so how the cylinders are oriented in perspective is what matters most along with how good you are at reading and recreating that same shape in perspective. the correct size and proportions of them can be sorta afterthoughts since your main goal is breaking down the body into simple 3d shapes but I would still try to do all three things when practicing

[Lockenheim]

Great work so far! Keep it up! Welcome to the group!

[meme.aijou]

@Kosmonaut thank you for the answer ! I will try next time
@Lockenheim thank you

Here is my work from the last few days, I began measuring and gestures.

This one I made into fan-art, it was a lot of fun

See you next time

[Lockenheim]

Very nice! Keep up the good work you are off to a strong start!

[meme.aijou]

@Lockenheim Thank you

So I'm back from my traditional-only week. It was harder to keep the proportions/position of the limb right, because I can't check against the ref... but it was a lot of fun, especially the gestures felt more natural on paper. Also I loved using the felt tip pens, I was uninspired by the graphite pencil

The last one is done fully from imagination, to test myself and see what I learned from 2 weeks of figure drawing. Obviously still lots to do, but already much better than before, it's motivating!

By the way, feedback is always welcome

See you next time

[Lockenheim]

Impressive progress! Loving you character! Keep it up!

[meme.aijou]

Thank you
So last week my tablet cable died, so I was a bit stopped in my tracks, especially working all the weekend, I did more of other hobbies.
Here is what I still managed to do

I want to finish this one

I experimented doing the same gestures with different lenghts

I am currently focusing on drawing men. Since I rarely ever draw them, there is much improvment potential there

See you next time

[Lockenheim]

Very nice! Really can feel the action in these poses and fantastic job with the archer character! Keep it up!

[BabyShark_Ash]

Your art looks so solid! Keep up the amazing progress. I think your artwork is really good already.