Uggie - Art School Journey

[uggievang]

Sorry everyone I've been playing dragons dogma 2 nonstop so I havent drawn in a couple days so I just did these sketches today

[daceronine]

Good work man, you're reall getting the hang of the loomis method.

I feel ya, I've been playing quite a bit of Arkham Knight myself. Wanted to buy some games this last steam sale, but in the end the sale went by and my wallet is safe until the next sale. Just not enough time.

[uggievang]

started the next assignment on a 3 point wall

and some sketches for fun

[mitsuki-youko]

Ooh these look really nice!

[uggievang]

thank you

felt inspired today
for comparison this was 2 months ago

[daceronine]

Yo! these look great! Even more that they seem to be done physically. I can't really do much on physical media, I'm too used to undo, layers, and what not.

[uggievang]

haha thanks yea im actually way more comfortable with drawing on something physical than digital but i really want to improve digitally so thats why I try to draw in digital when trying to learn art

[uggievang]

think i finished the wall idk im not to good at adding details to it like Marc is

[daceronine]

Detail comes with time, references, observation and practice. The key on this exercice was to get a good grasp on the 3 point perspective and on that respect I think it looks pretty good!
Might have to work a bit on the line confidence there, but otherwise it was a good excercice.

[patrycja.lerch]

Great work!

[uggievang]

true you got a point. yea I know but this was more of a practice than a finished drawing also was trying to go slow so I could try to get the angle of the line accurate to the vanishing points still need to work on my line quality in digital tho

First time trying the 4 point perspective

[uggievang]

they eyes are a little off but I've already come to far haha its just a study after all. actually now that I look at it way more than the eyes are off lol oh well

[daceronine]

lol that's true, proportions are a bit off. Are you flipping while doing the base form? if not, give it a try, it helps to quickly identify stuff like this. Shading is pretty good though!

[uggievang]

i do sometimes but time i didnt flip the canvas this time was going off observation a little too much

[uggievang]

More of a sketch for fun day

[mitsuki-youko]

ooh these look great! the guy making a barrier is pretty cool!

[uggievang]

thanks hes my OC made him a long time ago hes been through a couple renditions he was going to be the mc of a comic i wanted to write a long time ago but choose to hold off till i was better at art haha

these first couple pages where accualy a redraw from the original

these comic pages are super old I just found them on my drive haha

[mitsuki-youko]

Ooh the comic looks great!

tho one thing that i keep wondering is,.... how does he open the door outwards if there are no handles xD with the way he was placing his hands i thought he was gonna push it in XD

but overall looks cool!

is his friend an angel since he has a halo?

is Rowen an angel too or does he just have an angel friend?

[uggievang]

He's pushing the door out its like a swinging door i guess im not too sure like i said i made this thing over 5 years ago so most of what i drew here is questionable also im still working on the backstories of the characters so im not 100% on what i want to do.

does anyone else have this problem. I can draw fine on paper and cam come up with ideas super fast but when I draw on my tablet on photoshop i just cant think of anything and anything I do draw I hate and it doesnt feel right.

[daceronine]

Ha! That's great man, even if it was done a while ago, it's fun to go through. If you get back into doing it, I'd love to see more!

Regarding ideas when drawing on paper... I'm actually the opposite, when doodling on paper I'm not sure what to go for, and when I start I can't correct it, so I kinda leave it behind, but on digital, I can look up references and adjust the image as needed, so I enjoy it more.

I think it's just about whatever you feel more comfortable with and to practice stuff to get "inspiration", for example:
1. Keep an idea notebook. Ideas come at the craziest times.
2. Do a low effort creative task, like doodling a thumbnail, or trying to write a simple back story for your image.
3. Create a routine. Marc mentioned something similar to set some time a day for creative work. It doesn't have to be too intensive, just 10 minutes to brainstorm is more than enough.
4. Learn something new. It can be as simple as watching a show, or researching about a theme than you are passionate about, like, history of comic art.
5. Appreciate other's work. Personally, I've found I've recieved a lot of ideas and learning lessons from feedback and just from watching other people's art journeys here.

There's a lot more, but just practicing some points to get the creative juices flowing is bound to help.