This looks fantastic, congratulations!
It does look amazing! Great job!
Woo! Going from traditional to tablet (Intuos Pro) does feel weird after all!
I'm still trying to find a program that works for me, but for now I'm rolling with Autodesk Sketchbook, although I'm considering just going for Photoshop. Anyone have any recommendations?
EDIT: Nevermind, Autodesk is a blast for this newbie.
EDIT v2: It's so much more robust than I expected! And I'm having so much fun!
Good to hear, Prederick! I have Sketchbook Pro, and I love it. It is super easy to use and very intuitive. I actually like it better than Photoshop when it comes to drawing, even though I usually use Photoshop for coloring.
Have fun with your new toy!
Drew a shoe yesterday. I am barely even discovering how robust the tools available to me are now, but I am still having a very good time, and I have found that drawing is a fantastic way to disengage from hellworld for a while every day.
Cool shoe, man! I'm glad you're enjoying your artistic endeavors. You are absolutely right --losing yourself in a drawing for as long as you work on it is amazing, like being in a completely different world.
Please keep sharing!
Character drawing for a Stars Without Number TTRPG campaign i'm taking part in soon!
Cool! Nice socks 
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Yup, I was about the say, the thing I like the most about this is the socks. Tells us a whole lot about her, I think. 
So, here's a weird thing...
...so I'm not anywhere near where my ambition wants me to be. I'm not anything I'd even remotely consider "good," much less "competent."
But I'm still enjoying myself! Like, I haven't played a game in weeks because I've been just engrossed in doing the work. And I don't know if it's having a new toy to play with (the tablet and Photoshop) or if I've just found something else that caught my interest, but I've genuinely been having a blast, despite the fact that nothing I draw is as good as I want it to be. (It's a marathon, not a sprint, I know.)
Anyway, as mentioned, on the recommendation of a pal, I switched from Sketchbook over to Photoshop, and have been slowly trying to learn that while I figure everything out. I drew two more shoes and started dicking around with gradients and other Photoshop tools, and I'm just having a blast.
my gaming (at least, digital gaming) time has decreased a LOT because of my art stuff. Partly that's because i'm trying to do it for a living, partly it's because i can't afford the latest shiny, but also mainly because it's just a lot more involving and fun for me. Especially when combined with tabletop RPG stuff which is where a lot of my drawing focus is at the moment when possible.
So, here's a weird thing...
...so I'm not anywhere near where my ambition wants me to be. I'm not anything I'd even remotely consider "good," much less "competent."
But I'm still enjoying myself! Like, I haven't played a game in weeks because I've been just engrossed in doing the work. And I don't know if it's having a new toy to play with (the tablet and Photoshop) or if I've just found something else that caught my interest, but I've genuinely been having a blast, despite the fact that nothing I draw is as good as I want it to be. (It's a marathon, not a sprint, I know.)
Anyway, as mentioned, on the recommendation of a pal, I switched from Sketchbook over to Photoshop, and have been slowly trying to learn that while I figure everything out. I drew two more shoes and started dicking around with gradients and other Photoshop tools, and I'm just having a blast.
Even though it sounds like a cliché, drawing (at least for me) tends to be more about the journey than the destination. Of course, I want the end product to look amazing and just like I pictured it in my head (and I try my best to do that), but that rarely happens to me. I might hate a finished drawing the second it's done, but the time I spend working on it is always, always a blast. So whether or not I'm satisfied with what comes out, whether I like it or not, and regardless of how close I get to what I wanted to put down on the paper, the process is always fun, so I always want to do it. So just keep having fun, and the improvement will come.
For whatever reason, the move from traditional to digital has really helped me enjoy the journey more. Like, I look forward to drawing now. Before it was a thing I wanted to do, but just kind of had to do. Now, for whatever reason, I'm much more accepting of just saying "sure, If I try to draw a car it'll look like garbage, but it'll be fun trying and I'll never draw a good one if I don't draw a bunch of bad ones first."
Sounds like the right attitude to me! It's great to hear you're having so much fun .
Was actually really pleased with how this one came out.
I'm trying to do some drawing every day, while also reminding myself that, as much as I want to learn now, I should give myself a day off every now and then to recharge my batteries and prevent burnout. If it's important for exercising your body, why wouldn't it be important for your brain?
Nice work there, Prederick!
Self portrait practice in a more painterly style, of which i am FAR TOO RUSTY. But it didn't turn out too bad for a first attempt in, like, three years or so..
Went insane, tried to draw a Hyena with foreshortening.
Not entirely disgusted by how it came out!
EDIT: Also did a cannon.
yeah the hyena turned out pretty good!
I absolutely hate trying to draw animals, it's my weakest area by far. That's why i'm currently stuck on the #Inktober52 prompt "Elephant" 
The online class I'm taking actually showed me how to do gesture drawings, as opposed to the real-life class I took a year ago where I had no idea what I was doing whatsoever and got completely distracted by the naked person sitting in the middle of the room.
And boy, was THAT ever an experience. I genuinely felt like I was going insane. 20 different gestures, 60 seconds for each, by the time I was done, my brain felt fried.
I'm LOVING this one particular brush setup I downloaded - Finally feels like one I can get comfortable with.
Nice Prederick!
It really forces you to get out of your head.
I like 15 or 30 second gestures and 2 minute gestures.
Animated gesture drawing is a learning experience.
And you would be surprised how accurate you can get with semi blind contour drawing after some practice.
Also major kudos for having the discipline to stick with it in a remote environment.
And I love your through line. Is that the technique taught or did you have that experience before the session?
week 14 catchup
"green"
Also major kudos for having the discipline to stick with it in a remote environment.
And I love your through line. Is that the technique taught or did you have that experience before the session?
I dunno why, but honestly, the remote experience is helping me. My biggest issue at the moment, honestly, is just slowly working on concentration and ignoring all the distractions that working on your PC can give you.
And that technique was taught. I have no idea how their business model works, but damn if Udemy hasn't been a helpful resource for me.
Inktober52 catchup 15: "Red"
working on the next inktober prombt, and this is only just started so veeeerrry WIP but I *REALLY* like how these eyes and nose turned out
I am tempted to pull the trigger on one of these:
https://www.amazon.com/Samsung-Galax...
https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B0...
Anyone have any experience with scultping on droid tablets or large pen displays?
The reviews are good and I have watched a lot of youtube videos on both. Then pen display would replace my monitor but I am concerned that there are performance issues for playing games. Keeping my monitor and getting a cheaper 13" pen display is an option but it seems a little ridiculous. And I worry that I will like it so much, I will regret not getting the larger monitor.
Purely out of boredom I snapped a photo of myself and attempted to do a white paint on black background rendition. I’m sure there’s a word for that but I don’t know what it is. I was making a normal pleasant face in the photo, but my lack of skills couldn’t replicate normalcy so the result is this indie comic character who is clearly disturbed. Haha.
Some sort of silhouette I'd imagine. Reverse silhouette, negative silhouette, white silhouette, or what have you.
@Prederik : This might be of interest. Stumbled across it earlier and grabbed a copy for myself, 'cause anatomy is very much one of my weakpoints.
My name is Mike Hawthorne, and I work as an illustrator and educator. I'm currently an exclusive artist for Marvel, drawing everything from Deadpool to Spider-man. I also teach Anatomy at the Pennsylvania College of Art and Design.You may have heard of my beloved Anatomy Lectures, the Original name-your-own price PDF collection of my lecture handouts from my Anatomy classes, but THIS PDF is the NEW version that we went to Kickstarter with and raised over 30k to make the print edition! (coming soon!)
When I say this PDF is new I do mean NEW! This version has 45 PAGES OF ADDITIONAL material NOT in the original, and EVERY SINGLE PAGE from the original has either been rescanned, remastered, or reworked to be clearer, sharper and better than ever! Even the resolution is higher than the original!
We’ve edited the guide to flow better through the figure for easier referencing. I’ve also added some material focused on movement and structure. Just flip through the preview above to see what I mean.
This is the guide I wish I had when I was getting started in my art education!
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