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NeoGAF Drawing-a-Day Thread
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Psychological Intellect
Banned
mo' shit
blagh
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Demon Lizardman
Banned
Did a study of a nude women posing, NSFW.
http://www.conceptart.org/forums/attachment.php?attachmentid=1795272&stc=1&d=1373485784
http://www.conceptart.org/forums/attachment.php?attachmentid=1795272&stc=1&d=1373485784
Foxy Fox 39
Banned
Oh I agree. It's just that no one posts in arts & farts. I think being in the community tab killed it, but that's just me.I think arts and farts is kind of like the post your awesome stuff thread, while this is like the "neogaf daily sketchbook" thing, to keep track of everyone's progress
It kind of helps people that's trying to start getting into the habit of learning/practising, so I think it's great
triplestation
Member
1 HOUR
peaceiscloser
Member
10 minutes
Black Door
Banned
Doodle from work of a "sexy bard" character (~10 minutes total)
And a more elaborate sketch from a couple of days ago
And a more elaborate sketch from a couple of days ago
Winterfang
Banned
It's on community now, that explains it. I feel like is more of a digital Art stuff though. Is this one more of an actual sketch thing?
I want to get better at drawing with pen and paper, and I have a few questions.
My plan is to start drawing every day for a couple of minutes, say 20 - 30. I am going to draw stuff that I see, like cups or books or shelves or glasses.
If I just keep on drawing things like these, will I get better naturally, or do I have to go over each drawing and try to figure out what I did wrong, or will this come naturally as I improve my eye to hand coordination. Is there anything else I should know before I start?
My plan is to start drawing every day for a couple of minutes, say 20 - 30. I am going to draw stuff that I see, like cups or books or shelves or glasses.
If I just keep on drawing things like these, will I get better naturally, or do I have to go over each drawing and try to figure out what I did wrong, or will this come naturally as I improve my eye to hand coordination. Is there anything else I should know before I start?
Easy way is to grab some good book about the matter and follow the instructions.
AFollowerNotALeader
Member
Time: ~20mins
Medium: GIMP + Wacom
VanillaCakeIsBurning
Member
Day 1
Time: Around 10 minutes or so.
Medium: Pencil and paper.
Just practicing making straight lines from different positions and circles. I'm starting with the fundamentals like basic shapes and lines so expect to see this kind of thing from me for a while. Any pointers would be appreciated (if anyone has any to share).
I scanned them in upside down by accident but I don't think it really makes a difference for these.
Time: Around 10 minutes or so.
Medium: Pencil and paper.
Just practicing making straight lines from different positions and circles. I'm starting with the fundamentals like basic shapes and lines so expect to see this kind of thing from me for a while. Any pointers would be appreciated (if anyone has any to share).
I scanned them in upside down by accident but I don't think it really makes a difference for these.
New people don't get to know there's a thread on it.Foxy Fox 39
Banned
omg youre not dead!
Drawing on the Right Side of the Brain is pretty helpful starting out.
Psychological Intellect
Banned
15 mins
AFollowerNotALeader
Member
Time: 40 mins
Medium: GIMP + Wacom Bamboo
Notes: I really love this piece: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:The_Monitor_and_Merrimac.jpg and had some of the colouring in mind when I drew this. Obviously, I have a long way to go!
Another sketch commission. I wish I had more time that I could spend on it, because I think I really could have gone all out on it but...maybe when I finish other shit I have to do. So this one feels really unfinished to me.
Tools : Moleskine sketchbook, Parker .05mm mech pencil
Time: hmm about 4 hours maybe?maybe 5 again.
Notes: Plan out the composition a bit more beforehand. Delicate pictures can have more than delicate values. Stop being lazy with circles.
Hmm, though I tend to think more finished and completed things will show up in arts and farts (as you'd take more than one day on it) I still think traditional stuff can go in there. I've posted loads of other sketchy like things in there, both digital and pencil work. I think it'd be nice to see people posting in both really.
Demon Lizardman
Banned
Get some books about Figure Drawing. Vilppu, Andrew Loomis and Bridgeman have great anatomy books. Start from there and draw from life.
Also, this guy has a bunch of videos full of advice and tutorials, I highly advise you look at them.
https://matt-kohr.squarespace.com/library/
Winterfang
Banned
Psychological Intellect
Banned
trunks from dbz, trying to paint better, quick sketch
oh and a korra sketch, 20 mins
edit: more practice
oh and a korra sketch, 20 mins
edit: more practice
Demon Lizardman
Banned
Oooh, I like these, I demand more!
Black Door
Banned
Killing half an hour before going to sleep. Now that she has her instrument, I can do the adjustments and inks on the computer
highrider
Banned
How are you liking the note 2 for art? I'm getting one for my birthday and I'm pretty excited about it. I'm on my s3 still using my fingers lol.
All this time I thought you were using a Note 2.
It's pretty good, the screen is crisp and vibrant, the digitizer is pressure sensitive and the stylus feels comfortable and extremely accurate. However, I would have preferred a wider screen (16:10) like the first Note instead of the 16:9 of the current model.
By the way try to get a case without magnetic parts there are many reports of users who have experienced an erratic stylus behavior after installing said cases.
highrider
Banned
Thanks for the impressions. My main work in on paper and canvas but I love using even my s3 for just recreational drawing. Hoping with the note I can do some higher level stuff on the go
Winterfang
Banned
Anyway to quickly upload pictures and getting links directly from the phone?
User 73706
Banned
I use imgur uploader. Not perfect but it's available on Android and iOS.
Psychological Intellect
Banned
sketch, tried to attempt painting it but I was like naaaaaaaaw.
You can definitely do some very impressive stuff, for instance this Davy Jones portrait was done with a Note 2 and SBM.
Source: http://browse.deviantart.com/art/Davy-Jones-Galaxy-Note-2-347318847
...Makes me fell totally inadequate
Btw you should post your traditional art some day. What you have posted is very interesting even more so considering the medium.
As for today, something inspired by my current avatar:
Note 2 x SBM x 15 min.
highrider
Banned
Thanks. I haven't done any work on canvas or paper since my wife started school. I only have the energy for short bursts now lol. I'm not a great rendering artist so that Davey Jones thing is nuts to me.
I haven't been drawing much for the last couple of days so no subway drawing even though I had my sketch pad on me last time I went out; I felt lazy.
My most recent one. This one took me about 3.5 hours or so (probably more) across 3 days in CS6 since I wasn't satisfied with it and kept adding and subtracting things ("an artist knows when to stop"). I'm so proud of this one, I think it might be porfolio worthy; I made a deviantart page recently but I haven't uploaded any art work to it so I may as well. I bought Hotline Miami the other day and have been in love with the art style so I decided to do some fan art (which I rarely do but need to do more of since there's so many games I love). I uploaded it to Steam as well because why not? It's under the handle of heightsartist:
Before I did the Hotline Miami I was working on this one on Thursday and Friday. It's not done yet so it's a work in progress. I was thinking a red headed chick I know so I wanted to draw a red headed woman wearing a jacket. My sense of anatomy looks pretty good:
30 second figure drawings early last week. I wasn't able to get everything in 30 seconds; need to focus more on my line work than think about it:
Slightly NSFW so I'm linking it. It's a study of a thicker woman. I still need to learn how to draw the female anatomy better since my understanding of the male anatomy is pretty solid. Did it last week. Took me about 30 minutes in total in Photoshop:
http://i.imgur.com/isUDiVy.jpg
Study of a nude woman lying on a bed. It's also NSFW so I'll link it. It took me about 30 mins to lay all out in CS6. I actually wanted to paint this but I lost the image since I closed the tabs:
http://i.imgur.com/REyZLRy.jpg
To whoever posted the links about the 30 second drawing websites and the one with pictures of people with different proportions, thank you. I'll definitely use both resources even though I have the Loomis books as well (but I haven't used them all that much).
Gonna do several 15-30 minutes drawings to catch up in the morning since I can always use more of those. I've gotten lazy and it's not good.
My most recent one. This one took me about 3.5 hours or so (probably more) across 3 days in CS6 since I wasn't satisfied with it and kept adding and subtracting things ("an artist knows when to stop"). I'm so proud of this one, I think it might be porfolio worthy; I made a deviantart page recently but I haven't uploaded any art work to it so I may as well. I bought Hotline Miami the other day and have been in love with the art style so I decided to do some fan art (which I rarely do but need to do more of since there's so many games I love). I uploaded it to Steam as well because why not? It's under the handle of heightsartist:
Before I did the Hotline Miami I was working on this one on Thursday and Friday. It's not done yet so it's a work in progress. I was thinking a red headed chick I know so I wanted to draw a red headed woman wearing a jacket. My sense of anatomy looks pretty good:
30 second figure drawings early last week. I wasn't able to get everything in 30 seconds; need to focus more on my line work than think about it:
Slightly NSFW so I'm linking it. It's a study of a thicker woman. I still need to learn how to draw the female anatomy better since my understanding of the male anatomy is pretty solid. Did it last week. Took me about 30 minutes in total in Photoshop:
http://i.imgur.com/isUDiVy.jpg
Study of a nude woman lying on a bed. It's also NSFW so I'll link it. It took me about 30 mins to lay all out in CS6. I actually wanted to paint this but I lost the image since I closed the tabs:
http://i.imgur.com/REyZLRy.jpg
To whoever posted the links about the 30 second drawing websites and the one with pictures of people with different proportions, thank you. I'll definitely use both resources even though I have the Loomis books as well (but I haven't used them all that much).
Gonna do several 15-30 minutes drawings to catch up in the morning since I can always use more of those. I've gotten lazy and it's not good.
Black Door
Banned
Lines in Illustrator. About an hour or so
