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Posted August 21, 2015
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adaliabooks: I wasn't bad at life drawings either, but as drawing fantasy stuff was my interest and that's what I struggled with most I never pursued it too much and don't draw regularly any more...
this is possibly where tuition / your approach failed you. Instead of trying to immediately define something, just start laying down strokes and build from that abstract - let the random guide your imagination.

Fundamentals are important, but they mean nothing at time compared to having a flow.

I'll try dig up a couple of youtube vids on it for you as I'm a few drinks down right now.
Posted August 21, 2015
yep its difficult, especially when you're drunk
Posted August 21, 2015
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KneeTheCap: Also, very nice drawings you linked!
Thanks!

As Adalia says, keep practicing. I joined that drawing thread largely to get some regular practice and I felt it made a big difference. That said, now I've stopped I'll grow clumsier quickly!
Posted August 21, 2015
Since I was in kindergarten I already made drawings ahead of the other kids, I thought that was just common and that everyone could do the same thing as I or knew how to, later at elementary school when I get compliments for my drawings I didn't really understood why and I realised what I thought to be easy enough for anyone to do was actually just from my perspective.
I ended up making drawings for my classmates and family and they would then paint them :P
Posted August 21, 2015
I wish I could draw as good as that. Good job, man.
Posted August 21, 2015
I drew and sketched loads as a kid and teen, but I seem to have shifted to digital stuff in recent years, and even that, just rarely, so my skills have gone way down. Consequently, sometimes I also feel I was much better at it as a kid...
Posted August 21, 2015
Yes actually, here's some of mine;

Nightmare John Marston - Red Dead Redemption;
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Posted August 21, 2015
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KneeTheCap: Also, can you draw?
You can draw well still, and no I cannot.

Tried to learn but all of the books and videos suck and all of the "artists" I've come across are assholes and are very unhelpful. They're the type of people who only know how to parrot what popular books they liked. None of them understand how they actually do it. :/
Posted August 21, 2015
I'm only a moderate illustrator, but feel free to ask me anything you want. If anyone wants any help;

It's mostly done by refining, start with a light pencil, draw basic shapes like spheres and cubes in the general positions you want, refine the drawing with darker pencils. Thinking in the shades from the light direction is better than just using outlines, eyes are dark on the top edge but lighter on the bottom, not just a circle. If somethings looks wrong, rub it out and try again and again until it looks right.

Practice and practice and you get better at it slowly. If you want to draw figures you'll probably have to learn some anatomy, draw skeletons and add muscles and you'll learn.

Here's another one, probably better than the previous one.
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Post edited August 21, 2015 by bad_fur_day1
Posted August 21, 2015
Yes I can, I think I posted my drawing somewhere over Hermit cave's thread a couple months ago... I've remembered My very first drawing Tablet was a Wacom Bamboo in 2008 after getting tired of using mice for coloring.

As everyone says I suggest you to take a reference and focus on what kind of style you after also start doing sketch a day or something to makes your hand be more easier to handle a pencil or pen.
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bad_fur_day1: I'm only a moderate illustrator, but feel free to ask me anything you want. If anyone wants any help;

It's mostly done by refining, start with a light pencil, draw basic shapes like spheres and cubes in the general positions you want, refine the drawing with darker pencils. Thinking in the shades from the light direction is better than just using outlines, eyes are dark on the top edge but lighter on the bottom, not just a circle. If somethings looks wrong, rub it out and try again and again until it looks right.

Practice and practice and you get better at it slowly. If you want to draw figures you'll probably have to learn some anatomy, draw skeletons and add muscles and you'll learn.

Here's another one, probably better than the previous one.
That's a nice work!
Post edited August 21, 2015 by thk47
Posted August 21, 2015
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thk47: That's a nice work!
Thanks.
Post edited August 21, 2015 by bad_fur_day1
Posted August 21, 2015
Here is one for a previous customer. The original is acrylic on illustration board.
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Posted August 21, 2015
Nope, can't do. I suck at anything art-related (drawing, music etc).
Posted August 21, 2015
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Sachys: this is possibly where tuition / your approach failed you. Instead of trying to immediately define something, just start laying down strokes and build from that abstract - let the random guide your imagination.

Fundamentals are important, but they mean nothing at time compared to having a flow.

I'll try dig up a couple of youtube vids on it for you as I'm a few drinks down right now.
Problem is, I completely suck at this. I need something solid to work with and really struggle to come up with ideas from scratch (not just in drawing, in any element of design really)

But I'd certainly give the vids a watch, if I could draw half decently it would help considerably with my ambitions for game making...
Posted August 21, 2015
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KneeTheCap: Fun fact: The woman's breasts were too big in the original sketch, I had to reduce their size...
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Tallima: haha. :)

You're not as bad as you think you are. Chloe's my favorite.

Unless you plan on making money from your art, just have fun with it.
Money? Nah. They're just for my personal amusement.

..okay, that did not sound right at all...
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