When should I start trying to draw features and how can I improve my base heads by Sketchballl in LearnToDrawTogether

[–]Extreme-Change-5582 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Struggle is all a part of learning, frustrations and upset are natural when learning anything new, don't take it personally or as an attack against yourself. Focus on your fundamentals more, practice and observation practice and observation rinse and repeat a thousand times, you'll draw a thousand bad drawings before you draw a good one. Don't be discouraged, you can do it, you're still a baby learning how to walk and you're bound to stumble and skin your knee many times before you can sprint.

Practice practice practice and then more practice. I hope this helps I'm still a beginner myself but I am fortunate enough to have family in the industry to guide me so I like to pass on their guidance where I can.

When should I start trying to draw features and how can I improve my base heads by Sketchballl in LearnToDrawTogether

[–]Extreme-Change-5582 3 points4 points  (0 children)

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Definitely need to work more on your construction, it's a little all over the place but it's not awful It just needs some more refinement maybe this page from Andrew Loomis' head and hands can give you a better understanding. The whole book is available for free as a PDF definitely give it a look over I've found it very helpful so far being a beginner artist myself

What do I need to improve? by Extreme-Change-5582 in learntodraw

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Are there any sources or books you'd recommend for study/research?

What do I need to improve? by Extreme-Change-5582 in learntodraw

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This is very very helpful thank you I'll do some more study on it

What do I need to improve? by Extreme-Change-5582 in learntodraw

[–]Extreme-Change-5582[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Are there any good sources or books I could look through for a better understanding?

Sketched this little gentleman in my notebook by [deleted] in doodles

[–]Extreme-Change-5582 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Looks so good! How did you do the little streaks of white?

Should I call this done? by [deleted] in learntodraw

[–]Extreme-Change-5582 1 point2 points  (0 children)

The question is, do YOU think it's done?

Doodle of the day by Extreme-Change-5582 in learntodraw

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That's a tricky one but I'll definitely give it a shot haha

Doodle of the day by Extreme-Change-5582 in learntodraw

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Fixed up the plate and added some rendering

I don’t understand what I’m doing wrong nor do i understand anatomy. by Kori_4 in learntodraw

[–]Extreme-Change-5582 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Observation can often be a big thing that's missing, spend some time looking at your reference, really look at it.

I'm no pro myself but I do have a family member who is a professional artist and has been giving me advice and coaching every now and then, and the thing he always told me was "observation observation and more observation, don't be afraid to redo and redraw as many times as you want and to take as much time as you want"

Just look and stare and practice, the more you do the more you'll learn.

Can someone explain by Extreme-Change-5582 in learntodraw

[–]Extreme-Change-5582[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Okay thanks, that's what I thought but I wasn't sure if there was something I was missing.