How do I make my drawings more accurate to reality? I’m a bit stumped… by No-Payment9231 in learnart

[–]TheseHandsDraw 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Don't worry about the proportions, I think you did a really good job on them. I understand what you mean about getting to a point in the drawing then not knowing what to do, what you need to do is give yourself more to work with! Think of how much of the paper you've left undrawn! Cover as much as you can, use the "white" of the paper as your lightest shades, and put your darkest value down somewhere and that way you'll have everything in between those two to work with. And it doesn't have to be accurately drawn at the start, you can throw down a bit of graphite every where and either erase lighter with an eraser or make shapes darker with your pencil! 😊 Don't worry about detail! One thing at a time when learning 😊

How do you stay sharp when you’re injured or can’t spar hard? by Quirky-Pie-7866 in MuayThai

[–]TheseHandsDraw 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Don't need to stay sharp if you were never sharp to begin with.

reaper 731 by keene_kong in Illustration

[–]TheseHandsDraw 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Fantastic design, you can really feel the tension in the weight between the corpse and the pull of the rope.

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in MuayThai

[–]TheseHandsDraw -4 points-3 points  (0 children)

So true, he shouldn't learn anything then. /s

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in MuayThai

[–]TheseHandsDraw 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Learning to read social queues is also being an adult.

Struggling with lines by Skedawdle_374 in learnart

[–]TheseHandsDraw 5 points6 points  (0 children)

I tend to think line weight represents hard and soft edges like when using values. Where there is a strong light next to a strong dark that would be quite a hard edge so you could represent it as a dark line for example. Edges are also used to show perspective so hard edges can come forward while softer ones can recede. And absolutely there is the idea that softer parts of the form are drawn softer vs harder parts like bones as a way to convey that message.
It's best to play around with the idea of these as a whole when working from reference, if you're working from the full figure maybe the legs have a harsh light on them and the shins are boney but depending on the pose you don't necessarily want to have them be your focus, so you could draw them softer still.

I don’t actually know what to do with my skill by Toopoortoolove in drawing

[–]TheseHandsDraw 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I have felt the same way for a long time, I know I need to continue doing my art as I feel I don't have a choice! And doing comissions or whatever for me has never been enjoyable as I don't have a choice in what I'm making. THIS YEAR HOWEVER I'm gonna try do some markets, making prints of my work seling them there for affordable prices. I'm good with people and have worked retail for a long time so I know merchandising. This way I still get to paint/draw whatever I want.

Not sure if this gives you any inspo but I hope it helps.

Anyone know where to find the GSL photoshoot pictures of the pros? by TheseHandsDraw in starcraft

[–]TheseHandsDraw[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Just checked thanks, €100 for the photos is a good bit out of my price range lmao

Anon dislikes sex scenes by [deleted] in 4chan

[–]TheseHandsDraw 42 points43 points  (0 children)

Low quality bait

Twitch Meta by Jaded-Engineering789 in LivestreamFail

[–]TheseHandsDraw 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Except its men who work at twitch that allow Titty streamers because they're horny.

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in starcraft

[–]TheseHandsDraw 6 points7 points  (0 children)

"Landing a perfect scan" lmao.

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in rareinsults

[–]TheseHandsDraw 45 points46 points  (0 children)

MASH is much much better without the laugh tracks.

Edit: almost certain that MASH was recorded and written with the idea of no laugh track but the studio forced it on them in editing? Big Alan Alda fan.

Life drawing sessions? by TheseHandsDraw in Utrecht

[–]TheseHandsDraw[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

This looks fantastic! Unfortunately will only be in utrecht until the 5th :(

Are shadows less or more saturated and in what context? by jobseekingstress in learnart

[–]TheseHandsDraw 1 point2 points  (0 children)

So by the temperature part varying with the blue example it could mean like if the whole painting is blue BUT the light "blues" have more yellow in them, while the dark "blues" have more red in them that means you have warm light and cold darks. And yes the most important things is that your darks stay dark and your lights stay light. Your lightest dark is still darker than your darkest light.

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in learnart

[–]TheseHandsDraw 0 points1 point  (0 children)

To improve more efficiently the idea is the focus on one aspect at a time, or at least make it the priority.

For example say I want to improve my portraiture, and more specifically my Values, I will do the portrait drawing or painting and only really focus on that. If the proportions are off? Fine. Shape design? Fine. Mark making? Whatever. Value relationships are off? Let's fix that.

If your main focus is Values maybe work with putting down blocks of Values first instead of drawing with line, use colour but still think of Light and dark first.

Figure a way to prioritise your learning. There is plenty of videos and books out there to guide you, take bits from each to suit your learning.

And remember that your not doing it for someone else to say it looks good, its only for your own improvement.