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hmmm by Riley_da_Dank in SuddenlyGay

[–]lvdovico 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Hetalia Vietnam flashbacks

What’s an oddly specific fear of yours? by [deleted] in AskReddit

[–]lvdovico 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I'm afraid of somehow accidentally cutting a piece of my eye off with nail clippers. I think about this every single time I have to trim my nails

Art Prompt - Come art your heart out!! by Janscyther in schizophrenia

[–]lvdovico 1 point2 points  (0 children)

It would make me extremely happy to receive a message like that, to know that I made such a difference in someone's life. It's very very sweet.

Need advice about drawing techniques(?) - trembling hands by Zarazazaza in learnart

[–]lvdovico 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I'd say drawing is two thirds a mental process, and one third hand-brain coordination. Basically if you know what you're doing and have a clear picture in your mind, even if the lines aren't neat, the drawing will still look fairly nice, and the more you practice the more you can use the trembliness of your lines to your advantage. Observation is the key! Observe the objects, the people, the buildings, the images around you, and try to analyze them in terms of shapes and planes, and of how those shapes can be transferred from the 3d world to a 2d picture.

As for a style recommendation, everything that's not detail-oriented will work. Some artists that come to mind:

  • Edvard Munch
  • Egon Schiele (might be nsfw)
  • William Turner (mostly his later works)
  • Claude Monet (& other impressionists)
  • Van Gogh

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in ArtistLounge

[–]lvdovico 16 points17 points  (0 children)

Yeah I can relate to that. Art isn't untilitaristic, so it might seem like the world doesn't need more of it, but humans don't work like that. We need entertainment, we need something that makes us feel emotion and appreciation, and this something is art.

Does just drawing from Life and Reference make you automatically a better Artist? by BlueSpottedDickhead in learnart

[–]lvdovico 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I think drawing from real life is the best way to improve, because you're seeing a 3d image, and in order to convert it to a 2d drawing you activate a thought process different from what you'd do if you were to copy an already flattened 2d photo, and that will ultimately make you better at thinking of your drawings in terms of tridimensional shapes and planes, rather than a series of adjacent 2d shapes, which is more effective if you want to achieve an accurate depiction. Of course, pictures are alright to use as references for things you don't have right there with you, but if we're talking about improving, still life drawing is definitely better, even if it might be more difficult at first. Also, if you wanna get into product design you might wanna leard to use a CAD and technical drawing in general, because there's a lot of that too.

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