Get the most out of your drawing skills

[Errol McGillivray]

Kaiser-chan

Posting preliminary. There had to be a rule against erasing. xd


I'll have to find a way to make these photos less horrid. Better lighting and darker pencils should help make them less of a mess for the future ones, as long as you're okay with photos instead of scans.

Yep. No erasing. Haha. It's a crutch and a bad habit at this stage. Erase when you're working on a final or serious rough. If we can't control these simple shapes and lines with confidence and control, then we're probably spending more time erasing than working.

Keep going. This stuff will help you tighten up and by Week 3, you'll be into the stuff that will really impact your paintings. Also, you and I can work one on one with perspective once you're comfortable with the stuff in Week 3.

[Sebyth]

Putting the 'slices' near the complete shape, as requested. They're broken up into three pages because of the room the pieces occupied.

Cylinder
Sphere
Box

[Errol McGillivray]

Sebyth

Putting the 'slices' near the complete shape, as requested. They're broken up into three pages because of the room the pieces occupied.

Cylinder
Sphere
Box

The box is pretty damn strong. Interesting break up of the slices in the exploded view and best of all, they're all set on the ground as though you really took it apart and set the pieces down. Keep doing that.

Try the cylinder and sphere again, but treat it like a cake and an orange. Try to pull out those wedge type slices. (They don't have to be thin at all. You can make it as large as a 3rd or fourth if that makes it simpler.

Notice how each time I'm pushing just a slightly more complex idea? That's the best way to keep yourself from being overwhelmed. Baby steps. Pace yourself with yourself. (Also, you've got more experience, so I'm keeping you slightly ahead of the weekly material to help me find the best way to introduce the new material. Hint: Guess what's happening in week 3? xd Which I wrote, but just need to make the videos. The humidity here is killing my ability to not sweat on the paper while I try to draw. >_<

Now I need to go do some more my damn self. I'm still working on trying to draw the damn things in proportion. Haha.

[AkaiRingo]

Right. After being entirely too lazy for the past two weeks (I blame the release of Diablo III), I've done some more dailies. I did four, instead of two, tonight, in hopes it will help. Also, damn those fecking cylinders. They hate me. They always look squished unless I draw them standing up!



As usual, left to right is the order they were drawn in.

[Errol McGillivray]

AkaiRingo

Right. After being entirely too lazy for the past two weeks (I blame the release of Diablo III), I've done some more dailies. I did four, instead of two, tonight, in hopes it will help. Also, damn those fecking cylinders. They hate me. They always look squished unless I draw them standing up!



As usual, left to right is the order they were drawn in.

Can you take a picture of the actual set up you're for at least one of the dailies when you post the next batch? (Preferably the best one. I think that would help me help you.)

Don't worry about your cylinders for now. The problem is that you're drawing an oval, when you need to draw an ellipse. (An ellipse is a circle in perspective. Which is why I don't want to get into it, because we're not going to get into perspective any time soon.) Seb posted something that will help, but I'm not going to explain it in week 3. I've decided to stick to the core stuff and deal with draftsmanship a little later. Of course, I can work with you one on one with the draftsmanship, like I have been working with Seb.

Sebyth

Ellipse construction, more or less

What I want to work with you on is composition and spatial relationships. Week 3 is about just seeing and drawing 3D space, but it's complex and I won't be able to cover composition. That will have to be next time.

The second and third ones are your stronger ones this time around, because the interactions and placement gives more of a sense of where the objects are and how they're constructed. The others look more like it was made up rather than drawn from objects.

Actually, do me a favor and try drawing this one:

[Sebyth]

Did the box one as well before I remembered you'd requested sphere and cylinder ones.

Box - didn't leave enough room for the pieces, so they are sketched variously in the space left.
Cylinder
Sphere