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 Posted: Thu Sep 21, 2006 6:45 am
Alright first off, I would like to ask if anyone has any hints and tips as far as drawing goes. I love to draw but, alas...I cannot draw if my life depended on it crying . Therefore I would like to ask if someone would be willing to draw Miekile (my chara/Ava) for a reasonable price. If you have any questions you can PM me on Gaia or respond to the thread. Thank you smile cheese_whine
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Posted: Thu Sep 21, 2006 8:43 am
I'm quite swamped with comissions right now, but I can give you some artistic advise.
1) Draw, draw draw! And draw some more! The base of my skill came from, surprise surprise, drawing when I was bored in class as a kid, before class started, or during class when I had finished projects and had nothing else to do. On top of that I took as many art classes as I could fit in during high school and then majored in art in college.
2) Observation, observation, observation! Much of art skill comes from having good observation skills and an eye for detail. What kind of style are you interested in? Look at examples of that style carefully. Study them. Examine how the line work is done. Is it all the same thickness or does it vary? How are the shadows and highlights done? Are they simplified or complex? Are the poses dynamic and exagerated or realistic? How about body proportions?
3) DON'T evaluate yourself based on others work. DO evaluate yourself based on your OWN work. This is a hard one to do. Begining artists often get very frustrated when their work doesn't look like that of person X, Y, or Z. You aren't person X, Y, or Z. Judge your work relative to yourself. Look at something you drew a year ago and look at what you've drawn today. What changes do you notice? How have you improved upon YOUR work? You can keep in mind where you want to head, but don't get obsessed with comparing yourself to a level of work that is years down the road. EVERYONE can draw. It's a question of if you meet your own standards. Don't set them obnoxiously high.
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Posted: Thu Sep 21, 2006 1:41 pm
Starlock I'm quite swamped with comissions right now, but I can give you some artistic advise. 1) Draw, draw draw! And draw some more! The base of my skill came from, surprise surprise, drawing when I was bored in class as a kid, before class started, or during class when I had finished projects and had nothing else to do. On top of that I took as many art classes as I could fit in during high school and then majored in art in college. 2) Observation, observation, observation! Much of art skill comes from having good observation skills and an eye for detail. What kind of style are you interested in? Look at examples of that style carefully. Study them. Examine how the line work is done. Is it all the same thickness or does it vary? How are the shadows and highlights done? Are they simplified or complex? Are the poses dynamic and exagerated or realistic? How about body proportions? 3) DON'T evaluate yourself based on others work. DO evaluate yourself based on your OWN work. This is a hard one to do. Begining artists often get very frustrated when their work doesn't look like that of person X, Y, or Z. You aren't person X, Y, or Z. Judge your work relative to yourself. Look at something you drew a year ago and look at what you've drawn today. What changes do you notice? How have you improved upon YOUR work? You can keep in mind where you want to head, but don't get obsessed with comparing yourself to a level of work that is years down the road. EVERYONE can draw. It's a question of if you meet your own standards. Don't set them obnoxiously high. I would like to thank you for your advise, you have quite vaild points there; that I think I am going to look into. smile Thanks again!
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