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Well, you wanted the non-person Lavers, so here's #3:
Maybe you should post next time, Marco. I love drawing people, but I found it super hard with the tablet.
I think the problem is that I have, like, the smallest tablet there is, and so no matter what I'm always going to be working small Mine is about the size of a mousepad, and so the actual screen space is about the quarter of a mousepad. Do you guys have bigger tablets? Mine was like $100 CAN... it would be nice to have one of the bigger ones if I end up using this a lot.
Maybe you should post next time, Marco. I love drawing people, but I found it super hard with the tablet.
I think the problem is that I have, like, the smallest tablet there is, and so no matter what I'm always going to be working small Mine is about the size of a mousepad, and so the actual screen space is about the quarter of a mousepad. Do you guys have bigger tablets? Mine was like $100 CAN... it would be nice to have one of the bigger ones if I end up using this a lot.
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man erik....thats fucked.why allways that hard shit? i will post just shit till i´m realy used to the tablet.but i guess drawing hard stuff will acellerate the process.
my tablett is also very small.zeke once used a big one but said it wasnt that good(?)but not sure anyway.m,aybe you ask him,he might have the biggest experience with these things around here
would anyone mind to move us to a new thread?cause in the end this is the footbag doodles thread...
my tablett is also very small.zeke once used a big one but said it wasnt that good(?)but not sure anyway.m,aybe you ask him,he might have the biggest experience with these things around here
would anyone mind to move us to a new thread?cause in the end this is the footbag doodles thread...
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Well, you post the still life subject next time and you can make it easier if you want. It's pretty much your turn anyway, since Zeke and I have already gone, and you and I seem to be the ones posting the most. You could also just really simplify the image if the detail is too overwhelming. Draw the contour and then just fill in a few things inside -- don't worry about every little detail. It's silly to draw if you always just draw exactly what you see. Make it fun.
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Just think of the nose as a rectangular prism produding from the centre of the face -- it's basically just a long simple shape with a smaller shape on either side at the end. You can think of the overall shape simplified as a triangular wedge (including the nostrils (or whatever the outter part of the nostrils are called...)). I would draw an example, but I'm working on my essay and it's 3 in the morning. I can try to do something tomorrow
Your noses actually look really good, especially the first one :p I was thinking of posting some examples by another illustrator, but it really is a pretty complicated form if you don't think in simplified terms. Think simple and add detail afterward. I can only create great figural poses from my imagination if a use a stick figure foundation.
I also liked your ear in the second one.
Are you drawing from a mirror or photo?
It's great to see you posting so much Stephen. It's super easy to learn if you practice as much as it seems like you are! I guess another big trick for "look-drawing" is to look at everything in relation to everything around it... I always start with an outline of the head and add facial features after and then adjust the initial outline according to the changes made within. So for example, where does the end of the nose end in relation to jaw muscles and the bottom of the ear? How are the eyes spaced in relation to the span of the nostrils? How far do the lips stretch in relation to the nostrils and eyes? It helps a lot to keep that in mind.
EDIT: Oh, another big help for drawing the body is trying to understand how all the muscles work. So if you're trying to draw lips, move your mouth around and stretch your lips and figure out how they move and how other parts (like your cheeks, jaw/chin, even eyebrows) move with them. This is kind of a more advanced tip that may just complicate things if you're not ready, but in just in general it helps a lot to think about what's under the surface and think about your own body when you're drawing figurally. I find myself studying my professors' faces in class and seeing how different peoples' bodies look and move.
Your noses actually look really good, especially the first one :p I was thinking of posting some examples by another illustrator, but it really is a pretty complicated form if you don't think in simplified terms. Think simple and add detail afterward. I can only create great figural poses from my imagination if a use a stick figure foundation.
I also liked your ear in the second one.
Are you drawing from a mirror or photo?
It's great to see you posting so much Stephen. It's super easy to learn if you practice as much as it seems like you are! I guess another big trick for "look-drawing" is to look at everything in relation to everything around it... I always start with an outline of the head and add facial features after and then adjust the initial outline according to the changes made within. So for example, where does the end of the nose end in relation to jaw muscles and the bottom of the ear? How are the eyes spaced in relation to the span of the nostrils? How far do the lips stretch in relation to the nostrils and eyes? It helps a lot to keep that in mind.
EDIT: Oh, another big help for drawing the body is trying to understand how all the muscles work. So if you're trying to draw lips, move your mouth around and stretch your lips and figure out how they move and how other parts (like your cheeks, jaw/chin, even eyebrows) move with them. This is kind of a more advanced tip that may just complicate things if you're not ready, but in just in general it helps a lot to think about what's under the surface and think about your own body when you're drawing figurally. I find myself studying my professors' faces in class and seeing how different peoples' bodies look and move.
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wha...have no time too draw...but i´ll do it today...so i´ll post my pic later....damn...eric i so love your style....thanks for the hint anyway...so i will realy simplyfy things.courious if i like it...
EDIT:my pic
EDIT:my pic
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This is such a good idea!
I really need a push to get started with my Tablet.
Here is an example on a drawing I did:
http://www.masshysteria.dk/host/potrait.jpg
Selfpotrait, for a schoolassignment about my future and my education.
I really need a push to get started with my Tablet.
Here is an example on a drawing I did:
http://www.masshysteria.dk/host/potrait.jpg
Selfpotrait, for a schoolassignment about my future and my education.
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I tried another one, this time from a picture on my cell phone.
This is me in the car right after having my wisdom teeth extracted. Also messed around with the gradient map/channel mixer in photoshop. I'm not sure it actually looks better for it, though....
I think the main thing I did wrong was make the face too long/the lips and nose too far away from each other.
This is me in the car right after having my wisdom teeth extracted. Also messed around with the gradient map/channel mixer in photoshop. I'm not sure it actually looks better for it, though....
I think the main thing I did wrong was make the face too long/the lips and nose too far away from each other.
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I started my cellphone, but had all this crazy schoolwork all at once that I had been putting off so never finished and then I tried to finish now, but I got frustrated so I'm leaving it the way it is The second one is trying to draw it again with my left hand If someone posts a flipside-hand subject I'll draw again with my left. It was super fun, even though it looks like poo, and gave my hurting right wrist a break.