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NeoGAF Drawing-a-Day Thread
- Thread starter Keikaku
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Thanks for sharing this ^^
There is some wonderful art going on. Here is mine for today:
Again with Corel painter 12 and wacom tablet
I'm still learning to draw in digital form, so doing basic shapes until I get the hang of if. Need to work on my proportions (along with the rest), spent about 30-35 mins.
My wacom tablet is still lagging in Photoshop CS6. Anyone have any suggestions?
Time: 30 minutes while the internet was out this morning.
Made with: ArtRage 4 (got it in a Steam sale a bit ago, haven't really tried it out after messing around with the demo.)
Music of the moment: They Bleed Pixels on the Dance Floor
Comments: I have to say, I prefer this pencil tool to the one in Painter.
Anyone that really wants to improve I would strongly suggest The Gnomon Workshop They have some really great dvds that cover pretty much anything you can think of from a beginner level to pro.
Man, a lot of great submissions in here and it's encouraging seeing people going at it so hard!
However, I don't think I'll be able to draw something for today (1 hour til midnight left), will I be shunned and laughed at?
Yes you will xD How about a stick figure? You can do it I believe in you!
It all depends on how long my call with my gf is! I'll try my best
doodle on a paper while you're talking to her and just post that : D
Comic Book Character from Pinoy Funny Komiks. He's name is Combatron. Inspired by Megaman
This is the one !
and the making of as always
MrCunningham
Member
Nice thread, maybe I will contribute something to it, when I have the time later.
I like the curve of the sketch girls face better. Took like 2 hours because I was being dumb.
Nice work!
I don't have the dexterity to make lineart like that from a sketch. =A=
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Deleted member 10571
Unconfirmed Member
This thread would be cool with daily themes or something, updated in the OP or even title. I wanna draw stuff but can't figure out what to draw.
Could come up with a general theme for yourself based off interests? I'm just doing fighting game characters.
What do you like? Even if you have no interests, just the things around you in your house can make for a lot of subject matter.
we had one of these and it died quickly
EarsOfASnake
Member
45minutes, CS5.
comment: Faces have been my nemesis for so damn long, I shall conquer them once and for all dammit!
Krauser Kat
Member
doodling shit on the wall at my uncles
15 min
ep121 wacom asus win 8 whatever the fuck
15 min
ep121 wacom asus win 8 whatever the fuck
Jeez that's so nice and clean. I just wanna color it in hahaha, love it.
PaulExcellent
Member
Here's my submission for today.
This one was inspired by the SoCal pants of the 90s.
(We saw a guy in the testing site rocking a pair. Rad to the max.)
Oh, and all of the things I draw are made with Sharpies and Pilot V5R-V7R Retractable pens.
In other words, I write with Sharpie and the best pens in the world for everything ever.
This one was inspired by the SoCal pants of the 90s.
(We saw a guy in the testing site rocking a pair. Rad to the max.)
Oh, and all of the things I draw are made with Sharpies and Pilot V5R-V7R Retractable pens.
In other words, I write with Sharpie and the best pens in the world for everything ever.
Gesture warm-up.
Time: About 4 hours.
Medium: Digital
Notes: Started out as just a random pencil sketch but then I began playing with coloring tools. I don't color a lot so I should work on that. Same with lighting and shadows. Think if I did something like this again I would color it in grays first for shadows before actually putting down colors.
I love your style.
If you post 2 tomorrow, it's all goodMan, a lot of great submissions in here and it's encouraging seeing people going at it so hard!
However, I don't think I'll be able to draw something for today (1 hour til midnight left), will I be shunned and laughed at?
EDIT: Updating the OP with some new "rules".
Day 2
Time: I haven't really been timing myself, but I'd say 30 minutes or so.
Medium: 2b Pencil
Notes: I'm going to try drawing the bottle alone later. Still need to work on curved lines and measuring proportions.
Original image: http://i.minus.com/i2KVGFJeEK0Bo.jpg
Time: I haven't really been timing myself, but I'd say 30 minutes or so.
Medium: 2b Pencil
Notes: I'm going to try drawing the bottle alone later. Still need to work on curved lines and measuring proportions.
Original image: http://i.minus.com/i2KVGFJeEK0Bo.jpg
Consider practicing continuous-line contour drawings. Focus on drawing the outline of the object without picking up the pencil to train on avoiding the "petting" in of unconfident lines; try to learn towards single more confident lines.
I've a terrible habit of petting in lines too.
Don't have any resources on hand but a quick Google search should help.
Alright, here's my sketch from last night, did this in some 20 minutes while skyping with my gf. It wasn't a nice conversation. Anyway, done in all ballpoint pen. Got a wedding today so I probably won't be able to draw today since I won't be able to come home tonight. I'll do two on Monday instead!
Forget the bottle for now, draw the books! Trust me on this.
One of the major tricks that your mind plays on you is shape association. Mentally, you know that a book is a rectangular box so you draw the top of the book much more visible than it actually is in reality and your perspective gets thrown off. Notice how, in your drawing, you can see much more of the cover of the book than you can in the picture?
Another thing that's making this much harder for you is the fact that you have the bottle in there and bottles are really freaking hard to draw. Notice how much more your bottle bulges than in the picture? The circular and elliptical shapes in there make them extraordinarily difficult for beginners.
If you have $70 to spare (or about $55-60 with Amazon Prime) get this Bamboo Splash Tablet. It comes with ArtRage and I think it's a pretty good deal. Then you can do stuff like this:
Now, with two images above and below, you can get a much better feel for the proportions of the drawing. Once you do one of these digitally, then try freehand.
For the moment though, just practice with books and boxes or things with boxy shapes. They help the most with getting proportions down. My first month of art school was defined by almost 300 pages (front and back!) of drawing boxes in various shapes, sizes, orientation and lighting conditions. It helped tremendously.
The mistakes you're making are extremely common for people who are just learning, so don't feel bad. Just know that there are people (like me!) who have gone through the same process you are going through right now so we know some of the shortcuts you can take.
I've been awake for almost 45 hours straight for work now (I did get a couple of hours of naps) so I'm going to go to bed now. When I wake up, I'll do two sketches to make up for the one I missed today. See you all in about 12 hours
Hah thanks! It's a friend's wedding though.
Oh, haha. Well, grats to Groof's friend!
Keikaku said:
Think I'll add this to my daily tasks.
Just gotta say that I really like this, especially the brush. What kind of brush is it?
I'll be sure to tell him
I was doing one last refresh on the thread before heading to bed and saw this so I figured I would give a bit more detail. Here's a typical regimen:
- Get a sketchbook that is at least 9" x 12". You will usually find them in a book of about 100 sheets.
- Divide each side of a page into 4 equally sized spaces (do this only for the required number of pages talked about below) then do the following:
- 2 sets of 4, 30 sec drawings of your setup of boxes. These should focus exclusively on proportion and layout. Be quick, decisive and strict with your allotted time.
- 2 sets of 4, 1 minute drawings of your setup of boxes. Same as above but try to be more precise with the proportions of each sketch.
- 2 sets of 4, 5 minute drawings of your setup of boxes. Finalize the proportions and add some quick shadows/details.
- 2 sets of 4, 10 minute drawings of your setup of boxes. Even more details and your proportions should be set now.
- 2 sets of 2, 15 minute drawings of your setup of boxes (here you split these pages in half and draw your 2 drawings on each page. Lotso details!
- Take one whole page to draw a 30 minute drawing of the boxes. This should be the most detailed one yet. Even more detail with an emphasis on shadows, interior details of an object (i.e. not just the shape of the book but whether or not the cover is bent upwards in one corner or where there are varying creases)
- At the end of this, you should have 5.5 pages (front and back) of drawings and it should have taken you 150 minutes or 2.5 hours to do this.
- Shuffle your boxes around and change the lighting, if possible.
- Rinse and repeat.
- Does the above sound like a lot of work? It is. It's also a great way to improve very, very quickly provided you do the work.
- Don't press down hard on the pencil. Try to be light with your touch so that the pencil marks don't show through to the next page and fuck up your drawings there.
oh. oh my.
S memo. 10 minutes or so.
Thanks. My current sketchbook is almost full so I'll go out tomorrow for a few new ones, unless digital would work too?
Just gotta say that I really like this, especially the brush. What kind of brush is it?
I'll be sure to tell him
Thanks. It's called "Pastel on Charcoal Paper". A while back I grabbed a bunch of brushes from various websites and that's what I use today.
Here's a Dropbox link. Quote to reveal:
Thanks a ton, man! I'll try 'em out tomorrow.
I got a good chuckle out of this one. Nicely done!
Pyramid head
Banned
Did this picture of Blanka over the course of the day on and off, probably a few hours drawing time in total, used a ball point pen.
GundamBanshee
Member
Subscribed! It's been so long since I've drawn anything. Tryin' to get into the groove again.
Is that Diana Agron? Anyway looks great, can't wait to see her finished.
Is that Diana Agron? Anyway looks great, can't wait to see her finished.
Thanks for the tips. I'll try drawing from my own face again soon but i don't know if I'll post those here haha, drawing my face makes me feel self-conscious had to do it once for life drawing class.
So i studied over the link you gave me and took your tips into consideration, and tried drawing Takashi Iizuka again
not perfect by any means, but I'm happy with the outcome, I think it's an improvement in ways, although I think I did the hair worse this time! Spent about the same amount of time I spent on the drawing yesterday.
Angelus Errare
Banned
Going to buy a sketchbook today and join in. I've always wanted to learn how to draw.
