nights and lots of coffee (updated feb 18th, 2010)

[coffeepyros]

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aloha!

i'm working as a graphic/design and web development freelancer in leipzig,
germany and during the last 9 months or so i started to draw.

i can't focus 100% of my time on it, since i a) have a job and b) do other
things as well (photography (http://www.photographymob.org/forums/showthread.php?p=16900)). that being said, i'm still interested in developing
my drawing/painting skills.

at the moment i'm working with betty edwards' "the new drawing on the right
side of the brain", once that is done i'll continue with loomis.

below are some drawings from when i started (january 2009) and some
recent ones. i haven't found a way to integrate them into the text, so they'll
show up as big blob at the bottom. :D

i think i have three main problems at the moment: anatomy, rendering and
most importantly - the lack of motivation to work longer than ~45mins.
the first two can be fixed with practise, the last one - no idea, i really hope
the sketchbook will help with that one.

thanks for reading and now onto the blob! :3

[coffeepyros]

slowly progressing with "drawing on the right side of the brain"...

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1 - exercise from "drawing on the right side", unfortunately my right hand was
a bit strained, so i drew this upside down and with my left hand.
(~45min, ballpoint pen)

2 - same thing a above: upside down and with left hand
(~30min, pencil)

3 - 1h mini-contest, subject was "undead"
(1h, photoshop)

4 - my self portrait day submission + 1h additional work after posting
(4h, photoshop)

[bad_painter]

You're doing fine, just keep at it. In fact, I see major improvement already! ;)

[coffeepyros]

bad_painter: looks like we are working with the same books and also started
around the same time - it will be very interesting to watch each others
progress! :D

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more "drawing on the right side of the brain" exercises and real life studies...

[coffeepyros]

1 - hand (comic look) -> ~45min, photoshop
2 - daily sketches
3 - loomis
4 - loomis, applied -> 1-2h, sai
5 - still life -> 3h, photoshop
6 - daily sketches

[coffeepyros]

someone complained i don't update enough, so here we go...

1 - life drawing (pencil, from life)
2 - spear boy (pencil, from photo)
3 - leo (ballpoint pen, from photo)

[coffeepyros]

little update - had to take an one month break from everything because of personal reasons.

drawings are black ballpoint pen on cheap printer paper - as always.
first two from life, last from photo reference.

[coffeepyros]

1 - very quick sketches from life
2 - illustration for valentines day (yeah didn't feel that good...)
3 - first from photo reference, second from life