Noobcake's Sketchbook

[Dagon]

Hey everyone,
I know I know, another n00b sketchbook to waste space in the daily sketchbooks ;) I've never really actually tried to draw before. Even the local art classes (which may be completley dropped due to poor budgeting) contained no drawing whatsoever. This is my (pathetic) attempt at learning to draw through doing (at least) one page of sketches a day. I've got several resources to learn from, classes coming up this summer, and art club on tuesdays (The feeling of inferiority is amazing!). Hopefully I actually get somewhere.

Here's my first page:

http://home.comcast.net/~scorbett1/12004.jpg

I'm aware of my (obvious) anatomical mistakes on the hand, I tried to do it as fast as possible (took about 4 minutes). The lips were from where I was teaching myself steps for crosshatching, and the shapes are just stupid light studies that didn't turn out very good ^.^

Feel free to hit me, I can take it.

:evilbat:

[j1w0n]

*hits you very hard*

thanks, that felt good. but tell me, does it suck to be hit first by a lurker? mwahahaha!

post some more stuff. and draw from references. motivation is the key, my friend - oh yes - and that you have. rock on. :beer:

[-The Swift-]

everybody has to start somewhere! just keep at it and you'll do well.
my only suggestion is
TAKE YOUR TIME

just enjoy it and you'll go far!:)

[Cerpin Taxt]

... I definatley can't get back into that account >.< Sorry about the lack of updates, but a combonation of finals and doing a musical kind of screwed up my schedule... It's gonna happen for the next couple of weeks :-/ I hope to sketch alot more during the summer though, and I'll try to keep up for now. Why does school have to be my number one priority? :xx: Oh well. Here's some stuff for today.

-=today's=-
http://home.comcast.net/~scorbett1/52304.jpg
(i obviously need to learn more about gesture :-/)

and

http://home.comcast.net/~scorbett1/051104.jpg

j1won and -The Swift-, you're so encouraging ^^ I'm definatley going for it. I have no idea why, but I'm motivated 24/7 to be drawing, I keep finding inspiration everywhere. I am hungry for some skills, and some skills I will umm.... get after a decade or two :D .

[Cerpin Taxt]

Today I decided to do lots of gestures. The best of which are posted here... time limit = 30 seconds.

http://home.comcast.net/~scorbett1/figure1.jpg

http://home.comcast.net/~scorbett1/figure2.jpg
kinda pointy aren't they?

http://home.comcast.net/~scorbett1/figure3.jpg

http://home.comcast.net/~scorbett1/figure5.jpg

Must... keep.. going... o.O I started a pencil portrait of Cedric and Omar from The Mars Volta, but then I realised I suck and that I have to do more more more more more lifedrawing! :eek: *melt*

;)

[Keepiru]

Dagon, or Cerpin Taxt... Its good to know that theres room to improve, but telling yourself you suck wont get you anywhere. EVERYONE who draws goes through this stage. No worries, you'll rock.
As for some suggestions. Suggestion #1: anatomy books. A friend of mine got me into this, and he said "If you understand the skeleton, the muscles and skin will fall into place". It really helps. Suggestion #2: everyone approaches gesture drawing differently. One really superb drawing teacher I had forced me to start out doing gesture drawings from the INSIDE of the form and work my way out. Start with the head, but instead of drawing the circle that describes the outside line of the head, think about how you can use lines to describe the inside of the form, and that will give it dimention and structure. Quick horizontal lines can create roundness, vertical lines allude to length. Also make the lines heavier in the areas where there is the most weight on the figure (ie, the weighted leg). And as always, no picking up your charcoal, no erasing, and less than a minute each. We're all inclined when we begin to draw to just draw an outline and fill it in. Eventually you will be able to do that, but at this point attempting this causes things to fall flat. First learn the roundness and internal shape of the form before worrying about the outside. Inside out. I found that this technique hugely improved my figure drawing skills.

Anyhoo, keep at it. Practice really does make perfect in this line of business, so its alll goood. :D

[Cerpin Taxt]

Bleh, I can't get into my old account, so I'm just Cerpin Taxt for now. I really need to stop kicking myself like you said.. After I finished a course a while ago I just stopped because I couldn't make anything that I liked, but that's not gonna happen again. Can you give me an example of what you mean by defining the inside of the form? Maybe a quick sketch? That would be really helpful :D Also, any reccomendations on books? There seems to be so many :-/

As for tonight, I have no idea what I should do. Maybe some more gesture in the way you said, Keepiru? When I started drawing again, everyone told me to "draw everything I see." Only problem is everytime I start something like that, it starts to turn out really, really bad and I get frustrated and give up. Last night when I did those gesture drawings I was kinda happy with them, which is weird. Even though they're nothing special, I find them more fun to do and I like how I did them.. *stops rambling*

Yeah. :xx:

[Keepiru]

Oke, well this is sort of a cheesy web page, but first set of drawings are really what I'm talking about.
http://www.ickystuff.co.uk/gesture.htm
Anyhoo, a great anatomy book I have been using is by a guy named Barcsay, creatively called Anatomy for the Artist, Also Goldfinger's Human Anatomy for Artists is pretty helpful. Anything by Hogarth is good, his books are really commonly used. You should be able to get these at the library or at a bookstore, and some art supply stores also sell books.
Hope this helps out! Keep practicing!

[Cerpin Taxt]

OH OH okay, so I should be using lines to define the mass of the form and not just the outline. I'll work on it. I gotta get to the library to work on a paper tommorow too, so I'll definately be able to snag some good books. Thanks for the advice!

[Keepiru]

Glad I could help. Good Luck. You can't ever draw enough. :D