the hopelessly shaded sketchbook! (not dead! i swear!!)

[hopeless shade]

im hoping by actually HAVING a sketchbook, i'll be more compelled to draw stuff to put in it....

new pic and old pic from my doodlebook....
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v42/chocolatecatgirl/elizabeth.jpg<-- my sis, december 2004
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v42/chocolatecatgirl/puchiko.jpg<-- in the car to A-Kon, june 2004




compare those to my drawing class sketchbook... (crappy photos, sorry)
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v42/chocolatecatgirl/stilllife.jpg
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v42/chocolatecatgirl/collageforweb.jpg

thread containing my life drawings (http://www.conceptart.org/forums/showthread.php?t=37457)

in other words, i really need to spend more time on my drawings. yes, i do have the "drawing on the right side of the brain" book, and im gonna sit down with it soon, very soon. but first i have to get my lazy bum away from the computer!

[darkos]

Nice start dude,

As everybody says here you should draw more from life or at least from ref and study anatomy. Practice, practice, practise!

Keep it up!

[Shylone_Breath]

yes it's good start !:)
The last pisture is nice ! Keep drawing is the most important !

[HEROIC]

Heyyy hopeless shade.
Ur shading is great. very good start, i looked at Your life drwaings too. Great. But why arent u continuring???
U've got to do some anatomy studies, then u will be <3 . Great,, haha
Keep your studies at one thread.

Keep it up, draw more, draw as much as u can, Everyday, every night.
I'll check your life drawing thread and this thread again, more often. :)

Hace fun, peace

ALi, :^^:

[hopeless shade]

HEROIC: yeeeah....i'll probably merge the threads or something. im still gettting used to CA, so im not that adept at forum rules and such.


thank you so much everyone for the kind and helpful comments! i'm gonna see if i cant get my next round of tests over with and get back to drawing! i knew this sketchbook thing was a good idea, yay! :yayca:

....oh, the motivation.....

[hopeless shade]

i have discovered the secret to posting in a sketchbook daily....just scan your older sketches! these are a comparison of how i draw people when i have a subject thats not moving (aka: asleep) and when i draw from moving people.

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v42/chocolatecatgirl/ly.jpg <-- on a bus ride

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v42/chocolatecatgirl/straightener.jpg<-- straightening hair at theatre rehersal


when i can find stationary objects, they tend to be things like shoes.


http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v42/chocolatecatgirl/shoe.jpg <-- i dont like shoes.

any advice? obviously theres magazine collages, which i have a particular fondness for, and paying siblings to sit still, but what else do you guys do?

[Shylone_Breath]

The profil face is great ! :) Keep it up!

[hopeless shade]

Shylone_Breath: actually, she was rather annoyed that i had taken the liberty to draw her while she was sleeping, hehe

[-sideshowbob-]

hi there hopeless :)

good thingy ur sketchbook :D


i prefere doing eprspective studies and other body feature studies...i keep perspectieve in mind when i draw anatomy too ... lotsa work but lotsa fun too
:^^:

u can draw and studie whatever u see.. humans animals treess flowers.. nature.. technical things.. cars trucks toys houses .. other architecture stuff.. furniture...


when drawing bodie.. u can start drawing simple to get a feeling for the dynamic bodie movement and proportions..and then add some details step by step..

u can ask me some stuff about this and how to on msn if u like :)


keep drawing! \w/

[hopeless shade]

-sideshowbob-: allo again! thanks for stopping by. im gonna try and get some sketching in at my karate tournament this weekend!


revamped old sketch:
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v42/chocolatecatgirl/pants.jpg

cant update daily over the weekend, but ill try to draw daily anyway! hasta lunes!

[hopeless shade]

ugh, so much for drawing over the weekend....

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v42/chocolatecatgirl/eyes.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v42/chocolatecatgirl/landscape.jpg

gonna color the last one...

[hopeless shade]

well, its not exactly from my sketchbook, but its what ive been doing lately, artwise, thats not knitting.

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v42/chocolatecatgirl/ATCs-smaller.jpg

more details here (http://www.livejournal.com/community/artist_cards/228589.html)

dang, i need to draw more...

[hopeless shade]

found a new time to draw- talking on the phone!

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v42/chocolatecatgirl/Vintage.jpg

[LoveHateWar]

Your drawings are great and you seem pretty cool

[Hyver]

Your drawings are great and you seem pretty cool

OMG helpfull comment award!

you revive an all but extinct sb thread by adding absolutely nothing worth adding, thus wasting my time and everyone elses who reads this.

Now, make up for it by actually adding something useful? please.

note to the owner of this sketchbook: show some life in here and i'll comment - that's a promise

[krakel]

OMG helpfull comment award!

you revive an all but extinct sb thread by adding absolutely nothing worth adding, thus wasting my time and everyone elses who reads this.

Now, make up for it by actually adding something useful? please.

note to the owner of this sketchbook: show some life in here and i'll comment - that's a promise

that comment was absolutely superfluous!! Imo comments of any sort are always helpful, since it shows that people are actually looking at your work and they're liking it! It brings motivation and happiness in the artists life.. At least thats what i think.


so:
I like them postcards especially the great gatsby one and the katherine hepburn one. The last portrait you did is good as well. Id recommend the usual things though- practice some anatomy do some reference drawings so you can learn more about the human figure. Do some detailed studied of faces too- they seem to be you biggest problem. Get away from that mangaish style.. Learn the real deal first- then abstact it correctly.

thats alll


peace