My progress from a zero to hopefully a hero..

[Mowgz]

Hello people.

I have been watching these forums for so long but havent participated. Mainly because im just a beginner when it comes to drawing, and having lack of confidence heh. Which is of course really bad.

Anyway i decided that to make myself better at drawing and have a better eye. this would probably be the best way to get those things flowing. ill try to update it daily.

I know my heads are off and im working on that. doesnt even look like me :)

http://i5.photobucket.com/albums/y153/Mowgz/SP4.jpg

http://i5.photobucket.com/albums/y153/Mowgz/SP3.jpg

http://i5.photobucket.com/albums/y153/Mowgz/SP2.jpg

http://i5.photobucket.com/albums/y153/Mowgz/SP1.jpg

[Farvus]

Very good start. That doesn't look so "from zero" :). I like mostly the second pic. Keep it up. I'll be watching this thread.

[Xaya]

Welcome Mowgz!

I am not quite sure if your confidence will increase here...
seeing the amazing work of all the guys.
But it definitely will help you improving your skills.

What you posted is good stuff, proportions are most important,
noticing the issue you will have less problems with other things.

The main thing you can do is practicing, draw!
No words will help you more than a concentrated drawing!

What i can give you on the way is:

make some special feature studies of the eye, nose and so on.
Knowing how it is build up gives you feedback, and helps you
noticing if something is wrong!

Keep it up!

-xaya

[Soja]

Hey Mogwz!

Nice start man!
I started my sketchbook by ca last summer.
And it helped me a lot! And when u'll going drawing
as much as u can u'll be progressing soon too!!
Yeah sp are helping a lot too!
Keep on doing this!!

[Mowgz]

Thanks a bunch for the warm welcome :) Really liking this community.

Yeah thats my goal. to draw as much as i can every day, post it here and see my progress. At least this gives me an incentive to draw. peoples crits and comments. Did this sketch of me nose earlier. couldnt get the hairs poking out of it though :P Best leave it out for aesthetic value eh lol.

http://i5.photobucket.com/albums/y153/Mowgz/NOSE1.jpg

[Mowgz]

Meh... shadows are hard but fun eh. gotta do more than this. why is it so hard to get started. I mean i keep getting distracted. Ok, breathe in...breathe out and think about nothing but drawing... be back soon to post something else :D

http://i5.photobucket.com/albums/y153/Mowgz/BACK1.jpg

[Farvus]

I can see framgent of some hand in the corner. It looks interesting.
The nose sketches are small step forward. Generally very good rendering. Besides shadows maybe you could pay also more attention to purely linear drawings (like done with ink).
Keep posting new stuff. Every day will be one day closer to this hero :).

[IanE]

Welcome to CA!

Definitely not a 0... get that out of your head!

Good that you're not thinking in rendering but rather proportions. Very good. Your ears stick out a little too far though... look at your in the mirror and draw them at different angles to get that down.

Lookin' good, real loose quick sketches, good proportions. The jaw looks a little too rigid, let it flow!

Keep it up, I'll check back in on you soon.

Ian

[Mowgz]

Another selfportrait of myself. Im not a narcissist or anything should you think that :D Kept looking around so the lighting isnt right.
Think ill try and draw people on the bus on my way to work today.

http://i5.photobucket.com/albums/y153/Mowgz/SP5.jpg

[Mowgz]

whoops.... its been a while that i posted. i been drawing but just havent updated me thread. Shame on me.

did a few lip studies and bought my first wacom graphire 3. hah. takes some time to get used to eh... :)
Drew a quick sketch of my hand with it in painter.

http://i5.photobucket.com/albums/y153/Mowgz/LIPS1.jpg

http://i5.photobucket.com/albums/y153/Mowgz/1.jpg

http://i5.photobucket.com/albums/y153/Mowgz/HANDS1.jpg

[Mowgz]

Havent been round here for quite a while. havent really had access to a computer. And been too busy with work and shhhtuff. :dad:

Anyway, keep sketching right? Got a pc now so should be doing it quite frequently.
http://i5.photobucket.com/albums/y153/Mowgz/Sketch5.jpghttp://i5.photobucket.com/albums/y153/Mowgz/Sketch3.jpg

http://i5.photobucket.com/albums/y153/Mowgz/Sketch4.jpg http://i5.photobucket.com/albums/y153/Mowgz/Sketch2.jpg
http://i5.photobucket.com/albums/y153/Mowgz/Sketch1.jpg

[Janus]

hey mowgz, very nice scetches.
keep up the good work.
maybe you could draw not only party of humans but a human.
im quite interested how this would look like

[Mowgz]

Ah i dont think you would be interested in my figure drawings :) Imagine... stick people :D will practicse it though. Anywhooo how do you guys keep yourself motivated and get yourself to produce images every single day? I seem to lose my concentration, and drift away to doing something else. like watching tele :D Or going to the pub, or gaming... How do you do it?? tell me please :)
few more doodles.
http://i5.photobucket.com/albums/y153/Mowgz/Sketch7.jpg
http://i5.photobucket.com/albums/y153/Mowgz/Sketch6.jpg

[Mowgz]

More doodles. Im actually productive today :D
http://i5.photobucket.com/albums/y153/Mowgz/Sketch8.jpg
http://i5.photobucket.com/albums/y153/Mowgz/Sketch9.jpg

[MrBobMarley]

Ah i dont think you would be interested in my figure drawings :) Imagine... stick people :D will practicse it though. Anywhooo how do you guys keep yourself motivated and get yourself to produce images every single day? I seem to lose my concentration, and drift away to doing something else. like watching tele :D Or going to the pub, or gaming... How do you do it?? tell me please :)
few more doodles.



I think the answer to that question is right in your sig.:wink:

[Mowgz]

Aye, thats true, passion sure does help eh. Now to find it. *goes to set traps* :tihi:

[kapturowski]

This looks nice. Perhaps the sketches are a little crude. They look like they've gotten a heavy-handed treatment. I'd say everything looks right, anatomically and such, but a little more refinement to how you handle the shading/values would make them more polished... Yeah. But then, I guess it might be your stylistic approach to the subjects... so I guess I'm saying, whatever gets the work done is good, and this is good!

[lefran]

wow nice sketches i like your self portraits, they look a lil cubist with the guide lines left in ( or are they intentional i dont know lol) but its all good n e ways ^_^

[Sanby]

I have a long way to go to get where I want to be, but I have picked up some great tips on these boards and in classes, that I will now bestow upon you.

First, I think you are definitely on the right track, It looks like you have the drive to keep at it.

When you are doing portraits, the eyes are the most important part. They can make or break your picture. If you can nail the eyes, it will be recognizable, which is what you are going for. This is not to say that verything else isn't important because it is, but just keep that in mind.

Next, slow down a bit. I remember when I first started, I did things really fast and never took the time to actually look at what I was drawing. As a general rule of thumb, look twice as much as you draw. Just slow down and take your time. It's hard not to want to do things fast when you look at guys like marko and wes and andrew who can do things quickly. That takes years to work up to, so concentrate on quality.

As far as the rendering goes, the thing that had the biggest impact on me was carving out the shadows. This is kind of similar to comic book style art. The idea is to block in the shadows as if it were a solid mass. This helps if you have a strong light source when you are learning. Set up infront of a mirror and then put a spot from the side or something. Then, draw the shadow as if it were a solid shape, using lines. Don't worry about any gradation, you want a solid line deviding the light areas from the dark areas. Once you go through the whole image like that then you can move onto refining it, but right now just concentrate on that, I find it's a great exercise. You can also do it with the light areas. If you get some gray paper or whatever colour you want, and use white charcoal or a white pencil grayon and block out the highlights instead of the shadows. Thats a good exercise because you will concentrate on the light instead of the shadows. It's easy to forget about the highlights when you are rendering something, you become so focused on the dark areas.

Last thing I will leave you with right now is to do pages and pages of circles and lines. This is no joke, do it everytime you draw, as a warm up. Use your whole arm, not you wrist to do this. This will improve you line quality and your control of the pencil.

I hope this makes sense. It's really fucking long, so if there are lots of spelling mistakes, figure it out :dur:

If you have any questions, expecially about the shadows thing, ask me. I can show you examples if you want.

Keep at it, and take comments to heart. Your drawing will improve without a doubt.

Sanby

[Mowgz]

Hey, Thanks a lot for the feedback and yeah they are very crude but its cool when its sketches. lol, just to make myself feel better :D
I know i gotta work on rendering, need to work on every aspect of drawing. And theres so damn much... wonder how old ill be before i get it down to a T... heres hoping i wont be old and wrinkly :O

Anyway drew a lil bit before i head off to a party. Can i be bothered to actually go? Not really, if only everything in this world was free :(
http://i5.photobucket.com/albums/y153/Mowgz/Sketch10.jpg

[Sanby]

I like the shape of those legs, they are looking nice.

Hey man, just cause they are sketches doesn't mean they can't look amazing. Don't make excuses. Not that I am bashing your work, not at all, just keep that in mind.

BTW, you will never ever get any of this stuff down to a T. Ask any of the pros here and they will tell you that they are constantly trying to improve themselves. That's just the way it works, its a neverending process, so strap yourself in and get ready for a long ride.

Sanby

[Mowgz]

A few more quickie sketches. Maybe i should spend more time on refining. Ima have a try. Need to go hand in hand with mr patience :| something im not particularly good at. :)

http://i5.photobucket.com/albums/y153/Mowgz/Sketch11.jpghttp://i5.photobucket.com/albums/y153/Mowgz/Sketch12.jpg

[Mowgz]

So bored waiting to respawn in counterstrike source, that i made these.
think im getting a hang of lines. but thats just a "Think" :D

http://i5.photobucket.com/albums/y153/Mowgz/Sketch13.jpghttp://i5.photobucket.com/albums/y153/Mowgz/Sketch14.jpg

[Mowgz]

2 quick doodles

http://i5.photobucket.com/albums/y153/Mowgz/Sketch23.jpghttp://i5.photobucket.com/albums/y153/Mowgz/Sketch24.jpg

[Mowgz]

http://i5.photobucket.com/albums/y153/Mowgz/Sketch25.jpg
http://i5.photobucket.com/albums/y153/Mowgz/Sketch26.jpg

[mitch]

hey man, your work isnt bad but work on craftsmanship and ckeaning up your edges. i'm diggin the anatomy studies, you doing those will REALLY pay off in the long run. keep it up man.

[Mowgz]

hey bud, thanks for the words. Im gonna work on the clean edges. Ive been looking in a book "Human figure in motion" and tried to draw the figures there to somehow get an eye for the body. anywho, some rough quick sketches here.
http://i5.photobucket.com/albums/y153/Mowgz/Sketch29.jpg
http://i5.photobucket.com/albums/y153/Mowgz/Sketch28.jpghttp://i5.photobucket.com/albums/y153/Mowgz/Sketch27.jpg

[Mowgz]

doodlelidoo! women are gorgeous! curvy beauties...mmmm love em :)
http://i5.photobucket.com/albums/y153/Mowgz/Sketch30.jpg
http://i5.photobucket.com/albums/y153/Mowgz/Sketch31.jpg

[Burning Eyes]

definetly not from zero...this is goood stuff man, off course, you have some problems with distortion here and there, flipping, looking in mirror, or turning upside down will help u see them... i am excited to see your progression

[Mowgz]

just 2 more doodles before i hit the sack. got work at 6 am cryyyyyyyy For some reason i cant change my sleeping pattern, i always end up sleeping at about 12 or 1 in the morning, which means i only get 5 and a half hours to sleep... maybe todays the day ill finally get 7 hours sleep :O
loomis doodles and doodle of a curvaceous woman. coulda done with another 20 mins but im really aimin for the 7 hours sleep tonight :D
@ burning eyes, im scared of mirrors... ever since i saw candyman i cant look into mirrors... traumatized man. nah just kidding...heh, but still dont like em cus they show the flaws lol :D

http://i5.photobucket.com/albums/y153/Mowgz/Sketch32.jpg
http://i5.photobucket.com/albums/y153/Mowgz/Sketch33.jpg

[Mowgz]

cant seem to stop drawing those beautiful female curves.. which is good. Wish i could join a figure drawing class. Croquis or something i think its called. But dont know where to look or how much it would cost. Pennies being very rare in my wallet :)

http://i5.photobucket.com/albums/y153/Mowgz/Sketch34.jpg

[Onir]

hey man, great stuff! everything looks really nice; your linework makes me envious lol, really nice stuff. keep it up man I'll make sure to watch this thread ;)