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[Qone]

I would love hear some critique from people here in CA (conceptart). I feel like I'm so lucky to actually live in California where there are a lot of talented people.

I have been looking around here for quite sometime now and seeing many great artists and beatiful artworks. I have been drawing and making art forever. Finally I have a little more confident now to post some of my artworks.

Right now I'm learning how to paint and draw a figure. I own pretty much all of Andrew Loomis books (I believe there are 5 of em). I just get through how to draw a head and hand. My favorite artists are Leonardo Davinci, Rambrant, Turner, Sergent, Alphonse Mucha, and Andrew Loomis.

I keep my old artworks just too see if I'm getting any better


2002
http://img65.imageshack.us/img65/2483/drawing220024gu.jpg

[dogfood]

Do you have anything from yesterday?

[El Ruco]

Draw more stuff from life. Too much drawing from photographs or comics will stray you away from true learning. And a rule I always emphasize: don't focus on details too early. Do the general shapes first, then move on to more specifics. All of the artists you quoted worked this way.
:)

[markwagner]

Loosen up, breathe, make some messes, beacre of projected images (they destort reality in a different way), destroy and repaint on top of, trust your art, your at a place where quanity is more important than quality.

~M

[That fat kid]

Do you have anything from yesterday?

What he said, colleges and employers don't tend to even care about things from longer than a year ago....post something recent so we can see where you're at and I'd love to crit!

~A

[nafa]

Dogfood is right. You should post more recent work. What is the point in getting advices/critique on work that does not reflect your current level of skill.

If you have been seriously learning from all the books you have been studying, you should be able to tell yourself whether you have improved and in what areas.

[Qone]

thank everyone. I've been working really hard on developing my skill in drawing and painting right now (there are much to learn). I just quit my job so I can focus on art full time.

I'm really struggling with drawing right now. After reading Andrew Loomis's how to draw a human head and hand, it totally changed the way I look at thing and how I used to work. Often I got really confused.

I kind of having to start everything from the scratch (and learn how to draw again). I felt like I don't even know how to draw anymore. I manage to draw a full head (I seriously can't draw anything beside head rightnow).

I draw this today. Head (front view). March 2006
http://img471.imageshack.us/img471/9053/drawin0520067qy.jpg

[dogfood]

I felt like I don't even know how to draw anymore.
You're lucky. I had to unlearn all my bad habits prior to really getting to a place to start over. Now you get to do it right, focusing on the basics. There are several good threads here about how to do so (mainly in the tutorial section, but also in the Discovery forum).

This is nice; good proprtions, you haven't overdone the nostrils, and there's a nice focus on eyes that aren't simply almonds with circles drawn on them. I think you're going to go places and do things.

[nafa]

Drawing involves both translating what's in your mind as well as what you see onto paper/monitor. There is absolutely no reason for you to only draw heads. You should also test/hone your other skills by drawing other objects you can readily see, and that could well include the human figure.

[Qone]

thanks for reply. It took me like almost 3-4 weeks to get the proportion of the head right. I also kind of get the idea of the face muscle (still need to go back at look at the book).

I have to study for the final this week. After next week, I''ll probably be able to start reading Andrew's book "successful drawing." As much as I want to start drawing the whole figure now, I have no knowledge of human body proportion at the moment.



I draw this today. Another attempt on head (side view). March, 2006
http://img138.imageshack.us/img138/8198/drawing036sa.jpg

[Sems]

very good sideview of the head especially how you put in the lumps under her jaw joining to the neck (on the newest post) the only thing i can see that seems off is her top lip the tip of the lip seems a little too far back, maybe move it forward just a smidget, other than that, it's all gravy

[Sems]

oh one last thing maybe I cant see it because the image is so light but on that last pic again, does she have ears? :S doesnt look like it from here

[Qone]

You're amazing. Wow, that's why it is really hard for me to judge my own drawing (and that why I am here). I thought everything was perfect.

I see it now. My last drawing (side view), everything from her forehead down is off. My reference, a drawing of alphonse Mucha, her head is tilt backward a lil bit and not a perfect 90 degree like I thought she was (I have to use a ruler and measure it to figure that out).

[Qone]

I finally finish Andrew's drawing Head and Hands (probably have to look at it again). Now, I'm reading Figure Drawing for all it's Worth. I've learned a lot in the last 2 days, for example Womenn nipples (hope this's ok) and belly are slightly lower (1/6) than men.

March 2006
http://img108.imageshack.us/img108/7609/sketchmarch061uj.jpg