Poetry's drawings and stuff

Hi and welcome to my sketchbook thread

Here you'll see me eventually transition from beginner to professional and maybe grow up along the way.

Old first post:

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Inspired by the threads over at other art forums as well as Throes' thread ^^

I'll be cataloging preetty much all the major parts of my art-hobby thing (Journey sounds too pretentious) , well, the digital parts atleast, considering I never finish any traditional work properly and its 90% practice.

This'll also end up as a bit of a journal too with my own thoughts about what I do.

The thing that started it all:
Favourite and one of the very first things I ever did on a tablet. Couldn't stop thinking about it and ran home everyday for like two weeks just to slowly work on it. The moment I realized "hey I can do this!"
http://i.imgur.com/qX1qs1p.jpg 22nd August 2012

everything so far

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10/10 masterpiece will never be as good as this again omg
http://i.imgur.com/L3bOMpL.png 28th January 2013

First time working without lines i think
http://i.imgur.com/Y3bVikU.png 29th January 2013

Drawing a friend's character (ohgodohgodthearm AHAHA)
http://i.imgur.com/3nSmgCc.png 1st February 2013

Moved over to sai and was still crying my eyes out over Puella Magi
http://i.imgur.com/WW6sI9R.png 10th May 2013

Became discouraged for 3 weeks~ish came back and decided to try paint that infamous limecat for fun. Rediscovered the same feeling I got for that first sketch and haven't looked back since.
http://i.imgur.com/yJJ2Tap.png 30th May 2013

First post on SP , and something I tried to polish up
http://i.imgur.com/RcivgIr.png 17th August 2013

Sneaky post on basil, got a friend to upload it due to my tendency to get banned. Promised for the person in the original thread with the xenon pic (above). This was also start of the 'big 3' as I think of them.

http://i.imgur.com/LwdhQYt.png 20th September 2013

Anyway for 3 months I spent 1 month a pop on ONE drawing, under the delusion that
it would be a very fast way to improve, I'd later discover that this was bluntly termed 'turd polishing'

http://i.imgur.com/8uek1zy.png 15th October 2013

Last one of those 3

http://i.imgur.com/KcmbGiq.png 21 November 2013

First time working from black and white -> color. Also the first thing I ever drew on my second tablet. I was under the impression it was the pomegranate and sort of overestimated myself and got dealt a bit of criticism, which I then took like a peach. The definitive moment I realized I was sh'it and had to do something, the second most important piece of garbage I have ever done.

http://i.imgur.com/BCEKKH8.jpg 30th December 2013

After that I just, stopped working digitally for quite some time, ran right off and started practicing more and more fundamentals with just pencil and paper, then came back and tried to apply that with this (which I posted in another thread) :L

http://i.imgur.com/RQjmDTb.png 26th January 2013

So it turns out pree much every single one of the images I posted exceeds 2mb. Oops. Also all the dates are really iffy because I don't remember when I actually drew these, and I've just looked at the earliest listed date in their respective file properties.

Either way here I am now, trying to come to terms with the part of me thats screaming for more practice and the other part that just wants to have fun, trying to strike a balance between the two. I still enjoy what I do but now its half fueled by ambition.

Looking back its only been a year and a half so I might just be over thinking things

Anyway enough with the small wall of text, if you read it all then thanks, if not here's what I'm working on currently:

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I really hope this doesn't break the obscenity rule ;-;

http://i.imgur.com/WSlEhXh.jpg 27/2/14

edittt:

Mel/Lrenar/WhattheFail gets all the neato reposting rights, not that anyone would actually want to jack my drawings in their current state anyway.She also doesn't need to credit me at all and I'd rather she, or anyone else for that matter, not.

2minute paint spamming and 60 second gesture:
16/3/14

Random digital study stuff, 10 min a pop to start painting more often and look at how cloth works.

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First time taking trying different textures, also I guess I'll try to upload stuff to this thread as often as possible to chart my progress properly.



Glass, Wood, Metal and Marble

Referto: http://www.southperry.net/showthread.php...el%20type?

Mech version of Pali, the Aggron I obtained in my first ever pokemon game. It was also nice to see some of the effort i put into learning construction finally being used to create something beyond simple spheres, boxes and cylinders.



I also have the feeling that I'll be posting at least daily for a week before dropping off in updates zzz
I'd complain about school life but honestly its probably going to be a lot harder to find time as I grow older, even if right now is my HSC year.

Update on the picforafriend I posted in the OP + Amended censored version that I prepared in case I broke the obscenity rule the first time I tried to post it

10/10 censorship
[IMG]http://i.imgur.com/8NdLiUV.png?1

Really rough values:
[IMG]http://i.imgur.com/jOTScMM.png?1

Also I'll be editing this post with updates on this pic as opposed to just posting over and over bumping this thread necessarily. I'll probably be doing that for anything else which I want to polish up too.

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8/3/14 Spent like 30 mins sharpening it a bit no idea how quickly other people can paint but it feels pretty slow to me

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http://i.imgur.com/vHMQdAv.png

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10/3/14 Spent another 30 mins on this, pulling out value information from my head is hard when theres not much in there to begin with :L back to



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welp been over a month and i haven't done diddly squat. I PROMISE TO RETURN ONCE IM STRONGER! -20/4/2014

I really hope Nexon comes out with more of these character skins :U

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Done while lurking at home due to heart palpitations (probably from stress), very nice way to chill out and practice constructing a figure from my imagination, even if it is an "easy pose". Will definitely polish this up.

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Added hair and changed the eyes a bit, as well as additional details. Gotta rework the shoes too because they seem 'off'. Still in sketchy phrase (which I stuck underneath the 'construction' phase because im too lazy to sort my layers properly).

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http://i.imgur.com/FZsjpHL.png

14/3/14
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Fixed the legs, new fishnet, Details on bowguns and hands, New eyes again and still dodgy train/fabric trail thing idk what its called.
I think i know how to draw boobs now from thoroughly examining my own.

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http://i.imgur.com/D70GQvW.jpg

15/3/14

Bonus: Turned on all the construction layers and it looks like my program barfed rainbows

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http://i.imgur.com/jkPqgas.jpg

15/3/14

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Muh sharpening, going to try fuse the sketch layer + sharper line layer + final touch up for some fancy weighted line art instead of trying to do it all in one go.

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http://i.imgur.com/9cfEeMT.jpg

16/3/14
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Now to give it some weight in the right spots or try for that 'magic' feeling really good lineart has :U

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http://i.imgur.com/B48e3uM.jpg

17/3/14
Feels a bit flat right now
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done the lineart ishmight as well go all out

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18/3/14
Going to try get an interesting set of lighting with the 3 different tiny elemental knights
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Still no lighting but yay for base colors I guess, considering shifting the mountain down/removing it all together and maybe adding a fainter moon. On a completely irrelevant note I should really stop caring how good/bad other people are at art, its incredibly petty and wastes my time. Also shoutout to future me, you better be still doing this in 2020.

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http://i.imgur.com/eoFCCK0.jpg

20/3/14
Also hiding feetsies is for sissies.
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Blergh, rushed this so i could get more time to study26/3/14
excuses excuses ill try harder next time, i like the work i put into the shirt though.

done for now.

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Trying something a lot harder than that eye level side on mercedes pic
My grasp on perspective is so shoddy so far. Also I'm beginning to note my propensity to draw more girls over guys, going to regret that later I'm sure of it. This'll be me trying to learn while creating something (perspective this time), as opposed to just alternating periods of practice and then periods of pom' polishing.

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http://i.imgur.com/ImBqYK2.jpg

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Aaaand we're back into the comfort zone yaay. Completely missed the point of the perspective thing but oh well, I'll pursue that with quicker gesture sketches >.> Dissapointed in myself though, and that face feels hella wibbly.

Also not enough fan art of the Knight on basil.

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http://i.imgur.com/fL0R4pb.jpg

8/4/14
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More detail, and trying to straight up draw a city is going to be very difficult.

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http://i.imgur.com/pJgFyqg.jpg

14/4/14
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Too lazy for the city, weighted lineart is where it ends (fornow) ;-;

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23/4/14

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bshjfgsdjfsajkfhdsajkfhsakjghkadsghak painted over/under/ it for practice -25/6/14
god her intial face was so derpy oh god cringe cringe

Neo city! Still a WIP, as is most things in this thread 3:

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http://i.imgur.com/Bpa18yY.jpg

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I got this 'done' quickly O.o

Y'know I am extremely impressed by how much you've improved since your first few drawings here. You've done a lovely job and your works have been gorgeous!

Just goes to show what enough practice can do.

Y'know I am extremely impressed by how much you've improved since your first few drawings here. You've done a lovely job and your works have been gorgeous!

Just goes to show what enough practice can do.

Thanks! Still along way to go though

Aaand current stuff:
Aiming for 1000 faces >:U

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970 more to go, or 995 considering I fluffed so many of them. Not even sorry for the copious swearing in the notes.


Working on thumbnails for neo city, aufehben this time as well as a getting ready for the genderbent nightwalker design.

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How I feel about trying to make thumbnails.

Reformatted my posts a bit.

Head count is 34/1000 so far, I'll get there eventually. Already noticing a bit of improvement, constructing heads from photoreference doesn't feel as daunting anymore.


Super rough lines for aufehben + an attempt at less static poses (for iruvata)

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Hghrng people in perspective hurts. Perspective hurts in general. Also beginning to note my shockingly tiny amount of personal work. Nearly everything I do is fanart for a game I no longer play

Ohhhhh, you're the guy I tried to help out on IRC!

I'm not able to go over the entirety of the thread, but perspective is only bad if you make it feel bad ― if it looks right, then it is right. A lot of times people will glance over it if your focal point is great.
http://curiousoldlibrary.blogspot.ca/201...gents.html
http://helpyoudraw.tumblr.com/post/81390...ive-errors

Also, I love how you're trying to go over the planes of the face and body. When you're comfortable enough, I feel like you should think about the muscles/skeleton more, especially with your head studies with the muscles.

Makes me think a lot about first year. '-';

Ohhhhh, you're the guy I tried to help out on IRC!

I'm not able to go over the entirety of the thread, but perspective is only bad if you make it feel bad ― if it looks right, then it is right. A lot of times people will glance over it if your focal point is great.
http://curiousoldlibrary.blogspot.ca/201...gents.html
http://helpyoudraw.tumblr.com/post/81390...ive-errors

Also, I love how you're trying to go over the planes of the face and body. When you're comfortable enough, I feel like you should think about the muscles/skeleton more, especially with your head studies with the muscles.

Makes me think a lot about first year. '-';

Super late reply but thanks for the links and the help back then
I've been going through a book called Perspective Made Easy and its coming together a bit more in my head.

Moregrinding:
Thumbnails of random google streetviews(awful), very fancy photography, one painting from Jan Dirksz Both (lovethatguy) and the bottom right corner 3 are from imagination.


MORE

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Perspective-Construction-RenderingAttemptToTrainEverythingAtOnceBecauseISuckAtEverythingPractice

I cannot do gesture drawings on tablet for crap ;-;, going to do 20 a night now

Still Life Digital Paintings are next *-*

Still Life Digital Paintings are next *-*

Yessss, finally stuck to one of these instead of giving up within 1minute.

Didn't want to post again without something 'done' but I cheated with a speed paint.

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Getting a bit better at gesture

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Deciding to revisit Evekara, mini drawthisagain ^^
Bit concerned that I skipped the construction stage and my gesture came out more like a contour drawing 3:

Also from filling up my first proper sketchbook, I'm sitting at around 150~ faces now, if unconstructed brushpen scribbles count.

Also this thread has too many half finished thingos, so I won't post anything new until I patch everything else up or redo it (studies excluded). So that means an Irena drawing, an Aufehben painting and some Iruvatas, as well as the Evekara pic just now.

Hghrghgrr I need to learn how to face failure

Post exam drawing break ^^

My eyes are sore though ;-;

General grinding, value massed thumbnails, gestures and arm muscles.

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More Evekara progress, caught between just doing it or very carefully and slowly taking the time to put everything in place to the best of my ability with guidelines and prisms. The feet are done by eye and so are the hands zzz.
Although it did feel good to get the face down quickly without constantly doubting myself, but I'll probably redo it just to be sure. Either way once this is lined up and coloured its onto Irena.

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Fancy wing :U Its meant to be Sacrosanctity in wing form but I'll need to fix up the decorations to get it to read better. (And make it glowy)


Starting a new practice thingo:
Gesture->Skeleton->Muscles
Although this took me like half an hour I feel my ability to draw a torso is much better than before, just gotta keep studying those arms (and start on legs)

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I've also made a study schedule for art (but not for school OTL), its incredibly loose though and it just requires me to focus on one thing every day of the week for at least an hour.

Monday->Figure (Digital)
Tuesday->Landscape (Digital)
Wednesday->Figure (Traditional)
Thursday->Photo/Master Painting (Digital/Traditional)
Friday->Speed Paint (Digital)
Saturday->Life (Digital/Traditional)
Sunday->Experiment (Digital)

Getting my ass handed to me trying to paint over my old knight lineart

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Definitely need more still lives to get used to handling painting, and more experience in general.

Some background stuff from study day on Tuesday

I reckon if I use the same method for the trees, but with much smaller strokes I could make it seem legit.

Didn't do a photo study yesterday because I'm lazy and school work and exams next week (excuses OTL), realizing the schedule doesn't give enough time for personal work, I'm considering staggering it 1 day personal 1 day study, or 1 week personal 1 week study.

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Vague life goals so far are:
-Get into medicine or optometry at UNI while still developing my abilities
-Get to a professional level of digital art while getting my degree at uni (4-7 years of growth or something)
-??? ugh
-Be the very best like no one ever was (seriously)

Too young, naive and unskilled atm to even consider this properly, yet I reckon have a very good shot at optometry, and once I get in I can easily rack up experience working at my parent's glasses store. Once I land a job working part time I can freelance on the side.

I feel like the amount of time I spend drawing everyday is gimping my chances though so I'll have to dial it back for sure. My UMAT practice results are alright (got 90% raw today ), and my really high ranking selective highschool + consistent all-subject performance should be enough but if I keep drawing for the amount of time I do now, my marks will drop.

gah, the worse bit is realizing life only gets harder from here on out. I want to type something boastful like "ill be ready " but in all honesty I can only hope to try my best and not waste copious amounts of time typing long ass posts on the internet and generally fluffing about.

At least I'm starting early.

Still life saturday spilled into experiment sunday.



Ahh its 1:31am here but trying to paint this and pushing myself felt so good. Going to pick up reading Betty Edward's Drawing On the Right Hand Side of the Brain to train my seeing ability, its pretty weak and something I should have done at the beginning of the year. I take too long and the results so far are pretty garbage (I'm content with the minor improvement though).

Getting my ass handed to me trying to paint over my old knight lineart

Definitely need more still lives to get used to handling painting, and more experience in general.

No longer getting my ass handed to me, enjoying this thoroughly actually . Lineart left over it as a guide so I can focus on the bigger shadows and values. (and more so because it looks better than just the rough painting)

(art) Studying has been at a minimum lately and with exams next week I'll just do a simple still life tomorrow on two metallic objects at most.

Still haven't gotten around to reading RightHandSideOftheBrain because I'm horribly lazy. I feel like my grasp of super basic stuff like copying images and construction is really weak 3:

edit: fixed her derpy as hell face, its pretty amazing how my I can just let things like that slip through ._.

edit2: donefornow (seeinitial post)