I havent been drawing for too long so I know theyre not that good yet- please just let me know what u think I uploaded them to my myspace and i cant figure out how to get them on here so just use the link http://viewmorepics.myspace.com/ind...viewPicture&friendID=45711876&albumId=2616860
They're a start. I think you need to get away from the peace signs and such. You should create your own theme that represents your feelings without being cliche. The two tips I have for sketching are: 1. Sketch quickly. Don't think about the movement in your hand. When you draw quickly, the lines become more organic and less childish. Think about it; when you first learn to use a pencil, you're drawing very slowly. As you get better, you draw more quickly and your lines become more fluid and smooth. When you go back to drawing carefully, your drawings revert back to the learning stage. There is alot of psychology to support this and you can see it in handwriting as well. Get a piece of paper and take 30 seconds to print your name. Then go compare these to the name you wrote on some grade school papers your mom saved. They will be very similiar. 2. Stop drawing on expensive sketch pads. Get a stack of white printer paper and spend no more that five minutes on the basic structure and shape of your sketch. At the end of the 5 minutes, stop and evaluate whether or not you like the basics of the sketch. If you do, take the time to add value and detail. If not, recycle the paper. No amount of tweaking and retracing is going to make the sketch better. You will get better results and learn more quickly if you just start over and get a lot of repetition under your belt. Cheers and keep at it
Eh, I somewhat disagree, ahimsa. Sure, I agree with the bit of avoidign cliches and being more sketchy can help a bit, but purely drawing more quickly DOES not make one a better artist/drawer AT ALL. Drawing...right - to get better here are 3 easy steps: 1. Draw a lot. 2. Draw from life. 3. LOOK. Just look at the world around you - look at how people interact, how trees look, how everything looks. Look at artists' work that you like (even copy it if you like - I do that occasionally and it helps a great deal) and absorb some of the aspects of their work you enjoy. Just keep at it and follow those steps. I guarantee it'll help a great deal. As for drawing on plain white paper instead of a sketchbook...I couldn't disagree more strongly. It is SO important to keep records of one's work. Even if it isn't great, it's something you've done, it's part of your development and keeping such work is invaluable to the development of one as an artist/sketcher. So whatever you do, don't use scrappy pieces of paper. Sure, I understand that a sketchbook can be somewhat intimidating, but you get used to them.
Funny, Andy, I think we were kind of agreeing. My point is that a lot of beginners stress the actual drawing part and that makes the lines come out poorly. Its more important to get your brain to see the shapes an naturally transfer that into hand movement. Thats very hard to do when you're agonizing over each stroke. So, no, don't draw carelessly. But, draw deliberately and quickly. Maybe confidently is a better work than quickly. As far as paper choice, do as your budget allows. I still save sketches on plain paper. THe bigger point in what I was saying was to get the basic structure down and then evaluate whether its going the way you want or not. If its not, erase/start over because no amount of detail is going to save bad structure.
your pics seem to have a decent sense of space and unity, keep at it there have been some good tips given here, i especially agree with drawing quickly/confidently, at least in the sketching stages of your work. just forget what you're 'supposed' to be drawing and quickly jot down what your mind's eye is seeing. i find that helps
thanks for all the tips ive actually got a few drawings that i think are a lot better, i made them using colored pencils i copied a few of peter maxs drawings and i think doing that already improved my drawings, ill upload them soon
