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3FFA
Profile Blog Joined February 2010
United States3931 Posts
April 14 2012 19:22 GMT
#21
Ahh I see that now. Thanks for replying to the comments! Most posters don't . I wonder how hard it would be to try to make a tilted head straight in your mind while still making it realistic...
"As long as it comes from a pure place and from a honest place, you know, you can write whatever you want."
fire_brand
Profile Blog Joined October 2009
Canada1123 Posts
April 14 2012 22:09 GMT
#22
On April 14 2012 08:59 UltimateHurl wrote:
Show nested quote +
On April 14 2012 07:52 fire_brand wrote:
A good try my friend, but it needs work. You've got the start of a good drawing, just work it. You have establish your darks and lights. Right now there's not any real distinction between your lights and your middle tones. Either hit the darks way harder or incorporate some white pastel in for those highlights and leave the paper to act as your mid tone. As you've seen in Gliders pictures, he reworks his pieces to get that next level of finish and detail on his work.

Good stuff, you're going in the right direction.


I think this is common with a lot of my stuff, I'm self-taught so I rarely work to the level of pros, definitely working on this. I think it's the reason iamperfection sees a problem on his left-side, I wasn't clear enough with the shading on that jaw. Only have a HB pencil, thinking of investing in some charcoal to be able to smudge and that, has been a lot of fun to experiment! Thanks for the advice guys!


I find people who are mostly self taught just need to learn the most effective ways to improve. Most of them are just drawing in large amounts to get better and not concentrating on the things that they need to improve most, whether that be structure, shading, line quality or whatever.

I would definitely invest in some more supplies, but before you do look at how other artists do it. If you're really inspired by glider and really love his work watch his videos and try to learn from his process. Don't copy it, but just see if you can incorporate some elements of how he works into your process. I think that would be very helpful to your improvement.

Most important thing though is just to keep drawing and keep looking at stuff. You've got some good talent and obviously some passion too. Keep nurturing it : ) GL.
Random player, pixel enthusiast, crappy illustrator, offlane/support
3FFA
Profile Blog Joined February 2010
United States3931 Posts
April 15 2012 04:55 GMT
#23
This man above me is correct. The things about Brood War that makes you good is not what strategy you use(even if you cheese like me) but how you perform it. If you perform it tons of times with the lowest macro and micro in the world, of course you won't win. But if you perform it at A++ Level then it is time to say hello to $++ .

in other words: It isn't what you draw that makes you an amazing artist, it is how you draw it. Glider is the perfect example. If he drew with just paper and pencil or crayons or markers or w/e he would probably be much less respected. However, he does his work with intense technique and perfection and draws with charcoal, something rarely seen in everyday life.
"As long as it comes from a pure place and from a honest place, you know, you can write whatever you want."
UltimateHurl
Profile Blog Joined September 2010
Ireland591 Posts
April 15 2012 13:02 GMT
#24
On April 15 2012 07:09 fire_brand wrote:
Show nested quote +
On April 14 2012 08:59 UltimateHurl wrote:
On April 14 2012 07:52 fire_brand wrote:
A good try my friend, but it needs work. You've got the start of a good drawing, just work it. You have establish your darks and lights. Right now there's not any real distinction between your lights and your middle tones. Either hit the darks way harder or incorporate some white pastel in for those highlights and leave the paper to act as your mid tone. As you've seen in Gliders pictures, he reworks his pieces to get that next level of finish and detail on his work.

Good stuff, you're going in the right direction.


I think this is common with a lot of my stuff, I'm self-taught so I rarely work to the level of pros, definitely working on this. I think it's the reason iamperfection sees a problem on his left-side, I wasn't clear enough with the shading on that jaw. Only have a HB pencil, thinking of investing in some charcoal to be able to smudge and that, has been a lot of fun to experiment! Thanks for the advice guys!


I find people who are mostly self taught just need to learn the most effective ways to improve. Most of them are just drawing in large amounts to get better and not concentrating on the things that they need to improve most, whether that be structure, shading, line quality or whatever.

I would definitely invest in some more supplies, but before you do look at how other artists do it. If you're really inspired by glider and really love his work watch his videos and try to learn from his process. Don't copy it, but just see if you can incorporate some elements of how he works into your process. I think that would be very helpful to your improvement.

Most important thing though is just to keep drawing and keep looking at stuff. You've got some good talent and obviously some passion too. Keep nurturing it : ) GL.


This is really great advice, thanks fire_brand
Thanks 3FFA, I figure it's only polite to respond! I usually do either acrylic or digital painting (http://ultimatehurl.com/art/ has examples), feel like I'm trying to find a good way to approach pencil sketching that suits me. It's a lot of fun to explore
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