tracking improvment

[sly gorge]

So I started drawing about 1 month ago (I think, might be longer) and I looked at my first drawing, and my most recent drawing, I can tell that I’ve improved, but I’m not sure what I improved in and how much
Photo 1 is my most recent drawing, my first few original characters, and photo 2 is my first drawing, a “humanized” version of catnap from ppt ch. 3
I very much don’t like my first drawing, it looks so dumb lmao

I’m very happy with my 3 characters, im in love with “Mr. Pentry” my representation of mathematics

[cinder dune]

You def improved. You have a bettwr understanding of proportions. Id say keep drawing and keep practicing in ypur weak areas

[sly gorge]

I’m actually surprised I improved in proportions, I thought the hardest part would be proportions since I don’t understand proportions in real life, but I’m glad I did, I believe my weak spots are perspective and arms:)

[cinder dune]

I can list out things u need to work on if you want. Ik some artists get discourage if theres too much lol

[sly gorge]

I really need it (￣▽￣)
I honestly enjoy the different critiques, it makes me laugh when people tell me what I did wrong or my flaws tbh go ahead. Rapid fire!

[cinder dune]

Bettt.

1. Anatomy. Even with a simplified style knowing anatomy will improve it. Lets you know how simplified you can go, how to exaggerate without breaking bones or dislocating joints. I rec learning the skeletal and muscular systems (major systems)

2. As you said perspective. At least get 1 point and 2 point perspective down. Anymore is extra points

3. Form/structure. Makes things more believable. You can start practicing with drawing different 3d objects (e.g. cubes and prisms) the god tier exercise is drawing thr alphabet on a sphere.

4. Lighting/shadow. Goes with knowing how to use hard and soft shadows.

5. Composition. Rule of thirds, rule odds, etc. Lots of studies to do with movie screenshots or music videos

6. Lineweight

7. Line confidence.

8. Having an underlying/structural sketch

[sly gorge]

ok that actually helps a lot ( ´∀｀)
I would like to know some ways of drawing anatomy
I do draw anatomy somewhat (upside down trapezoid, line to connect upper chest with waist, and sticks connected with circles for limbs)

[cinder dune]

To start off i think doing gesture drawings helps. If it helps start of with 1 min increments but the goal is to get the full pose down in 30 secs. Good warm up and builds posing skils.

Theres the box method and the circle method. I use a mix of both.

https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLtG4P3lq8RHFBeVaruf2JjyQmZJH4__Zv&si=-5GnGSg6FoejhLiM

I rec proko for any tutorial rlly lol

[sly gorge]

ok this is actually very interesting, I never thought art was this complicated lmao (￣▽￣)
But this actually makes me very happy for some reason, just knowing that art consists of building blocks, then coated with a layer paint, just makes me so happy.
Being able to take a break in the middle, practice drawing with what you know then continue on learning like nothing ever happened just makes my adhd brain so happy ( ◠‿◠ )

and yes, I most definitely will need to learn anatomy, it’s honestly one of the things I dreaded getting into art, but this just reminds me of Rubik’s cubes, after learning full oll, everything is just much smoother and makes everything just that much better, I also dreaded oll but it was fun to learn, it’s 2:12 rn but that won’t stop me from learning anatomy until 6

I’m very thankful for your list of my weaknesses, it honestly just shows me how much I have left to learn, and I’m very thankful for the recommendations, I’m starting the video right now actually | 3

[cinder dune]

I feel ya. Art is so fun when u can problem solve. Like once i start getting too comfy with art ot gets boring

[sly gorge]

I agree lol 👍

[sly gorge]

I don’t want to sound like I don’t want to put time or effort into learning anatomy, but which videos should I be watching, I’ve watched 7 videos, I just finished “drawing the spine” and I’m wondering which ones I should watch, there are 121 videos and I feel a bit intimidated ngl haha.
Although I definitely could watch them all and learn from each, I don’t really know which ones I shouldn’t bother watching since I want to focus on other aspects like perspective and structure

[cinder dune]

You should watch ones focused on how to draw anatomy from reference, and how to use references, mainly the head, ribcage, pelvis and hands. Those are the areas people look at the most

[sly gorge]

alright thank you very much, I really appreciate all the help that you have given me, it makes me very glad that the professionals do help beginners. ( ◠‿◠ )

[sly gorge]

So I drew some basic shapes to learn a little bit more perspective and I drew some VERY basic anatomy, im still learning the spine but I think I’m getting better, atleast compared to my other anatomy drawings

I also tried learning some basic shading

I might make another thread for my progression in anatomy

but I don’t know if I can remember to update it everyday

I found this drawing I made a week ago and it doesn’t look that bad actually, I can see the “anatomy” I drew in the center then erased. I’m now noticing that the right thumb is in the wrong place :/

I think I’m starting to understand how to layer the limbs, like I can make it so that the lower arm looks like it’s behind something without it looking weird

[cinder dune]

Looks good

[sly gorge]

I’m VERY proud of this, I made this in math class in like 10 minutes.

This is almost exactly the kind of body type I want to learn, a tall slim body with larger lower arms and lower legs shaped like the Canadian lynx paws

Could definitely improve it but I was on a time crunch when I was making it

I didn’t use anatomy at all when making this so it definitely effected the end result

Idk why I really like the look of larger lower legs and arms, it just looks very pleasing to me

[cinder dune]

This kinda style? But more chonky?

[sly gorge]

yea kind of, also just a lot taller lol

the body shape that is, the head shape im still not sure how I want it

[fossil onyx]

I’m a bit confused

Like this maybe?

[cinder dune]

gives off panty and stocking vibes

but yk stylize to fit into what youre thinking

[sly gorge]

the first photo lower legs is essentially what I’m going for

[cinder dune]

well you can work off from there. take the panty and stocking style and then change up what you dont like into what you want.

makes it easier since you have a ref

[sly gorge]

100%

A reference would really help and I’m glad I finally have one

Although it does feel odd to look at a female reference, if that makes sense.

I could definitely use it but if feels weird to use a female body as a reference

[fossil onyx]

Why

Do you not want to draw females?

[fossil onyx]

If you can trace the original place that photo is from u can probably find a guy too

[cinder dune]

a little more boxy

[sly gorge]

it’s not that I don’t want to draw females. It’s that I’m a male and looking at a females body just feels wrong

[cinder dune]

less hourglass, but always keep in mind men and women all have varying body shapes

ur gonna have to get over that hump dude if u wanna improve in the future

[sly gorge]

I know I have to

[fossil onyx]

As a fellow guy, imma let u know

ur not werid

I just did a study on the female body

[sly gorge]

thanks btw, this really helps

[cinder dune]

but yeah a lot of it stems from society pushing the idea that women are for the male gaze so it can affect how you view women. like they are seen as sexual beings instead of just another person. could also because of ur age too like how ur peers are veiwing people around yuo. i remember being a child and people saying girls and boys have cooties or whatever they say nowadays lol. the main thing to keep in mind is for art, just keep it objective. gl brother

[sly gorge]

that makes complete sense, I am comfortable with drawing female bodies, im not good at it but I am comfortable with it. I do completely understand the idea of how society pushes the idea of women and I can defy it to learn to draw. Any means to learn art haha.

[sly gorge]

I have always seen males of having their waist being about half the length of their shoulders and females having their waist nearly if not the same length as their shoulders. I know it’s not anatomically correct but it looks nice for me 😅

[cinder dune]

goes back to my last message lol. but yeah since your working in a stylized style it doesnt really matter. it only matters if you do plan on doing commissions or working in the industry/freelance in the future. if youre just keeping it a hobby, u dont have to learn all body types if u dont wanna

plus it becomes a stylistic choice

[sly gorge]

Yeah I get that

I’m not sure if I want it to be a hobby or a commission based job ig

[cinder dune]

well for now just focus on improving and having fun

once u improved enough then u can start thinking about comms

also might wanna change the title of ur thread so like "tracking improvement" or smth along those lines. since its no longer about ur og post lol

[sly gorge]

yup! I have a lot of fun just making embodiments of concepts

[sly gorge]

Alr I will

tracking improvment

[cinder dune]

it rlly is a good feeling to see people have fun and motivated to improve in art. probs cuz i used to be like that and was carefree lmaoo im old now

[sly gorge]

lol, I’m also hoping to be at a decent level to also see people have fun, I’ve always used my intelligence of different ideas for help. It’s very fun to help someone and I can imagine that you atleast somewhat similar 😅

[cinder dune]

its like aw yeah get to see someone bring theri idea to life

[sly gorge]

100 percent it’s very fun

anyways I’m going to try and draw some other shapes in different perspectives, maybe learn some basic shading along the way

[cinder dune]

Have fun

[sly gorge]

thanks 😊

[sly gorge]

Another paper with a bunch of random doodles

[cinder dune]

Oof missed this update. Looks good on the shapes. Youre shadows can match the form more

[sly gorge]

Don’t worry about missing it, since I’ve got school tomorrow I couldn’t draw anything today. But I have an idea of how I can make art fun and very comical

[sly gorge]

This was VERY fun to draw （＾∇＾）

[cinder dune]

Ayy

[sly gorge]

I’m doing this to a lot, it’s very fun to argue with random characters

I was hungry so I just did a few scribbles

[sly gorge]

I think today I’m going to try and make a chart for expressions and make a small paper full of hand signs

I thought of the idea of drawing hand signs to practice making hands

but the expressions chart would really help

Although I am running out of ideas for poses

I could make a small sprite sheet, like a basic character of the style I want to learn in an A pose. But then again I’m still not 100% sure of how I want to draw characters

[copper kindle]

your proportions remind me of brawlhalla, kinda

like this

[cinder dune]

Quickposes is a site for gesture drawings but has tons of poses

Or just look up poses on pinterest and draw tjem in ir style

[sly gorge]

Alright, thanks 😊

[sly gorge]

No idea what that is ngl 😅

I was watching a video on my way home and I found pretty much the exact art style I want to learn. No idea what it’s called but it looks just like how I imagined it lol

the artist is: @Serinity._.dear on YouTube

they actually make some pretty good artwork

But this one body type is the one Ive wanted to learn for a while.

[cinder dune]

Bet. Take a bunch of screenshots of their art and study them. Draw over the basic shapes theyre using to make their art

Keep in mind the proportions

And try to do a master study of their art

At the end, take what u want from the style and make it ur own with ur own flair

[sly gorge]

of course, I don’t want to steal a style

[copper kindle]

i dont recommend thinking of it as a negative way, its more like you see a nice hairstyle on pintrest or smt and you try to do it irl. i dont think that stealing its more like inspiration

[cinder dune]

Tbh theres no such thing as stealing an art style. But there is a such thing as copying/tracing someones work and passing it off as ur own

[sly gorge]

ahhhh, ok ok. I honestly thought that you could like “copy” and artsyle, like using the same coloring pallet, or using the same character design

[cinder dune]

Its fine if u take inspo like that. But if u were copy the character design for all its part then yeah ur stealing

But if ur like oh i like this hat from this char and the eyes from this other character and so forth. Its just u mashing together refs (like how its intented to be used)

[sly gorge]

oh alright, I really like that.

[sly gorge]

A funny pose I made, it looks quite good. Although the legs aren’t as long as I’d hope, or the torso is too large, either way looks good to me:))

I also tried drawing a pose I saw on a game character, not sure where it’s from or who it is but I could definitely try and get the perspective better

A small doodle I made in class, I tried to draw him leaning on a wall looking around it but it just looks like he isn’t on the ground and staring into the wall

His arm is also too long lol

I’m not good at expressions, I know how they work, the dilation of the pupils depending on the emotions but the way I make the eyes just don’t look that good with dilated pupils

I had a lot of fun drawing the neutral and goofy expressions, not too happy with the angry expressions though

This was super fun to make. Unfortunately I didn’t get to drawing the hand signs today (somewhat because I didn’t feel like drawing that many hands)

[sly gorge]

I found the character that this pose was from

It looks like it’s from fnf but I’m not sure 😅

I’m noticing that I’m erasing a lot less, especially when drawing the legs, they are just so much fun to draw

Still doing chicken scratches when drawing but I’m trying to minimize that

I just tried to draw a female body and it looks horrendous. It honestly couldn’t look much worse than a stick figure with two strands of hair on the sides lol

I can’t draw feet and I’m currently learning to draw feet, it’s going better but I still don’t really understand how to get feet to face forward without it looking like it’s facing downwards

[cinder dune]

For angry make it the eyebrows affect the shape of the eyes too to exagerate the angry-ness

Try learning feet with real life proportions first and then simplify it to ur style

Feet can be broken down into 3 main parts

[sly gorge]

alright I can learn the anger expression for the eyebrows. I think I’ll do a chart of the expressions every few days, most likely not everyday since I cannot bring myself to do a schedule like that. it just defies every part of my brain and it makes me not want to do it

as for the feet I’m still currently learning it

[cinder dune]

Bet.

Doing smth everyday like drawing can easily burn u out if its a lot at once tbh

Ik i do

[sly gorge]

yea that makes sense, unless I treat drawing as fidgeting like I do with balisongs and Rubik’s cubes then I could very easily make it a routine kind of thing, just when I need something to do that is

[fossil onyx]

looking at your other works so far (though this may not be in your preferred style) i think this one really shows your improvement already. i can see the differences

[sly gorge]

yeah I mean I get that but I don’t really have much of a style for females

[fossil onyx]

thats ok

it takes time

[sly gorge]

I haven’t tried experimenting yet

[fossil onyx]

im just saying that you have improved

[sly gorge]

yea I get that, I definitely see from my first female drawing that I’d prefer not to share lol

[fossil onyx]

somthing i would suggest u start getting used too

the best way receive good feedback is to show all your attempts, so we have the most info to go off

[sly gorge]

I can try and redraw it with the same weird style I had when I first drew it, I don’t actually have the drawing, I made it on a test paper :/

[fossil onyx]

all good

just mean for the future

[sly gorge]

yea I get that, i have been sharing almost every artwork I make

[fossil onyx]

nice

[sly gorge]

I attempted to draw a female in a style that makes it very fun to draw. Although I believe the bosoms are too low or aren’t proportionally correct to the size of the chest. I’m not well educated in the female anatomy, im still learning the anatomy of the torso and the arms. I’ve taken a break from learning anatomy since I am enjoying making poses. But yeah I do believe this wasn’t a “bad” attempt, I sketched this in about 2 minutes so i didn’t put that much detail into it.

Image blurry because I couldn’t get my camera to focus

The thighs aren’t even and I could definitely get it better

I’m trying to make front shots before doing more complicated poses similar to the ones I make right now

[cinder dune]

Proportions r fine to me. Classic hourglass shape. The thing id change is having proper space for the ankles and shoulders

[sly gorge]

Ok so lift the shoulders up and lift the line connecting the Achilles to the foot? (I think that’s the name)

[cinder dune]

U have it like the top rn. Just a lil wider for shoulder joints

[sly gorge]

Ok so more straight and less lumpy

[sly gorge]

ok so tomorrow I actually have a lot of spare time due to testing and I would like to know what I should be practicing. For some reason this always happens to me when I learn new skills. At some point I don’t know what I should be practicing and end up stuck at one point of the skill and I just stay with it since I don’t ever find someone better than me that I can ask questions.

So I would really appreciate atleast 2 things I should be practicing. Hope fully something not involving nudity since I have to turn in all the papers and I’m not allowed to use external papers -_-

[cinder dune]

1. Line quality
2. Line confidence
3. Proportions
4. Hands
5. Expressions
6. Gesture drawings (helps with dynamic posing)
7. 3d shapes with shadows
8. Composition
9. Perspective

Choose whatever u wanna start working on. Doesnt have to work on all at once

[sly gorge]

What exactly is line quality/confidence?

isn’t line confidence when making the sketch?

[cinder dune]

Line confidence is how confident ur strokes are. Comes with practice. I can tell from ur sketches ur unsure a lot of the time and dont have a lot of confidence in the lines. Theyre too chicken scratchy

Line quality is the quality of the lines. All ur lines are all similar widths. U should have varying widths while it interacts with each other and the environement

Line quality can bump ur art from a 5 to 8 if u do it properly

[sly gorge]

so I should be using different angles of the pencil to get better line quality? I’m not too sure, I just use a dull pencil because I don’t always have a sharpener

[cinder dune]

Practices you can do. Theres a ton

[cinder dune]

Its more based on pressure

It would be beneficial to have it sharpen tho

[sly gorge]

yeah I can just bring around a sharpener with me to class. I should be doing that any way :/

[cinder dune]

Like these lines u can tell r confident

It knows what it wants and are made with a line

Not a line made of smaller lines

[sly gorge]

yeah yeah I see that

Should o be practicing with pens a bit more often to prevent myself from doing so much chicken scratching?

it looks very ugly when I use pen and do the same kind of sketched

[cinder dune]

Doesnt matter. Pen just prevents u from erasing so it makes u more aware and intentional with ur lines

[sly gorge]

yea of course. I’ll be taking a pen and a sharpener to school from now on

[sly gorge]

I be doing these exercises like 3 times a day since I have nothing else to do in math class

[cinder dune]

Bet. Theres more out there u get bored of those ones

[sly gorge]

I mean yeah, I’ve been looking at some practices in my free time

I’ve been trying to get perspectives of hands closer to the camera, it isn’t going very well but I do understand the closer something is the bigger and the farther the smaller

I genuinely love drawing, it’s very fun and I’m really enjoying it so far.

cant wait another 3 months or so before I try to transition to digital, probably won’t go well but I’d like to try and make the switch sometime

[cinder dune]

Ima head to bed so ill give tips on this tomorrow

[sly gorge]

oh yeah sorry for keeping you up

I forget what time zones so often

Good night!

[cinder dune]

Gn

[cinder dune]

ok the thing with hands is the palms just a cube. the thumb muscle that extends from the palm is a triangular prism

and the fingers are just cylinders thats held together by diamonds

the fingers at any angle will have an arch (pointer to pinky)

[sly gorge]

yea I see that, I’m just doing a half effort flat hand to represent fingers

I do occasionally try and draw fingers, like pointing, peace sign, subtle finger strut

The fingers on my “Mr. Pentry” was pretty good

[cinder dune]

yee

can always use ur own hand as ref lol

[sly gorge]

My fingers are jacked up, they are always beat up and bleeding

they aren’t even straight

it honestly kind of hurts to draw sometimes, my pink has some open wounds and when in contact kind of stings. It’s fine though since I can still draw as long as I didn’t pick on it during the day

But yes I do use them as reference, I actually used them to make “Mr. Pentry’s” hand

[cinder dune]

cool. just dont know how much u know lol cuz majority of beginners just dont think :((((

no shade to them but at least u got the critical problem solving skill

[sly gorge]

I honestly don’t think I do problem solve very well, and don’t worry about shade on beginners, it’s something that most people would do

I’m experimenting with different eye designs, ones that don’t look like a black hole with a single white dot in the center

[cinder dune]

oooo i love those kinda eyes

[sly gorge]

Tried making female eyes :/
I’m not really attempting to go for realism or anything similar.

And I made a new eye design for males. A little childish but I’m just experimenting

[cinder dune]

Deku ahh eyes

[sly gorge]

who tf is deku

ah I see

never heard or seen anything related to that character ngl

[sly gorge]

Idrk what I was going for here but I needed an excuse/reason to get the torso right, the collar bone, shoulders being protruding more, a little bit of experimenting with hair, and the worst attempt at making something atleast somewhat gorey

[cinder dune]

U wanna join this art gc im in? All we do is hype each others art

[sly gorge]

I don’t think I’m qualified to join a group chat with other artists😅
I mean I barely consider myself one. Even if that, I never really talked in group chats. you can add me if you want, but I most likely will just read chat logs 🙂

[sly gorge]

I haven’t posted here in a while since I’ve been off on break for mothers day but I made a few sketches on random pieces of paper I find

I’ve watched some of the “artist critiques” from proko on anatomy and I noticed that I’m nowhere near the level of the students. I’m not sure if they were cherry picked because they were easier to see but I’m no where near that level. I’m not sure if I’m moving to fast when going into anatomy

or if it’s normal to not be able to sketch the parts of the anatomy similar to the students.

I will admit that I am sometimes harsh on myself at times, especially when it comes to things like practicing simple yet completely hobbies. I do think I am going to fast and should be focusing more on just drawing random poses and shapes trying to get used to anatomy. I don’t want to get into shading yet since I’ve heard and been told that learning to shade is relatively easy and fun.

I do have a “list of priorities” I think make sense

I have learned from being a trainer in many hobbies

everything you need to know and learn is already and always available to you. The hardest part is controlling yourself to not jump straight in and learn on your own

I am mostly self taught with the help of videos to know what things are

I’ve never had someone to help me and tell me what I’m doing.

the thing is I’ve grown up using self negativity as “motivation”.

I know I shouldn’t be venting in a place like a silly little art discord server but I just have no where/one else to to talk to about learning to draw.

I do think I am going ahead of where I should be learning but I think I’ve always used brute force to learn skills, which is where I get my strategy of going into the longest parts of learning

I should end this because I do not want a warning for venting

But I feel like something just isn’t “clicking” if that makes sense

[cinder dune]

Everyone learns at a different pace. Also the critiques may be coming from artists that have drawn for awhile and not just starting out like you. Just keep grinding

Take it as inspo to achieve the skill that other artists have in the critiques. See where theyre going wrong in those videos and keep them in mind so you dont make the same mistakes. Im p sure theyre cherry picked to be able to show the common mistakes

[sly gorge]

alrighty. I just need a few more weeks of practice before I begin to start actually seeing the big parts of my improvement

[sly gorge]

Tried to do digital art seriously, made a sketch and did line art.

Shoulders are definitely not great

Neck does not match with the angle the body is facing and the left leg is longer than the right

The trapezoid in the stomach was supposed to be a hoodie pocket

Used a new stylus pen, it’s hard for me to know where the pen would touch but I think I could get used to it

[sly gorge]

I’ve been experimenting with digital art whenever I’m bored

I’m still learning how to use layers and appropriate brush sizes in ibs

it also just feels so much more different from traditional l

I got to say, it’s very nice to be able to zoom in and draw little details better

Still not sure what I’m doing but I feel more comfortable trying digital art now than when I would take a photo of something black and try to draw something using the pen tool in photos

It is kinda hard to draw on a small phone, I have a tablet but 20% of the screen is non functional and would cancel out lines when I draw

[cinder dune]

Yeah its a whole new medium

[sly gorge]

It is fun tho

Not planning on switching anytime soon

Just bored during lunch classes and baseball games

[sly gorge]

I got a lot of weird looks when I took a photo of this lol

My full name was on that photo

One sec

Alright fixed it

No idea why I wrote the entire lyrics to a song but I wasn’t having a good day yesterday

I’m trying out different body types that deviate from my favored body type

trying out different ways to make the structure of the body

Learning to draw hands, practicing using less complicated hand to place the fingers on

It’s hard to deviate from the 3/4 position. Im trying to look for a ruler in my home to start practicing 1 point perspective because I do not have stead hands in general

I started chicken scratching a lot less but it is still visible

Some expression practice on the sides of papers

End of this log, cya later today

[sly gorge]

I got bored and drew a Roblox avatar I saw on Reddit

Definitely not great AT ALL

No idea how to draw clothing or hair, none the less curly hair so I had to try

Making a stick figure sketch REALLY helped with making the pose

I’m proud of the fist I made for the right hand but not so proud of the hood or the torso

I made a pretty boy pose from a different perspective, one that I’m not used to and I think I did good

I don’t have the paper with me but I can get it tomorrow morning

I actually have another old drawing of the same pose and the difference is CRAZY

Like what the hell is this!

What was I trying to draw?!?

I found these other drawings from old papers when I started

I tried shading slightly I think

I didn’t know how to draw feet

Also supposedly they are the same person

What the hell are these? I keep finding old art and they look terrifying

He looks high out of his mind

[wild thistle]

Can u send link for something like that

[sly gorge]

Uh yeah

I can look for one

[sly gorge]

https://www.amazon.com/OASO-Universal-Sensitive-Precision-Capacitive/dp/B083GKPK5V

Not the exact one but it’s basically what it is

[wild thistle]

Yooo thanks a lot

[sly gorge]

Np m8

[wild thistle]

Ill get one of those frfr🔥🔥🔥

[sly gorge]

I hope it works well!

Another old drawing with a unique pose. I don’t remember drawing this but ok

[wild thistle]

@sly gorge just quickie advice u should try drawing charaters on larger scale

Like on a full a4 size paper

Its easier capturing ppl in poses

[sly gorge]

This is gonna sound so dumb. But I have a fear of wasting material

which is why I draw so small

even if the space is a lot I will try and get as much use out of it

[wild thistle]

Forget abt that😭 draw like you have unlimited paper

Dont be afraid of not filling up a page

Paper is cheap but your work is not

[sly gorge]

yea I get that

I might have a larger note book with very try big pieces of paper

It’s used for backgrounds but I can use it to draw silly little characters

[sly gorge]

AHA! I FOUND THE NEW VERSION!

And the old one

The difference is HUGE

Like what the hell happened to the right leg

Why is it like 2 feet longer than the left

[sly gorge]

Still can’t believe I went from drawing like this

To drawing like this in two months

My perspective of anatomy has increased dramatically, though my perspective in general is still flawed.

I actually tried drawing a head profile with just the shoulders and arms and half the torso and it didn’t look good at all

I tried drawing bigger and I don’t like that at all. For some reason it feels like I’m trying to drawing with my middle and thumb finger, it just looks dumb and makes it look too square

I’d rather not share it here

I dislike it that much

I’ll just post some random old art

This was an image I made in early April. It was something a friend challenged me to draw. Characters from a shooter

It looks so messy because I had to erase a LOT

I was still trying to learn what style I wanted to learn so they all look like different art styles

I did not (and still don’t) know how to draw clothing. Although I didn’t have much of a reference for the design, I just had one image of the model

My style at this time was a lot more blocky and less trying to have realistic proportions

I also do not know how to draw weapons, none the less hands holding them

I tried but it looks like the handles are either too fat or too long

[sly gorge]

I noticed what was wrong with my drawings. There isn’t actually a pelvis. The one thing about the anatomy that was making everything harder for me was the pelvis. No wonder I could not make some poses and they too me so long to do. I’ve been making everything intentionally harder for myself by not adding a pelvis. I’m working on drawing a face palm to create the frustration that I have for not realizing this sooner

Quick drawing I made of the face palm

Still not good at drawing hands

And arms in the front are still as hard as before

[sly gorge]

Just a man floating in space (sorta)

The legs are too lanky and the arms are just SO wrong

I feel like I’ve kinda backtracked a bit :/

Oh well, just gotta keep practicing, I’ve been in this stage multiple times

A request a friend told me to do

I’m NOT proud of it by any means, but it was the first time I tried drawing actual baggy clothing

[sly gorge]

Damn why are so many people like int this thread? It isn’t even that important or interesting?

It’s just me logging my improvements and updates

No one has chatted here besides me in 6 days

I’m confused how people can enjoy watching someone log random drawings like it’s a notebook :/

I’m going to be drawing 3 Roblox avatars because why not, I need a challenge and a challenge I will get.

But besides that I might recreate some other drawing since I’ve improved

I made a paper with 4 sections to showcase my progress. Over the course of 4 years I will draw 2 drawings, (maybe three) I saw someone do the is and I would like to see my progression from day one to day 1461 😂

So far I’m on day 79 I believe

so I still got a long ways to go

this is the one hobby I really want to pursue, I need this for my education anyways

I’ve had MANY hobbies before this, but I dropped them after a few weeks or months

So far I’m not loosing any motivation for drawing

I love this so much and I just can’t wait for the point where I can just draw the first thing that comes to mind and have it look nice enough that I could hang it on the wall

It would be fun, the only thing I’m afraid of is loosing motivation

I have a tendency to do that since I have adhd

the only thing that can keep me in check is an external force that tells/forces me to draw

it sounds dumb and sad but it’s really the only way for me to keep going

either that or I have an actual reason to do it

a reason besides “it’s your dream” or “it’s beneficial”

I don’t know im dumb and weird, I have too many of my own issues.

how’d i even get here again?

Oh right, so I will be drawing maybe 5-6 drawings today, the second most drawings I have ever done

Seriously I have no idea how artist can sit down and draw like 20 drawings and still have enough motivation to draw more

either way I’m bored so ima make a chart for my progression on digital 🙂

I’ll be back in like twenty 🤣

Ok I’m back and I finished the chart, battery? I don’t know my mind went on multiple different directions when I was making this

I don’t know why I didn’t just make a pyramid chart :/

Well either way I finished!

I’ve got a long day ahead of me so I better be ready when school ends

I don’t even know why I chat in here.

:/

Hmm

eh, I guess it’s just fun to log things for anyone to see 🙂

Still feels kinda empty

ooh! This just gave me an idea for a drawing!

unfortunately it involves a background so that’s gonna be tough

[sharp kraken]

Dude on the second image really be hittin that nae nae 😂

[sly gorge]

I wish I could draw that 😂

[sly gorge]

Small sketch I made last morning

I tried making a pelvis and it was SO much easier to make a pose

I’m very lazy when it comes to making hands, but I love making legs

So I drew something that is basically legs and arms

Arms are un even

But the legs are quite nice

No idea how to draw bunny ears but it was fun to draw

I don’t have school so I don’t have a reason to draw much. Like something to do when I’m bored

[sly gorge]

I haven’t posted here in a while :/

I’m on a one month vacation so drawing is quite out of the question

I just hope I don’t lose motivation to draw when I come back

[valid pine]

Nah if you really like it you wont for sure

[sly gorge]

I haven’t posted in a while but here is something I just drew, a friends Roblox character because she was feeling down and I wanted to give her a gift. I decided to post it here since it’s the only drawing I’ve done in a while

I’ll get back into it I promise

But right now, it’s late and I’m tired

A lot of things wrong with it but I was trying to go quickly

Another drawing I made

A half black half white thing with a sentient scarf that is also half white half black

[sly gorge]

I made a ton of stuff