A beginner artist who is trying to improve. (day 5)

[prisma parrot]

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Day 1

[balmy jasper]

Hi

I'd advise you to use all of your canvas and not only a small corner

Its better to exercise your hand on bigger canvas

[prisma parrot]

Hi

[prisma parrot]

Thank you for your advice! I really appreciate your perspective and will definitely keep it in mind for future works

[prisma parrot]

Still Day 1
Like that?

[balmy jasper]

Yes it's better

Well I see you're a beginner

How long have you been doing art

[prisma parrot]

3 days

[balmy jasper]

Ohhh I see

I have some more tips if you want them :)

[prisma parrot]

Sure, give me

[balmy jasper]

So first what program are you using?

[balmy jasper]

Okay! It's really good for a phone users

Do you have stylus with a pressure sensitivity?

Because if not it's well

Harder to improve

[prisma parrot]

No i dont

Or wait

[balmy jasper]

Pressure is really important when drawing, so if you don't have a stylus like that just pencil and paper is going to work better

[prisma parrot]

That good?

[prisma parrot]

That good or nah?

[balmy jasper]

I don't think it has a pressure sensitivity

[prisma parrot]

I've tried it now and it's not good

[balmy jasper]

You csn start with just pencil and paper, a d then just buy a better pen

Traditional art is also very beautiful

[prisma parrot]

Ok, i will try traditional art

[balmy jasper]

So i suggest

Drawabox course

Its free

[prisma parrot]

?

[balmy jasper]

https://drawabox.com/lesson/0

[balmy jasper]

Here

[prisma parrot]

Okay, I will watch the video

[balmy jasper]

The thing is to exercise the way it's explained there

[prisma parrot]

[balmy jasper]

I mean it's kind of like thya

Art is a lot of practice

But it's important to have fun also

[prisma parrot]

idk if that good or no
Lesson 1
(Drawbox style)
Day 1

[prisma parrot]

i forget tell you i have pc if that better then traditional art

[balmy jasper]

To draw on pc you need to have a graphic tablet

But I know there are cheap one without a screen

Its a nice thing to have when you want to draw digitally

[balmy jasper]

Okay so since you're a beginner I'd recommend using reference photos even for easy shapes

I'm a beginner to but I can draw a box from my imagination only but when learning it's good to see what are we want to do

[prisma parrot]

Ok, i will try that, thanks you

[balmy jasper]

You can use pinterest

Or just from what you see

[prisma parrot]

Yeah, ik but that will be hard

[balmy jasper]

All I found in matters of seconds:)

I know it seems kind of boring but these are basics everyone needs to have

But I'd say while you need to exercise you need tovhave fun at the same time so don't be scared of drawing your favourite characters, animals, oc, everything you like :)

Art is a lot of fun

[prisma parrot]

Ye

[balmy jasper]

You can draw humans but I'd start from easy shapes while exercising

And humans just for fun

Actually you found my art diary and I started drawing faces 40 days ago

You can see my progress there

[prisma parrot]

[balmy jasper]

You see the box here is really flat

Because it doesn't have any shadow

It's for an advertisement more than to study

[balmy jasper]

Use photos like this

[prisma parrot]

Can you give me video talk about shadow

[balmy jasper]

Well you see photos like that are made with a lot of light sources, so they won't have shadows and every detail on the packaging will be visible

[balmy jasper]

On the other hand, photos like this thanks to a clear light source, aren't flat

You're showing depth through the shadows and highlights in drawings

[balmy jasper]

Try drawing one of these

Mayhe the triangle qt first

[prisma parrot]

Ok, i will try

A beginner artist who is trying to improve. (day 2)

[prisma parrot]

[balmy jasper]

Okay I'll help you out in the morning okay? It's late for me

[prisma parrot]

👍

I tried to imitate you, but you are too far away for me

Good night

[prisma parrot]

the end

for today

i going to sleep

[prisma parrot]

Today I will learn to draw seriously

[prisma parrot]

[prisma parrot]

I tried but

Maybe tomorrow I will be better

[balmy jasper]

What is this

Is it 2 point perspective?

[balmy jasper]

Maybe try using thinner lines

[prisma parrot]

2 filled pages of the Superimposed Lines exercise
1 filled page of the Ghosted Lines exercise
2 filled pages of the Ghosted Planes exercise

Should I start with that?

[balmy jasper]

Yes the drawabox course its what're you supposed to do in tight order

On paper

[prisma parrot]

Ok

[prisma parrot]

This is harder than I expected

[balmy jasper]

Work with your whole arm

Not only elbow or wrist

[prisma parrot]

Ok

A beginner artist who is trying to improve. (day 3)

[prisma parrot]

I will resume learning to draw in an hour and a half.

[prisma parrot]

Ok lets start

Ok that so bad i will try again

Ok that better

One more and I will go to next step

Ok that very good

For me

Now next step

[cerulean edge]

Hello!

May I can some tips too? Since i'm a tradintional artist to?

[prisma parrot]

Hi

[prisma parrot]

https://drawabox.com/

[cerulean edge]

soooo yes?

[prisma parrot]

I just do everything the course tells me

[cerulean edge]

ah kk

Hold on, may i show my traditional art for helping purposes?

[prisma parrot]

I'm not an expert, but you can wait for @balmy jasper and and ask him about anything

[cerulean edge]

hold on a sec, what are you have trouble doing tradintional art wise?

[balmy jasper]

Yes remember to take your time, there's no need to rush

[prisma parrot]

The problem I face is that I cannot do super imposed correctly

[cerulean edge]

So posing?

Sorry, i just woke up

[prisma parrot]

Ye

[cerulean edge]

I can help with that! here is a stick figure of one of my characters

[prisma parrot]

i try that before

[balmy jasper]

Poses and figures are something you want to to worry about kater

[cerulean edge]

Then lets start at the first part of drawing, faces (aka the upper half of the whole art piece)

Uusally this is the bust part, so where we sorta see the shoulder and we see the neck bone

Some artists do breasts at the bust part, but i just stick to neck bone

[prisma parrot]

Ok i will try that in digital

[cerulean edge]

hold on, its better in traditional if you want, do you have a pencil and paper lying around?

[prisma parrot]

Ye

[cerulean edge]

perfect, so, we want this to fill half of the paper just like i did in my example

but you can also to the whole paper if you want detai, but wer just trying to get to the point of 'I know how to do this part)

[prisma parrot]

Like this?

[cerulean edge]

Yeah! That looks great so fair, but make sure not to make it to tiny, or else you cant draw upper half details.

[prisma parrot]

Ok

[prisma parrot]

What now?

[cerulean edge]

alright, try and make the best straight lines of where you want the eyes and mouth to go, i'll show a example before you do it tho, just gimme a sec

[prisma parrot]

[cerulean edge]

ok back, getting the example ready

[prisma parrot]

Done

[cerulean edge]

ok, great

so, next step is making a head format (Its not always a good idea to start with a head first!)

[prisma parrot]

That only think i can do

[cerulean edge]

not like that- i ment when your even starting making art, its great to start with the circle. not with the head formatted already

Hold,on, i'll show example

once you have made the head shape you want, remove the guide lines for the head section (dont remove the eye/mouth placement guide lines tho@)

[prisma parrot]

?

[prisma parrot]

Oh

[prisma parrot]

Ok wait i will try

[prisma parrot]

Like that?

[cerulean edge]

Fantastic!

Your a fast learner

ok, were gonna take a break from the head, and to the bust, are you making a boy or a girl character?

[prisma parrot]

Ladys first

[cerulean edge]

ok, good to know, so, were gonna start with the neck, i'll show example

and on top of the neck, (Not literally) were also gonna thinken the arms a bit, to give it some life

[prisma parrot]

You mean here?

[cerulean edge]

yep

[prisma parrot]

Ok i will try

[cerulean edge]

like saturn said, take your time.

[prisma parrot]

That one bad ik

[cerulean edge]

ok, pro tip, start with stick figure arms before you go over it with thickness.

[cerulean edge]

Hold on, just try it without thick ness, just make stick figure arm like my example

[prisma parrot]

Ok wait

[cerulean edge]

great

Now, do you see those ball joints? those are the elbows

[prisma parrot]

Ok

[cerulean edge]

ok, so we got this right?

[prisma parrot]

Ye

[cerulean edge]

are you making her normal or ripped?

(Aka muscled)

[prisma parrot]

Normal

We will draw girl we dont need ripped

[cerulean edge]

See how it thins into the ball joints?

This next part is SUPER IMPORTANT

[prisma parrot]

Ok

[cerulean edge]

because this part is bending, we need to make a lip so we can see that part is bending.

[cerulean edge]

great. now, i'm personally not good at drawing fingers, but i do know how to draw Decent fingers

[prisma parrot]

Ok

[prisma parrot]

That good?

[cerulean edge]

Hold on, i hav a hand tip

[cerulean edge]

another thumb tip, make the pocket where the thumb is gonna go before you even consider making the thumb

[cerulean edge]

great

!!

now, the fingerss

[cerulean edge]

ok, I'm prob gonna take a break form teaching, I'm also multitasking something else, but use would you have learned to make a cool character ❤️

[prisma parrot]

Ok, thank you so much

[cerulean edge]

https://tenor.com/view/paper-mario-ttyd-the-thousand-year-door-paper-mario-remake-paper-mario-ttyd-gif-17763927042127487571

[prisma parrot]

A beginner artist who is trying to improve. (day 4)

i forget change that

[prisma parrot]

I will start in an hour and a half

[prisma parrot]

Ok

Lets go

First : Make a straight line with a ruler and go over it following the same path free-hand

[prisma parrot]

3 days and I cant even draw line

That sad

[balmy jasper]

Well it's a skill that take a lot more time than 3 days

[prisma parrot]

Ok that good

But not very good

[prisma parrot]

My sister in first try...

[prisma parrot]

• should I go to next step?

1 filled page of the Ghosted Lines exercise

[balmy jasper]

You can take a break or learn making confident lines by exercising perspective

[prisma parrot]

Someone challenged me to do this and I did it but it's not perfect

[balmy jasper]

Make the cubes darker so they won't vanish eith the guide lines

And maybe try not using ruler?

Ots a nice training

[prisma parrot]

ok

[prisma parrot]

in video he use ruler but i will try dont use that

[balmy jasper]

Yes but since you want to train your hand you can try without it

[prisma parrot]

It's good to try a new exercise

[balmy jasper]

It's also an eye training, you need to be sure that you understand what you're doing

[prisma parrot]

ok tomorrow I will finish lesson 1 part 1

A beginner artist who is trying to improve. (day 5)

[balmy jasper]

It's okay you can do other things besides that course

Also you can try 1 point perspective

[prisma parrot]

Ok that will be easy then that ig

Thank you for introducing me to drawbox

[balmy jasper]

Np :)

[prisma parrot]

I won't post anything today

[prisma parrot]

@balmy jasper

Should I buy steadler mechanical pencil

[balmy jasper]

Honestly up to you, I like mechanical pencils but I'm not really a traditional artist

It's good for doing sketched

For shading better get yourself a soft 6b pencil

[cerulean edge]

I reccommend getting it, but you pencil will do lots of sharp lines

[balmy jasper]

But for sketches why not

[balmy jasper]

That's why it's for sketches mainly

[cerulean edge]

and thats why i use it 👌

[prisma parrot]

When i can do that I will get that

But for now. steadler mechanical pencil better

[balmy jasper]

Aure

[prisma parrot]

Thanks
@cerulean edge @balmy jasper

[balmy jasper]

When I was a tradi buying new drawing stuff always motivated me in some way

[prisma parrot]

Eventually I will move on digital