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[Delay]

16 hours ago, cubinator said:

You can imagine those images over the paper, and then trace them.

If it would be so easy I don't think I'd have problems at all.

Infact I've already tried that at it didn't help one bit.

[NSEP]

19 hours ago, Delay said:

A little update on the skills of yours truly: Yep; still can't draw. At all. I've honestly stopped trying now.

The problem is that I do have ideas for some drawings I would consider as "beautiful" or "good (enough)", but that's subjective and beside the point. I have these images in my brain and I can't get rid of them, I really want to draw them, but I can't.

And when I do try, it just looks ugly. And I'm not even expecting anything from myself at this point. My expectations are literally 0 and I still manage to disappoint myself.

If i want to draw something, but it still looks ugly, i try to study all the things that i think look wrong, step by step. I had problems with anatomy for example, so i tried to look at examples of real people, 'dismantle' them like i did in my last post, and use that as a reference for anatomy. It worked! Have you tried that?

One thing that does not work, for me at least, is trying to draw things over and over again without any references. You can't draw things straight from memory, unless you have drawn the thing a multiple times already, and even then, memory deteriorates over time, making it more different from the original every single time.

If you want to draw something from memory, try looking for references of the details, since there is no way you can find the exact same image on the internet. Do it piece by piece. Also try to experiment with different techniques and do a 'convergent evolution' kind of thing when experimenting.

Edited May 6, 2018 by NSEP

[GluttonyReaper]

31 minutes ago, Delay said:

If it would be so easy I don't think I'd have problems at all.

Infact I've already tried that at it didn't help one bit.

I'd echo the sentiments of everyone here - giving up is the one thing you never want to do. Take a break? Sure. But stopping entirely.... eh. One thing I think helps is to find something you feel good drawing, regardless of how good you are or how simple it is. For example, I quite enjoy drawing eyes - not particularly good at it, but that's not the point. Anytime I draw something that I'm not very happy with (especially if it's taken up a lot of time) I go ahead and just draw an eye for a bit, and I feel a bit better, even if it's not something worth showing off.

I wouldn't worry too much about not being able to replicate what's in your head. That can take... well, forever. Best thing to do is to learn all the different aspects (proportions, perspective, colour theory, etc.) you'd need to make those images real, and focus on them individually, but make sure you draw some pretty pictures along the way to keep yourself motivated, even if they're totally different to what you're aiming for  For example, all my recent pictures have been purely to practice perspective, and are only mildly related to what I actually want to draw in the end.

So yeah, don't give up

[Delay]

On 5/6/2018 at 6:16 PM, GluttonyReaper said:

Take a break? Sure. But stopping entirely.... eh.

I'll take a break...

An indefinite one, until I feel the need to disappoint myself again. Sadly that's guaranteed to work.

[ARS]

I made a concept art of transformable gun-sword weapon for my character's storyline. It combines beam sword with handgun

[cratercracker]

HELLO THERE HOW R U DOIN?

ANOTHA ONE

BUT I AM NOT DONE YET

Sorry for capslock, i am just too excited.

 

 

Edited May 9, 2018 by cratercracker

[NSEP]

3 hours ago, cratercracker said:

HELLO THERE HOW R U DOIN?

ANOTHA ONE

BUT I AM NOT DONE YET

Sorry for capslock, i am just too excited.

 

 

I can just tell from your drawings that you like listening to Synthwave 

[cratercracker]

25 minutes ago, NSEP said:

I can just tell from your drawings that you like listening to Synthwave 

exactly.

synthwave/vaporwave/dark synth/techno/dark club/dreamwave/hardbass(no joke)/psycho bass(rarely)/, basicly retrowave is my jam.

But let's not get too offtopic here, shall we?

Edited May 9, 2018 by cratercracker

[NSEP]

2 minutes ago, cratercracker said:

exactly.

synthwave/vaporwave/dark synth/techno/dark club/dreamwave/hardbass/psycho bass/, basicly retrowave is my jam.

But let's not get too offtopic here, shall we?

I like that kind of music too, you also listen to Pink Floyd ....OH WHOOP

[GluttonyReaper]

Something that made me realize I need to study human anatomy a little more before combining it with perspective  

[Adstri]

The Solar System:

Also posted here:

 

[cubinator]

1 hour ago, GluttonyReaper said:

Something that made me realize I need to study human anatomy a little more before combining it with perspective  

Or you could just leave it kind of weird and abstract. It's kind of interesting. It's your choice.

Edited May 10, 2018 by cubinator

[EnderKid2]

 

Edited May 11, 2018 by EnderKid2

[cratercracker]

So I just decided to upload my sketches and stuff.

Sorry, I am really terrible at drawing.

  https://imgur.com/a/AFX8zcd

+sorry low quality, thanks imgur.

Edited May 11, 2018 by cratercracker

[HazelPine]

Have a bike

 

[NSEP]

Portrait Study

[NSEP]

Yet another s-post

If you get the reference, you know what song i have been binge-listening to for the last few days.

[SirCrackWaffle]

12 hours ago, cratercracker said:

So I just decided to upload my sketches and stuff.

Sorry, I am really terrible at drawing.

  https://imgur.com/a/AFX8zcd

+sorry low quality, thanks imgur.

Aww, man, that looks nice, reminds me a lot of the stuff I used to draw in highschool.

[ARS]

Random character design that I made 

[Bill Phil]

19 hours ago, NSEP said:

Yet another s-post

If you get the reference, you know what song i have been binge-listening to for the last few days.

That whole album is good.

[cratercracker]

The truth, is nowhere.

[cratercracker]

Inspired by the poster of Far cry 3: Blood Dragon

[GluttonyReaper]

On 5/10/2018 at 1:13 AM, cubinator said:

Or you could just leave it kind of weird and abstract. It's kind of interesting. It's your choice.

Yeah, I'm just just trying new things, maybe I'll even use colour one day

Speaking of which, few sketches I did while 'revising', seeing as my phone was dead:

 

[NSEP]

I drew my history classroom

The history classroom has to be the most beautiful classroom in my entire school. Its decorated extremely well.

[Wjolcz]

 

One of my first properly drawn creatures. Drawing the basic "skeleton" first helps a lot.