aruiteru's sketchdiary--------------ll erm...

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My goal = 1 sketch/thing per day.

Ummm. Hay.

I really want to improve. I know that if I actually took art classes I'd probably improve faster. lol

Art is a hobby for me.

Not a career choice or something like that.

Anyways, rip my art to shreds please. Redline to your hearts content. Critique as much as you want.


Tools:
openCanvas 4.06
Painter 9
Photoshop CS2
Wacom 4x5 Tablet
Pencil&Paper lol
Sakura Microns

 

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Ummm.

So I'll go do something for today.

So for now. There's nothing here.

 

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So yeah.

I drew hands.

gonk

......

Which I hate drawing!!!1!

But then again who likes drawing them???

 

[Julia Pegasus]

Keep in mind that the fingers bend in two places instead of one ^^
But hands are very boring, indeed... I also have a hard time with them. >P

Also, I think (and that's just personal opinion, but it might be helpful anyways) pencil&paper are the best tools to practice and sketch... tablets are great for painting, there's no doubt about it - but nothing can emulate the feel of the real materials... When I start a piece from scratch in the computer, I feel it lacks the 'soul' pencil sketches carry. ^^

Kep it up! heart  

[Allvis]

I`m feeling your pain aruiteru, hands are a pain to draw. But I think you got some pretty decent onces there. But as JuliaPegasus said, keep in mind that fingers bend in two places, not one. I don`t know about you but I feel it better to pratice hands by drawing off pictures take by cameras or your phone. Maybe this might help

I`m looking forward to see more of your art! wink

 

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C:

Thank you both.

I'll keep that in mind and keep practicing!

I really do love drawing on pencil and paper. heart

But I have limited access to a scanner.

 

[Cillian Laires]

yeah, I agree what the previous 2 commenters. When I was starting to learn to draw hands I went to these 'how to draw anime!!" kind of tutorials and let me tell you that that was kind of a mistake. If you dont have a camera look around the internet for pictures of hands or just look at your own hand to learn what a hand is really like. There is no real shortcut to learning to draw properly.

I don't know if you're familiar with deviantART.com but you can find some great reference things there in the stock images.