I'm assuming that part of the reason you're doing this is to try to Get Better At Drawing.
If you are then I would strongly suggest having a look at John K's Cartoon Curriculum. Snag the Preston Blair book, spend some time doing the exercises John outlines, then apply what you're learning to stuff you want to draw. His methods are what really pounded the Basics Of Construction into my head.
Because daily, regular practice is great for getting better at anything - but daily, directed practice is totally awesome for it.
edit: Also I am NOT trying to discourage you by suggesting this, I'm trying to encourage you by showing you the best guide I've found for getting from where you are as an artist to where I am nowadays.
Thanks! I follow John K's stuff from time to time but had forgot about the Cartoon Curriculum in a wave of moving. I will look at it again.
Right now this is old archival stuff that I am just scanning and sharing with people because I am tired of having so much paper, in order to get me thinking about art on a daily basis again, but soon I will get through my archives of "totally done" art and start in on the "I drew this but need to finish it" art and then into the "no really I need to draw this today" art.
Because daily, regular practice is great for getting better at anything - but daily, directed practice is totally awesome for it.
I should make a bumper sticker out of this. When I was doing stuff almost daily I could actually say, "hm, I want to draw an XYZ," and it would actually show up on paper looking like something I imagined, but it's been years since I practiced that regularly.
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15/12/11 18:53 (UTC)If you are then I would strongly suggest having a look at John K's Cartoon Curriculum. Snag the Preston Blair book, spend some time doing the exercises John outlines, then apply what you're learning to stuff you want to draw. His methods are what really pounded the Basics Of Construction into my head.
Because daily, regular practice is great for getting better at anything - but daily, directed practice is totally awesome for it.
edit: Also I am NOT trying to discourage you by suggesting this, I'm trying to encourage you by showing you the best guide I've found for getting from where you are as an artist to where I am nowadays.
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16/12/11 02:47 (UTC)Right now this is old archival stuff that I am just scanning and sharing with people because I am tired of having so much paper, in order to get me thinking about art on a daily basis again, but soon I will get through my archives of "totally done" art and start in on the "I drew this but need to finish it" art and then into the "no really I need to draw this today" art.
Because daily, regular practice is great for getting better at anything - but daily, directed practice is totally awesome for it.
I should make a bumper sticker out of this. When I was doing stuff almost daily I could actually say, "hm, I want to draw an XYZ," and it would actually show up on paper looking like something I imagined, but it's been years since I practiced that regularly.
Thanks for the tips.
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16/12/11 15:09 (UTC)I'm looking forward to seeing the fruits of this project.
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