I thought I was improving but I go back go the cubes in different angles, and boy, do I suck at them. This is a great reminder that I should go back to the past, see what I practiced before and try practicing it again. Drawing ability is like a muscle and the progess of art skills is not linear. Thank you for this reminder!
I started drawing a year ago and I have improved exponentially since i started. I like to tell others my method so that they maybe could implement themselves. I wanted to learn how to draw like Kim Jung Ji because i was so fascinated with his urban sketches. His sketches where he was able to capture an image from his 1st person point of view. The key is observation. Just like a camera 📷 you are training your mind to convert a 3d scene onto a flat medium. I made an exercise for myself where i had to do an urban sketch from whatever setting i found myself in. I made a 4 step process for myself. Id observe the shapes of the objects in front of me(couch, tables, drawers). Then I’d visualize how these objects would like on a mental piece of paper if i were to draw them. Then i’d use actual paper to test my theories. Id get a lot wrong at first but to check my answers id finally take a photo from a similar pov from what my eyes were viewing. I could then use editing software on the objects in the photo to analyze how the object will change depending on the perspective in which i am viewing. I just keep repeating this process for everything and from every angle possible(front, back, side, top, bottom). Eventually i learned how to apply this process to understanding how anatomy changes based on perspective. The goal is to eventually be able to convert your mind into 3d modeling software(my analogy for how my mind works now). To be able to create any object and from any angle, you always start simple with a box. Then you can manipulate(elongating it, shortening it, etc) that box to fit what ever object you’re imaging. Then once the box closely resembles the image you had in mind, then you can begin to curve the box. It’s always easier to start with straights to eventually form curves in your object. This is how i believe pro artists are able to build a great memory for drawing. They don’t memorize each line that goes into creating an image. Instead they learned the volume of it. They learned how to build up the volume of a head from starting with something simple like a box, then slowly over time they kept changing the box until it perfectly resembles the images they had imagined.
You just explained every artist’s problem with speed!! I had this problem until I bought Scott Robertson’s ‘How to Draw’ which forced me to relearn how to use shapes in construction. I didn’t want to relearn what I thought I knew already but once that feeling went away after page 20 my work became faster, on paper. The computer on the other hand, it was not so fast when I tried to draw finished lines. Layouts are fine because I can use as many lines to discover my shapes. When drawing finished lines, I find myself zooming in to connect lines or the lines do not seem to be what I desired and get on paper. Do you have any suggestions or maybe a video where you discuss this issue? I am using a 22’ Wacom Cintiq and using the latest Mac OS which I don’t think matters but for your info to give a better answer. Any ideas??
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I thought I was improving but I go back go the cubes in different angles, and boy, do I suck at them. This is a great reminder that I should go back to the past, see what I practiced before and try practicing it again. Drawing ability is like a muscle and the progess of art skills is not linear. Thank you for this reminder!
"Drawing ability is like a muscle and the progess of art skills is not linear" - I couldn't describe better :)
You're welcome, glad it was helpful!
Draw 250 boxes.
I started drawing a year ago and I have improved exponentially since i started. I like to tell others my method so that they maybe could implement themselves. I wanted to learn how to draw like Kim Jung Ji because i was so fascinated with his urban sketches. His sketches where he was able to capture an image from his 1st person point of view. The key is observation. Just like a camera 📷 you are training your mind to convert a 3d scene onto a flat medium. I made an exercise for myself where i had to do an urban sketch from whatever setting i found myself in. I made a 4 step process for myself. Id observe the shapes of the objects in front of me(couch, tables, drawers). Then I’d visualize how these objects would like on a mental piece of paper if i were to draw them. Then i’d use actual paper to test my theories. Id get a lot wrong at first but to check my answers id finally take a photo from a similar pov from what my eyes were viewing. I could then use editing software on the objects in the photo to analyze how the object will change depending on the perspective in which i am viewing. I just keep repeating this process for everything and from every angle possible(front, back, side, top, bottom). Eventually i learned how to apply this process to understanding how anatomy changes based on perspective. The goal is to eventually be able to convert your mind into 3d modeling software(my analogy for how my mind works now). To be able to create any object and from any angle, you always start simple with a box. Then you can manipulate(elongating it, shortening it, etc) that box to fit what ever object you’re imaging. Then once the box closely resembles the image you had in mind, then you can begin to curve the box. It’s always easier to start with straights to eventually form curves in your object. This is how i believe pro artists are able to build a great memory for drawing. They don’t memorize each line that goes into creating an image. Instead they learned the volume of it. They learned how to build up the volume of a head from starting with something simple like a box, then slowly over time they kept changing the box until it perfectly resembles the images they had imagined.
You just explained every artist’s problem with speed!! I had this problem until I bought Scott Robertson’s ‘How to Draw’ which forced me to relearn how to use shapes in construction. I didn’t want to relearn what I thought I knew already but once that feeling went away after page 20 my work became faster, on paper. The computer on the other hand, it was not so fast when I tried to draw finished lines. Layouts are fine because I can use as many lines to discover my shapes. When drawing finished lines, I find myself zooming in to connect lines or the lines do not seem to be what I desired and get on paper. Do you have any suggestions or maybe a video where you discuss this issue? I am using a 22’ Wacom Cintiq and using the latest Mac OS which I don’t think matters but for your info to give a better answer. Any ideas??
Thank you for sharing this amazing lesson 🔥🔥🔥
Glad you liked it! You're always welcome :)
pretty helpful, thank you
Glad it was helpful :)
Great video on this subject mate
This will kill my small art block and eventually get back to art grinding ❤
Thanks! I know you can do it :)
thanks!
You're welcome! Cheers :)
I like this
I love this cute robot
Hm, good practice, Ill try incorporating it into my own
very underrated!
Thanks :)
ofc
Nice tips bro ❤
Thanks :)
Only me and the RUclipsr himself here that's crazy 💀
Hey, it's not bad at all :D
Me personally, when I create a character, i make the most ugliest lifeform to exist 😭🙏
I have got jumpscared by the amount of comments😢
Why is there nothing
Ok it isn't a bug I restarted RUclips 3 times
FIRST
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