8:45 AM, Thursday January 28th 2021
Thanks, I'll check it out :)
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CGTespy
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6:04 AM, Saturday January 9th 2021
Thanks!
1:43 AM, Tuesday January 5th 2021
Can you summarize your answers to my question? I have a hard time understanding based on what you said, since there's just so much... you know ^^;
11:23 PM, Thursday December 31st 2020
I figured that's the intent, as well. Also, what do you do when you see mistakes, and have no idea how they can help you improve? Note that in this hypothetical scenario, you're still way too result-oriented
9:48 PM, Thursday September 24th 2020
Thank you very much for your critique! :> You were correct with your guesses as to why my lines sometimes look scratchy and such; while I'm better with ghosting consistency now, I sometimes unconsciously went back to non-ghosting.
I'll be sure to keep up with the warmups as you suggested. In fact, for a couple weeks now, I've had a regimen where every other day is a drill day, where I split my daily 30-40 mins between 3 exercises. If I really have done well enough on Lesson 1, then I'll alter the drill days so they spare at least 10 mins for the 250-Box Challenge.
7:50 PM, Tuesday September 15th 2020
So put simply, about how some artists need to use helper techniques (like construction), while others don't...
The stronger your sense of space and understanding of your subject, the less helper techniques you'll need to use to draw it well. All the same, never be ashamed of using said techniques, even when you're being judged as a professional; they're as valid as pencils and paper in the making of art.
11:18 PM, Wednesday August 26th 2020
The purpose is to help remind you about why you wanted to improve at drawing to begin with, so you that by the time you get good technical skills, it won't be hard for you to apply them to things. If I'm not mistaken, anyway
9:36 PM, Tuesday August 18th 2020
That may be worth a try. Thanks.
11:46 PM, Sunday August 16th 2020
Thank you very much for the detailed answer! :D Uncomfortable himself should take a look at it; maybe he can do something to make DaB more engaging, thus helping keep people working at it.
Everything you said makes sense and lines up with my own experience. I'll see what I can do about applying it to make drawing... at least not painful.
1:11 PM, Sunday August 16th 2020
That kind of contradicts how Drawabox's Lesson 0 encourages you to power through the frustration, though... https://drawabox.com/lesson/0/2
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