A very wonkie young Psycho Mantis all tuckered out after a long night studying.
nice work again, really nailed the pose, clean lines and proportions. how long have you been drawing for?
Thanks Adam. I'll not critique myself, I'll be good.
The last time I drew regularly was about 15 years ago. Before that, I drew a lot. Self taught, so lacking lots of foundational skills. I wanted to get into comic art back then, or illustration. Started both a Fine Art and Visual Arts degree but, well, life gets in the way. I'm also in Oz (Australia), there were slim pickings in art at uni if you wanted to focus on comic art or game design back then. America was the place to be, or Japan.
I have a lot to learn now I'm back, and I don't just mean dusting off rusty old skills. The whole "art landscape" has changed - for the better I think.
Anyhoos, rambling. Let's see what you've been up to. :)
Edit. Forgot to ask, what about you? I find it hard to believe you are completely new to drawing. You have some skills there. As I said on your drawings, your characters look like who they are supposed to be. If you are drawing from memory, they're wonderful attempts. I can see what you were going for with both pics.
I can see you doing amazing things if you stick with it and go through the basics. Rome wasn't built in a day after all, they had to lay a foundation. (That's why I'm here, to learn the things I ignored when I was younger.)
Okies, really gone now!
This recommendation is really just for those of you who've reached lesson 6 and onwards.
I haven't found the actual brand you buy to matter much, so you may want to shop around. This one is a "master" template, which will give you a broad range of ellipse degrees and sizes (this one ranges between 0.25 inches and 1.5 inches), and is a good place to start. You may end up finding that this range limits the kinds of ellipses you draw, forcing you to work within those bounds, but it may still be worth it as full sets of ellipse guides can run you quite a bit more, simply due to the sizes and degrees that need to be covered.
No matter which brand of ellipse guide you decide to pick up, make sure they have little markings for the minor axes.
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