I'm on new meds that have been making my hands shake badly. This started happening about 3 days ago. Here are my before and after attmempts. I am shaking again as I type this :( Very frustrating but maybe I will get used to the meds in about a week. Either way, I have been doing these as warmups before drawing everyday so I hopefully these meds get adjusted soon because it is really hindering my drawing and hand/eye cordination. https://imgur.com/a/nY5Kgmh
I'm sorry to hear that. Hopefully they get adjusted soon.
I can see you've gotten much more confident with your ellipses. The second page has smoother ellipses than the first, though it understandably has a few that deviate in shape. There's not much else to say - your ellipses will improve further with practice.
Next Steps:
Your next step should be the 250 box challenge
Thanks for critiquing my work. I do appreciate it and I agreed with all the critiques you gave me as I was making the lines. I would draw an ellipse and the shaking would get worse and I would be like, "dang. I know I can HAVE BEEN able to do sooooo much better than this."
It is not fun to lose control in this way but I am thinking that if I do these as warmups everyday, maybe I can adjust to the shaking the same way I adjusted to being able to sketch in moving vehicles.
I have been drawing for over 16 years and I have always felt confident in my line quality, up until this week that is, because of this meds switch. It has been incredibly discouraging but I am figuring it out.
I'm mostly judgemental to myself because I have an Illustration degree, a Graphic Design degree, and 5 classes left until I earn my BFA in Visual Communication, so I've been at this for a while. It just makes me a bit nervous that it could become an issue in furthering my career if it continues, but I am hopeful that it will just be a matter of adjusting to the medications. Practice will help for sure.
Thanks again!
You're welcome, and I hope you manage to get used to the medications!
Here we're getting into the subjective - Gerald Brom is one of my favourite artists (and a pretty fantastic novelist!). That said, if I recommended art books just for the beautiful images contained therein, my list of recommendations would be miles long.
The reason this book is close to my heart is because of its introduction, where Brom goes explains in detail just how he went from being an army brat to one of the most highly respected dark fantasy artists in the world today. I believe that one's work is flavoured by their life's experiences, and discovering the roots from which other artists hail can help give one perspective on their own beginnings, and perhaps their eventual destination as well.
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