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10:30 AM, Wednesday September 22nd 2021

For figure drawing a lot of people recommend Micheal Hamptons book. It is very good but doesn't explain things to the beginner. However I recently came across his lectures on youtube and they really helped. Might be worth a try.

https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCHNinW31ADYz1SRrYuSKPBA/videos

Remember, none of this is easy. Breaking through the resistance is difficult but with enough purposeful practice you will see progress. It tends to require focus with purposeful practice on one aspect for a bit then put it aside and focus on something else. Rinse and repeat.

As for the pen/ruler thing. Not quite the same as using a ruler if you are not using it draw but pushing yourself to judge by eye only should be the objective.

Hope this helps.

4:22 PM, Thursday September 23rd 2021

Lol just my luck he deleted the videos overnight it seems.

At this point I am aware that this is a hard process, but what makes it harder is constantly second guessing "is this the right course", "do I need to learn something else first" , "am i doing this right".

https://imgur.com/a/qaMnDyw

Take my heads for example. I used the loomis method from proko and focused on one angle. Yet I feel like I could create a thousand similar heads and still be bad at it, so I switched to figure after a week or two. I'm worried I focus on all the wrong things and wasting time. How can I tell if I am or not.

7:57 PM, Thursday September 23rd 2021

Well sometimes's google is your friend ;-)

He does have an official channel on youtube but they are mainly silent demos rather than lectures but they may help.

https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCgPj2jSpcJaN6C5xMi8ohfg/videos

Without having a real teacher who can give you feedback then knowing if you are doing it right or not is always going to be a problem. You just have to use your best judgement and don't get bogged down second guessing. Just keep trying.

Looking at your skulls I would say you are being far too deliberate in your line making here. Unlike drawabox you need to be more sketchy and loose initially. Do them with a regular pencil, or even better a col-erase blue pencil. Watch a few animators work, they always start loose with their design and then refine when they have something they like.

This is an alternative channel which I have only just discovered and it is very, very good.

https://www.youtube.com/user/PhilsDesignCorner/videos

You will see some of this type of loose sketching here.

6:49 PM, Saturday September 25th 2021

I haven't looked into the channels yet but your advise helps a lot, thank you

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