Dorf_Midget in the post "LESSON 1: Lines, Ellipses and Boxes"
2015-01-24 17:49
Here is my homework. Fairly happy with everything but the organic perspective boxes. Have a really hard time with those. I know the theory but the bloody lines don't go where I want them to go.
I also had a bit of trouble drawing from the shoulder. Especially with the smaller lines, ellipses and boxes. Haven't found a good way to hold the pen. I've settled with pretty much the same way I hold one when writing but it causes my hand to drag on the paper.
Dorf_Midget in the post "Who Are You? Introduce Yourselves!"
2014-11-12 09:56
I'm a 24 (25 next year) old guy who has almost zero experience in arts. I'm currently studying software engineering which is pretty damn far from anything artistic. I've wanted to learn to draw for years now but I've always thought of it as "It's too late now. I'm too old to make a career out of it."
I have about 1 year left on my current school so I've given myself that time to learn to draw on some level. If I manage to do that then after graduation it's (hopefully) off to art school. I would love to become a professional. Games are very close to my heart so working in the industry would be a dream come true. Comic books would also be great to work on. Maybe more interactive comics with branching stories. Soft of like Choose Your Own Adventure books but with comics and deeper characters and plot. But that's my engineering side butting in :P
I know it's going to be a lot of work and especially in the beginning kind of boring. But my first program was a Hello World and not HL3 so I'll try to keep that in mind when drawing lines that look like I have 5 thumbs.
Dorf_Midget in the post "LESSON 1: Lines, Ellipses and Boxes"
2015-01-24 19:28
Thanks for the critique. I'll definitely do the 250 boxes challenge before Lesson 2. In fact I already started it after posting my homework.
I forgot to mention in the post but while drawing the ellipses I noticed my hand sort of twitching at certain points when drawing. If I was drawing clockwise it was always the lower left quarter. If I was drawing the other way it was the lower right quarter. For example these two. It felt like a muscle spasm.