IdleRa in the post "With the start of a new year, comes the reopening of critiques and a bunch of updates to the website!"
2016-01-04 21:24
Hello unconfortable!
As part of my new years resolution I was making cheat sheets with drawing exercises to pin to my wall. Basically based on your exercises. Now, with these new self critique ressources I was able to spot mistakes I wasn't aware of, and on top I can add some new exercises to the list!
This is a great update! I hope drawabox gets an example section, too, someday.
IdleRa in the post "As promised, August is over and critiques are open once again"
2015-09-01 14:29
Excellent! Despite the fact that I'm adding to it, I too hope the cumulative pile of submission won't crush you. I'm adding to it anyway.
IdleRa in the post "Lesson 7: Drawing Vehicles"
2015-07-20 20:36
Here are mine: http://imgur.com/a/H5zcd
In the beginning, I had a little problem with the box. But then I reread the lesson and noted, that all the boxes and vehicles drawn are looked at from such a perspective, that neither top or bottom side can be seen. After I noted that, the exercise went pretty well from the hand.
IdleRa in the post "Lesson 6: Drawing Everyday Objects"
2015-07-15 21:16
The mouse I was a little worried about, because it's neither boxy, nor a cylinder. It's rather like a bug shell from the 4th lesson. Glad you like it, though.
However, I have made some more 100 Boxes here: http://imgur.com/a/pnw2L
Looking back, I think it might have been a mistake to do these highly distorted boxes in the 250 Box challenge. They all were correct and fine, but you can't really use them to construct something, especially when it comes to constructing things like vehicles.
The first 70, I tried to find the center of the visible planes and cut them into halves and quarters. I found it quite difficult to do the top sides, maybe because they were so squeezed, distorted, or because I relied too much on the lines i found as the middle lines for the other sides.
The last 30, I tried to draw the 3D cage of the boxes, the edges on the other side, starting with a box of visible lines.
Anyway, I be moving onto the next lesson.
IdleRa in the post "Lesson 6: Drawing Everyday Objects"
2015-07-13 16:46
I finished the work for this one, hope it qualifies: http://imgur.com/a/2Znmr
In the beginning, I still use the round lines to shade cylinders, because I was working simultaneously on this and the cylinder challenge.
IdleRa in the post "Lesson 5: Drawing Animals"
2015-06-25 13:36
Thanks for the feedback. I have some things, too:
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Concerning the green pen, it's a pretty old fineliner, reads Faber-Castell finepen 2000, and probably was made before the year 2000. Naturally, it's dying. It's a wonder it's still writing. But I don't work with old felt tips only: For drawing purpose, I bought three different felt tip pens to try them out. Among them a no name felt tip pen, died pretty quickly, a simple Stabilo and a Faber-Castell 1511 Document . I was very happy with the last one, good handling, good ink control, and it lasted for atleast 200-300 pages, most of the Draw-a-Box homework in black was made with it. Now, it died during the Drawing Animals lesson (Zebra and chicken are still done with it), I had to use the Stabilo, which is also okay, but has thicker lines than the 1511. I'm going to order a bunch of the 1511.
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On the previous lesson, you mentioned that I had room to improve my capturing of texture. Now, with the fur, that comes up again. Are there any exercises specially for practicing that, or can I just go back to the Dissections from the Basics ?
And I'm glad you like the rhino frog. Found it was fitting.
IdleRa in the post "Lesson 5: Drawing Animals"
2015-06-24 13:19
Took some time, now I hope this qualifies: http://imgur.com/a/B3HpL
IdleRa in the post "Lesson 4: Drawing Insects and Arachnids"
2015-06-11 12:38
And here are my Insects: http://imgur.com/a/8sJtl
I'm quite okay with them, but I think with number 5 and 8 of the detail studies I put too much lines on the bug shells.
IdleRa in the post "Lesson 3: Drawing Plants"
2015-06-08 15:12
Thank you! I have been drawing for years, but never approached it as purposefully as now. And yes, it's german. But I add english, so more people can read the notes.
IdleRa in the post "Lesson 3: Drawing Plants"
2015-06-04 15:13
Here are my plant sketches: http://imgur.com/a/XTCHG
It makes fun, when you see yourself improving. I'm quite happy with the last three ones.
IdleRa in the post "250 Box Challenge (#2)"
2015-05-31 19:16
Here are my 250+ boxes. I mostly drew a 'Y' with varied stick lengths and angles and drew the box around it. Sometimes that resulted in extreme perspective drama.
IdleRa in the post "With the start of a new year, comes the reopening of critiques and a bunch of updates to the website!"
2016-01-05 13:26
Yes, you mentioned earlier (last year) saving some submissions for expample purposes on the website