john_doe_TP in the post "Any other traditional painters in here (oil, acrylic, pastels)? What do you do with your 50% rule?"
2022-10-05 15:36
I don't see how it is to your point. The same could be said about plenty of traditional art courses for beginners. I have visited traditional drawing/painting courses in atelier schools while chipping away at DaB. I wouldn't want to do without either of them.
john_doe_TP in the post "Any other traditional painters in here (oil, acrylic, pastels)? What do you do with your 50% rule?"
2022-10-05 15:03
Eh. I get your complaints but i don't get how you see DaB as a shortcut. Maybe some students THINK it is but they're sorely mistaken. DaB teaches you some very very fundamental aspects of drawing in a laser-focused way. When you're through with it you basically just got started. It's like learning Math up to a level where you can now start doing highschool level classes.
The most valuable thing DaB teaches you is - in my opinion - how to approach problems and learning things in art. Even more valuable than the things I learned about perspective or drawing forms. It's helping me understand how I can approach using other books and resources for practicing.
john_doe_TP in the post "Over the last few months, I've been working on a collaboration with Proko's team - a video about my experiences with Aphantasia (the inability to visualize the things I imagine in my head), and how I approach drawing from my imagination. And the video is finally out, on Proko's channel!"
2021-11-18 14:20
So I never knew about this and from talking with other people, I found out I have pretty intense hyperphantasia. Never felt it really helped me that much. Well I suppose I was able to doodle charizard relatively accurately without a reference image.
john_doe_TP in the post "Any other traditional painters in here (oil, acrylic, pastels)? What do you do with your 50% rule?"
2022-10-05 20:02
Idk why you got downvoted.
The course itself says that you can explore any other medium or learning resource alongside DaB as long as you stick by the 50% rule. Not using reference is something he only encourages students to do in the beginning. I'm actually with you there; some of the limitations on what the 50% rule "allows" seems like a tiny bit too much to me. I think what a lot of people who follow or follow and quit DaB get wrong is that while it is a nice and clear defined program it won't get you to a crazy skill level right after finishing it and you still need to take charge of your learning process outside of the program; both while completing it and after clearing it. After the first 2 lessons you should definitely pick up observational drawing on the side. After lesson 3 or 5 I'd also start figure drawing, if that is important for your longterm goals. Well at least that's what I'd tell people getting started.