tmku in the post "LESSON 6: Hard Surface Objects"
2014-11-22 10:45
Hey, I'm currently knee deep in the lesson, but there is one thing that keeps bugging me - how do you properly establish proportional cube in 2 point perspective?
It'd really help with reconstructing objects from different angles since it's easiest to base all proportions off the cube - but I can't find reliable information on the web to save my life!
tmku in the post "Announcement: What would you want out of a dedicated ArtFundamentals website?"
2014-11-22 10:41
Hey, congrats on your job, you're a pro now! :)
A dedicated website is an interesting thought, but keep in mind the advantages of having everything laid down in one simple .jpg that you can move around, paste to another window in photoshop or effortlessly print.
Some of the things I think would benefit us the most (and that I personally would love to see addressed):
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Introductory lesson on measuring techniques, getting down the angles and proportions from references
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A dedicated lesson on perspective (since I believe it's such a fundamental subject) : In addition to the very cool extra curricular sheet on 1/2/3PP and the DS 6 lesson where we're moving and rotating the objects around in space, there are some things that still deserve their own lesson:
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When to use particular perspective and why
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Establishing and making use of the scale
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The use of perspective in architecture, interiors and environments
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Light/values (the basics: types of shadows, how the light is cast on flat/concave/convex surfaces)
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Composition (camera angles, choosing the right focal lengths for perspective, guiding the viewer's eye through the scene, the impact of tonal range and contrast. Personally I'd love to see a set of lessons on this since it's such a lengthy subject.)
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Color theory(again, the most basic stuff: color wheel, warm vs cold, shadows vs highlights and how they affect the local color)
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Materials (light/values continued: reflections, highlights, glossy vs matte)
I know the above makes for lots of material to cover, so treat it as food for thought more than anything else.
tmku in the post "Announcement: New curriculum and some questions for the community"
2014-11-07 07:16
Man, this is awesome! Very nicely done, I like the shapes and overall aesthetic.
Hope you're ready to embrace the hordes of achievement hunters that are bound to flood this subreddit after the word spreads out :P
One thing you might want to consider is displaying the full badge text when you hover your mouse over it - but that's just nitpicking.
tmku in the post "Announcement: New curriculum and some questions for the community"
2014-10-31 09:57
Hey, nice to see new lessons popping up!
I think categorizing lessons by the common theme is a way to go here.
It will definitely help keep things clear as more and more lessons appear and using shortcuts like DS#, WE# (with maybe a legend on the sidebar explaining their meaning) will make flairs look clean and concise.
tmku in the post "LESSON 5: Drawing Animals"
2014-10-23 16:09
Alright,this time I've put more focus into accentuating the basic forms, tell me whatcha think. If it's still not up to par, I'll gladly do some more.
I've thrown one extra page of dobermans in, where I focus purely on shapes/forms without any value sketching.
tmku in the post "LESSON 5: Drawing Animals"
2014-10-20 14:25
Hey, thanks for the reply.
I've totally forgotten about the circle of interest thing. No real excuses here :)
One thing that I have realized just now is I'm probably going to my 'happy place' and zone out and just draw without putting much thought into what I'm doing MUCH too early into the process, without being mindful about what I'm doing.
I'll pay more attention to that from now on.
How many additional pages would you like me to do?
tmku in the post "LESSON 5: Drawing Animals"
2014-10-19 14:20
Hey!
Man, this stuff is TOUGH!
I've done about 25 animals total. Here are selected 13 in random chronological order except for the last two - those were drawn at the very beginning.
Additionally, digital animal shenanigans created this week: a 1 hour chipmunk study and some colored sketches for /r/sketchdaily.
Cheers.
tmku in the post "LESSON 4: Drawing Insects, Arachnids and Other Creepy Crawlies"
2014-10-11 16:22
Hey, here's my submission: http://imgur.com/a/uphZ3
tmku in the post "LESSON 3: Drawing Plants"
2014-10-09 21:49
Thanks for the reply. You got some good points there.
The plant at page 7 definitely did not go as planned. This what I was trying to depict.
I didn't have a good idea on how to approach the texture, in the hindsight I think I'd have been better off drawing delicate outlines to indicate the areas of color change.
tmku in the post "LESSON 3: Drawing Plants"
2014-10-08 21:58
Hey!
Here's lesson 3. The third page of lay-ins features references from life.
Two still life drawings I'm not really proud of, but decided to put them up anyway for potential feedback: one two
Additionally I've done a still life digital painting. I stopped working on it after c. 3 hours (the upper right part is a bit more rough than the rest).
It's at the same angle as one of the drawings above, but the underlying sketch was made from scratch.
tmku in the post "OPTIONAL CHALLENGE: 250 Boxes"
2014-10-02 19:20
Hey, thanks for the feedback!
Yeah, the plane closer to the viewer being smaller than the opposite one seems like such an obvious mistake, but I keep catching myself doing it time and time again. Hopefully it'll go away with some more practice.
Using the pencil instead of pen was a force of habit, I'll make sure to stick with pen from now on.
By the way, since my target medium is digital, should I continue doing lessons in traditional media instead of switching to tablet?
I'm unsure whether it's more beneficial to get really good at one and only then switch to the other, or rather develop both simultaneously. Doing stuff on tablet as of now is much more difficult for me, my lines are shaky and all that jazz. I've taped a sheet of paper over the working surface to get more friction and it made a difference, but I still need to get used to the feeling.
tmku in the post "OPTIONAL CHALLENGE: 250 Boxes"
2014-10-02 17:45
Hey!
Thanks for setting this subreddit up, this stuff is really motivating!
I've taken the liberty of constructing some ellipses and divisions (because you can never have enough practice of those) in the first batch.
I hope that doesn't violate the rules of the challenge :)
tmku in the post "LESSON 6: Hard Surface Objects"
2015-01-11 20:28
Thanks for the feedback!
I actually did see your announcement (congrats on 3k subscribers!) though the story goes a little further - most drawings are over one month old - I just wasn't happy with them and felt burnt out at the same time, so my progress staggered.
But since there's new material just a lesson away I decided to submit what I've got (after adding p. 4 and 5 today for a good measure) and include this exercise in my daily routine. Hopefully with time I'll get more confident to skip the auxiliary perspective lines and get cleaner shapes.
Off to drawing humans!
And oh, for anyone who's interested, this site was a great help in finding references:
http://primeportal.net