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marodavo · junior member Member # Joined: 14 Mar 2002 Posts: 5

Please crit my pictures , I know they are not the best , are there anything I should think about when drawing etc ? any parts I should concentrate on ?

First Drawing

Second Drawing

Third Drawing

Fourth Drawing

Fifth Drawing

I was planning to study art in a art college of some kind , do you guys think I should apply or do just SUCK

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Awetopsy · Posted: Thu Mar 14, 2002 1:58 pm

concentrate on anatomy.. get ahold of some figure drawing books.... from your local bookstore.

gArGOyLe^ · Posted: Thu Mar 14, 2002 2:35 pm

nice pics.. concentrate on anatomy.. thats the only problem that I can see with em.. after you get anatomy right then they'll look awesome. I bought Jack hamms Head and Body Drawing... its a good book.. helped me a lot till I moved past that stage

good luck... btw..

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posted March 14, 2002 01:54
I was planning to study art in a art college of some kind , do you guys think I should apply or do I just SUCK

Ofcourse you should apply... like.. most people who join art school do so because they arent good at drawing/painting

.. you dont need to draw like a pro to join an art school (well some of em do...) .
Good luck learning

The Fritz · Posted: Thu Mar 14, 2002 4:01 pm

Well, some words from an art teacher. I would also suggest to buy some books, I would recommend Burne Hogarth books for anatomy drawing (there are several), but the best thing is to do two things - get a friend and talk him into sitting model for you, mayby you have a girlfriend to do this job. If it doesn't work, draw your parents watching tv or your brother reading a book. You might be frustrated at the beginning but its the best way to learn how a body is made, how light works on a body and how it changes in perspective when you move. Second important task is to carry a scetchbook, pencil and rubber with you, allways! I use the bus, metro, cabs and so on very often and use this time for scribbling. Get hold of your ideas, draw the person in front of you (leads sometimes to funny situations). And the major rule is = work, work, work. Don't stop, you get only better when you train. I'm 30 years old and haven't reached where I won't to go and never will, because in art, when you achive something there will be automatically a new goal. Hope everything is writen correct, because I don't teach english and I'm german by native.

Hyptosis · member Member # Joined: 24 Jan 2002 Posts: 507

Dude, you work shows many signs that I missed when I was starting, art school would help a lot. If nothing else, the environment will help.

kahboom · Posted: Fri Mar 15, 2002 2:05 pm

I still have trouble with this one thing: try to use a reference whenever possible. When using a reference, DRAW WHAT YOU SEE, NOT WHAT YOU THINK YOU SEE. I often catch myself head down and drawing without looking back at the reference, and I invariably make mistakes.

Drew · Posted: Fri Mar 15, 2002 6:48 pm

You're off to a good start. Kahboom is right, you need to draw what you see. In pic 4, your self portrait, I see a bunch of lines that I know aren't on your head. That line where your hair is parted shouldn't be there. Those lines where your eyelids meet the eye shouldn't be there, unless you wear eyeliner. The same goes for your lips. Let the shadow on the neck show where your chin ends. Shade gradually.
It's good to see that you're not scared to lay down some heavy pencil, too. Most beginners draw light, sketchy lines. Keep it up, just draw shadows instead of lines.