Thanqol Learns To Draw Five: Polymath [Archive] - Page 2

Anarion

2015-12-30, 02:31 PM

Day 1679: Piggy

Attempt at drawing the Silent Knight brought to a weird standstill upon realising I have no idea how pig limbs from a front-view work.

Links (http://i.imgur.com/2ybR4tT.jpg)

Perhaps some visual (http://i.dailymail.co.uk/i/pix/2015/01/06/0D17070C000005DC-0-image-a-49_1420558985328.jpg) material (http://cdn.imgs.steps.dragoart.com/how-to-draw-a-boar-wild-boar-step-6_1_000000053343_5.jpg) will (https://www.colourbox.com/preview/2840956-frontal-portrait-of-a-wild-boar-in-earthy-ambiance.jpg) assist (http://previews.123rf.com/images/isselee/isselee1207/isselee120700398/14275572-Wild-boar-also-wild-pig-Sus-scrofa-15-years-old-portrait-standing-against-white-background-Stock-Photo.jpg)?

Madcrafter

2015-12-30, 02:34 PM

Thanqol

2016-01-01, 06:28 AM

I feel like this could be an awesome new interpretation on Gannon.

Hey it's cool you say that because I definitely was keeping Twili aesthetics in mind when I did that.

Perhaps some visual (http://i.dailymail.co.uk/i/pix/2015/01/06/0D17070C000005DC-0-image-a-49_1420558985328.jpg) material (http://cdn.imgs.steps.dragoart.com/how-to-draw-a-boar-wild-boar-step-6_1_000000053343_5.jpg) will (https://www.colourbox.com/preview/2840956-frontal-portrait-of-a-wild-boar-in-earthy-ambiance.jpg) assist (http://previews.123rf.com/images/isselee/isselee1207/isselee120700398/14275572-Wild-boar-also-wild-pig-Sus-scrofa-15-years-old-portrait-standing-against-white-background-Stock-Photo.jpg)?

Thanks, but that's not entirely what I need - I've got two things, one is that the boar in question is a much bigger and more muscled version than any of them, and two is that I think I messed up the perspective a bit. I'm thinking I might look at elephants for ideas.

Day 1681: Trickster Colour

So now it's time for my long awaited showdown with the colour green. I don't get green artistically yet, it's by far the most complicated and tricky colour on the wheel. This phase is going to be more research project than anything else.

Links (http://i.imgur.com/Akq02NB.jpg)

Thanqol

2016-01-02, 03:34 AM

Day 1682: Me And The Wanderlust

Original picture by Meto30

I fought with Corel's watercolours for nearly two hours and I am no closer to either liking or understanding them than when I started. I was hoping this one would work out, and while it certainly has elements that work those parts that work are the parts that I already know how to do; none of the new stuff I tried came out nice.

Not sure how long I'll wind up sticking with Corel, I'm kind of becoming disillusioned with it. It has a few fantastic speciality brushes but it just doesn't seem to have any of the obvious basic things - it's like the opposite of SAI in that respect.

Links (http://i.imgur.com/WBbjfyg.jpg)

Thanqol

2016-01-03, 06:58 AM

Day 1683: Inks

I got some really good speed down with my inking, I'm pretty happy with that. Another meto30 piece.

Links (http://i.imgur.com/T8G045k.jpg)

Artman77

2016-01-07, 03:10 AM

How's the green research going? I haven't seen any 'green' studies, just more calligraphy brush and ponies.

Deadly

2016-01-07, 03:15 AM

Day 1681: Trickster Colour

So now it's time for my long awaited showdown with the colour green. I don't get green artistically yet, it's by far the most complicated and tricky colour on the wheel. This phase is going to be more research project than anything else.

Links (http://i.imgur.com/Akq02NB.jpg)

My immediate thought when looking at that is "Beware of tigers!"

DigoDragon

2016-01-07, 07:35 PM

My immediate thought when looking at that is "Beware of tigers!"

"There are 40 tigers within this image. None of them can be seen."

Anarion

2016-01-07, 07:48 PM

"There are 40 tigers within this image. None of them can be seen."

"I had 41, though. No idea where the last one ended up..."

Thanqol

2016-01-08, 07:10 AM

How's the green research going? I haven't seen any 'green' studies, just more calligraphy brush and ponies.

I'm thinking about it but this week's been pretty creatively draining in different directions.

Day 1688: Green is the new olive drab

I suspect that the real heft of green is going to be in the greyed colours adjacent to olives. Green gets really really garish at high saturations.

Links (http://i.imgur.com/UMeJMez.jpg)

DigoDragon

2016-01-08, 11:13 AM

I suspect that the real heft of green is going to be in the greyed colours adjacent to olives. Green gets really really garish at high saturations.
Links (http://i.imgur.com/UMeJMez.jpg)

Curses, you have found my weakness! Green hair! :smallmad: :smallbiggrin:

Thanqol

2016-01-09, 07:43 AM

Curses, you have found my weakness! Green hair! :smallmad: :smallbiggrin:

such a hideous colour

Day 1689: baldsy

i'ma shave it all off

Links (http://i.imgur.com/yPFGixX.jpg)

DigoDragon

2016-01-09, 10:09 AM

such a hideous color

Some shades of it look quite nice on a character in my opinion. Particularly moderate to dark shades. Bright green is too silly.

i'ma shave it all off
Links (http://i.imgur.com/yPFGixX.jpg)

Nice face.

Closest I've shaved my head down was a #1 razor.

Thanqol

2016-01-10, 06:08 AM

Day 1690: Sloan

Alright, the slump is ongoing but I think I've finally powered through the stage where art is a focus of depression and I'm ready to start trying new things in earnest again.

I'm drawn to physical media right now, a lot, and I'm doing a lot of thinking about real paints and pencil drawings, and some of my best recent work has been pencil stuff. I need more infrastructure/money to do it properly though so may be a few months before I can begin in earnest.

Digital media, I'm really happy with where my inking is at. Despite going through a bit of a burnout I managed to transition black lines from something I instinctively dislike and avoid to something I can find relaxing and fulfilling. The reason why I've been so adverse to colour lately is because I still don't have my head around Corel's brushes and the experimentation process is daunting. More to the point, it's that I've let a certain amount of artistic vanity into my heart and have been wanting to make really good finished pictures for people, and knowing that my attempts are destined to fail while I re-learn brush applications has been making me put it off. Enough of that. I'm dedicating the near future as Garish Garbage Month, wherein I go out of my way to produce awful looking sh*t to learn and lower my expectations of myself at the same time.

Two problems I don't know how to deal with. One I'm currently facing is F.lux. I love the program and can't live without it, but the orange filter throws off my colouring. I don't know what I want to do about that. Maybe just set to movie mode and accept that all my pictures are gonna be inexplicably washed out. Problem two is that I haven't really sorted out my daily routine in my new house yet. I've got a lot of data and am doing really well overall but everything's kind of on play-by-ear settings rather than rituals I can do without thinking. This means I'm insufficiently blocking out art time. I don't think there's a fix for that except time, and it's likely to get worse with my workplace relocating before it gets better.

Garish garbage month starts tomorrow. Gonna be great!

Links (http://i.imgur.com/n2WKo8h.jpg)

Madcrafter

2016-01-10, 12:33 PM

Two problems I don't know how to deal with. One I'm currently facing is F.lux. I love the program and can't live without it, but the orange filter throws off my colouring. I don't know what I want to do about that. Maybe just set to movie mode and accept that all my pictures are gonna be inexplicably washed out. I've just accepted that all my colouring is going to be off, since I invariably forget to go in and deactivate it for an hour.

The colour balancing is probably too complicated to be corrected by a custom filter, but you could try making one up that you could then apply to all your images. Or maybe write a little macro that turns it off when you open Corel and on again when it's closed?

Thanqol

2016-01-11, 06:28 AM

I've just accepted that all my colouring is going to be off, since I invariably forget to go in and deactivate it for an hour.

The colour balancing is probably too complicated to be corrected by a custom filter, but you could try making one up that you could then apply to all your images. Or maybe write a little macro that turns it off when you open Corel and on again when it's closed?

Yeah I could more easily do that with a layer of orange with very low opacity I guess

Day 1691: horrifying sh*t month

oh man i'm gonna have fun with this

Links (http://i.imgur.com/bZIaq7o.jpg)

Thanqol

2016-01-12, 01:18 AM

DigoDragon

2016-01-12, 08:37 AM

Looks like a plant. Or fancy streamers. It's kind of neat really.

Deadly

2016-01-12, 11:38 AM

Day 1692: Abject Failure

One day in and I go and f*ck up horrifying art month by going and producing something that actually looks kind of nice, what the hell is this

Links (http://i.imgur.com/tbGbBLJ.jpg)

Once upon a time I was reading about some author on Wikipedia and one of her stories was mentioned. It was called The Hair Tree and was described in the article as a very disturbing story. The title of the story seemed spooky, so naturally I couldn't resist looking it up. It took me forever to track it down but finally I found a copy online. Turned out it was just a regular old fairy tale, not the slightest trace of horror in it. Only goes to show you can't trust Wikipedia ... always thought it was an oddly random and obscure thing to lie about, though. I wonder who wrote that into the article and why.

Anyway, this drawing reminded me of "the hair tree". I always thought it was an ominous-sounding name, like some kind of grotesque tree with tufts of long, multi-colored hair growing through its bark. Creepy.

Thanqol

2016-01-13, 06:05 AM

Looks like a plant. Or fancy streamers. It's kind of neat really.

Thanks!

Once upon a time I was reading about some author on Wikipedia and one of her stories was mentioned. It was called The Hair Tree and was described in the article as a very disturbing story. The title of the story seemed spooky, so naturally I couldn't resist looking it up. It took me forever to track it down but finally I found a copy online. Turned out it was just a regular old fairy tale, not the slightest trace of horror in it. Only goes to show you can't trust Wikipedia ... always thought it was an oddly random and obscure thing to lie about, though. I wonder who wrote that into the article and why.

Anyway, this drawing reminded me of "the hair tree". I always thought it was an ominous-sounding name, like some kind of grotesque tree with tufts of long, multi-colored hair growing through its bark. Creepy.

Hmmmmm!

Day 1693: The Eye!

This foray into garbage month has, as a side effect, answered a question that was baffling me for weeks. Turns out that Corel is defaulting me to weird layer settings based on which brush I first use on that layer, resulting in baffling outcomes like being unable to use white. Gosh that was doing my head in for a while there, I thought I was going mad.

Links (http://i.imgur.com/LTfXoaS.jpg)

DigoDragon

2016-01-13, 08:20 AM

Day 1693: The Eye!

Links (http://i.imgur.com/LTfXoaS.jpg)

I like the angle I'm seeing this in. It looks like a fish swimming to the right and it's little eye is filled with determination. It's got some 'action-blur' effect going for it. Kinda looks like an interesting logo actually. Love these warm colors.

Anarion

2016-01-13, 12:32 PM

I like the angle I'm seeing this in. It looks like a fish swimming to the right and it's little eye is filled with determination. It's got some 'action-blur' effect going for it. Kinda looks like an interesting logo actually. Love these warm colors.

Damn it, Digo, now I can't unsee the fish!

Artman77

2016-01-13, 11:53 PM

The first thing I thought of when I saw it was vulture.

Thanqol

2016-01-14, 05:33 AM

Hooray! Dissent! Failure month is back on track!

Day 1694: mr squiggle

still bad at art, just got more ways to be bad

Links (http://i.imgur.com/6rKzu9v.jpg)

DigoDragon

2016-01-14, 10:28 AM

Damn it, Digo, now I can't unsee the fish!

Mwahaha. *Mustache twirl*

still bad at art, just got more ways to be bad

You know I'm bad, I'm bad - come on, you know
(Bad bad - really, really bad)
And the art world has to
Critique right now
Just to tell you once again,
Who's bad...

The squiggles have potential to pull out interesting shapes to become things. I've seen this in a Tumblr post somewhere.

Thanqol

2016-01-15, 06:38 AM

The squiggles have potential to pull out interesting shapes to become things. I've seen this in a Tumblr post somewhere.

Lookit dis scrub, never seen mr. squiggle

Day 1695: old three

At least garbage art month is interesting to look at.

Links (http://i.imgur.com/6VofsKI.jpg)

Thanqol

2016-01-16, 06:58 AM

Day 1696: Designed Dis Rhyme

A brief break from terrible art month to do some inking for Meto30.

Links (http://i.imgur.com/xmINPOD.jpg)

DigoDragon

2016-01-16, 08:32 AM

A brief break from terrible art month to do some inking for Meto30.
Links (http://www.giantitp.com/forums/showthread.php?416855-Thanqol-Learns-To-Draw-Five-Polymath)

And you linked to the thread beginning because...?

Thanqol

2016-01-16, 08:41 AM

And you linked to the thread beginning because...?

because terrible art month WILL NOT BE DENIED

DigoDragon

2016-01-16, 08:44 AM

because terrible art month WILL NOT BE DENIED

:smallamused: Mwahahaha.

Anarion

2016-01-16, 01:54 PM

You should be careful Thanqol. I'm worried you're building up a terrible art addiction. You might suffer withdrawal symptoms at the end of the month.

goto124

2016-01-19, 05:50 AM

Look! A pony dance troupe!

Thanqol

2016-01-20, 05:46 AM

You should be careful Thanqol. I'm worried you're building up a terrible art addiction. You might suffer withdrawal symptoms at the end of the month.

TERRIBLE ART MONTH IS FOREVER

Day 1700: Poffums

Birthday. I'm always depressed at this time of year. Dunno what I can do about it.

Links (http://i.imgur.com/kwcqjQy.jpg)

DigoDragon

2016-01-20, 09:41 AM

Happy birthday! If you're feeling depressed about getting older, you can always get drunk on pizza and cake. That's my solution for the past 6 years.

goto124

2016-01-21, 03:38 AM

By the way, what's your favorite flavor of cake - chocolate truffle, strawberry shortcake, blackforest?

Thanqol

2016-01-21, 06:03 AM

Happy birthday! If you're feeling depressed about getting older, you can always get drunk on pizza and cake. That's my solution for the past 6 years.

That's not the part that has me down. Ageing doesn't phase me yet.

By the way, what's your favorite flavor of cake - chocolate truffle, strawberry shortcake, blackforest?

I find quality matters vastly more than flavour? I like creamy textures.

Day 1701: S:(

U-r-g-h

Links (http://i.imgur.com/ecaTDVO.jpg)

Thanqol

2016-01-22, 05:55 AM

Day 1702: So Far I See

Colour blending is cool. Not terrible enough though

Links (http://i.imgur.com/nmQ7ltR.jpg)

Artman77

2016-01-22, 01:34 PM

Common man, when are you going to actually draw something besides ponies, tracing other ppls art, and abstract color/squiggles?

Anarion

2016-01-22, 02:41 PM

Common man, when are you going to actually draw something besides ponies, tracing other ppls art, and abstract color/squiggles?

I imagine when terrible art month ends. Though, that's the joke really. IT NEVER ENDS.

Thanqol

2016-01-22, 05:32 PM

Common man, when are you going to actually draw something besides ponies, tracing other ppls art, and abstract color/squiggles?

I have been dealing with a bunch of burnout/artists block, hence terrible art month to at least get me out of the rut and thinking creatively again. What specifically do you think I should draw?

Artman77

2016-01-22, 09:05 PM

Artman77

2016-01-23, 01:25 AM

Sorry about the rut man, that sucks. You've been doing better. I looked at your old stuff and you've showed a lot of improvement. Ponies/cartoon will only get you so far though, you know what I mean? Fortunately, the artblock shouldn't be too serious of an issue cuz we're not trying to paint a grand, inspired masterpiece, right? We're just practicing. To that end, we practice all that we aren't good at yet. I would recommend trying to draw something you dislike, or something that you know you struggle with. Find photos of that thing and try to draw them as realistically as possible.

I, for example, hate backgrounds. I plan on doing more of them. The way I'm trying to think of it right now is: The better I get at painting them, the faster I can get them done and out of the way. Plus I don't want to have all these sweet subjects with lack-luster backgrounds all the time. I've got to consider the painting as a whole.

Thanqol

2016-01-23, 07:15 AM

Draw a man sitting with his back against An oak tree. Make it look as real as you can. Get the pose to look natural. Get the bark on the tree to look right. Pay attention to the shading, values, and details. Get the sunlight and the shadows to look good....

No. trying for photorealism right now is not going to result in happiness and productivity.

Sorry about the rut man, that sucks. You've been doing better. I looked at your old stuff and you've showed a lot of improvement. Ponies/cartoon will only get you so far though, you know what I mean? Fortunately, the artblock shouldn't be too serious of an issue cuz we're not trying to paint a grand, inspired masterpiece, right?

Right! Except I was. Like I said at the start of this, I was getting to this point where I wanted to only produce grand masterpieces and falling short of that was killing enthusiasm, which was getting me into a bad loop. Terrible art month is a deliberate decision to recalibrate; to remember that I am just practising and I can push the envelope in ways I don't normally do. What you're not seeing right now is that I'm doing a lot of weird experiments with brushes and layers - I got a whole new art program two months ago!

It was a pride thing, hence the jolt of humility.

We're just practicing. To that end, we practice all that we aren't good at yet. I would recommend trying to draw something you dislike, or something that you know you struggle with. Find photos of that thing and try to draw them as realistically as possible.

I, for example, hate backgrounds. I plan on doing more of them. The way I'm trying to think of it right now is: The better I get at painting them, the faster I can get them done and out of the way. Plus I don't want to have all these sweet subjects with lack-luster backgrounds all the time. I've got to consider the painting as a whole.

I don't like architecture, too many straight lines. I'll try for something like that over the next few days. Today was stolen from me so I didn't get more than a sketch down.

Artman77

2016-01-23, 11:43 AM

No. trying for photorealism right now is not going to result in happiness and productivity. . . I was getting to this point where I wanted to only produce grand masterpieces and falling short of that was killing enthusiasm. . . It was a pride thing, hence the jolt of humility.

Is terrible art month about giving yourself permission to try a grand masterpiece even though it might turn out terrible? Or giving yourself the permission not to try at all? New brushes are great, and it's good to try new mediums/tools, but if you can't draw a person with a pencil, you won't be able to draw one with a brush either. You have the potential to make really great art if you want. If you want to be a renaissance man, you could be. If you want to do art as a hobby and have fun with it, you could do that too. What's your end game? Do you have a specific goal in mind, or are you just drawing to draw?

Thanqol

2016-01-23, 11:14 PM

Is terrible art month about giving yourself permission to try a grand masterpiece even though it might turn out terrible? Or giving yourself the permission not to try at all? New brushes are great, and it's good to try new mediums/tools, but if you can't draw a person with a pencil, you won't be able to draw one with a brush either. You have the potential to make really great art if you want. If you want to be a renaissance man, you could be. If you want to do art as a hobby and have fun with it, you could do that too. What's your end game? Do you have a specific goal in mind, or are you just drawing to draw?

Yo, dude, taking two weeks off to deal with an art burnout and to experiment with colour theory and new brush combinations isn't giving up. It's doing what I can within the capacity of my time and mental resilience. What, specifically, are you advising me to do here?

The end goal is to be able to produce stuff comparable to the Dresden Codak guy. In the vein of that here's me trying a new brush/colour combination to figure out his sketch-paint style thing.

Day 1704: Abbadon The Despoiler

Gender-swapped Abbadon the Despoiler from 40K.

Links (http://i.imgur.com/NbYP7Os.jpg)

Artman77

2016-01-24, 01:17 AM

Thanqol

2016-01-24, 06:26 AM

Sorry bro. Originally I was hoping you would do some photo-realistic stuff, but I guess maybe I misunderstood what your goals were. When you said "renaissance man" I assumed you meant this (http://oddstuffmagazine.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/06/drawings06-610x455.jpg), not this (http://dresdencodak.com/comics/2016-01-18-dark_science_58.jpg). I asked the clarifying question last instead of first, my bad.

Do you actually want to actually draw and publish your own comic then too, or just have the ability?

I've never been a fan of photo realistic art. My ideal style is the intersection of this (http://fav.me/d5orrwo) and this (http://40.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lolgpvlL551qcbajko1_500.jpg), with capability ranging to this (http://fav.me/d655e2n).

What I really want to get above all, and this is my big medium term goal, is the ability to do effective character design. I want to be able to express personality and backstory visually. Photorealistic painting might come when I'm retired, maybe; for now I just want to be able to express myself visually.

I have no intentions of doing a comic right now but I'd like to have the capability for it.

Thanqol

2016-01-26, 05:44 AM

Day 1706: Brush Scope

Tried out more of that brush I used the other day. It doesn't do what I want it to do, but it's within the ballpark so I'm going to tweak it a bunch and see if anything sticks

Links (http://i.imgur.com/2to78xh.jpg)

Thanqol

2016-01-28, 06:59 AM

DigoDragon

2016-01-28, 08:07 AM

The more Horus Heresy books I read the more I get this image of the Emperor as a big muscled autistic trucker who is also the worst dad of all time. All the Loyalist primarchs are the ones who have people skills as bad as he does.

For some reason that reminded me of the Android 13 episode from Team Four Star, with the trucker hat jokes.

Anarion

2016-01-28, 02:17 PM

Day 1708: The Disappointments

The Emperor of Man, Lorgar and Magnus.

The more Horus Heresy books I read the more I get this image of the Emperor as a big muscled autistic trucker who is also the worst dad of all time. All the Loyalist primarchs are the ones who have people skills as bad as he does.

Links (http://i.imgur.com/sNGOSJ7.jpg)

Well yeah. When your universe's basic premise is that people who explore, question, and try to figure stuff out get possessed by demons and start wrecking the place, you're not gonna get much in the way of independent thought or enlightened leadership.

Cuthalion

2016-01-28, 04:25 PM

If you have the time, may I recommend spending 30 minutes doing a black and white drawing of this?

https://www.allaboutbirds.org/guide/PHOTO/LARGE/american_kestrel_1.jpg

Thanqol

2016-01-28, 04:26 PM

Well yeah. When your universe's basic premise is that people who explore, question, and try to figure stuff out get possessed by demons and start wrecking the place, you're not gonna get much in the way of independent thought or enlightened leadership.

It's not even that, it's that he just needed to give Logar like, one hug and everything would have been different.

I'm very much a fan of Logar and Magnus because they're the two dudes who are actually thoughtful, intelligent philosophers who are 'maybe we shouldn't be fascist butchers' and the Emperor comes down on them so hard for it.

Artman77

2016-01-29, 01:48 PM

Architecture sounds like a good start. I would recommend working on anatomy, figure drawing and realism too, even if that's not the goal. It might be helpful in the long run...

Cuthalion

2016-01-29, 08:45 PM

Architecture sounds like a good start. I would recommend working on anatomy, figure drawing and realism too, even if that's not the goal. It might be helpful in the long run...

This. :smallsmile:

Thanqol

2016-01-31, 04:41 AM

Day 1711: Clothes Hasselhorse

I'm trying out painting combinations like the man tries out clothes.

Links (http://i.imgur.com/D3BgXd3.jpg)

DigoDragon

2016-01-31, 09:20 AM

I'm trying out painting combinations like the man tries out clothes.
Links (http://i.imgur.com/D3BgXd3.jpg)

It's like he's wearing the circus. :smallbiggrin:

TheAmishPirate

2016-01-31, 10:00 PM

Day 1711: Clothes Hasselhorse

I'm trying out painting combinations like the man tries out clothes.

Links (http://i.imgur.com/D3BgXd3.jpg)

I might hate his stupid face, but you can't deny the man has styles for miles.

Thanqol

2016-02-01, 07:31 AM

It's like he's wearing the circus. :smallbiggrin:

Haha! In Imperial Germany, circus wear you!

I might hate his stupid face, but you can't deny the man has styles for miles.

Man, I am just so sad that men don't dress like that any more. Nowadays it's all suits and ties and black. Men don't wear makeup and ostentatious feathered hats and suits constructed by abstract tailors.

Day 1712: The Other Bad Sons

I've decided I want to finish this! It's going to be a big-ass 20 character lineup but, gosh, these Primarchs are fun to draw as ordinary scrubs.

I fricking nailed Gulliman.

Links (http://i.imgur.com/7WeJ9Cs.jpg)

goto124

2016-02-02, 10:21 AM

I might hate his stupid face, but you can't deny the man has styles for miles.

But I think he's gorgeous! :smallbiggrin:

Man, I am just so sad that men don't dress like that any more. Nowadays it's all suits and ties and black. Men don't wear makeup and ostentatious feathered hats and suits constructed by abstract tailors.

Yep. Times I've seen people take female characters' clothes, put them on male characters, and say "See how ridiculous he looks? That's why we shouldn't have female characters wearing those clothes!" From casual observation, we give less freedom on male fashion compared to female fashion - not getting into detail, since I'm not a man.

Madcrafter

2016-02-02, 10:36 AM

Nowadays it's all suits and ties and black.Hey, suits don't have to be black. See Don Cherry, a Canadian icon, for some rather outlandish examples.

DigoDragon

2016-02-02, 11:35 AM

From casual observation, we give less freedom on male fashion compared to female fashion

I can see that. Men's styles tend to look very same-y, with the main differences being in colors.

Hey, suits don't have to be black. See Don Cherry, a Canadian icon, for some rather outlandish examples.

Now that is someone who ain't afraid to style.

Thanqol

2016-02-02, 04:34 PM

Yep. Times I've seen people take female characters' clothes, put them on male characters, and say "See how ridiculous he looks? That's why we shouldn't have female characters wearing those clothes!" From casual observation, we give less freedom on male fashion compared to female fashion - not getting into detail, since I'm not a man.

Look at these guys. (https://s-media-cache-ak0.pinimg.com/564x/bf/d4/d4/bfd4d4ecd8fc13233f415ae1b7b95098.jpg) Look at them! This culture knew how to dress. How did we let that get away from us? Who cares if they look ridiculous if they look that damn dap?

Hey, suits don't have to be black. See Don Cherry, a Canadian icon, for some rather outlandish examples.

Yeah but you think of him as a weirdo for dressing like that. And more to the point, custom garments like that are rare and expensive and, depending on the workplace, inappropriate for work environments. And even worse any variation on a suit is the same triangles-and-squares set of shapes which is almost as dull as the drab colours.

Thanqol

2016-02-03, 05:56 AM

Day 1714: Feelin' Feelin'

Horus as a greaser just feels right.

Man my schedule is still all over the fricking place, man. I am counting the days until my month off when I can just, you know, settle things down.

Links (http://i.imgur.com/TzRcETg.jpg)

Thanqol

2016-02-04, 07:00 AM

Day 1715: Policy Change

Okay, if this week has a takeaway it's that I can't sustain my ideal art balance because I just don't have the time. Between household maintenance, cooking, socialization, work, transport and recreation I can't quite find the space for the ideal 1-2 hour art jams that really take me into it. I can do 15-20 minutes usually but that's barely warmup time and I feel kind of like cheating for that. So, I need to monetize a new piece of time that's just become available - the bus ride. Busing has cut about an hour out of my day, hence this scheduling drama, and I reckon my biggest step forward artistically is going to be learning to sketch while on a rattling, shaking in-motion bus. Next payday I'm gonna look into getting a cute little pocket sketchpad and turning that empty time into something more productive. Hopefully it works!

Did more work on the primarchs picture, nothing major yet.

Artman77

2016-02-04, 11:32 AM

That sounds great, man. I wish I had an hour bus ride with no distractions. In addition to the cooking/cleaning/40-hour-job, I got got kids. The commute to work is driving, so it's eyes on the road for me.... but speaking of sketchbooks; I got some empty sketchbooks that I need to fill. Game on!!

DigoDragon

2016-02-04, 11:42 AM

In addition to the cooking/cleaning/40-hour-job, I got got kids. The commute to work is driving, so it's eyes on the road for me....

Same here! There aren't enough hours in the day to do what I'd like to do after doing what I need to do. somehow we just have to stretch space-time to make it happen.

Madcrafter

2016-02-04, 12:59 PM

Yeah but you think of him as a weirdo for dressing like that. And more to the point, custom garments like that are rare and expensive and, depending on the workplace, inappropriate for work environments. And even worse any variation on a suit is the same triangles-and-squares set of shapes which is almost as dull as the drab colours.Naa, he's high status enough to just be eccentric. But yeah, bespoke suits aren't going to work for many.

Maybe we can nationalize his closet though...

Day 1715: Policy Change

Okay, if this week has a takeaway it's that I can't sustain my ideal art balance because I just don't have the time. Between household maintenance, cooking, socialization, work, transport and recreation I can't quite find the space for the ideal 1-2 hour art jams that really take me into it. I can do 15-20 minutes usually but that's barely warmup time and I feel kind of like cheating for that. So, I need to monetize a new piece of time that's just become available - the bus ride. Busing has cut about an hour out of my day, hence this scheduling drama, and I reckon my biggest step forward artistically is going to be learning to sketch while on a rattling, shaking in-motion bus. Next payday I'm gonna look into getting a cute little pocket sketchpad and turning that empty time into something more productive. Hopefully it works!Hopefully that works out for you. I tried drawing on my way to/from work back in the first year, but I found it far too distracting and it lowered productivity/quality dramatically. There's just too much other stuff to look at on public transit.

TheAmishPirate

2016-02-04, 05:48 PM

Thanqol

2016-02-07, 12:48 AM

So the good news is bus sketching works great for me! It's great that it does because XCOM2 came out and that's like saying 'heroin 2 came out' as far as my productivity is concerned.

DigoDragon

2016-02-07, 10:10 AM

Well, you really should not be making lines with XCOM2 for snorting. :smalltongue:

But it's good that you're productive on the bus rides.

Anarion

2016-02-07, 02:16 PM

Well, you really should not be making lines with XCOM2 for snorting. :smalltongue:

But it's good that you're productive on the bus rides.

Based on my steam notifications and my own time distribution the last couple days, I think snorting XCOM2 is an apt description, myself.

Madcrafter

2016-02-07, 03:35 PM

So the good news is bus sketching works great for me! It's great that it does because XCOM2 came out and that's like saying 'heroin 2 came out' as far as my productivity is concerned.Ah, good to hear that it works for you. That said, did you ever consider commute time when you were selecting your house?

Based on my steam notifications and my own time distribution the last couple days, I think snorting XCOM2 is an apt description, myself.You're hanging with the wrong crowd obviously. Didn't your parents ever tell you anything about that?

Seriously though, I find it very bizarre that not a single person on my friends list even owns the game considering how hyped people are about it. They apparently never got by the XCOM:EU gateway phase.

DigoDragon

2016-02-07, 04:24 PM

Based on my steam notifications and my own time distribution the last couple days, I think snorting XCOM2 is an apt description, myself.

Seriously though, I find it very bizarre that not a single person on my friends list even owns the game considering how hyped people are about it. They apparently never got by the XCOM:EU gateway phase.

I've never played an XCOM game. Ever. I only recently seen an hours worth of Enemy Within streamed and totally want to try that one now. So I'm pretty hyped at looking forward to playing XCOM2 in 5 years.

I kid you not, that is the average length of years between when a game comes out and when I get a copy to play. :smallredface:

That said, did you ever consider commute time when you were selecting your house?

I have to consider it for my hunt. Unfortunately I've been searching since July and nothing yet.

Thanqol

2016-02-10, 06:26 AM

Ah, good to hear that it works for you. That said, did you ever consider commute time when you were selecting your house?

Nah I just lucked out. Also in Canberra everything is 15 minutes from everything else.

Day 1721: That's All Sorted

I didn't play XCOM2 today! One achievement at a time!

Sorted out a bunch of stuff instead. Put through all the insurance stuff for the storm. Did a thorough clean. Scrounged all my leftovers into something delicious. Watched some Knights of Sidonia - very good! The things you can accomplish when XCOM isn't eating your life!

From time to time when bus sketching if I make something I like I tear it from the sketchbook and give it to the person I drew. While this is cool and good karma and all that it's not doing great things for the upload policy.

Links (http://i.imgur.com/2b7VDp2.jpg)

Thanqol

2016-02-14, 06:20 AM

Day 1725: Break Through!

I am filled with ~determination~

This is exactly why 'every day, no excuses' is such a good rule. If I put it off, just once, that could well be the end of the journey. But doing something each day stops it drifting from my mind even when I'm busy and panicky with all this life stuff.

I reckon I'm done with XCOM2 for now. 60 hours is about what I expected to put into it in the first week. I'm going to recalibrate towards creative pursuits again.

Links (http://i.imgur.com/Xmrq3gP.jpg)

DigoDragon

2016-02-14, 09:10 AM

Links (http://i.imgur.com/Xmrq3gP.jpg)

Is he a fisherman? Looks pretty built.

Thanqol

2016-02-15, 05:53 PM

Is he a fisherman? Looks pretty built.

Less built than he looks when that other guy draws him.

Bus sketching continues to be awesome; I'm knocking off four sketchbook pages per day as a baseline.

I've also made an important resolution! I'm going to bring back/modernize early modern fashion! It's been a sub-goal of mine for a while to update my wardrobe and look and I now know how I want to do that. I'm going to get some suits of wildly different colours and get a tailor to switch the sleeves around, so I'd have a black suit with one white sleeve etc. If I do it right it'll be tasteful, eye-catching and unique. Maybe a bit garish, but not clownsuit level. I spoke to a guy and got an idea for prices (within the range of $100 so expensive but not prohibitively so) so it's something I can do within the next six months.

This plan shall be my foray into fashion! A polymath must express all forms of art!

Artman77

2016-02-17, 12:40 AM

Not gonna lie; That. Sounds. Really. Awesome.

Thanqol

2016-02-20, 06:27 AM

Not gonna lie; That. Sounds. Really. Awesome.

Yeah! Simple, catchy and I can be guaranteed I will not show up in the same suit as anyone else.

Still going with bus sketching, still enjoying it, but I'm getting a bit worried that it's making me neglect this thread. I am still working on the Primarch lineup but it's all minor iterations and not super worth uploading either. What should I do? I'll think on it.

I find myself drawing this one old guy with, like, a dingo fang necklace and sunglasses a lot because he's the most interesting looking dude on my daily bus.

Bird pooped on me. I discovered that literally everyone in Canberra, from my colleagues to my family to the dry cleaning guy, all believes that this is 'good luck'. I have never heard this before but I had to go through this surreal deja-vu conversation with everyone I mentioned it to.

Little Witch Academia is worth a look on the grounds that it's a short for Japanese animators to push their limits. Normally anime makes a lot of shortcuts to save money but Little Witch is a really cool example of what happens when they really detail out every frame and movement.

goto124

2016-02-20, 08:25 AM

I can be guaranteed I will not show up in the same suit as anyone else.

Or the same anything as anyone else, really :smalltongue:

DigoDragon

2016-02-22, 09:17 AM

Little Witch Academia is worth a look on the grounds that it's a short for Japanese animators to push their limits. Normally anime makes a lot of shortcuts to save money but Little Witch is a really cool example of what happens when they really detail out every frame and movement.

I think that depends on the anime. I've seen some very pretty shorts.

Also, a short has the advantage of basically being like one episode as opposed to 13-26 episodes. You can put a lot of detail into one small episode without killing your budget or staff. Plus, you can do it as a side project, or be a crowdfunded new studio to make it. Making a long-running series? That'll get too pricey without sacrificing something for it. Animation is a business too, with all the politics and annoyances therein. You gotta think of how to make enough money to keep your shareholders/investors happy and meet deadlines to get your series on the air.

Thanqol

2016-02-26, 04:02 AM

Day 1737: VistaView

Phew. Too long without an upload. Gonna try and do some digital stuff this weekend!

Links (http://i.imgur.com/ORzEc8C.jpg)

Thanqol

2016-02-27, 06:55 AM

I'm trying to break into a new style but it's really, really hard. The hand-eye co-ordination, the artistic vision, I've got that. What I don't have is an understanding of the techniques I'm meant to be using. Brush shapes and setting, which part of the layers to colour first, what I need to translate from sketching to inks... just generally how to structure the process of doing the picture.

I've got some ideas. I've tracked down some tutorials and am going to give one a try tomorrow. Really hope that this gets me somewhere because this is easily my least favourite part of learning how to draw and was a big reason why I was struggling a few months ago. Only working on hard stuff like this for two days a week and being able to do more relaxing sketches during the week has done a great deal for my mental capacity though, and I'm able to come at it from a better rested point of view.

Thanqol

2016-03-04, 02:24 AM

The art continues at a steady clip, but dang is it dragging on this thread.

But the sketchbook is an amazing conversation starter. I made two friends and got a date out of it this week alone!

DigoDragon

2016-03-04, 08:27 AM

and got a date out of it this week alone!

Really? Whoa cool. Hope you have fun with that! :D
It's good to be social.

Thanqol

2016-03-05, 04:07 AM

Day 1745: NewPaints

Okay. Trying out a new painting/sketching style based on a tutorial. It's very 'first draw a circle then draw the rest of the pony' but I think I've figured it out. Looking forward to seeing how this resolves!

Links (http://i.imgur.com/k5WzEBI.jpg)

Thanqol

2016-03-09, 05:03 AM

Day 1747-1749: Grapevine

This is a really odd one to work on. Still in progress.

Links (http://i.imgur.com/NUSWRfP.jpg)
Two (http://i.imgur.com/OGD3LIe.jpg)

DigoDragon

2016-03-09, 08:51 AM

Two (http://i.imgur.com/OGD3LIe.jpg)

I like the choice of colors. The suit contrasts nicely with the mane.

Thanqol

2016-03-17, 09:11 PM

So in the absence of uploads, let me talk about some of the people I'm drawing regularly on the bus. I mostly draw men, particularly older men because like I've said before I think they have more interesting faces. Everyone's either white or Asian, though, I wish I had some more diverse models.

The Cynic: Fat, long raggedy hair, weedy moustache, smoker.
The Hunter: A muscled old man with a fang necklace
The Doctor: A gaunt, pale, sleep-deprived man who gets on at the hospital
Gordon Freeman: A guy who looks like the HL2 guy
The Prince: A handsome man with a square jaw and confident stare
The Eccentric: An old lady with futzy hair and shiny sunglasses
The Jamaican: A guy rocking the Rastafarian look, dreds and shades
The Model: An absurdly pretty Asian man
The Tracker: An old guy with a beard and Akubra hat
The Psychopath: A kid with big grey-blue eyes and a baseball cap who I'm constantly afraid is gonna kill everyone
The Neckbeard: A young man with no moustache, a long beard and greasy hair
The Officer: A guy in a crisp white Navy uniform and a Col. Sanders look to him

This sketchbook is not looking half bad at this point. I'm mostly stuck on drawing faces but I've got some good experiments with posing there too. Since everything is on A6 and a lot of it's in 2H it's not going to upload gracefully though.

Deadly

2016-03-18, 02:10 AM

Everyone's either white or Asian, though, I wish I had some more diverse models.

At least you're looking. I've been looking for art and high-quality pictures of black people for years, and it's amazing how little there is, especially of the really deep black.

Thanqol

2016-03-18, 04:39 AM

At least you're looking. I've been looking for art and high-quality pictures of black people for years, and it's amazing how little there is, especially of the really deep black.

A few seconds of googling gets me this (http://www.soultravelmultimedia.com/2012/05/04/the-beautiful-people-of-africa-130-gorgeous-photos/).

goto124

2016-03-18, 06:22 AM

If someone drew black people (I myself am not sure what it means) in black-and-white sketches where skin color is left as the color of the canvas (typically... er... white), how would they look different from sketches of white people or Asians?

Thanqol

2016-03-18, 06:28 AM

If someone drew black people (I myself am not sure what it means)

People of African descent.

in black-and-white sketches where skin color is left as the color of the canvas (typically... er... white), how would they look different from sketches of white people or Asians?

The noses and lips are very differently shaped. Hair often follows very different styles too. I particularly like how older African men look; their faces develop lines in very different way from Europeans.

Deadly

2016-03-18, 07:13 AM

A few seconds of googling gets me this (http://www.soultravelmultimedia.com/2012/05/04/the-beautiful-people-of-africa-130-gorgeous-photos/).

Thanks. Those are good, and there are several I don't recall seeing before.

I've been Googling and Googling and Googling for exactly that sort of thing. It's not that there aren't plenty of results, but I find that very little of it is actually what I'm looking for, and I've spent hours sometimes sifting through results for the few good ones. Maybe my search terms have been wrong, sometimes that happens, but I feel like I've certainly tried a whole bunch of different options. There are occasional treasures, though, no doubt about it.

It's even worse on dA. Part of the problem may be the general uselessness of dA's search, but even if it wasn't so terrible I'm sure I'd still be struggling to find just ten good pictures. Even when you do find something ...

The noses and lips are very differently shaped. Hair often follows very different styles too. I particularly like how older African men look; their faces develop lines in very different way from Europeans.

... yeah, people often forget or ignore that.

Madcrafter

2016-03-18, 09:51 AM

Maybe you should take a vacation to Papua New Guinea. Huge variety of people there and I bet you lots of interesting faces.

Also kind of puzzled how someone could not know what the term black person means.:smallconfused: You'd have to be really remote from US news media somewhere with a very low black population, because even never hearing the term it shouldn't be hard to make the association. North Europe or East Asia maybe?

Thanqol

2016-03-22, 04:55 AM

New people:
- The Anime; a cute Japanese university student with bright pink hair.
- The Salesman; a cool black guy with a white shirt and stylish white headphones

I love that I'm building up these names and narratives for my bus people.

I finished my first sketchbook! I had lots of fun doing this bus sketching and intend to do a lot more. I've been thinking about digital art a lot in between; currently contemplating cell-shading. In June I'm thinking of finally taking some time off and then I might get to shift back to digital.

Thanqol

2016-04-03, 10:19 PM

Days 1750-1775: Cycle

I underestimated how well pen and paper drawing and bus sketching was going to fit into my schedule. It perfectly solves multiple time-related problems and I'm enjoying it to the point where I'm just not even thinking about digital art right now. It feels relaxing not having to worry about brush settings and colour composition and it naturally expands to fill a time which is otherwise empty.

It's a bit troublesome because I've got nothing to really upload for the past few months! I'm working on A6 pages (a6 notebooks fit perfectly in my pocket) and going through 3-8 pages a day; lots of short sketchy things which can't be scanned and aren't worth the trouble of photographing. With the year end video coming up I'm going to try and make it my business to get at least a few more digital pictures in the running. But this isn't without precedent; I've gone to pen and paper while working I the past and to a degree it's just the cost of being gainfully employed.

DigoDragon

2016-04-04, 06:07 AM

Well, having nothing to upload does make it a bit difficult to critique the work. :smalltongue:

Thanqol

2016-04-04, 06:12 AM

Well, having nothing to upload does make it a bit difficult to critique the work. :smalltongue:

I know it's so inconvenient!

I always mentally pronounce your name as 'DiggleDragon' by the way.

Anarion

2016-04-04, 01:30 PM

I know it's so inconvenient!

Is there any way to do a short upload process of the sketchbook? Scan the whole thing in one go maybe?

I always mentally pronounce your name as 'DiggleDragon' by the way.

*Snort*

DigoDragon

2016-04-04, 01:37 PM

I always mentally pronounce your name as 'DiggleDragon' by the way.

Sounds like a Pokemon. :smalltongue:

Well, I've also been called DidoDragon, DiegoDragon, and DigDug. So mispronounced names are nothing new to me. :3

Madcrafter

2016-04-04, 02:24 PM

Sounds like a Pokemon. :smalltongue:They look kinda like pokemon too. http://media.steampowered.com/steamcommunity/public/images/items/98800/c721663da828d101a01e4f74d9b203f84768489f.jpg

Uploading paper stuff is a pain; maybe just do a few choice pieces so we get a sense of what you're doing.

Thanqol

2016-04-04, 06:09 PM

Is there any way to do a short upload process of the sketchbook? Scan the whole thing in one go maybe?

It's tiny A6 wirebound pages often done in 2H pencil; even if I had a scanner it would be uncooperative. Everything that makes it easy to do on the go also makes it a pain in the butt to post online.

Anarion

2016-04-04, 06:44 PM

It's tiny A6 wirebound pages often done in 2H pencil; even if I had a scanner it would be uncooperative. Everything that makes it easy to do on the go also makes it a pain in the butt to post online.

Hang onto them, and in another 5 years or so, the price and effectiveness of the hand scanners they use to digitize old books will get low enough and good enough respectively to make sense for the average consumer. Then you can do it all.

goto124

2016-04-05, 09:18 PM

DiegoDragon

Here you go (http://i.imgur.com/f4sQ8Db.png).

It's tiny A6 wirebound pages often done in 2H pencil; even if I had a scanner it would be uncooperative. Everything that makes it easy to do on the go also makes it a pain in the butt to post online.

Take an image with your phone and upload them online?

DigoDragon

2016-04-06, 06:06 AM

They look kinda like pokemon too. http://media.steampowered.com/steamcommunity/public/images/items/98800/c721663da828d101a01e4f74d9b203f84768489f.jpg

Heh, they really do!

It's tiny A6 wirebound pages often done in 2H pencil; even if I had a scanner it would be uncooperative. Everything that makes it easy to do on the go also makes it a pain in the butt to post online.

So... got a plan B then?

Here you go (http://i.imgur.com/f4sQ8Db.png).

*Snerk*

Thanqol

2016-04-25, 03:15 AM

Day 1796: Devil's Liquor

It's been a while.

Links (http://i.imgur.com/oRAcxjE.jpg)

Music (https://dannyschmidt.bandcamp.com/track/girl-with-lantern-eyes-2): Girl With Lantern Eyes

Thanqol

2016-05-04, 05:33 AM

Day 1805: THE TREE MAN COMES

I like this! It worked out!

Links (http://i.imgur.com/4YnCDKu.jpg)

DigoDragon

2016-05-04, 07:32 AM

Links (http://i.imgur.com/oRAcxjE.jpg)

There is an inspiring story in here somewhere and it wants to come out of my mind.

I like this! It worked out!

Links (http://i.imgur.com/4YnCDKu.jpg)

Neat! Like a modern day legend. A boogie man come from the woods to take you... or something like that. If he turns off his light you probably couldn't see him for the trees.

Domochevsky

2016-05-04, 09:19 AM

Alright, checking in here again after ages of not doing so~

How's progress? Anatomy? Hands? Feet? :smallsmile:

Thanqol

2016-05-05, 05:31 PM

Alright, checking in here again after ages of not doing so~

How's progress? Anatomy? Hands? Feet? :smallsmile:

Progress is good! I've been doing faces primarily because they're the most fun, but I've also been doing bunch of body-shapes. But hands! Hands are a great idea to focus on the bus! I did eight pages of hands since you ask me and am going to do more - I'm trying to mentally break them down into component shapes and circles. It's hard, but this is the best time and place to practice!

Anarion

2016-05-05, 06:15 PM

Progress is good! I've been doing faces primarily because they're the most fun, but I've also been doing bunch of body-shapes. But hands! Hands are a great idea to focus on the bus! I did eight pages of hands since you ask me and am going to do more - I'm trying to mentally break them down into component shapes and circles. It's hard, but this is the best time and place to practice!

I'm actually convinced that hands are impossible to draw accurately. Even the greatest artists, if you stare at the hands in their pictures and really inspect them, all end up being just a little off or unnatural.

DigoDragon

2016-05-06, 06:05 AM

I'm actually convinced that hands are impossible to draw accurately. Even the greatest artists, if you stare at the hands in their pictures and really inspect them, all end up being just a little off or unnatural.

Oh great. Now I'm staring at everything at my desk and it all looks off. :smalltongue:

Thanqol

2016-05-06, 06:30 AM

Oh great. Now I'm staring at everything at my desk and it all looks off. :smalltongue:

Welcome to being an artist. Reality is weird and things don't look like the things they're meant to be.

DigoDragon

2016-05-06, 09:58 AM

Welcome to being an artist.

Pfft, I've been an artist since age five. Everything is always weird.

I just happen to be pretty good at installing filters so I can do my desk job without freaking out, cause wow you ever try to do Excel pivot tables without filters? :smallbiggrin: Well that and you know how it is when you're staring at the world sans filters-- you end up with way more ideas than you have time to work them. So... I guess curses on Anarion for remotely turning off my filters. ^^;

You know what else bugs me? Never fails that as soon as I start working on some art and get into a grove, my body tells me I need to eat or pee or do something that necessitates I get up. Do you get those moments?

goto124

2016-05-08, 07:55 AM

Oh great. Now I'm staring at everything at my desk and it all looks off. :smalltongue:

https://imgs.xkcd.com/comics/photoshops.png
When I look into your eyes, I see JPEG artifacts. I can tell by the pixels that we're wrong for each other.

DigoDragon

2016-05-10, 06:01 AM

https://imgs.xkcd.com/comics/photoshops.png
When I look into your eyes, I see JPEG artifacts. I can tell by the pixels that we're wrong for each other.

*Snerk* I've actually done this to my coworkers. It leaves them very confused.

Artman77

2016-05-11, 10:41 AM

Pfft, I've been an artist since age five. . . and you know how it is when you're staring at the world sans filters-- you end up with way more ideas than you have time to work them.

...my body tells me I need to eat or pee or do something that necessitates I get up. Do you get those moments?

Ditto on the lifelong artist bit, and the way more ideas bit too. But sorry no, I don't have the body-interrupting dilemma. I'm a procrastinator and I have trouble starting. Once I do start though, I can work for 10 hours straight with out sleeping, peeing, eating, or hearing the phone ring. It's scary.

Thanqol

2016-05-14, 07:19 AM

Day 1815: Sick As A Dog

Sick, tired and with really low morale. Urgh.

Links (http://i.imgur.com/r2HxtDk.jpg)

Thanqol

2016-05-15, 07:33 AM

Day 1816: Kirillov

Feeling better. I am filled with ~determination~

Was primarily thinking about poses and action lines after watching a video on the topic. This is still pretty messy.

Links (http://i.imgur.com/Dp5NP0q.jpg)

DigoDragon

2016-05-15, 07:35 AM

Links (http://i.imgur.com/Dp5NP0q.jpg)

First thing that came to mind was Fox Mulder + Fury Road

Thanqol

2016-05-16, 07:24 AM

First thing that came to mind was Fox Mulder + Fury Road

Haha that's about perfect!

Day 1817: Faux Harmonics

Cleaned this up a bit. I feel really blarghy and out of practice with digital art but damn it, it's time for a pivot in focus.

Links (http://i.imgur.com/1zb3l8W.jpg)

Thanqol

2016-05-22, 06:49 AM

Day 1823: Closure

So year in review.

I got a permanent job. I purchased my very own house and moved out of my parent's place. I've been eating healthier and more varied foods, I've been learning to cook, I've been exercising better. I've finally stopped obsessing about saving money and started to get the things I've always wanted. I've constructed a healthy social network online and offline. I've been keeping my place meticulously clean and have avoided any hint of clutter. I've been reading a huge amount.

I'm almost always happy.

I've been on a sustained positive note for almost this entire year. It's been a year where all my goals have been met and I've just been soaking in the sensation of having everything that I want and need.

What I haven't done is made huge progress on writing or art. Writing, I don't think I've done a single serious piece of sit down solo writing - or even planning for solo writing - all year around. Couple of drafts, some good stuff, but nothing complete. Art's also suffered. I've had to adjust a lot of habits and routines to the new demands on my time and mental energy. I can't say I'm happy with my visual output this year; I've produced less digital art pieces this year than any other. Unemployment had benefits, I guess. But I'm doing some solid stuff with my sketchbooks and I'll try and get some photos up tomorrow.

I haven't missed a day. The will remains; bus sketching isn't glamorous but it keeps my hand in and exposes me to all kinds of challenges I don't have when working from my computer. I still have 8,177 days to go, there's still lots of time. But I'm really out of practise with colour and haven't fully mapped out the way to approach Corel again, though I am a lot more familiar with it than I used to be.

But to be realistic, this is probably the level art will remain on for another year - firmly as a hobby, with 30-40 minutes invested a day. I've got some leave coming up and I plan to get as in depth as possible during that time but this all isn't quite normal yet. I think if I can pick away at the basics day to day, the intractable problems like hands and stances and facial expressions, then I'll have a much stronger foundation in the future.

And hey. Giving randoms on the bus sketches of themselves always makes their day.

Links (http://i.imgur.com/pgeL7KQ.jpg)