The 10th Doctor, David Tennant. Now FINALLY finished ^^ Actually, it was finished AGES before today but I didn't post it for some reason.
I havent seen alot of episodes of him through watching them all with my sci-fi friends cause apparently they had alot of poor writers during the season, but I REALLY enjoyed this doctor- all of them are charming, but something about Tennant was a little more for me :) He has these wonderfully expressive eyes that talk for hours dispite what his mouth is doing which is facinating to me. This picture was me learning how to colour properly for the first time. I did a few pictures off referance for a while before I did things on my own. I learnt ALOT about lighting effects in this picture :)
David Tennant referance
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Media- Student grade Faber Castel coloured pencil on Bockingford paper
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Alternatively, you can do one of those Draw it again memes with it and redraw it with your current skill level as an artist ego booster It's really satisfying to see tangible improvement in your approach to a picture rather than assuming that it'd be better just cause other art is better I've done a few recently and it helps TuT
I would be a little nervous about doing a draw again on this one, because it was kind of a work-intensive watercolor project! But I'll keep the idea in mind.
This picture was a study of colour so my main aim was to look specifically at colour. Before this picture, most of my good art was graphite, or hit and miss colour. You only get better at something if you try, but learn correctly. You also have to use a medium you enjoy. I always loved coloured pencil, but I now also love copic I could NEVER do this in photoshop cause I can't stand the mechanics of digital painting (the colour mixing method makes no sense to me), but I learnt to draw and use to colour all my art in coloured pencil. It only made sense to continue to learn colour in that medium.
You'll find that you correct yourself less and less the more you learn. Just colour for fun. When you feel like pushing it more, then you can learn about colour temperature, shading, hues, colour mixing etc... It's alot to take in when you're not comfortable with colour yet. I use to draw all my art with cheap coloured pencils though. This was my last picture with student grade pencils. My new ones are all with polychromos now. You appreciate how nice the artist grade is to work with when you use the student grade stuff
One thing I really like about traditional media is the mistakes though. Some end up really bad, but you get good at making mistakes look like they're on purpose. Those pictures as usually the best
The biggest thing is to enjoy drawing, and to not force your art to be something it's not cause it's more popular. Do what feels right, and you'll make it your own. I can give tips, but it's best to just have fun with art till you're ready to knuckle down and study it.
I was wondering in thumb view if it is photot or not... XD;
Really impressive how you caught all the tones and hues so well.. *,*
LOLZ I share your pain over stripes... XD;
I am the same about ANYTHING that is repetitive ^^'
The stripes were the WORST. MY knuckle was stiff for 10 minutes after a section of this >.<
In fact for me "few colours" is lik esalvation since I'm doing very bad with colours especially lately..I was almost more like a "monochrome" person, hehe. Or just black and white. Colours are not my strenght.
Heh heh, I can imagine
Yeah me is a pencil user mainly too. I'm slow with digital media and suck in any other medium, only little improvement with watercolours I've achieved...
Huh..you remind me that I should work harder on my skills... >__<;
I'm slow with digital too. IT gives me a head ache. I have to deal with it though. It's difficult to sell at conventions if all you have is traditional art
Heh- well, I'm not sure how I helped but I'm glad I did ^^ If you have any questions that you think I can answer then feel free to ask. I'm happy to help
LOL yeah paper does count indeed.
Uhm...I dunno..I used to be "good enough" in digital but lately I can'T get the grasp of it for some reason. Then again..it applies everything I'm trying lately.
Oh..really..? Personally I LOVE traditionals...
Helped by reminded me that I should try to work relenmtlessly on my skills...
If you like using a computer to draw, then stay at it, but if you don't like it, I wouldn't force it. There's nothing wrong with traditional media if you prefer it. Nowdays, people seem to talk bad about it in preference to tablets, but it's still a relevant medium. Researching your favourite mediums can help alot to polish it up just as nice as digital I find drawing off photographs helps to get me back into the swing of things. Perhaps that'll help you too?
though i was always thinking as how you said... just lately many things made me start to think of it as a carreer, as a profession as well since it is the only thing i love with passion and couldn't stop whatever happened. and that makes me more determined about improvement and also it means some obligatories as well. i just have to find the balance between the devotion towards improvement and still the loosen up "fan factor", because indeed, if it's not fun still then it is waste of time~
haha i'm just bad and i want to learn EVERYTHING~
XD
okay, not everything just there is a looong list. computerart is on that because i do like what i could do if i'd get better but also wanna get better in some traditional arts as well, i always admire people with traditional skills... i'd like to get better in pencil, inking and aquarell.
and yes, mixing up media is really fun. and i often use photoshop to fix up my mistakes. ^^'
my usual combo is traditional lineart and digital colouring or shading.
ah..yeah..i should practice a bit from photos indeed... >,<
Don't just say 'improve using a pencil though when you mean that you want to improve your composition, or your dynamics, or facial expressions. Break your goals down to their simplest form. That way, they feel easier to accomplish and you will accomplish them That's what I do, and it seems to work for me.
You are probably right on making a list is useful and make you be able to follow your progress, hmm...
I do have my priotities yeah. Right now it's paneling and japanese painting style.. colours are somewhat further behind. I'm a bit impatient but...right now it is what I need.
Thanks for your thoughts =3