Hey guys, just a little update
So after spending several months making my last drawing, I really got concerned over the fact that I'm very slow... Like, criminally slow. Sure, it took me so long, because I had kind of a crisis with my life problems (that I hope to solve soon) which caused me to be unmotivated and procrastinate... but even with that aside, I'm still very slow. Part of it is due to not being able to get used to digital drawing with my tablet, which I work with for 4 years now. And I'm gonna be honest - I don't have a talent for drawing and never had one. I have an urge to draw, but I seem to be lacking few talents like sense of proportion and perspective. That's why I fail at live drawings even more. But yes, practice makes it perfect and I'm definitely much better now, than before and I'm ready to make mistakes further, to progress
Anyways, since I actually need to do a lot of drawings soon, to be ready for 2 events I planned + more, I decided to boost things up a little by improving my techniques. Since most of the strokes are easier to do live from now on I'll be trying to draw live and outlining in Illustrator. And also, I'll be still using my pre-made skeletons, that I'll be copying from the screen on to the paper, since it's easier for me to build poses and keep things proportioned this way... Speaking of which, I also updated my skeleton
using several proportion measuring methods. Below you can see the one I used and the new one:
With my previous skeleton, I still had problems putting body parts in the right places, but now it is more simple and accurate. Sure there might be mistakes here and there, and there will be updates in the future, but I'm happy I developed it like this, it improves work for me greatly and I can't wait to draw someone with it
Hopefully, I'll be able to boost my productivity now and I won't dwell on putting lines correctly for too long from now on.
Stay tuned for more news about the February drawing events I'm planning. One for Valentines Day and one to celebrate my 3 year on the site... I know, that no one cares, but I'm chatty and I'll write about it anyway
Take Care!