@SoulShark thanks! I needed to practice for my comic, because the current setting is a Norse inspired location. And...I've got a scene coming up soon with a small village.
The piece I used for the study was this one. Found it on Pinterest.
Ah thank you~ yeah I'm a bit uhhhhh obsessive . . .
I was thinking of starting a kind of book club thread centered on the craft, but idk if anyone would actually be willing to participate. Understanding Comics is just timeless though, really helped understand the meta-aspects of comics.
(liking the leg studies btw, got some good construction going there, feels solid)
Thank you!! I always have fun trying to figure out all the muscles that make up a body part at a certain angle I just don't do it often enough to be able to apply it well when drawing from imagination lol
Studies for today~
@duckuga ayy those arm and face studies are looking really promising~ especially that one foreshortened hand at the bottom of the second image, the lines really express the gesture elegantly.
So exhausted, here are today's studies:
@Hodge I also own making comics and framed ink! Do you have any other favourite art books you like to reference or felt taught you a lot? I'll take a picture of some of my favourite art of books later to share w/ the thread. I also put some money down for:
@nathanKmcwilliams those are good poses and if that is from memory It shows that your memory bank and your approach to practicing is paying off. And good job managing to draw even when you dont have much time in the day
@duckuga amazing! cant wait to see more 
@LCT_m_a_d your close up of hands is always so detailed, you do really well capturing the gesture of the hands and it's always a pleasure to see what you'll draw next!
@SoulShark I always try to draw at least one thing every day. Most of the time I manage that. My most productive moments are usually at lunch time, so I always keep paper on hand. (Usually just copier paper, because I am very cheap and I get it for free at work XD)
This box is all the physical sketches I've done at work for the last two years. I expect to go through more this year with the additional work I'm doing on these studies
Alright. Here's today's. I did two very rough photo studies of skateboarders, some ears of different varieties, a couple of cartoon hand doodles, and another sword kata, short this time.
I highly recommend looking up pictures from 80s Skateboarding magazines. Lots of weird camera angles, and odd body contortions. It'll stretch both perspective, and anatomy practice!
Another busy day at work and I was not able to get as much done as I would like but I was about to practice my colour theory. I have painted watercolour swatches of a yellow and a red trying to study and learn more about my paints.
What I learn was moleskine watercolour paper is extremely convenient and cost effective but it does not seem to absorb water as well as cotton paper. I am currently only using student grade paints so I should consider upgrading to more professional grade paints to help with precision painting. And much more 
I'm even contemplating recording myself paint to watch the playback and see what I do well and where I can improve
Until then, here is a study of the space police cruiser from lilo and stitch, designed and drawn by chris sanders.
I also include one of my stages when it comes to studying other art pieces.
@nathanKmcwilliams I'm really enjoying the dynamic perspectives! And that is a massive collect of sketches just sitting in a box at work 
but it's amazing you have so many well stored somewhere. I heard a saying once that you should always keep your old drawings because there's a chance they will become your 401k if you become a popular artist
@SoulShark if that's the case...I have a plastic tub in my home office filled with all my signed sketches going back to 2008 and even a few from the 90s when I was a kid xD if I do get famous, I'll be set for life, lol.
Also that ship from Lilo and Stitch looks really good! I love the alien tech designs from that movie.
@SoulShark
Those color-charts are NICE!!!
@nathanKmcwilliams
I'm loving your movement/gesture studies!
Studies from yesterday and today~ Just discovered that quickposes has an app you can use your own images with, so been playing around with that.
@LCT_m_a_d liking the skin folds on the hands, adds a feeling of realism~
@SoulShark lol and those swatches of paint are cool to look at! Yeah I've heard that it's usually worth it to upgrade when it comes to paint. The video idea is interesting, hmm never thought of that.
@nathanKmcwilliams oohh that's why the color of the paper is always different! I was wondering about that lol.
Thank you!
By the way, when you do all these studies, is it like 50% of your total drawing time is studies and 50% other stuff,
or do you designate certain days to only studies and other days to other stuff?
Ah well if I had to sort of layout my average day it'd be ~2 hours of studies and then other stuff (comics, illustration, random sketching . . ., etc.) for several hours, so not quite 50/50. Though I might spend more time on studies if there's something specific I need to work on, or spend less time on studies if I'm busy with other stuff/deadline approaching.
But there was a time in which I'd spend all day doing only studies and then another day only doing other stuff(or nothing at all . . .). Whatever works y'know~
Just did these sketchy character faces really quick. I need to get better with consistency on them in the comic.
@LCT_m_a_d thanks!
