Art Studies/Exercises~

[duckuga]

these look all really nice!! i love how expressive your gesture lines are especially! and YEAH i would to see your analysis and deconstruction of popular webtoons, I think that'd be really interesting and helpful to see

[nathanKmcwilliams]

I wouldn't mind seeing them! By the way, what is the consensus on tracing as a practice tool for this thread?

[Hodge]

Hmm I think as long as it shows that you're thinking through it as you're tracing then it should be fine I think. Like trying to show construction lines or studying specific stylistic choices the artist made.

That way it's functioning more as a master study. Ah but that's just my opinion, feel free to just trace if you want~

[nathanKmcwilliams]

Gotcha. I'll probably just post the studies I do then. That way there's no confusion.

[CodeMonkeyArts]

Taking advantage of a perk offered at my work and looking at a Drawing Course in Udemy. Here are the exercises for tonight:

[nathanKmcwilliams]

Here's what I've done today. A study of some Norse farm community. Really trying to make some gains in drawing buildings.
And some more katas of course. Love these things.

[Hodge]

Studies for today~

Studying comps from Solo Leveling (possible spoilers) I'm trying to hide it, works in the preview, but not when i post it for some reason.

@CodeMonkeyArts I love the expression on the cat lol, so grumpy. Also, nice to know I'm not the only one that writes "Haha" or "lol" in my studies even though there really isn't a point. I also do a lot of "oops" and curse words . . .

@nathanKmcwilliams ohh environment studies are hard, especially historical ones cause references can be difficult to find. Also really liking how you keep the gesture studies to simple shapes, something I really struggle with.

[AfroAtelier]

Here's what I did for today

The two hand drawn pictures are studies from Chris Sanders sketchbook

[nathanKmcwilliams]

@Hodge super impressive how much you get done in one sitting (it is one sitting right?)

As for the simple shapes, I try to keep it as close to my own style as possible, that way when I translate poses into my work it feels natural. But....the sheet I'm going off of is incredibly bare bones on detail xD

Juponme sheet

[CodeMonkeyArts]

@CodeMonkeyArts I love the expression on the cat lol, so grumpy. Also, nice to know I'm not the only one that writes "Haha" or "lol" in my studies even though there really isn't a point. I also do a lot of "oops" and curse words . . .

Yes I do that so many times. I just can't help but want to just...vent on my sketches XD.

Here are my exercises from today. This time loosely based perspective and breaking down complex forms into geometric shapes. All from the current lessons on my Udemy course.

[Hodge]

analysis of Solo Leveling Ch.33 . . . no idea what I'm doing here lol, but the understanding of flow, gesture, and depth in this comic is really so good

@nathanKmcwilliams ahhh ok seeing your reference it makes sense lol. Studying from photo/video has its benefit but simplifying all that information and processing it can be difficult. It's really easy to get overwhelmed and just switch to auto-pilot.

And yup. all in one sitting for most part. But it really goes by quickly since each exercise is pretty short.

[nathanKmcwilliams]

More katas, of course. Once I'm done with these sword series, I'll probably move on to Kung Fu.

Another Viking farm thingie. The thing I like about ancient architecture...I don't feel as bad when I draw it out of perspective xD

@Hodge pretty awesome to me nonetheless. Those hands are looking good btw.

[AfroAtelier]

My exercises for today. I also managed to complete 2 colour studies of shin-hanga paintings and I had a rest drawing heads for today. I drew legs instead!

@nathanKmcwilliams even if you feel that the perspective is out, the settlement still looks really well done! Where do you get your inspiration for a viking-esk village?

@Hodge you are absolutely tenacious, you release so much art everyday it is impressive and that study of the webcomic is creative. If you're interested maybe think about reading Scott McCloud's books on comics.

@CodeMonkeyArts you really captured the basic shapes of the environments! It looks good

[nathanKmcwilliams]

@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.

[Hodge]

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)

[LCT_m_a_d]

Wasn't very happy with this set but I have some things lined up to practice in the future.

[duckuga]

These are some i did today and yesterday!! Lol this thread made me motivated to start practicing more. I think ill do more gesture and figure drawing soon too since its been a while and im so rusty with it

[LCT_m_a_d]

very nice work on the muscle lines!

[duckuga]

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

[nathanKmcwilliams]

I didn't have time at lunch today to sit down like normal and look at pictures, so I did these gestures without references at my second break instead.