3:00 You did a great job on almost eliminating any erasing. As a somewhat advanced artist who only started working in pen in my sketchbooks a couple months ago after years of erasing, it's a great way to move on to new drawings instead of trying to perfect old ones. Not only is it a waste of time, as you said, since they are only practice sketches and not finished works, but it's almost always better to redo and iterate a drawing with several major and/or minor mistakes. Of course, you should do this after taking mental or physical notes on why the drawing(s) didn't work out. Forcing yourself to not erase mistakes makes it obvious where you need improvement rather than erasing them and potentially repeating the same blunders. You're doing great work and it's clear that you're going to improve a lot in the coming years. Good luck on your studies!
You should probably break down the body with shapes like you did in your sketchbook it helps with the basics for me and works better on digital since there are different layers that allow you to trace over the shapes(you might have done this off camera so if so don't mind me)
You should look into draw a box. Perspective and general drawing skills have a really really good ROI. Def some of the best things to start out doing. anatomy is really complex and hard to understand, the way u get better at it is doing it little by little and recognizing how each muscle plays a role in the body.
Dont get discouraged! You are working super hard and making amazing progress, its just hard to see it from your point of view. The balance between effort and progress is something that ALL artists struggle with. Keep learning your what works best for you and adjusting your workflow. Im rooting for you!
I remember a video from Saito Naoki that was titled something like "get better at drawing in one day" And TLDR He said to do a 10+ hour session of just practice drawings. He said to pretty much only do sketches so basically you're doing what he preached and it shows that just more and more drawings is the key. I remember grabbing a ton of art pieces of artists I love the work of and just copying them for two days. I noticed at the end I got really fast at getting sketches I liked and was able to see some guidelines without drawing them in a way. I really should have done it a bit more because I'm rusty now.
You have a natural talent to draw western cartoon style. Im just saying, pursue mana if you want. But talent wise, you lean more to one side than the other.
Dawg, good progress, especially on hands. It may be one of the things you draw best. When you started studying anatomy, there was also a marked improvement in your drawings. Keep up the good work. For what it's worth, this stranger is proud of you.
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your hand reference drawings are super good & the progress you made is incredible/really speaks to the value of hard work with purpose. this inspires me a lot !!!
Keep it up! Your own style is far better than the regurgitated/referenced work! Keep using varying sources as references other than Anime/Mnaga I have seen those art styles ruin many an artists personal style, so refer to them sparingly!
