--- In SkunkworksAMA_at_yahoogroups.com, "jmhcustomart2004"
<a_change_of_plans_at_y...> wrote:
> --- In SkunkworksAMA_at_yahoogroups.com, "leon_the_wulf"
> <blackwolfomega_at_a...> wrote:
> > Hi there, Huge fan mate, your art is the best. But I have a
> question,
> > have you aways been good at drawing or did you learn?
>
> No one ever starts out "good", man. Some folks might have the
> potential to be good, but that doesn't mean it'll come any easier.
> I've been drawing for almost 30 years, and I've been drawing furry
> stuff for about 20 of those years.
> I flunked whatever art classes I had to take while in school, and
> refused to go to college. My whole argument was "Why should I pay
> the school money to take X number of classes, when only one of them
> deals with art? I didn't do my classwork while in school for FREE,
> so why would I throw away my money for college? There's no way I'm
> gonna do classwork for shit like English, Math, or whatever." Old
> habits die hard, I reckon. Personally, I think it's the only way
> these colleges can make a course last for four years. Add a bunch
> of extra classes to the curriculum, and presto! Your 1-year course
> now takes four!
> Not only that, but "college-educated" does not necessarily
> mean "intelligent". There are lots of college-educated folks
> flipping burgers nowadays, so college is not necessarily the only
> way to go.
>
> > I myself
> > totally suck, my bodies are too stiff, my detail is lacking, and
I
> > keep drawing the same head for each character *sigh* but then
> again
> > as most people have said I have just started, what do you think I
> > should do, are there any particualr techniques that could help me
> in
> > practising?
>
> Everyone sucks at the beginning. Believe me, man, most of my
> earlier pictures look like shit. Proportions are way off, there's
> no expressions on the faces, characters have muscles that don't
even
> exist in the body, etcetera.
> Start out loose. Don't try to go for detail from the start.
> Details come later. The first part is to get the pose or the flow
> of action. Lots of light, sketchy lines are best, because you'll
> eventually start to darken the proper lines as you go over the
> picture.
> If you're concerned about anatomy, I'd recommend the book "Atlas
> of Human Anatomy for the Artist" (I think that's the title), by
> Stephen Rogers Peck. That book shows skeletal structure,
> proportions, body types, racial distinctions, musculature, hair,
> eyes, expressions, etcetera. Truly an excellent book if you have
no
> live model to work from.
> For heads, it helps to understand that not heads have the same
> underlying shape. Think of them in terms of basic shapes. Does it
> look round, like a ball? Or is it a little more triangular?
> Desiree's head starts out as a trapezoid, whereas the skunks start
> out as circles.
>
> > Thanks in advance mate
>
> No sweat, man. Hope the above advice will be of some assistance.
>
> Above all else, always draw! Even though I can't do too much in
> the way of inking and coloring right now, I still keep from getting
> rusty by drawing tons of rough sketches. The drawing muscle must
be
> constantly exercised to prevent it from becoming flabby and out-of-
> shape.
>
> --JMH
Thanks loads man, A main prob I have is procrastination, I say I'm
gonna go draw then an hour later I'm still doing nothing _at__@, I will
try that book, sounds like a great help. I would love it if you would
look over some of my sketches sometime, maybe give me some pointers
on them.
Thanks loads
Leon D
Received on Sun May 16 2004 - 19:14:49 CDT