Journal dump

[tarnished]

 

Nothing exciting to see here, just a few things I did in the past couple of days.

Comments

[syntaxofthings]

You draw really well! Do you have one of those black brush pens? The middle picture especially looks like brush work to me.

[tarnished]

Yep, I use a Pentel Pocket Brush pen. It's fabulous!

[clare_dragonfly]

I think your arts are exciting! :D Where is that building?

[tarnished]

Just a house outside my dining room window. It's very cute!

[quabazaa]

I love your style! Really cool :D Do you sketch with pencil first or do you draw straight with pens?

[tarnished]

Depends on the subject, homeskillet! If I go straight to pens, I always put in dots where the corners of things should go, and then fill it in - makes perspective work much easier, and it's easy to catch mistakes early on. If I sketch in pencil first it's usually quite rough unless I know I won't be able to finish it until much later.

[quabazaa]

Interesting, thanks :) I am currently trying to learn to draw better so I love hearing about other people's processes!

[tarnished]

No problem! I could talk about learning to draw pretty much all day so feel free to hit me up any time.

[quabazaa]

Ok XD In fact I shall friend you if that's ok with you :) If there's any resources about drawing you recommend please let me know!

[tarnished]

Alright, matey, that sounds good. I added you back. My recommendations would depend on what you want to draw! For people, I highly recommend Bridgman's Complete Guide to Drawing from Life. I know it seems like a bummer to have to buy a book but it's not super expensive and it's way, way worth it. Buy it and just sit and work through it - trust me, it'll take awhile. If you're broke or just want online sources you should try Posemaniacs (http://www.posemaniacs.com/) and Pixelovely (http://www.pixelovely.com/gesture/figuredrawing.php). The best way to learn environments is to draw outside for awhile, or draw from photographs - same with objects. I'm still learning myself but the best thing I ever did was start calling my stuff "sketches" instead of "art" or "drawings." Takes the pressure off.

[quabazaa]

Awesome this all looks very helpful. Bookmarked everything! The library I work in has the book too so I will get it out first and see how it is :) I definitely want to draw everything! Life drawing, portraits, plenty of cats, etc. xD

[tarnished]

Sweet! Yeah, when you work through the book, just start copying all of his drawings. You feel like you're cheating at first (don't trace, just copy), but eventually you'll notice you're getting better and slowly the things you're learning will work into your own style. Concentrate more on just filling up a sketchbook than comparing yourself to others and next thing you know you will be an expert!