Soooo I wasn't happy with the header I had up for this blog. Can you tell? The black one was just a placeholder, but it was getting on my nerves. I don't think it's far fetched to say that anyone coming to look at my blog would glance at the banner and go, "Hm, another mediochre one. Not impressed."
And I know my art isn't the utmost, jaw-droppingly fantastic stuff out there, but I like to think I'm NOT mediochre. But when your advertising looks that way, why in the world would anyone want to have you create artwork for them? So anyway, the new banner is somewhat better at least. :|
Went to the art critique group again tonight and got some helpful pointers on human composition, which I must try. Ever wondered why I draw a bunch of dragons and beasties? C'mere, it's a secret..............It's because I can't draw the flaming HUMANS like I want! Someday I'll be better. Someday the peoples in my brain will come out on paper the way I want........Someday I'll go sit somewhere in public and weird people out while I sketch rough references for size and anatomy, muahaha.
Also I've been trying to figure out a way to get word around a little more that I'm actually accepting commissions. I think two out of the three people who know about it have forgotten :\ And I'm leery of places like dA, FA, or epilogue.net because of bad experiences and the kind of content one can find on there. Seriously, it's great that people can draw anatomy of humans or anthro's so well, but I don't want to see quite as much of the detail as they tend to put into it. Like the risque, jiggly kinds. If you catch my drift. In other words, this means I'm marooned on my own island of blogland, which is not to belittle the couple of friends who actually read this blog. You guys are awesome and you make me feel loved and warm and fuzzy!
I've been wanting to do more art since going to the critique group in the summer, but part of my problem is that I get horrible eyestrain or handstrain, so I've had to back off of things for a while. I never thought I'd be much into the critiquing (sp?) but just being able to see other peoples' styles, sketches, completed art and receiving advice from those people does wonders for motivation. I think I also have a lot of that thing going on, you know, the thing? What I mean is where you become so used to what you can do that you feel like everyone must be able to do that, then you see what others are capable of (in this case, their art) and you feel like you're pretty bad. I'm working on it, as I very much like my own art, but sometimes I really feel like others have an established, professional style, and mine is pretty wibbly and immature.
Well I have to say, I do feel a little better for having gotten all that off my chest. Now for bed........
You know, I don't even remember what your other header looked like now it is gone, so I guess maybe it was mediocre. Hee hee, just kidding. This new one looks pretty sweet.
ReplyDeleteI was so happy that you came to the critique! I feel bad I didn't have any super good advice to offer you though. I struggle with human figures and gestures too. I usually just use a lot of reference and eraser when I'm drawing those things. I also don't have much experience with trying to make fire so yeah . . . Tricky stuff there. But it was good to see you. I'm so glad you started coming. That's the same reason I go too, to feel inspired and motivated. I felt really motivated after that last one. It was great! I just need something to focus on like that . . . Maybe I'll try some gesture/figure sketching too.
Bleh, computer won't let me log in!
ReplyDeleteI'm sorry you're frustrated about human figures; they can be hard to draw, especially if you can't get them to look like in the pose you want. You could try just doing several sketched figures; don't have to do them in extreme detail or anything. You may also want to look up muscle structure and study how muscles and such are connected and compare different lengths of the body to each other, etc. (if that made any sense XD) Practice makes permanence!
If you need any tips on humanoid drawing, feel free to ask me, and I may be able to offer some advice.
Thank you both for your support and friendship!
ReplyDeleteIcePixy - I've really loved going to the art group meets and it's fun to get to see you there, too. I've been craving some kind of art community for a while and this one has been great. And I will figure out the fire thing, heh :)
Xenithar - Yeah that's what I'd like to do, just fill up a page or two (or as many as it takes) with simplistic sketches of things like shape. And I will keep it in mind about the research! :)