Thursday, October 29, 2009

Self Portrait


I just finished a sketch for a self portrait due for school tomorrow. I notice I get a lot of sketch practice in... but only to a specific extent.
I mean I'm constantly doing character sketches. really freakin tiny character sketches, yet I very rarely do like still-life or anatomy sketches. I wonder how I expect to magically get better? I'm sure it'll be spectacularly far-fetched. I'm always preaching about the character designing process, yet I can just barely draw. You know what I do? Cartoons. And that's it.

Not saying cartooning is not significant. It's just I don't really branch out and that's where a lumberjack comes and cuts me down for paper. I can draw anime though. And I can kind of draw like Danny Antonucci. but I actually haven't tried to do it in a long time.

I need to remember to do more sketches of things & people. I need a better grasp of light.

I mean look at this...
This is some watercolour painting practice by a dude named NAN0jam on dA. This guy is one of those examples of people I want to draw like. He is incredible at inking, his stylization is exceptional, everything's sharp and clean, yet soft things still retain softness. AND HE CAN PAINT TOO...

sigh. day-by-day man.

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