Re: Munin´s art - free help/critique (please read first post
Posted: July 7th, 2011, 3:09:51 pm
Yes that's still very good I like the pygmy's too The green is pretty. But I like the gold and black/grey.
That´s really hard to answer and very much dependent on how you personally like to work. I often feel the same way, so much still to learn that it threatens to overwhelm me and I don´t know where to start. I usually have the philosophy that it is indifferent with what I start as long as I do something. So I try to think up a project that captivates me enough to keep me going and that ideally adresses one or two problems that I need to work on. I would not recommend to tackle everything at once because that has the potential to end with a lot of frustration that demotivates more than it helps.ryer wrote:Hey Munin! I'm back for some more pointers....
1. The more I draw/paint the more I realize how lacking I am in every aspect. How do you suggest I go about learning .. one thing by one (anatomy, then perspective, then .. etc)? or based on my weakest points? piece-by-piece approach? just everything at once? or is it just up to what I feel like is right? (whatever that is.. )
I am not sure I know exactly what you mean with figure drawing, so if my answer does not really make sense in regard to your question, that´s why ;)ryer wrote: 2. Figure drawing - is it important? what does it help you with? I've googled only to get vague answers like 'it helps you draw better..' And what is the difference between drawing from life vs from photos? I did both and didn't see much difference - but maybe because I only did 30sec - 5 min gesture-style drawings (of both types)? I tried figure drawing from photos for 2+ hours with no feeling that I was getting anywhere or learning something new. Should I figure draw at all? Should I not even bother figure drawing if it's from photos?
I know how people say 'just draw a lot' but I like to think about what I'm learning as I draw, I've only recently discovered that days of mindless drawing can be less effective than just a few minutes of a carefully planned study.
Thanks for any tips you can give me!
Damn cool? xDryer wrote: what is this O_O
Those sprites are quite tiny, not sure how much shading one can really squeeze in.Yellowfang wrote:Pretty ocean.
Anyways, Munin, I'm beginning to sprite (i have a goodie thread where i offer sprites) and I can't seem to get the shading part down. And I'm terrible at drawing circles/spheres/round shapes. The goodies that I do in my thread aren't very large, examples can be found throughout the thread. Hope it's okay that I posted the link, if you want I can remove it and PM it to you instead. c:
Glad you think it´s helpful =)ryer wrote:Thanks for the detailed answer Munin, you help so much as always I'm copying that entire post into my collection of helpful qoutes~
It's too bad there isn't a Hugin on this site. (Yeah I checked after that link you gave me lol)
Great ocean tut by the way - I can never draw water without an exact reference -facepalm-