look so pro bro xD..

isnt the lightning too weak for that strong shadow?

Definitely is. Will have to fix it.

everything you learn doing this will have to be undone when you get a tablet. also, do still life. unclemuscles will vouch.

it's like the same as a tattoo artist - if you scratch for 3 years and then start an apprenticeship with a veteran artist, he's going to tell you to do things a certain way, but you won't be able to since you formed so many bad habits. for now, it's best that you start with a pencil and paper and then work from there. i've learned more about lighting and texture lately than i ever did with my tablet, and it's going to be that much easier once i get it back. also, do still life.

still life, as in, an object that you can clearly relate to a shape.

draw a rectangle in perspective, and then draw your cellphone INSIDE the box, for example.

helps.

also, still life.

What sort of bad habbits are you guys talking about?

we all have bad drawing habits implanted in us growing up....

example: when drawing hair just a bunch of lines, its a habit because we want to draw something that symbolizes it instead of actually drawing what we see..

so when we draw a bunch of random straight lines for hair, we might as well write HAIR on top of our portraits.

theres a bunch of these that we just naturally do...... but you have to really study and practice to break em

This post was edited by UncleMuscles on Sep 23 2011 08:32am

LOL

Yeah, I do draw a lot with pencil and paper. This just seemed like a fun idea. My lighting is definitely horrible though, my proportion is usually off too. Going to do my coffee mug next.

Started doing a coffee mug, but got bored and finished the eye ( I hate leaving stuff unfinished ). I'm sure flaming will follow. I want to fix the tones in the retna a little more eventually. Probably come back to it when I get advanced enough to start trying faces.



I feel it's a massive improvement over what I had done on page 1.

Tried to fix the shadow cast a little.
/e Need to move the shadows directioning a little.


This post was edited by Ayudame on Sep 23 2011 02:49pm