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Haha, my first thought Buddy.
im plum surprised he hasnt come in here yet
Haha, my first thought Buddy.
A lot of awesome drawing recommendations but does anyone have some good painting ones they know of?
There was one in my post above:
https://www.youtube.com/user/Lachri
Thanks, I missed this one.
Because of all these great suggestions I'm finally finding some good channels and videos through YT recommendations. Definitely inspiring to get me started again and I feel like I've learned a lot of very valuable knowledge already.
So what this turned out to be is a collection of posts made by Craig Mullins giving insight on his process and advice for other digital artists. Sometimes the picture in reference won't be included, so it's just text. Pretty neat stuff to wade through if you're so inclined. If not, WELL FUCK YOU THEN PUNK.Found this guy:
Craig Mullins' 428 pgs: Digital Painting Tips and Advice
In the beginning it seems like there are some missing images, but later on images for different sections appear okay. If you have trouble viewing online, it might be better to download the PDF before reading.
So what this turned out to be is a collection of posts made by Craig Mullins giving insight on his process and advice for other digital artists. Sometimes the picture in reference won't be included, so it's just text. Pretty neat stuff to wade through if you're so inclined. If not, WELL FUCK YOU THEN PUNK.
So what this turned out to be is a collection of posts made by Craig Mullins giving insight on his process and advice for other digital artists. Sometimes the picture in reference won't be included, so it's just text. Pretty neat stuff to wade through if you're so inclined. If not, WELL FUCK YOU THEN PUNK.
When it comes to drawing I honestly believe it's something that cant be taught.. If you have no natural talent for it i sincerely believe you are never going to be even half decent
at it but thats just my take on it.
No worries, glad they help!
Not that they are as useful, but there's some really good art instagram accounts which are very inspiring. If you use instagram, check out these:
https://instagram.com/glenronald
https://instagram.com/alfredbasha
https://instagram.com/ncwintersart
https://instagram.com/kerbyrosanes
https://instagram.com/justartspiration
https://instagram.com/saminthewolf
https://instagram.com/giorgioart
https://instagram.com/chrisblack2
https://instagram.com/theillestrator
https://instagram.com/jongkie
https://instagram.com/ozabu
https://instagram.com/munk_one
https://instagram.com/jeremykylenz
https://instagram.com/giorgioart
https://instagram.com/gorbachevanastyusha
https://instagram.com/daintydrawings
Less artistic, more illustrative:
Design a Detailed Building
Populate Your Layout at the Correct Perspective
This is a great book to get a hold of if you're interested in the psychological side of drawing:
Drawing on the Right Side of the Brain
This addresses the psychological/mental "shift" that a lot of trained artists undergo. In summary (I hope I don't mess this up): There are two sides of the brain or modes of thinking. The "Left Side" is serial in nature and operates in numbers, words, and things in a set structure and orderly fashion. The "Right Side" is non-verbal and intuitive in nature and thinks in patterns, or visual pictures. Being unable to make that mental shift can make the process of drawing much harder.
The problem with most people is that when they draw they see their subject (either in front of them or in their mind) and when they begin the process of putting that subject to media through drawing, painting, etc the Left Side of the brain unconsciously starts sorting the information out into hard details: Eyes are shaped like this. Lips have a notch like so. Every nose has nostrils like so. Every bit is stored in the Left Side of the brain as a hard symbol of what you think represents what an object is. As such, when you begin drawing you end up drawing subconscious symbols for what you are drawing, in piece-meal, order. Instead of drawing a face, you draw what you think represents hair, what you think represents eyes, what you think represents a nose, what you think represents lips, etc, etc. It ends up looking similar to Egyptian Hieroglyphics instead of a portrait.
When you shift over to the Right Side of the brain, you then begin to draw a face. It lessens the habit of letting the Left Side of your brain sort through the information (the picture) you are creating and breaking it down into little individual parts. The grand thing about the book is that it breaks that process down, and then provides exercises on how to consciously shift into the Right Side of your brain.
The site: http://www.drawright.com/ explains it in better detail, but I can attest that it does work. Even in the state that I was someone who drew all the time as a little kid, I found it very helpful.
I remember reading this book and using it in class long time ago. I think I forgot most of what I read in it though.