/ic/ - Artwork/Critique

You don't know how much I wish I could go back in time to when I first begun learning about figures like Bridgman, Loomis, back when I scoffed and thought "Eurgh! How ugly and dull! Nobody needs that! I'll keep drawing from my wonderful imagination only!", because I'd punch myself in the fucking face.

Picture on the left is what I drew back when I refused to study and would consistently draw only from what I believe I knew from my imagination (note the distinct lack of HANDS AND FEET), and on the right was what I drew yesterday, long after I'd realised that I'd finally had enough and finally began studying.

I'm not saying I'm great now, or even good. There's still many holes in my understanding of light, shadow, value, anatomy, perspective, lineweight, colour etc., but it's only because I'm studying that for the first time in my life I can say that I'm genuinely improving.

So to answer your question, no not everybody here drew from Loomis and boxes. Only the good ones did. You skip this shit now you're going to find yourself butting your head against a technical brick wall in the future and you'll leave yourself with a lot of regrets. Hard work now, reward later.