/ic/ - Artwork/Critique

>>2320630
not me, but this is pretty impressive

this guy t.b.h f.a.m

Not me, but it was posted on a progress thread like 2 weeks ago

>>2294662
Not mine, but this one was real nice.

>>2292800

When I first started I was always confused as to "How" to draw. I had a method of drawing from reference that produced decent results but I always believed that it was cheating. It was methodical, almost scientific. I 'read' Loomis and Vippu and I didn't understand much of what they were explaining because their methodology was alien and different to my own. I was lost. Then I turned to the w/ic/i

It wasn't until I read Drawing on the Right side of the Brain that I finally understood everything. Every single exercise and skill that book taught, mirrored what I had learned on my own and what I had resented all this time. I had been doing 2+2+2+2+2 to get 10 without realizing that all Loomis and others were explaining was that 2x5=10.

My own breakthroughs

-Drawing from reference is always at the same difficulty (Doesn't matter if picture is upside down or right side up)
-If you keep doing something enough, it becomes automatic
-Everything starts from simplified forms
-Library and sensitivity to shapes increase
-Replace symbols with actual studied knowledge (Mental Library)
-You become better at placing landmarks/limbs. Your mind is telling you unconsciously what looks right or wrong
-If you want to draw from imagination you need to be able to draw from life. Can't copy something in front of you 1:1? how are you suppose to transfer something intangible from your imagination 1:1 as well?
-After learning how to copy 1:1, you begin 'pushing' the poses to convey the 'rhythm', 'force' and 'personality' of the pose to become truer than whats actually there
-You're now consciously DESIGNING and drawing from imagination
-Your style is now developing and visible
-References now become just that, references. Your drawings are your own.

Been drawing every single day and each spread is about a week apart from each other. It was shocking rereading Loomis and understanding everything. I honestly felt like I was dyslexic the first time reading it.