/ic/ - Artwork/Critique

>>7076044
Hello pawell, as someone who used to study and recommend vilppu a lot, I have some thoughts for you

First thing is the actual exercises of drawing beans, boxes, beans + boxes, ellipses... I feel like these exercises are more important than actually copying the drawings in his book. It might be heresy, but I feel like Vilppu's drawings are kind of ugly and wobbly, and it might not be a good source for learning, if that's what you're going for.

I remember getting an entire clean ream of printer paper, and finishing the whole thing, doing only beans on it. My dexterity and ability to put down lines at literally any length and angle improved so much from that. I feel like if you actually want to learn from vilppu, that could be one of the most beneficial things to do.

The second thing is that doing vilppu requires knowing proportions. I know your favorite book is keys to drawing, but I don't think you can draw references accurately enough yet. Working on the skill of measuring angles and proportions and plumb lines, continuing to drill this sense of observation, would be really beneficial for you.

I used to shill Vilppu a lot, but really, I kinda don't like him anymore. The several years I studied Vilppu, resulted in a very long plateau for my own growth. I only started improving again, after ~5-6 of aimlessly drawing, was when I started the masters studies thread and started making exact copies. Yes, even after all these years of drawing, I found out I still sucked at observation. Even now, I still suck, and most artists should continue working on observation, even if they think they're good at it. When I do an exact copy of an anime head, it takes me more than 30 minutes, to get it right. I think, spending that long on a single copy, trying to get it perfect, is the best thing you can do to improve.

(I would appreciate if you didn't paste this on your website btw. i just want to help)