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[Anonymous No.2224190]

Good exercises for developing perception skills? Some of the exercises in this book seem pretty silly but they are suppose to work.

Are skilled artists able to eyeball exact measurements like a skilled carpenter or woodworker can?

[Anonymous No.2224197]

>Are skilled artists able to eyeball exact measurements like a skilled carpenter or woodworker can?
yes

[Anonymous No.2224208]

Drop some acid in the South Dakota badlands and become wholly convinced that if you don't faithfully render the bison around your camp with the charcoal from your campfire the spirits of the natives will take your soul.

[Anonymous No.2224219]

>>2224208

[Anonymous No.2224411]

>>2224190
practice practice practice, draw people in real life, practice different angles and perspectives, fisheye lens drawing and stuff. It's something you have to teach yourself with shear labor.
kim jung gi is a perfect example of incredible eyeballing skill, he doesn't use a single guide line and I doubt he ever read a book on it. He probably draws more in 1 year than the rest of us draw in 3 or 4 years

[Anonymous No.2224413]

>>2224190
>they are suppose to work.

Why don't you try it for yourself? It will only take you 2 week, if you draw a few hours every night.

> Pic related, my own take on her book
> 3 exercises from the book: 1st exercise, last exercise, extra exercise (all self-portraits)

I'm currently working on the Bargues plates : while it's painful, it also seems to produce good results.

[Anonymous No.2224415]

>>2224413
That is meme worthy

[Anonymous No.2224417]

>>2224190
that book is horrible and you should feel ashamed for shilling it amongst these poor wannabes who doesn't know better.

[Anonymous No.2224430]

>>2224417
Whats wrong with it?

[Anonymous No.2224445]

>>2224417
it says new york times best seller. what could possibly be wrong wih it?

[Anonymous No.2224542]

>>2224413

holy fuck, savet

[Anonymous No.2224543]

>>2224413

holy fuck savet

[Anonymous No.2224548]

>>2224417
I thought the general consensus here was that the book is okay if you ignore all her pseudoscience babbling and just stuck to the exercises?

[Anonymous No.2224572]

>>2224417
Nah it's pretty good at telling you why you draw like a babby.

[Anonymous No.2224696]

>>2224190
I read this entire thing. It's shit.

Don't believe me? Then waste your time reading it as well.

[Anonymous No.2224839]

>>2224548

There are mostly three sides:

> those who felt like they improved, who advise to skip the broscience (btw her "method" is just a few exercises that you'll find in other books). This is my case, but I was a complete beginner.

> those who felt like they lost their time, who advise to read "Keys to Drawing" by Bert Dodson instead.

> Those who didn't waste their time on it because the broscience repelled them.

Don't waste your time reading the whole thing: here are the notes I took while going through the New Drawing on the Derp Side of the Brain.

Read it to decide if it's worth a try, if so you can also use it as a guideline for the exercises. This way you'll save yourself a hundred pages of happy anecdotes, broscience and buddha quotes.

[Anonymous No.2224842]

>>2224839
thankies

[Anonymous No.2224870]

>>2224839
the wrinkles exercise is fucking stupid!

[Anonymous No.2225164]

>>2224870
It's suppose to be. It is suppose to be slow and tedious so you get used to the mindset you need to have while drawing, rather than being in rush mode.

[Anonymous No.2225224]

>>2225164
But there are way better exercises for this than that.

[Anonymous No.2225240]

>>2225224
Like what?

[Anonymous No.2228839]

>>2224413
Pretty bad tbh fam smh