What am I doing wrong? (Drawing Sketching)

riccohaddad · 31-10-2011, 08:47 PM

Other than everything, can anyone please give me a few tips and hints as to how I can improve? Or if anyone can lead me to any books or tutorials that actually help rather than make things more complex.

I'm actually quite overwhelmed at the detail and quality of the work I've seen here and, since I have been trying to teach myself sketching and all, I am really encouraged and inspired by this forum.

I want to keep following the sketching by shapes and then refining. I find that works for me. I just can't seem to perfect my proportions, exact shape placements and poses. That's almost everything, yeah? Help? hehe.

Click on the link below for some of my rough sketches:
ImageShack Album - 10 images

I'd appreciate any help, tips, criticism, advise possible.

Nostalgy · 01-11-2011, 11:51 AM

I think the best way to go from here is to break it up into smaller steps--it sounds like you're trying to learn everything at once, which is probably why you're feeling overwhelmed. Learning the basics takes a while. I'm still learning them myself so I know what you're going through.

So just take one single problem you have and work on that for a while--maybe human anatomy proportions. Dedicate a few hours a day to just practicing that for a week or 2, or however long it takes until you sense improvement/feel like you've stopped progressing in that area.

Drawing humans from life will really help, it'll teach you to pay attention to what you see and how to draw with 3 dimensions in mind--not just 2D lines on paper. If you for some reason can't get to a life drawing class, sketching people in public works too. Figure Drawinf for All It's Worth and Drawing the Head and Hands by Andrew Loomis have helped me a lot so far.

What book/resource you use is somewhat personal preference though since there are a ton of anatomy books out there, and everyone learns differently. The important thing is to take small steps at a time, and be consistent with practice. Good luck, hope that helped C:

coolwarrior · 26-11-2011, 06:39 PM

I see that you have based some of these sketched from League of Legends

31-10-2011, 08:47 PM	#1 (permalink)
riccohaddad New Member 1 - 1	What am I doing wrong? (Drawing Sketching) Other than everything, can anyone please give me a few tips and hints as to how I can improve? Or if anyone can lead me to any books or tutorials that actually help rather than make things more complex. I'm actually quite overwhelmed at the detail and quality of the work I've seen here and, since I have been trying to teach myself sketching and all, I am really encouraged and inspired by this forum. I want to keep following the sketching by shapes and then refining. I find that works for me. I just can't seem to perfect my proportions, exact shape placements and poses. That's almost everything, yeah? Help? hehe. Click on the link below for some of my rough sketches: ImageShack Album - 10 images I'd appreciate any help, tips, criticism, advise possible.

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01-11-2011, 11:51 AM	#2 (permalink)
Nostalgy New Member 3 - 1	I think the best way to go from here is to break it up into smaller steps--it sounds like you're trying to learn everything at once, which is probably why you're feeling overwhelmed. Learning the basics takes a while. I'm still learning them myself so I know what you're going through. So just take one single problem you have and work on that for a while--maybe human anatomy proportions. Dedicate a few hours a day to just practicing that for a week or 2, or however long it takes until you sense improvement/feel like you've stopped progressing in that area. Drawing humans from life will really help, it'll teach you to pay attention to what you see and how to draw with 3 dimensions in mind--not just 2D lines on paper. If you for some reason can't get to a life drawing class, sketching people in public works too. Figure Drawinf for All It's Worth and Drawing the Head and Hands by Andrew Loomis have helped me a lot so far. What book/resource you use is somewhat personal preference though since there are a ton of anatomy books out there, and everyone learns differently. The important thing is to take small steps at a time, and be consistent with practice. Good luck, hope that helped C:

26-11-2011, 06:39 PM	#3 (permalink)
coolwarrior New Member 33 - 2	I see that you have based some of these sketched from League of Legends