From what I’ve been told, it’s best to draw every day, even if it’s for 15 minutes a day.
12 hours on one day is quiet a bit. Should work if you can handle it.
Silly bump, but insight.
Here’s a $3000 method in trying to work on proportions…
…I’m not even joking about the price.
So, okay, this teacher is providing me this method and giving me crits. Thing is, after doing this “method” everything looks so different to me. Drawings, images, etc, everything looks sooooo fuckin’ different. It’s such an odd experience.
Method?
- Get the book “Charles Bargue drawing course” somewhere on the internet or whatever
- Get Tracing paper
- MAKE SURE EVERYTHING IS COMPLETELY QUIET. This processes must go completely uninterrupted. This may take 1 - 3 hours.
- I usually have comfy music playing. It works. Everyone’s gone to the Raptor is great study ost :3
- Go to the back of the pages with all the models. Trace one of them (doesn’t matter which. I guess try page 197).
- Right afterwords, free hand the image, while having both the original, and the trace side by side and in front of you.
And that’s it.
When tracing, be sure to get EVERY line. Literally every small detail of the image. All the scratches, etc. Everything.
Then free hand, and do the exact same thing. For those having issues with proportions, hope this method works.
Don’t like post too many times in a row, so this is my final bump for now.
Hope everyone is up on their studies. My journey have been interesting, as all the things I’ve been running into has been great. Get a lot more help than expected and finally been pushing myself hard and hard to draw. Been about a year since I started, my stuff is still ass, but the info I come across is way, way easier to do now. Simply reading over material once is enough for me to execute whatever anyone or anything is asking me now. Finally diving into the depths of human and animal anatomy through Bridgman, Hampton’s CGMA lectures and his book, Proko’s premium account info, and just drawing random things on the side (where it’s something from life or copying other people’s drawings that share an interests in style I’d like to obtain).
Hope to see everyone is doing well.
Also, this video can help motivate:
a link to the very first speed painting I ever made it is the master cheif. i have learned alot since then.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dTTa8oaQCuQ
'Sup guys. I’ve been lurking this thread for a while but I’ve decided to stop procrastinating and learn to draw. My drawing is pretty shite and I’ve only been sketching video game/comic characters recently. I’ll start posting some of my drawings from the exercises found in this thread a little later.
Just wanted to say cool thread and thanks for the info.
Im actually working on learning how to ink with a brush
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Learning how to draw is tough, especially since I haven’t been drawing regularly since grade school. Practicing these fundamental exercises are so boring but I need to keep doing them 
Drawing with ballpoint pen and just practicing shapes, forms, and sketches right now but looking to upgrade. This stuff look good?
– .5 Staedtler Pigment liner (That’s a felt tip pen right?):
http://www.amazon.com/Staedtler-Pigment-Sketch-Regular-308SB6P/dp/B004L87XRA/ref=pd_sim_229_2?ie=UTF8&dpID=51OH36oyfgL&dpSrc=sims&preST=AC_UL160_SR93%2C160&refRID=18ADWFKF9D28668S5HC3#customerReviews
– Strathmore sketchbook:
My current drawing pencil is the pentel graphgear 500 i use 3H lead but i think u can get all kinds
For inking i use two pentel brush pens the pocket for figures and the bigger one for more dramatic strokes. I cant really give too much advice about drawing in a non-cartooning way
So happy to see this thread get some life.
Keep at your drawings, I’ve been at it really hard the past 2 weeks.
Currently watching Hampton’s and Proko’s lectures on Figure Drawing, re-learning perspective, getting random objects and breaking them down into simple shapes, drawing birds, and breaking down my favorite artists’ work down into shapes as well… among other books that cover anatomy and ink drawing.
Too much to learn, but I got plenty of time. I just get too excited as to what to tackle next, my schedule is all over the place. Trying to finish up Hampton’s chapter 2.
Hope everyone keeps up with their studies! 
I’m not a first time poster, but it’s been so long since I posted anything on SRK that I forgot my original account’s PW and also forgot which email is tied to that account.
I’ve been drawing for a while, and eventhough I don’t think I’m any good, creating is something that I love enough to outmotherfucker feelings of inadequacy and keep pushing forward.
I’m primarily and secondarily…a cartoonist. I’ve been drawing toons and caricatures for as long as I’ve been hacking papers with colorfully (and sometimes moderately) sharp objects. It wasn’t up until a few years ago (possibly 2012?) that I decided I needed to really step up my game and get some much needed restructuring of my faulty foundations. I am self taught, btw. I’ve never gone to art school (was never able to afford it and personal problems prevented me from ever getting a scholarship), so my art education throughout life consisted of thoroughly studying/copying/altering whatever I saw and liked. After a while I got “good enough” to garner a “friendbase” of “fans” throughout my middle/high school careers.
I was often showered with compliments and paid commissions before I even knew I could make money off the stuff, but I never quite had that burning heart confidence because deep down inside, I knew I just wasn’t as good as the other kids in art class. Did I mention that in addition to never having attended art school, I was never put in art classes? Not bragging, guys…my schools sucked and art classes were electives popularly chosen by slacker students looking for a class to do nothing in.
Anyway,
Yea, in 2012…I think, I decided to step up my game by enrolling in some free figure drawing classes and investing in some anatomy books. The more I explored the subject, the more I came to realize that I had learned so much on my own, yet there were so many nuances I was ignorant to and therefore stunted my progression. Figure drawing classes made a big difference. A difference that I may never have seen otherwise.
I explored the subject obsessively online and came across Proko.com. I also discovered Jake Parker and Will Terry’s School of Visual Storytelling. The latter was more appealing to me as a cartoonist, but with the added knowledge I gained from figure drawing the latter’s teaching became all the more effective. While I’m still not anywhere near as good as I’d like to be, I know I’m doing better each time I put the pencil down to paper and just do what comes to me.
Drawing is certainly a journey that rewards those who stick to the path and let nothing bump them off. There will be days when everything you draw looks like crap and there’ll be days where you know something is off on an otherwise great piece and you’ll bust your head open trying to figure out what it is. Whatever puts a smear or dent on your motivational Ferrari, be sure to keep your foot on the gas pedal. I read through this thread and saw a lot of greatness flourishing. You guys keep it up! Even if you don’t plan on breaking into the industry and just want to make it a serious hobby, you’re an ARTIST and a contributing member of keeping planet Earth from being “eh”.
Imma post some stuff I’ve done. Here’s a commission I did for a friend in his Moleskine. I’m actually most proud of the fact that I was able to fit the entire Wind Waker Hylian story from the intro sequence in the borders.
Garnet commission.
Naruto doodles.
Daenerys and Hiccup.
Proko seems like a great teacher.
I heard so many good things about him, I went ahead and checked out his prem videos. They don’t offer much more from the youtube series (some vids offer only about 5-10 mins more of content, but it is REALLY good content), but he knows how to simplify methods really well.
I know after I’m done with Proko and Hampton, I’m gonna start going to figure drawing classes.
Lucky for me, in the city I live in, Figure Drawing is mad cheap, so being able to access them is no problem. I just need to learn how to draw the figure first. My drawing abilities are still shitty, but my knowledge is there. I just need to draw more.
Yea, Proko knows his stuff so well he was able to demystify the Loomis method of drawing the human head from the book “Drawing the Head and Hands”.
It’s good to have a gameplan when looking to improve on anything, really. But in our case, art, having some structure and knowing what your attainable goals are can greatly speed up the process. Not that speed of improvement should be something to strive for, we all learn at our own pace, however having a clear and organized plan will keep you from straying from your focus and slowing down your progress.
I have some things to do tonight, however, I will come back and post some of my approaches to drawing the figure. I am not sure where my method rests in terms of experience level, so I’ll do my best to explain why I do what I do. Hopefully it could be of some help to others.
I want to post some work I’ve been done from Hampton, but uh nude figures and all.
Still learning fundamentals. I’ve done a lot of studies but my work drawing is still weak. I know after I’m done with Hampton and Proko, I’ll figure draw like no tomorrow. Until then, for today I’m probably just gonna break down apart random objects then draw them from memory. And then sketch some naked birds…
Everything i know about drawing came from How to Draw Comics the Marvel Way
Thats a good book. The one by Stan lee himself right?
Well stan lee wrote the words but buscemas illustration are what i copied more lol
Klaus Jansons book on inking is incredible too
I heard very good thing about that book from my teachers. Usually, marvel comics tend to exaggerate really important landmarks on the human anatomy. So simply using marvel characters as practice can teach you a lot on the subject.
Buscema was amazing i could write poetry on how awesome he was
I do have a question for @StarSignal
Since you mention figure drawing, how helpful is it?
I tend to do a lot of studies, but I’m actually not sure how much it’s helping me. I’d like to get into animation and learn to stylize, but I’m told I need to learn “how to draw” first. Currently under going anatomy and other subjects, but spoke with people who’ve never tackled anatomy, but can stylize quiet well. It’s possible I may going about it the wrong way, but who knows.
Just a random bump.
I drew some birds (or, did a Study on them, anyways).
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