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My first attempt at drawing...well sorta
Posted: Tue Jan 09, 2007 10:34 pm
by PAK
This is my first attempt of drawing anything remotely 'human', usually i doodle abstract drawings of cubes, pyramids and spheres

also all my drawing is on a PC tablet, so thats why it might not come out as good as stuff done on paper. my aim is eventually to be good at drawing...
the bigger image is a tracing i did from the ozy pic on the cast page. the smaller in the top left corner is my attempt, totally freehand, to draw ozy. unfortunately i didnt leave enough room for the hat :S that'll be for next time...
plz comment & criticise

and i promise, its my first time drawing any animals/humans

Posted: Tue Jan 09, 2007 10:40 pm
by Ibun
Keep up the good work. >:O
Posted: Tue Jan 09, 2007 11:02 pm
by Muninn
I'd say the thing you should try changing is the many short lines you use to draw. I know it helps form an image easier but it doesn't look so good visually. Or maybe that's just me.
Posted: Tue Jan 09, 2007 11:05 pm
by PAK
I'd say the thing you should try changing is the many short lines you use to draw. I know it helps form an image easier but it doesn't look so good visually. Or maybe that's just me.
yea, im still trying to eliminate that...but like they say...practise makes perfect

the next one i try tomorrow (ozy with hat on, probably) ill try to do smoother...
EDIT: small sidenote...just created a deviantART gallery for myself...see it here...
http://paklavins.deviantart.com/...
Posted: Wed Jan 10, 2007 12:13 am
by Comrade K
1. Nice Drawings! There's potential in there.
2. It doesn't look like you used any sort of frame or structure (I can't really think of any better words right now) to draw your Ozy. Making some sort of initial skeleton would probably help make your characters look more real.
I'd say the thing you should try changing is the many short lines you use to draw. I know it helps form an image easier but it doesn't look so good visually. Or maybe that's just me.
Mmm, it depends on style really. I think I'm at least Ok at drawing, and I rarely draw a line longer than a centimetre. I just flick my pencil over and over, and correct later.
Posted: Wed Jan 10, 2007 12:16 am
by PAK
1. Nice Drawings! There's potential in there.
2. It doesn't look like you used any sort of frame or structure (I can't really think of any better words right now) to draw your Ozy. Making some sort of initial skeleton would probably help make your characters look more real.
I'd say the thing you should try changing is the many short lines you use to draw. I know it helps form an image easier but it doesn't look so good visually. Or maybe that's just me.
Mmm, it depends on style really. I think I'm at least Ok at drawing, and I rarely draw a line longer than a centimetre. I just flick my pencil over and over, and correct later.
i actually did draw out a vague 'skeletal structure' using ovals...but im not sure thats the way to do it...if anyone has any pointers i'd love to hear them

Posted: Wed Jan 10, 2007 1:20 am
by Priest_Revan
1. Nice Drawings! There's potential in there.
2. It doesn't look like you used any sort of frame or structure (I can't really think of any better words right now) to draw your Ozy. Making some sort of initial skeleton would probably help make your characters look more real.
I'd say the thing you should try changing is the many short lines you use to draw. I know it helps form an image easier but it doesn't look so good visually. Or maybe that's just me.
Mmm, it depends on style really. I think I'm at least Ok at drawing, and I rarely draw a line longer than a centimetre. I just flick my pencil over and over, and correct later.
Skeletons aren't really necessary. I, for one, don't use such construction techniques.
It just takes practice to do it without the skeleton.
Posted: Wed Jan 10, 2007 9:42 am
by Muninn
I'd say the thing you should try changing is the many short lines you use to draw. I know it helps form an image easier but it doesn't look so good visually. Or maybe that's just me.
Mmm, it depends on style really. I think I'm at least Ok at drawing, and I rarely draw a line longer than a centimetre. I just flick my pencil over and over, and correct later.
I'm not talking about correcting later. Unless this type of drawing is meant to be the final product I suggested cleaning it up.
Posted: Wed Jan 10, 2007 12:42 pm
by Kyler Thatch
The scratchiness actually has some sort of appeal to it. You'd just have to make it look neater, though.
Posted: Wed Jan 10, 2007 4:07 pm
by Rymn_the_Silver_Wolfe
first: Snazzy stuff!
second: when I first started to use a tablet I could not get used to the lack of friction that a pencil and piece of paper could provide. So I taped a small square of paper onto the top surface of the tablet to add a little more friction. This helped me in drawing somewhat straighter lines. Hope it helps ya.
Good luck with your artwork too!
Posted: Wed Jan 10, 2007 4:51 pm
by PAK
first: Snazzy stuff!
second: when I first started to use a tablet I could not get used to the lack of friction that a pencil and piece of paper could provide. So I taped a small square of paper onto the top surface of the tablet to add a little more friction. This helped me in drawing somewhat straighter lines. Hope it helps ya.
Good luck with your artwork too!
thanks for the suggestion

it actually works quite well

Posted: Wed Jan 10, 2007 5:25 pm
by Rymn_the_Silver_Wolfe
you're welcome!

Posted: Wed Jan 10, 2007 7:20 pm
by PAK
Here is my second attempt...this time the smaller one is the original and the bigger one is mine

no tracing this time, just freehand, took me about half an hour. next try will be to draw millie, i think that's gonna be harder...
anyway, comments + criticism welcome

Posted: Wed Jan 10, 2007 7:55 pm
by Rymn_the_Silver_Wolfe
your artwork is improving. Keep up the good work!
Posted: Wed Jan 10, 2007 8:01 pm
by PAK
your artwork is improving. Keep up the good work!
thanks

now watch as i take a giant step backwards trying to draw millie...lol...

ive started trying to draw her and its much harder :S