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if u wanna get good at drawing anatomy and shapes and stuff whole ass just draw on pictures and get shapes figured out
Yes I Am Advocating That You Trace
don't steal art or trace and claim it as your own obviously, but tracing is really good practice especially when u take that opportunity to break things down
anatomy and proportions and other structural drawing/art skills benefit from tracing
don't steal art or trace and claim it as your own obviously, but tracing is really good practice especially when u take that opportunity to break things down
anatomy and proportions and other structural drawing/art skills benefit from tracing
shitty example done on my phone but hopefully this kinda shows what I mean. find the shapes and learn to draw, fellow bitches and bastards
tracing photos specifically is what I'm talking about; but I've also traced cartoons and art and figure drawings a ton. I don't post it, but it helps me figure out how other artists work and what to focus on. look at figure drawings and still life art too
source: I've been drawing my whole life and I've been shit at it the whole time so I know how to be less shit at it now
tracing also gives u valuable markmaking practice and improves ur confidence if u do it right. find a picture book or science book or something and get some tracing paper and find shapes and textures and see how things work together in 2d. I believe in u
also very good for hard stuff like hands
its packed and sealed rn because we're moving but in high school I had a reference sketchbook. I printed out every picture and tutorial and drawing I thought might be useful and drew all over them to mark shapes and flow and anatomy and poses. it helps
you can also use this to focus on value or color instead of lines and shapes - mark where shadows and light sources are, block out colors and see how they affect the composition. Practice is huge but practicing/studying specific things will make even more difference
more example I guess idk
drawing, at least realistic/representative drawing, is about communicating 3-dimensional and/or movinh objects and ideas to a still, 2-dimensional, static image. if you want things to look real, focus on how line, value, color, texture, etc. look on a 2d plane
and if u get the shapes down it makes everything easier - same when u figure out value or texture or color or composition.
art isn't something there's an endgame for, skill-wise - you're always changing and developing. I've drawn for about 20 years and I'm still tracing.
art isn't something there's an endgame for, skill-wise - you're always changing and developing. I've drawn for about 20 years and I'm still tracing.
this thread is kinda a mess I just felt like spilling some of the knowledge I managed to keep inside this empty skull of mine
