This almost seems like David Finch giving away the secret of why his drawings look the way they do. I remember when I was revisiting a particular Fafhrd painting a while back it bothered me that the simple curves everywhere made it look feminine and soft, so I squared it all up, which helped. I found a sort of compromise between the harder straight lines and the softer curves, but this is a much more advanced approach. Definitely worth playing around with.
Artventure
This is a personal journal documenting my studies in art - mainly just a place to keep notes and to organize my thoughts better than I could in a handwritten journal (you can't do a search in a paper journal, or post live links). My ultimate goal is oil painting, but I want to start with developing my grasp of the basics in drawing.
Monday, June 12, 2023
Shape Language for drawings
This almost seems like David Finch giving away the secret of why his drawings look the way they do. I remember when I was revisiting a particular Fafhrd painting a while back it bothered me that the simple curves everywhere made it look feminine and soft, so I squared it all up, which helped. I found a sort of compromise between the harder straight lines and the softer curves, but this is a much more advanced approach. Definitely worth playing around with.
Sunday, June 4, 2023
Another excellent pelvis construction method
Ran across this one recently and wanted to post it here so I don't lose track of it.
Monday, May 15, 2023
Tentatively finished, but needs a lot of detailing work and a few fixes
Friday, May 12, 2023
I need to learn some serious hand anatomy
Monday, May 8, 2023
Impromptu Chalk Brush and Decent Digital Drawing
No more Fafhrd updates til he's done, I don't want to spoil the surprize. It's going well, if slowly. I'm finally done constructing the axe and the hands, and back to actually painting on the figure again.
I've figured out a couple of important things that will really help me work on this kind of hybrid drawing/painting in the future, and I want to record them here so I don't forget.
Chalk Brush
First, there doesn't seem to be a chalk brush anymore in Elements. It was one of my favorites. But I've found a way to chalk up whatever brush you're using—just open Brush Settings and raise the scatter. Simple.
Drawing decent lines digitally
Second, a way to make lines that match the pencil lines, and also this allows me to draw much more accurately with the stylus. You don't just make a sinlge line and leave it, you go back and forth between cutting in and cutting out. meaning make the line, but make it thick and chunky, and then come in with background color and cut in along the edges to shape it. You do this a few times each way and you can make a decent facsimile of my type of pencil drawing with the built-up thick linework. I use a blend of both soft and hard round brushes for it.
Thursday, May 4, 2023
Getting hands on
Sunday, April 23, 2023
The Spotlight Effect