archived for a not so good reason

 

Didn't even bother saving this .psd file, was over the drawing when I started it.

ok maybe 1 more

Just 1 more drawing but it's more kawaii this time, I hope that's how it's spelt because I'm not looking it up.

thats enough face sketches I think

Alright alright, I think it's time I stopped uploading these, gotta get some studies in.

Sometimes you just run out of things to post about

Not much to post about, interested in homemade stuff today.

armor is a bit hard

 And horns too, big horns. Just getting a post in, it is how it is.

probably just gonna do my own thing

Just going to be pursuing what interests me, I think it will stick more that way. Going to be doing less "structured" studying and just focus on what gets me going. For example if I'm really interested in drawing muscles well I'll do anatomy, or if I want to paint better I'll study rendering, etc etc. As of now I'm just trying to find my "style" so that I think less about it in the future, it's something I never really focused on until now so I will see what works for my style.

 

sleep schedule still in question

Turns out it was a false alarm, a couple days ago I thought I would get myself back on a sleep schedule. This is highly doubted now, but we'll see how it goes, I'm going to go get some sleep. Enjoy whatever this is.

saryn prime best frame

I drew Saryn Prime, who I think was my first prime frame ever on my warframe account. I remember seeing her with the nikana prime and thought she was super badass. Not to mention OP, she's been S tier mostly throughout her time, but I played her no matter the meta. Also, got a Smeeta Kavat as a new companion recently with some help from a friend, I named her Sweeta (genius I know). She's awesome, she gives me random stuff all the time and often doubles my void traces from relic runs so shes my daily companion now.

Sleep schedule on track again, I hope

 

Blender's pretty fun, learning the basics at the moment, but I'm not going to make the same mistake I did with 2D art. I'm just going to learn the basics and just jump into what I want to do, I think it preserves more "soul" that way, if you know what I mean.

what path to take hmmm

Saw a post about some artist who managed to pay off their debt with patreon money, all from a drawing about some stoner cat girl. Made me think, "man, I really wish I could make a living off my art." Just enough to pay the bills, the rest would be for coffee and photoshop subscription anyways. Ok, maybe a new graphics card after saving up the cash.

Blender is the way

This is just my computer mouse I use, it's the Zowie EC1 or EC2, I forget. It's more difficult to draw than it seems because the grip sides pull in and out on the form differently at the top then they do at the bottom. Looks way better than my previous mice drawings from other mice I've used. I'll see if I have those somewhere, they're probably like 4 years old now.

Also, I've been looking into Blender again recently, and am considering picking up 3D as a medium hobby for art. You'll still be getting 2D art as daily sketches, it's just something I do in my free time.

here's some more guessing time

Had a bit of a break today, don't worry, I'll be working on that piece from yesterday until it's recognizable who its supposed to be, will deliver sometime this month.

can you guess who this is

Here's a character from one of my favorite games, I don't think I captured her likeness enough so I will give you guys a hint. Don't try to see any likeness in her lips, because I didn't do them well, the hair might be able to jog your memory though.

hint - her second hairstyle in the game, unavoidable

"need to get better at hair" title goes here

 

I noticed all my drawings were super light, I wanted to sketch something up real quick and use a flat opacity. Ended up looking terrible, but at least it's not terrible and gray. Any gray you do see is just some soft brush that erased it.

just havin a good time

 

Just getting something in for the blog again, if you're wondering how the head sketches start here's how they go (but I'm sure you've seen this before).

do people really use the selection tool

The edges were done with the selection tool, people seem to use it and get way better first pass results. My shapes end up pretty bad.

 I think my hair in general is getting better, but I need to learn some hairstyles. That is all.

lainbmuth hcteks

 

All that practice, and when I want to use it for an illustration I just can't find it, very cool art gods.

This is just a thumbnail sketch for something I was thinking about. That is all.

temporary maintenance

No real maintenance, just what I'm calling my sleep recovery. It's pretty much back to normal, I fall asleep around 10 to 12 pm now, but my body payed for it for sure. My right eye has been twitching off and on now for like 2 days, maintenance is what we're calling it at best lol.

Posting this because it was gonna be more interesting than anything else I had.

its sorta applicable

 Just some rendering, tried to use techniques from how to draw. That is all.

wish I learned it sooner

 Decided I wanted to try and apply some of the mirroring techniques from How to Draw, specifically with the eyes and nose. Also was using some shorthand form-building for the hair to make it look more volumetric. I think I did it well in some areas, but no amount of theory will make up my lack of experience with drawing hair. That and some other couple drawings were it for today.

how do I apply this

I see how this is useful, but I'm not sure if this will be really applicable to character illustration. It's definitely good to know, just wondering if this is where I should be dedicating my time. Also the perspective on these are pretty wacky because I was just trying to get through them, did these before a long time ago so its review still.

can't even color code well

Man looking at these color combinations just make me want to tear my eyes out. I thought it wouldn't really matter how I color coded them so didn't care that much how they ended up, will not make that mistake again. Ended up taking too much time switching between layers, brushes, colors, etc. that it just got faster to do it on paper. I want to show what I'm doing but don't care enough to make a whole tutorial sheet, went by a lot faster on paper.

become one with the render engine

 Here are some of the first assignments from the How to Render book, starting off with basic cast shadow construction after going over different types of light. It was good to review since it's been a long time since I've read it, and remembered most of it. Except the sunlight construction (bottom right), for some reason when I first read it, it was just super difficult to wrap my head around. After thinking about it for more than a minute it finally clicked, it wasn't hard, it was just one of those illusory things that looked a little hard to understand.

I didn't study too much today, been having really bad issues with sleep so I've just been taking it easy to save energy. Yesterday, when I studied a lot, I ended up having a ton of fatigue and passed out on my bed without knowing how, that's how hard thinking is for your boy. So when I get my sleep debt paid off I will push the studying harder.

Also, I should've color coded the drawings. I went back over them and made all the shadows darker so you can tell a little easier which are which.

volumeee

Probably the last batch of drawing work I'll be doing from How to Draw. Spent a little over 4 hours today studying, but it was just some more drafting work. The drawings are just volumes created with in-picture methods, and some ellipses here and there.

I didn't get to try that experiment I mentioned yesterday, couldn't find the glasses, I'll do it when I find them.

self mental warfare

 

Going to test out an experiment tomorrow, I have these two glass mason jars big enough to hold a handful of pens. I'm going to have 6 pens set in one jar and the other empty, for every hour I study I put a pen in the other jar

But I remember reading this method from a book about habits, that if you put your progress in a physical form it would be more impactful for keeping track of goals. Simple, and honestly don't really believe it will work, seems too good to be true. But lately I do this mental thing where I try to trick myself I will really enjoy something new anyways rather than being skeptical. Like if there was a dish in front of you that just looked and sounded disgusting, but you thought "you know what, this food is probably really good, and I think I will really like it". Is it cope? Maybe, but I've done it a few times and I think it helped.

Lately having issues with sleep again but I'm just about fixed up. Did some rendering today in 2 layers and ended up being muddy and soft brushy, but it's a good starting point to improve my rendering, as that is what I will be focusing on until my interest goes towards something else art related. Second pic shows some free-handing of drawing methods from Scott Robertson's book, How to Draw. This is preperation for his book I will be studying from, How to Render, I'll see if I can make some results.

effort coming soon

 

working on things™

But for real, working on getting my bearings for painting. Studying more dynamic sketching and drawing from the artist I was studying from, TenTen. Do stay tuned.

back in business

Got the computer fixed, it was in fact the motherboard. Also cleaned up the fans a bit too and used a decent thermal paste this time, so my cpu runs cool now.

This is just a sketch of Gara Prime, I stayed up roughly 24 hours so I need some sleep, we'll make stuff tomorrow.

studying the forbidden subject

No more potato hands anymore, it's time to study anatomy again. And after all of that dynamic sketching practice, I think I'm in a good spot to break down shapes and forms. I also did a lot of unrelated drawing today, you know, for fun.

The motherboard didn't come today, I say it has a 60% chance of coming tomorrow. Got some thermal paste too though so my cpu will be as cool as ever, can't remember if I ever repasted it.

starting.... tomorrow

Woke at 2pm today, and was tired for the rest of it. Did a little drawing but nothing worth sharing, just getting the post out to get some sleep.

Also, the motherboard might get here a day late, but I'm not sure. The company I bought it from estimates the 3rd, while the delivery service estimates the 4th, so we'll just have to see. Will probably do some dynamic sketching homework and drawing for fun.

Back to square one

Been thinking about this day since I started the blog, and the only way to start is with a future diary post. This is chibi yuno and yukki, I don't do chibi well so I had to look up reference - yukki I basically copied while yuno I based on him. I still didn't do it well, but it gives a wholesome, endearing feel. Especially with the pencil and look that it was made by someone who just started drawing.

Found out a user that really made my day, they're on Pixiv with only 19 followers (now 20), and they draw strictly Future Diary fanart and it's just wonderful. Had the biggest smile on my face in a while. The user goes by 忘はち (wasuhachi I think), they even have a blog posted in their profile but unfortunately I think it's privated or something since it asks for a password. Regardless, awesome to see people still dedicated to the anime, keep up the good work everyone.

Oh and these chibi drawings are just a placeholder for the new year painting I want to do digitally, so until I get my motherboard I will be thinking up ideas.