Forum posts by countfrogula

Hi Christian,

Sorry so late getting back to the forum here. I been struggling with my 3d printer trying to get some decent prints out of it. I'm excited though, ordered a new Do It Yourself 3d printer kit to build a new better one.

I agree, it is important to always be learning and growing, it's the spice of life, not just in art but everything.

Full Sail was a nice experience, but yeah it's pricey. I only did the first foundation year so can't speak beyond that. A lot of drawing and 3d modeling. I was lucky to not have to take a lot of the core stuff because I already have a bachelor's and transferred over a lot of credits. I was constantly doing artwork and classes and online sessions with other students. I was really kept on my toes and pushed to try new things so in that regard it was very good. I am skeptical the courses are specific enough to land a great job in an animation studio though. They really teach a bit of everything but studios want a specific focus mostly as they are generally broke down into departments. It's a great generalist program, learn a lot. But way too expensive to become a generalist. I escaped with only 9k debt as I was granted a scholarship as well. So yeah, I will not be returning to full sail. I do not regret the experience though.

Hmm, test, I just wrote a fairly lengthy post, submitted, then it disappeared. Is this working? sorry

Ohhh. I never heard of wysp. I looked it up, looks good.

Here's a tutorial I picked up a while ago which looks great but have yet had a chance to really watch:

https://creatureartteacher.com/product/drawing-human-anatomy/

Even though I've yet to watch this one, everything Aaron Blaise is gold. He's one of my favorite current artists.

Try not to be horrified to submit your drawings, like I said I think you have as solid start. No one's gonna bite your head off and if you have a bad drawing day, well, it's not a life or death situation. It's a personal learning experience so pick and choose the advice that resonates with you. Also, remember if someone gives you straight out negative criticism, that is often a reflection of their inner selves not you. Being a mean spirited person is like looking in a mirror all day yelling at yourself, but the mirror is other people. Weird world we live in.

Hi Folks.

Just wanted to share another great reference out there that some may not be aware of. I purchased a book called virtual pose eons ago and one point I sold off a bunch of books and I guess that went with it. My recent direction had me looking for it again, so picked up a copy on amazon for only 9 bucks. It not only has a book of poses, but more importantly, a cd with quicktime VR Poses. So if you have quicktime pro 7 you can open up the mov files and spin around the pose. It's fantastic if you do sculptural work or computer 3d art. I just popped all 54 virtual poses on my hard drive, they are all great. You can purchase poses on the virtual pose website as well, but gets pricey that way. If you can find the book and cd set on amazon the most economical way to do it.

Here is their website:

http://www.virtualpose.net/greenstore2016/

Enjoy :)

Not awful at all. A pretty solid start I think. I think the most successful ones, as far as gesture, are the ones where it looks like you started with the line of action and built up a little around it. I really like that you tried all different technique in each set, really cool. That's a great way to learn. A lot of folks just stick with one thing that works for them, which is fine too. But I think you develop a lot more if you try different things. I like the more structured one's personally, but Henri Matisse might disagree there :) The earliest ones you show are really reminiscent of his work. I think the least successful of the lot re the ones on the right page on the second image down of post #9370. Some proportional issues in those (they are some tough poses) and not as nicely stylized as the first batch you drew. But hey, that's how we learn right? lots of trial and error. Keep em coming :)

Welcome, I am not a newbie to drawing but a newbie to the forum here :) So we are both newbies. Great you are getting back into it. I have had long periods of time without drawing too. I did find other outlets during those times though such as computer, art, and guitar.

I also have suffered clinical depression in the past. Was actually on disability for it for a number of years prior to 2010. But shhhhh, that's my little secret at work lol. Actually, the HR dept and a few managers pretty much know, and they are cool, but you know how some folks get so never mention it there, otherwise I don't care who knows.

Keep at it, look forward to seeing your drawings. I had professors at art school that would outright rip up some people's drawings as a critique :o Don't worry none of that nonsense happening here.

Trying out a program I picked up a while ago called #polybrush. I wanted to try my hand just sketching in it. This one is just a flat plane sketch to get used to it. I need either live or some kind of 3d rotated reference to really fully do a 3d drawing in it. I'm somewhat happy with the result, as in the program so far performs well and is pretty easy to navigate. This is just phase 1 of new directions. Stay tuned.

Here it is rendered in Modo 10:

And here it is in Sketchfab:

https://skfb.ly/6nFTV

I don't know if you are doing it "wrong". I am not sure if there even is a wrong way to draw. But I think there are a lot of things you could try to make your drawings more successful visually.

Forget about things like copying and anatomy knowledge if you can. Focus on what exactly is in front of you instead. Doesn't matter if it's a tree or a figure or a truck or whatever it may be. Start with a strong line of action. What may help is working more from the inside of the subject and working out. Right now I am seeing a lot of relying on the outline of the figure in your drawings, especially the 10 minute ones. Flesh out the form, don't outline so much. Right now I see heavy outlines and light shading, making your drawings look clumpy.

Look at basic concepts like form, negative space, foreshortening, etc.. Tackle them one by one if necessary, keep at it and eventually you will not really need to consciously think about them one by one. It will all swirl around in your head while you draw.

Most importantly is keep at it, learn, and have some fun with it.

These are fantastic Swen! Wow, I was gonna suggest checking out the work of Mike Matessi to push your work even further. I see you are studying with him though. Fantastic! I had the opportunity to have some drawing classes with him while I was studying at animschool. His work and teachings are great. I definitely can see the influence of Matessi on your work. I really dig that animation too. Your gesture drawings are pretty advanced so I don't have much in the way of criticism of them. I'm sure Mike keeps you on your toes with that :) Keep up the great work, keep them coming. May the "force" be with you.

Nice drawings. I don't find your 30 second gestures stiff at all. Nice line of action, good fluid movement. Your 5 minute drawings are very good too, but I can see you lose that fluid movement a little. I guess just finding a balance between the rough gesture and when you start to block out form. But I still wouldn't call them stiff and robotic. I hear you on the goal of drawing consistently. That's really the key. Unfortunately I have not been. I had drawn everyday consistently from middle school age up until I hit 30 or so. Then it was more sporadic. Never too late to get going again. Anyway, look forward to seeing more.

Hi Sanne,

Thank you.

Not really sure what to focus on at this point in my journey with art. I want to find some way to incorporate my style of drawing and painting into my 3d art. I did find an interesting piece of software called polybrush. It's kind of like drawing in Photoshop with a pressure sensitive tablet but in 3d space. Maybe I can give some kind of figure drawing in it a go. Got tomorrow off work so might give it a shot.

Here's a drawing I did the other day using a line of action photo as reference. I call it "tranquility now" (Seinfeld reference).

Hi Ghandi13,

This is a great idea. It is addressed in the FAQ's though. Here it is word for word:

"Do you have an app? Will you have an app? You should make an app.
Apps are a popular suggestion. However, the images used in the gesture drawing tools were provided by very generous photographers interested in helping to train fine artists. Some of them specified in the licensing agreement that their images were not to be displayed in any kind of archive or anywhere but on the site. Out of respect for their artwork and their legal rights, we cannot create an app without expanding our library of images, preferably by commissioning our own photo shoots.

We’ve already held one photo shoot that led to the genesis of the hands/feet and the faces tool. We were able to do this because of the generous donations of our users. We hope to run a funding drive soon for another round of photos, moving us incrementally closer to the day that we can release an app!"

Sorry to jump in before the administrators. Just thought I'd show you that. I also wish it could be an app :)

Hello,

I haven't done any real drawing to speak of since August and went to open pixelovely this morning and it was gone :o I did a quick google search to see what happened and found it here. Wow, was I relieved.

My name is Dennis and I am an artist dwelling in the retail world by day. I currently work as electronics department manager at my local Walmart.

I started my art school years at Pratt Institute. I finished up my degree quite a few years later, when I was 25, at Stony Brook University. When I was 30 I took some computer art classes and fell in love with 3d art. I also have a certificate in computer aided drafting. In 2015 I started computer animation classes at Full Sail Online but left in 2016 to care for my dad who was battling cancer. He passed away in October unfortunately. I most likely will not be returning to Full Sail. But will continue doing artwork for sure. So here I am at the ripe ol age of 46 still fighting the good fight, trying to get myself drawing again.

So here are a couple of my more "recent" works. The face and animal studies I did while at Full Sail. For those I use my xp-pen 22 inch tablet monitor. The dog drawing I did back in August. I did that one on my samsung tab a with s pen.

Looking forward to participate in the boards here and get some drawing done.

Oh, here's a link to my web page if anyone is interested in seeing more artwork: www.dennisborruso.com

Thanks. Cheers.