Just a thought...I would love to know about how you learned to draw...how you started out...your favorite techniques...your workspace...things like that. I love to draw realistic images...although so far I have been sticking to still life because I just can't seem to get faces right. Not that I'm bad with faces...it's just that when I draw Jensen or Jared...the drawing is okay...it just doesn't look like them...if you know what I mean. I just love your style...I would love to be able to draw like you in the future so I am really curious about how you started out and how you got to where you are. If you don't feel like it, I understand...just know I love your work and aspire to draw like you someday. :-)
I'm sorry, I didn't see the comment you left on my art master post asking me questions about my technique, etc...LJ being down didn't help either :/ Thank you so much for your very kind comment about my work ♥
How I started: I started with mangas :( Bad start, VERY bad start because when I wanted to start drawing in a realistic style, I had to "un-learn" everything and to forget what I knew about manga. It was horrible. It took me ages because there was always something "manga-ish" in my work but it finally went away! My aunt, who is an art teacher helped me a lot. The trouble is that she doesn't know anything about PS so I had to learn on my own. I used the book "Photoshop for Dummies" (don't laugh). For the rest it's practice by reproducing photos of actors and people from my family, a lot of "AAAAAH NOOOOOOO!!", a lot of drawings thrown in the trash. I'm 34, I started to draw at 8 so I've been drawing for 26 years. I used my aunt's art books about body proportions and anatomy to learn how to draw faces (no Internet at the time)
Photoshop: I rarely start working on Photoshop directly. I can't. I work on a sketch on a piece of paper with the reference photos in front of me. Then I scan the picture and I open it in Photoshop. The number of layers depends on the drawing but I do something that is unusual for someone who works in PS, I flatten the image quite often (it's bad): when I use PS, I tend to use the software as if I was working on a real canvas. It's completely ridiculous.
My workspace: I have a computer that is about 2 year old (Windows XP) with softwares like Photoshop CS, CS4, Artrage, Manga Studio, Painter Essential 3 and Paint tool SAI (you don't need all that, the number of softwares I have is ridiculous). I have a tablet, a Wacom Bamboo fun. When it comes to traditional art, I work on a small pink table in my living room with all kind of paintings mainly watercolors, poster paints, pastels and color pencils.
If you want to find great help when it comes to realistic style, you should check out Euclase Tumblr, she posts great tutorials about realistic style, colors, drawing faces etc..
I hope it helped, if you have other questions, just ask :)
Wow! Thank you so much for taking the time to answer! It means a lot...I feel so lost when it comes to drawing...I am just starting out. So it is awesome to hear about how you started. It gives me real hope that someday I can be just as good. Thank you again...I'm going to copy all this down. :-)
You're welcome ^^ If you need help, don't hesitate to contact me!
I feel so lost when it comes to drawing... I went to check out your drawings and you don't seem like someone who is lost when it comes to drawing!! It's really good ^^ Hang in there ♥
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I love to draw realistic images...although so far I have been sticking to still life because I just can't seem to get faces right. Not that I'm bad with faces...it's just that when I draw Jensen or Jared...the drawing is okay...it just doesn't look like them...if you know what I mean.
I just love your style...I would love to be able to draw like you in the future so I am really curious about how you started out and how you got to where you are.
If you don't feel like it, I understand...just know I love your work and aspire to draw like you someday. :-)
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Ok! So if you want to know more about me I wrote this article on Spnroundtable about one year ago: http://spnroundtable.livejournal.com/223411.html
How I started: I started with mangas :( Bad start, VERY bad start because when I wanted to start drawing in a realistic style, I had to "un-learn" everything and to forget what I knew about manga. It was horrible. It took me ages because there was always something "manga-ish" in my work but it finally went away! My aunt, who is an art teacher helped me a lot. The trouble is that she doesn't know anything about PS so I had to learn on my own. I used the book "Photoshop for Dummies" (don't laugh).
For the rest it's practice by reproducing photos of actors and people from my family, a lot of "AAAAAH NOOOOOOO!!", a lot of drawings thrown in the trash. I'm 34, I started to draw at 8 so I've been drawing for 26 years. I used my aunt's art books about body proportions and anatomy to learn how to draw faces (no Internet at the time)
Photoshop: I rarely start working on Photoshop directly. I can't. I work on a sketch on a piece of paper with the reference photos in front of me. Then I scan the picture and I open it in Photoshop. The number of layers depends on the drawing but I do something that is unusual for someone who works in PS, I flatten the image quite often (it's bad): when I use PS, I tend to use the software as if I was working on a real canvas. It's completely ridiculous.
My workspace: I have a computer that is about 2 year old (Windows XP) with softwares like Photoshop CS, CS4, Artrage, Manga Studio, Painter Essential 3 and Paint tool SAI (you don't need all that, the number of softwares I have is ridiculous). I have a tablet, a Wacom Bamboo fun. When it comes to traditional art, I work on a small pink table in my living room with all kind of paintings mainly watercolors, poster paints, pastels and color pencils.
If you want to find great help when it comes to realistic style, you should check out Euclase Tumblr, she posts great tutorials about realistic style, colors, drawing faces etc..
I hope it helped, if you have other questions, just ask :)
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:-)
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If you need help, don't hesitate to contact me!
I feel so lost when it comes to drawing...
I went to check out your drawings and you don't seem like someone who is lost when it comes to drawing!! It's really good ^^ Hang in there ♥
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Thank you! It means so much to hear you say that!! You made my day!