Learning to Draw

Just a series of posts as I slowly attempt to learn to draw

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So I’ve failed the last few months at finding any time to draw, but I’m trying to commit to sitting down another episode of Pub Draw once or twice a week for the rest of the summer. 

Trying to draw Beau for the inking I realize how much that I’d learned that I’ve now forgotten :( - hopefully drawing more regularly will bring some knowledge back.

Someone please hold me accountable and yell at me if I don’t sit down and draw every week!

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I’ve barely drawn anything in months. I’m definitely a little rusty. Goals going forward: draw more, draw often, practice, practice, practice. 

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Tried to draw Vax jumping over something - definitely happier with it than my last Vax drawing, but should have picked a better reference picture - showing a knee coming directly at you is difficult when you don’t know how to shade. Also, I cannot draw parallel lines to save my life - any tips?

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Finally sat down to do another Pub Draw episode today. Not thrilled with how it turned out, but practice makes perfect right? My evenings are finally starting to free up so hopefully I’ll be able to try Vax in a few posed over the next few weeks. 

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Lots of fun making a quick Keyleth costume this year! Not bad for 2 days and no sewing machine ;) (for me anyways)

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Finally finished working on the Critical Role Puzzle today

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It’s GROG! Another episode of Pub Draw down - thinking I might try my hand at drawing my dnd character soon - nerve wracking to try to go at it without Babs giving me the step-by-step...wish me luck!

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Pub Draw Episode 6! Finally, after a VERY busy summer, I had time to sit down and work through another episode of Pub Draw. By far the best body I’ve ever drawn. It took a while and there are still some things I’m not sure how to fix (i.e. knees and feet), but overall super happy with how it turned out. 

Super excited to try some gesture drawing this week!

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Pub Draw Episode 5 tonight! Tried my hand at some shading and colouring, think it turned out alright, but definitely excited for the episodes where they go into more detail about that.

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Episode 4 of Pub Draw was definitely my favourite so far. So proud of my drawing of Percy! As always, glad to see myself improving with each new drawing. Noticed with this one that I’m getting better at noticing why something looks wrong and figuring out how to fix it!

Can’t wait to see what’s next!

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Worked through Pub Draw episodes 2 and 3 today. Already seeing myself improve. Definitely learning that I have a habit of drawing facial features too small and then having to readjust the head size. 

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Went out this morning and bought a Wacom Intuos drawing tablet thingy and so begins what will hopefully be a very fun, very long journey of learning to draw. I started today with episode 1 of Pub Draw. It was fun and helped me spend some time figuring out my new hardware and software.

It’s definitely got some issues (i.e. head shape, eye location, hair, and a whole lot of asymmetry) and taught me some things I need to change for next time, but overall I am really happy with it and proud of how it turned out.