Hi! i think you are a fantastic artist. Do you recommend sketching traditionally or digitally to reach your standard? :-)
I feel that sketching is one of those things of personal preference - you should do whatever feels most comfortable for you.
For me sketching with pen and paper feels more natural and relaxed (not to mention easier to access at all times), and I hardly ever do “pure sketching” on computer, as I just draw over my traditional sketches.
I usually carry around a small sketch/notebook where I can jot down ideas and observations - I don’t really focus that much on style and presentation in my sketches (unless the idea or observation is style related, of course).
Here’s a sort general idea what my sketches look like:
So, pretty much nothing like my finished pieces. P-:
As to somewhat answer your question: for me, sketches are just the skeleton of the piece, a sort of general idea meant to help figure out what I’m actually going to do and what goes where. They don’t need to look pretty and they certainly don’t need to perfectly define the piece - therefore whether I drew them on paper or on computer is quite irrelevant in the end.
Leaving a lot of room for improvement during the progress works the best for me, as it reduces some of the stress and anxiety, and helps me ignore thoughts like “I suck” / “I’m not good enough” / “Why do I even try?”, since I can counter everything with “It’s just a sketch”. And then the next the step is always about figuring out how to make it looks less terrible.
Some sort of demonstration on how sketches don’t necessarily need to be that big of a deal:
As you can (hopefully) see, the sketch is just a guideline, it tells me that yup, I’m going to paint a kid’s face and then where the kid’s features approximately are. But that’s about it. The rest of it get’s its shape in the progress.
So I guess my tip for improvement would rather be to try and take your stuff as far as your resources (skill, motivation, time, available tools etc.) let you.
If you really believe in the idea behind your work, continue working on it until you feel like there’s nothing more you can do about it. Don’t give up before you’ve done your best.
That being said, everyone works and thinks differently. I know some people who have amazingly beautiful sketchbooks and they tend have very different views on everything I’ve talked about.
But if you’re still figuring out what would be the best for your, it doesn’t hurt to try and see if this way of doing suits you. (-:
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