[nws] Daily drawings and doodles 2018: High concept stickfigure art welcome

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dupersaurus: Aug 1, 2012; Futurism was an art movement where dudes were all 'CARS ARE COOL AND THE PAST IS FOR CHUMPS. LET'S DRAW SOME CARS.'

Did a paint your partner paint and pour. I�m satisfied with the result.

# ¿ Feb 13, 2018 03:35

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# ¿ Apr 19, 2024 21:06

dupersaurus: Aug 1, 2012; Futurism was an art movement where dudes were all 'CARS ARE COOL AND THE PAST IS FOR CHUMPS. LET'S DRAW SOME CARS.'

I had contour drawings on the mind so I sat down and did some. It was... illuminating?

# ¿ Feb 16, 2018 05:04

dupersaurus: Aug 1, 2012; Futurism was an art movement where dudes were all 'CARS ARE COOL AND THE PAST IS FOR CHUMPS. LET'S DRAW SOME CARS.'

Sharpest Crayon posted:

Did it illuminate a deep-buried dark corner of your mind where you found out you only wanna draw cats forever? Or did it just illuminate the same corner from my mind, where I only want to see you draw cats forever?

Drawing my cats is something that has been lurking in my brain...

# ¿ Feb 17, 2018 02:11

dupersaurus: Aug 1, 2012; Futurism was an art movement where dudes were all 'CARS ARE COOL AND THE PAST IS FOR CHUMPS. LET'S DRAW SOME CARS.'

dupersaurus posted:

Drawing my cats is something that has been lurking in my brain...

That didn�t take long

# ¿ Feb 17, 2018 04:42

dupersaurus: Aug 1, 2012; Futurism was an art movement where dudes were all 'CARS ARE COOL AND THE PAST IS FOR CHUMPS. LET'S DRAW SOME CARS.'

Sharpest Crayon posted:

Yessss did you use the same catface as reference as on the last page of the contour drawings?

The contour mlep was his sister

# ¿ Feb 17, 2018 18:11

dupersaurus: Aug 1, 2012; Futurism was an art movement where dudes were all 'CARS ARE COOL AND THE PAST IS FOR CHUMPS. LET'S DRAW SOME CARS.'

Going back to my basics, but with the challenge of pen-only; no pencil, the only take-backsie is what can be hidden with the brush

Sorry for letting you down Crayon

# ¿ Feb 20, 2018 05:18

dupersaurus: Aug 1, 2012; Futurism was an art movement where dudes were all 'CARS ARE COOL AND THE PAST IS FOR CHUMPS. LET'S DRAW SOME CARS.'

No take backsie drawing is both thrilling and infuriating

# ¿ Feb 23, 2018 01:35

dupersaurus: Aug 1, 2012; Futurism was an art movement where dudes were all 'CARS ARE COOL AND THE PAST IS FOR CHUMPS. LET'S DRAW SOME CARS.'

Do you guys have favorite prompt sources?

# ¿ Feb 25, 2018 01:44

dupersaurus: Aug 1, 2012; Futurism was an art movement where dudes were all 'CARS ARE COOL AND THE PAST IS FOR CHUMPS. LET'S DRAW SOME CARS.'

I'm still on this crazy train

_{My apologies to Ste Audrey}

I've been struggling to find character in my drawing and character in what I'm drawing -- but that's expected as I'm criminally out of practice -- but I think with the last two I'm starting to find it. I think I was trying to be too conceptual and climbing up my own rear end, so I took a few steps back and it helped.

Choosing to go straight to pen is helping keep me honest, even if it's upping the difficulty.

# ¿ Feb 27, 2018 21:31

dupersaurus: Aug 1, 2012; Futurism was an art movement where dudes were all 'CARS ARE COOL AND THE PAST IS FOR CHUMPS. LET'S DRAW SOME CARS.'

I think I�m working too small for the technique (small moleskinne), but I like the approach

# ¿ Mar 3, 2018 20:44

dupersaurus: Aug 1, 2012; Futurism was an art movement where dudes were all 'CARS ARE COOL AND THE PAST IS FOR CHUMPS. LET'S DRAW SOME CARS.'

Sharpest Crayon posted:

I like how you've separated the coloured background from the black&white portrait to accentuate the silhouette! For next time, I'd curve the shading on the nose upward, it would "read" as a raised structure better.

That would have been smart to do

Sharpest Crayon posted:

I hear that furries pay well for commissions and I do love painting animals so I thought I'd try it a bit but I don't think I could do this for an extended period of time

(Nick from Zootopia as Jessica Rabbit)

That is a deep, dark hole you're staring down

# ¿ Mar 4, 2018 21:17

dupersaurus: Aug 1, 2012; Futurism was an art movement where dudes were all 'CARS ARE COOL AND THE PAST IS FOR CHUMPS. LET'S DRAW SOME CARS.'

Note to self: if I�m going to do this, pick sources with more defined lighting

# ¿ Mar 5, 2018 01:29

dupersaurus: Aug 1, 2012; Futurism was an art movement where dudes were all 'CARS ARE COOL AND THE PAST IS FOR CHUMPS. LET'S DRAW SOME CARS.'

Lunch break quickie, had enough of naturalism

# ¿ Mar 5, 2018 22:06

dupersaurus: Aug 1, 2012; Futurism was an art movement where dudes were all 'CARS ARE COOL AND THE PAST IS FOR CHUMPS. LET'S DRAW SOME CARS.'

My brain is taking me places. I don't know where and I don't hate it, I'm just along for the ride. It's been awhile.

# ¿ Mar 7, 2018 21:09

dupersaurus: Aug 1, 2012; Futurism was an art movement where dudes were all 'CARS ARE COOL AND THE PAST IS FOR CHUMPS. LET'S DRAW SOME CARS.'

Still on this train. Figured I needed to do a (and probably more) tough lady for a change

dupersaurii of the past posted:

Is this sort of aesthetic appealing in any way? It's fun enough for shooting the poo poo in the sketchbook, but do you see it applying in anyway in a more formal setting/execution?

# ¿ Mar 12, 2018 19:50

dupersaurus: Aug 1, 2012; Futurism was an art movement where dudes were all 'CARS ARE COOL AND THE PAST IS FOR CHUMPS. LET'S DRAW SOME CARS.'

Spinster posted:

E: what I mean is the felt pen look has got to go but I know you know that.

Yeah, I'd break out real ink and paint. Maybe even relief print.

Neon Noodle posted:

It's Jane!!!

Jane?

# ¿ Mar 13, 2018 14:04

dupersaurus: Aug 1, 2012; Futurism was an art movement where dudes were all 'CARS ARE COOL AND THE PAST IS FOR CHUMPS. LET'S DRAW SOME CARS.'

Can't stop won't stop. One page to go in this sketchbook

Neon Noodle posted:

From Daria.

Subliminal influences

# ¿ Mar 13, 2018 21:27

dupersaurus: Aug 1, 2012; Futurism was an art movement where dudes were all 'CARS ARE COOL AND THE PAST IS FOR CHUMPS. LET'S DRAW SOME CARS.'

RIP Moleskinne, 2010-2018. I think this is only the second sketchbook I've actually filled up...

It's been fun to see the confidence and some of my old pizazz coming back over the last few weeks. My aesthetic du jour may not be that demanding, but it's been great at getting my eye back in.

# ¿ Mar 14, 2018 18:20

dupersaurus: Aug 1, 2012; Futurism was an art movement where dudes were all 'CARS ARE COOL AND THE PAST IS FOR CHUMPS. LET'S DRAW SOME CARS.'

New sketchbook day comes with new tools

Moleskine changed the sketchbook paper and I'm worried that it sucks
Pentel Stylo kicks the crap out of the faber castells I've been using for ages
Metallic sharpie

# ¿ Mar 15, 2018 22:06

dupersaurus: Aug 1, 2012; Futurism was an art movement where dudes were all 'CARS ARE COOL AND THE PAST IS FOR CHUMPS. LET'S DRAW SOME CARS.'

Sharpest Crayon posted:

Not having ctrl-z all of a sudden REALLY ~~SUCKS~~ MAKES THINGS GREAT doesn't it?

Yes!

# ¿ Mar 25, 2018 08:50

dupersaurus: Aug 1, 2012; Futurism was an art movement where dudes were all 'CARS ARE COOL AND THE PAST IS FOR CHUMPS. LET'S DRAW SOME CARS.'

Sharpest Crayon posted:

I finally got some pics of the watercolours I've been working on:

Flowers, so inspired.

Kitty, v. inspired ( I framed this )

Jelly bunny already in cheap IKEA frames

Finally got masking fluid! Trying it out for the first time, spider fishing wip:

Seal wip, second to deal with the masking fluid.

Your style def jives very well with watercolor. IMHO much better than in digital, but that�s probably just my real media bias peeking through. 12/10 would mask again

# ¿ Mar 26, 2018 07:41

dupersaurus: Aug 1, 2012; Futurism was an art movement where dudes were all 'CARS ARE COOL AND THE PAST IS FOR CHUMPS. LET'S DRAW SOME CARS.'

Been off honeymooning, but have had some time to doodle things with varying degrees of success

And my favorite, which I proceeded to screw up

I think when I get home I�ll try putting some of my favorites from this binge to paint.

# ¿ Mar 26, 2018 21:39

dupersaurus: Aug 1, 2012; Futurism was an art movement where dudes were all 'CARS ARE COOL AND THE PAST IS FOR CHUMPS. LET'S DRAW SOME CARS.'

Wowporn posted:

Then in college everyone says never draw fanart or self indulgent stuff you were either working on a 6 hour life drawing of orange peels on some lady's nude body or you were doing designs for some larger conceptual project or something (it doesn't help that my college treated every singe student like they were trying to become an independent visionary making some high art grand opus, rather than just like people who wanted to get really good at a specific set of skills so a studio would hire them. I really wish they would adjust to people with different priorities)

I frequently think that people who spent like 12 years very passionately illustrating their warrior cats fanfiction or w/e throughout adolescence end up honing their skills better cause they just whole heartedly worked at the thing they liked most for thousands of hours instead of caring about being some perfectly well rounded art luminary

That sort of thinking is a very good way to pigeon hole yourself into running out of options. Being able to do more than a specific set of superficial things is a much more valuable skill (source: going to a school that sorta indulged in that, then watched nobody get jobs until they learned the fundamental lessons on their own)

Cool drawing, tho

I think I�m starting to get too toony with these, need to step back and re-evaluate

# ¿ Mar 29, 2018 08:51

dupersaurus: Aug 1, 2012; Futurism was an art movement where dudes were all 'CARS ARE COOL AND THE PAST IS FOR CHUMPS. LET'S DRAW SOME CARS.'

Starting to slow down, need to find some spice

# ¿ Apr 3, 2018 18:58

dupersaurus: Aug 1, 2012; Futurism was an art movement where dudes were all 'CARS ARE COOL AND THE PAST IS FOR CHUMPS. LET'S DRAW SOME CARS.'

Broke the paints out for the first time in awhile to do a test. Acrylic on gesso board

Was having my usual problems with even application and sharp lines when I had (I think) a revelation that I've been waiting years to have: why am I using heavy body paints for flat layers? Surely a quality thinner paint would work better?

I also touched up the lines with a paint marker, which felt like cheating, but hey it worked

# ¿ Apr 5, 2018 20:23

dupersaurus: Aug 1, 2012; Futurism was an art movement where dudes were all 'CARS ARE COOL AND THE PAST IS FOR CHUMPS. LET'S DRAW SOME CARS.'

I think I've been skirting around some ancient Egyptian influence, and I needed to do a test piece for a new surface and technique, so decided to go all-in on it for kicks

I was hoping the unpainted wood would come out more as wood, but as it's basswood I'm not terribly hopeful. It may be a failure of size and technique; I've got a bigger piece I'm prepping, and I'm going to go more more traditional (for me), so we'll see.

I'm in love with the gold and turquoise, though, for better or worse

# ¿ Apr 9, 2018 02:22

dupersaurus: Aug 1, 2012; Futurism was an art movement where dudes were all 'CARS ARE COOL AND THE PAST IS FOR CHUMPS. LET'S DRAW SOME CARS.'

Internet Kraken posted:

So dumb question: how do you guys draw stars? I mean the cartoony, 5 pointed stars. It seems like such a simple shape but I tried drawing some and found I couldn't get very few that actually looked good

Make or imagine the five points, then going around the circle, draw a line from one point to the second next point, until all points are connected. Kinda like drawing a pentagon but not connecting neighboring points.

# ¿ Apr 11, 2018 02:24

dupersaurus: Aug 1, 2012; Futurism was an art movement where dudes were all 'CARS ARE COOL AND THE PAST IS FOR CHUMPS. LET'S DRAW SOME CARS.'

Another experiment in wood, just at a bigger size and with an established drawing

Still losing the wood grain. Basswood's not very strongly grained as it is, but mainly the clear gesso really isn't (at least not enough) and it's washing out what grain there is. The logical next step is to only gesso what I'm going to be painting, which presents a problem with the lines. The real solution is to varnish or lacquer and paint on top of that, but that's a hell of an escalation. May just stick with plain old white gesso or go back to illustration board.

That said, though, I think these will really shine when bigger than 3x5. This one is 9x12, but I really want to do 11x14 or maybe even 12x16

# ¿ Apr 11, 2018 14:47

dupersaurus: Aug 1, 2012; Futurism was an art movement where dudes were all 'CARS ARE COOL AND THE PAST IS FOR CHUMPS. LET'S DRAW SOME CARS.'

Sharpest Crayon posted:

Thank you for your kind words, they lifted my spirits which was sorely needed because this week has not been easy.

However, I've been sitting on the sketch for this since last weekend and finally got the time to start putting down colour:

The masking fluid is like magic, but it is difficult to work with. I bought some brushes meant for the fluid, but it gunks them up so fast. Wondering it a fountain pen would work better... or if it would just get gummed up just as fast. I gotta experiment with this. Bring in some toothpicks or something.

Have you tried frisket film? It has its own set of problems, but you�re not constantly sacrificing brushes to the masking gods. Pens would definitely not work, but maybe foam brushes?

Love those patterns.

# ¿ Apr 15, 2018 00:33

dupersaurus: Aug 1, 2012; Futurism was an art movement where dudes were all 'CARS ARE COOL AND THE PAST IS FOR CHUMPS. LET'S DRAW SOME CARS.'

Sharpest Crayon posted:

I absolutely have not nor have I ever heard of it! I'll look into it and whether or not I can translate that. Fun fact: when I was trying to find masking fluid (that I also had not heard of until Neon Noodle mentioned using it in one of their paintings) I was going up to the bookshop and craft shop and describing what it does to find it because I did not have a translation for the stuff. Did not find any, had to order it on amazon.

It's kinda like fancy masking tape, although now that I think of it I don't know if it's intended for wet media. I used it a bunch back in school with pastels.

# ¿ Apr 17, 2018 13:52

dupersaurus: Aug 1, 2012; Futurism was an art movement where dudes were all 'CARS ARE COOL AND THE PAST IS FOR CHUMPS. LET'S DRAW SOME CARS.'

Did a small off-the-cuff piece to try some thoughts I had

Inversed the coloring to see if the wood comes out better, and... eh? Looks more and more like I'd have to properly finish the wood before painting to get the woodness out. The paint pen is unreliable on uncoated wood, although brush paint seems fine.
Thought that adding a shadow might be interesting. I goofed on the direction of the light (lines say right, shadow says left), and the color of the shadow isn't the best. Might work better with a colored background.
I do like the inverse color, though

# ¿ Apr 18, 2018 19:53

dupersaurus: Aug 1, 2012; Futurism was an art movement where dudes were all 'CARS ARE COOL AND THE PAST IS FOR CHUMPS. LET'S DRAW SOME CARS.'

# ¿ Apr 19, 2018 22:03

dupersaurus: Aug 1, 2012; Futurism was an art movement where dudes were all 'CARS ARE COOL AND THE PAST IS FOR CHUMPS. LET'S DRAW SOME CARS.'

Bright white might be too strong, should try an off-white to match that sketchbook feel

Sharpest Crayon posted:

gently caress yesss now gimme some pink on that tongue

# ¿ Apr 20, 2018 18:15

dupersaurus: Aug 1, 2012; Futurism was an art movement where dudes were all 'CARS ARE COOL AND THE PAST IS FOR CHUMPS. LET'S DRAW SOME CARS.'

Not technically a daily drawing, although I think all of these have appeared in the various incarnations of this thread. I'm applying for my first art show, and had to put together a sample booth. It was really cool seeing the years of work all hanging together all official-like

# ¿ May 2, 2018 02:13

dupersaurus: Aug 1, 2012; Futurism was an art movement where dudes were all 'CARS ARE COOL AND THE PAST IS FOR CHUMPS. LET'S DRAW SOME CARS.'

Obligatory #MerMay, first test print. First time using quality wood, would wood again

# ¿ May 18, 2018 19:35

dupersaurus: Aug 1, 2012; Futurism was an art movement where dudes were all 'CARS ARE COOL AND THE PAST IS FOR CHUMPS. LET'S DRAW SOME CARS.'

Sharpest Crayon posted:

What makes a carving wood good? I've only tried carving the lithoboards a couple of times ages ago.
It's a shame the print didn't pick up the slight smile, do you plan on doing any on coloured paper? I think the carving suits your style really well!

It�s all about the grain and how well it holds together. This is basswood so it�s about the consistency of lino, but good carving basswood instead of lovely Michaels basswood. You can go up to harder woods like cherry or maple which are harder to cut, but hold fine lines better and last for more presses than lino.

I want to get some cream or off white paper, but probably no real colors.

# ¿ May 19, 2018 01:18

dupersaurus: Aug 1, 2012; Futurism was an art movement where dudes were all 'CARS ARE COOL AND THE PAST IS FOR CHUMPS. LET'S DRAW SOME CARS.'

Carving away some more

# ¿ May 23, 2018 03:56

dupersaurus: Aug 1, 2012; Futurism was an art movement where dudes were all 'CARS ARE COOL AND THE PAST IS FOR CHUMPS. LET'S DRAW SOME CARS.'

Internet Kraken posted:

I'm trying to do some figure drawing and really struggling. Mainly, I have no idea where to start when drawing a figure. I don't know what part of the body to use as the base and work from there. A bigger problem though is poses where various body parts overlap one another, the drawing turns into a big mess. It starts to look confusing and cluttered and while I understand the point of a sketch is to serve as a base you draw over, it doesn't really help when its just a blurry mess.

I'm just having the problem where I feel so totally overwhelmed by it and it makes me want to go do anything else instead. Stressful art is the worst.

My process:

Mark the top of the head, mark the bottom of the feet*
Figure out and mark where the hips are between those lines*
Figure out the sweep of the spine
Figure out the sweep of the shoulders
Gesture the outline of the body
???
Finished, perfect drawing

(*Replace feet with whatever the lowest significant part is, usually the hips. If using the hips, skip step 2)

The head is usually the only part I'll sausage or box, and that usually doesn't last very long. I find that boxing gets in the way of seeing the gestures, but that's about how I see and I have many many years of practice so ymmv.

Any way you block out, the key is to identify what the most important lines are, and there's no real way past that other than experience. But if you're talking about overlapping shapes, then look for the line that's most strongly affects the image (it may not be the most visible line...), block it in and use that as the reference point for everything else.

# ¿ May 31, 2018 13:55

dupersaurus: Aug 1, 2012; Futurism was an art movement where dudes were all 'CARS ARE COOL AND THE PAST IS FOR CHUMPS. LET'S DRAW SOME CARS.'

Art fair application didn�t work out so I�ve been thinking about my vision and how I can push myself. So I�ve been sketching (but mostly playing rocket league) and trying not to focus too much on finalizing

# ¿ Jun 24, 2018 15:44

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# ¿ Apr 19, 2024 21:06

dupersaurus: Aug 1, 2012; Futurism was an art movement where dudes were all 'CARS ARE COOL AND THE PAST IS FOR CHUMPS. LET'S DRAW SOME CARS.'

Back on the wagon. Trying out some new papers, too.

# ¿ Jul 26, 2018 18:06

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