250 box challenge finished! Plus some figure drawings

 I feel very relieved right now. I'm finally finished with my 250 box challenge! Comparing the final pages with the Organic Perspective exercise I did, I feel very proud of my progress. My boxes feel a lot more solid and dimensional now. Onto Lesson 2 next!

 I also wanted to share a few figure drawings from Clip Studio Paint that I did this morning. I thought I would give it a try since I have been doing more traditional art lately. I downloaded a free trial and pulled out my tablet for the first time in awhile. It's a bit frustrating learning some of the new keyboard shortcuts again, but with practice I think I'll get used to it. 

Some initial thoughts about CSP is that it seems built for digital art in a way that Photoshop never was. Even though PS is the industry standard for a reason and very powerful, it always felt as though it were more geared for photo and image manipulation, rather than pure digital art. I also like that it's easy to get a lot of nice textural elements into the images quite quickly. Definitely something I want to play around with more, maybe with more color as well.

Boxes 223-240 & Sketches

 I am very close to being finished with the 250 box challenge now! I'm up to box #240. 

One of the interesting aspects of the Drawabox training program is the 50% rule. What that is is basically a rule that is saying that you should spend at least equal amounts of time on your own sketches. So I've been trying to do a few sketchbook pages alongside the boxes. Here's some recent people and a cat! Not a fan of how the cat turned out. It was a black cat photograph with low exposure, so I was having trouble reading the details. Nevertheless, I think some of the other sketches turned out okay. Here's to more practice!

Figure Drawing 08/26/22

 Worked on some figure drawing today using Line of Action. It would be cool to be able to do in person figure drawing sessions again, but it's just not in the cards right now. So, photo studies are the next best thing!

Digital Figure Sketch

I have stuff to scan, but I'm feeling a bit lazy. For now, enjoy this figure sketch. xD

Oh, and I had fixed the feet, but the program quit randomly when I tried to save. Progress... lost! Eh, one day I'll pay more attention to feet.

Thought I'd update a little...

I got Sculpey the other day, courtesy of Errol (hi dear!) and made some fun shapes with it. I'm going to use it to do a bunch of value studies and stuff and to get used to objects and their respective form/shapes.

Also, I decided to include a few more gesture/figure drawings. I really gotta practice not letting my drawings get cut off. Remember: composition planning is important!

Note to self: Practice midtones!

Fun with Pastels

I had fun with oil pastels... ^^ I just bought a small set earlier today from the bookstore on a whim (go go impulse buys!). They seem like they will be fun to work with, especially as I can add a bit more color to my stuff.

And, about this piece: I'm noticing now just how short her thighs are, but I'm happy with the torso at least. I'll keep practicing these figure sketches as they're quite fun.

More Figure Work

More figure work... ^^ I finally have a scanner so I can share more of these. This one is maybe a week old or so.

Also, Happy Halloween everyone!

Figure Work

I'll be posting some more figure work as I see fit. ^^ This one was from two weeks ago or so.

Most of the images I'll be posting are referenced from:
http://www.posespace.com/posetool/Default.aspx

I also include the link under Fun and References if anyone else is interested. :D

Overlord Queen

I drew a friend of mine's avatar and this is what I came up with. The premise was that of an overlord queen. I had fun experimenting and not knowing what in the world I was doing. :)