Ninjams art progress!

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Ninjam wrote on 2012-01-20 04:35

So, deciding i had enough with my stick figures in my programs and having wanted to learn to draw for a long long time, i am now taking a drawing class.

I decided that i would record my progress somewhat here, weekly perhaps, or if it gets clogged monthly. I am not good at drawing at all yet, but here is what i am doing to get better.

3 classes a week, mwf 2 hours a day.
30 minutes to a hour of practice on my own time daily, depending on my mood.

Ive only been in 1 class and 2 days of home practice so far, but i guess i should start with the horrible drawings ive done in the 2 hours total ive drawn, cause the first class was introductions. As soon as i figure out how to upload these webcam photos of my drawings ill put them up.

Anyway, in the absence of a scanner ill post the best webcam/phone pictures of my drawings i can.

Week 1- January 15th-21th
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Week 2- January 22nd-28th
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Week 3- January 29th- February 7th
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Week 4- Feburary 8th- 15th
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Didn't post this weeks because i was busy with school and figuring out how valentines days works.
This is what i drew for my girlfriend, because she was getting me a poem and it seemed like a good idea.
Week 5- Feburary 16th- 23rd
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This week i was captivated by the chair in front of my bed. It called to me.
Week 1- restart
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this is a project that has taken a large majority of my time, basicly all my drawing classes ever since i stoped posting. The other drawings ive done in this time were just doodles or for projects, and nobody wants to see those. Its a self portrait, i think its a great improvement at least, ill be finishing it up on friday.

Restarting the count because i haven't posted much. I think I want to take drawing 2, or painting. They are really fun classes. Perhaps figure drawing? I suppose i could go back and use the progress photos ive been taking from the start to show everyone just how ive been doing this one, but that would be a lot of figuring out so ill just leave this one up, mostly because i have to go and work on my psychology project more.
Fabian wrote on 2012-01-20 05:29

Practice makes the master man!

I hope you keep practicing until you are satisfied with your drawing ability. It looks like it's doing you good so far.

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[SIZE="1"]Totally not flattering you so you can draw my char later on...[/SIZE]
otto wrote on 2012-01-20 07:40

Awesome! Im looking forward to seeing your progress :D
Ninjam wrote on 2012-01-22 06:27

Posted a new one. I know it has not been a full week yet, but i think i improved by a ton, which is cool considering i only started drawing on Wednesday.

The latest one is a fanart of Shizune from Katawa. Based on what i assume is another fanart, a wallpaper i took a liking to.

Charcoal is really fun to draw with. i think that im getting the hang of it. I know im just imitating other drawings for now, but hopefully its helping me develop my own drawing style. I think im getting better at working out how facial features work now.
Sedia wrote on 2012-01-22 06:30

Yay! You drew Shizune!

Good job!
Ninjam wrote on 2012-01-22 06:38

Thanks. Im getting better at drawing i think. Its way easier than i thought. You just gota draw stuff over and over again until it starts looking more like what your copying. That teaches you stuff like "Ears look stupid this way" or "wtf i think i just made her 5000 pounds overweight".

Anyway this drawing is the best yet.I finally am getting better with faces and hair. Im sure ill get hands and feet eventually. And perhaps stop drawing just the tops and draw entire characters. Im going to go show it to my mommy so she can replace it with the last one i drew she hung up on the fridge.

And then i realize im 19. And my drawing was hung up next to my 11 year old sisters drawings.
Ninjam wrote on 2012-02-03 04:45

2 new drawings! i made a few more today, and have a ton from the last week, but didnt feel like posting those. Anyway abstract art! or something, ill let you guys guess what i was going for in those 2.

Still having troubles with drawing people, getting better with shading and lighting and all that with the classes though. There very fun, i saw people drawing with there charcoal taped to a 3 foot long stick.
Ninjam wrote on 2012-02-26 11:23

New content! opinions welcomed!
I think im getting better, were starting on our self-portraits in drawing this week. My teachers making us do grids, its interesting. He said i cant start putting a grid on mine until i learn how to draw a tiger though.
Tiiria wrote on 2012-03-02 20:53

Learn perspective. The lines on boxes should be parallel, not bent like crazy. Learn converging lines. If they're not parallel, pretend the line extends forever. At some point all your lines should meet. Makes it look much more natural. Try working from observation. It helps xover9000.

Treat hair as several shapes put together (or a single shape if it's short or simple hair) rather than hundreds of lines. Even when shading, hair still looks shape-like more than line-like. People have locks of hair. Strands like to cling to each other, not go individually.

Hope all that makes sense. Hope you take the advice. Good luck, I look forward to seeing your process of improvement.
Ninjam wrote on 2012-03-29 07:02

Thanks for the advice. Ive been trying to practice constantly, but I haven't been posting as much because most of it was for programs i'm trying to make for classes, like my psycology project i'm doing involving flash animations. And it all looks boring.

So i uploaded my latest work, my teacher says it's great progress at the very least. The working from observation is what my teacher was trying to teach us with this one i think. He had us use grids and told us to not look at what we thought we were trying to draw but instead draw what we saw, which made no sense until about halfway through the project. Im still not done with this one, i still have one more class to fix it up before starting on my final series of 4 drawings, which in my case i got the go ahead to do houses that i built myself in minecraft.
Cow wrote on 2012-03-29 07:05

Keep practicing, look for inspiration, watch art videos and let the inspiration flood into you!