PKStoopKid
*PKStoopkid soul at rest*
I use Bristol 9x12 but lately just sketch books since I'm designing my own story and moving from fan art a little
Well, I mainly mean not as reliant on it. Half the time it just feels like i'm tracing by eyesight when i'm doing fan-art.There is nothing wrong with visual reference. As I was taught, you should always use a combination of both imagination and reference. You can't get something right unless you look at it. For example, if you draw a car, you might draw something inadequate because you are relying too much on imagination. Always use photos to guide you. Its great to do things from a visual prospective but art books, and photo will bring your best ability out. I have ton of art books I use when I work on specific things. Use a combination of both. But if you really want to know what something looks like, go to the source.
Well, I mainly mean not as reliant on it. Half the time it just feels like i'm tracing by eyesight when i'm doing fan-art.
Though that's not applicable really when drawing original characters, it feels like a crapshoot how accurate they will come out to your original vision when you never made a decent reference sheet yet. My goal is to make them on the quality level of that blue & yellow Caroline picture someday.
@ToDDaBeLLa
Congrats. I attended NYCC it would've been cool to meet you, but I was only in the artist alley for a little bit it's also funny, I ran into my old high school teacher
I honestly haven't encountered that on Deviantart so far. Granted, I haven't had my account set-up shop for that long nor do I any real sort of traffic on my art pieces at all (except my Skullgirls pics on Deviantart for some reason). My art thread here on Skullheart is basically dead, I got a single like once and no comments or criticism.Don't apply this to logic to whatever you draw. That's something people on DeviantArt say. I still have an account there but I barely post on there since I have tumblr, and other art threads. That's like saying you draw environments and you believe you are tracing from life. How does that sound? Pretty silly logic to apply if you thing so. Never go by this logic. In fact its not logic to go by. If you want to draw a graveyard, sure you can make it up (which you would) but if you look up actual designs of tombstones, you'll start applying more realistic features which is better. Use both" references and your imagination.
But like I said, don't use that logic. That's logic fanbases on DeviartArt use. 14-bis is an example of this (a popular DA user). The way he draws his anatomy is terrible because uses that "eye tracing" logic which is really laughable.
Years ago I met painter at a small showing he was doing. He was going over various pieces of his and even pointing out times where he screwed up (i.e. an action shot where the central character was too balanced in relation to everything else. He gave me props for being the one to point it out when he asked). At one point he was showing a panting of Elric who was wearing a cape. He chimed in on reference saying that its a useful tool, but you have to be careful to not let it become a crutch. He cited Elric's cape, saying that at the time he wasn't quite sure how the shadowing should look, so he took a bed sheet and draped it over a chair. Then he said, in what I think was a jab at Alex Ross, "But if you can't draw a soda can on a table without actually putting a soda can on a table, you might have a problem."
Given the time of year, Hallow does seem appropriate.