Wow! The lines in this are fantastic.
Thank you so much for the positive feedback, kazmac !Wow! The lines in this are fantastic.
Thank you! And yours is equally amazing!@japanime That’s awesome.
Well, it’s never too early to start fan art. So Moon Knight series fan art now...
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If working these flowers wasn't relaxing, I wouldn't know what is. Lovely drawing ?I’m very much a novice with Procreate and I haven’t spent a lot of my life doing painterly activities, but I enjoyed this paint-along with Teela Cunningham after doing quite a few of her tutorials. I’m finally beginning to feel like it’s okay to trace a reference photo to use a sketch template then play with coloring it. It’s not original, but it gets me past the part I don’t like (drawing). I’m trying to develop an interest in something I can do purely for relaxation.
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I have been working through many Teela tutorials plus her free Procreate courses (first the one for the previous version, now the one for the latest version), her watercolor lettering course (I don’t really care about lettering, but the lessons on watercolor floral techniques are great), and her watercolor florals course. Her weekly free tutorials are all over the map as far as techniques. Sometimes it’s flat, sometimes watercolor, sometimes loose, sometimes illustration-like. It’s interesting to try different things, although I don’t do them all.Very nice work @LibbyLA Thanks for mentioning those tutorials again. I need to get over the tracing stigma as that will help with my art. It does help you learn to draw.
Besides, a comic artist I admire who did all the fine art training (and is amazing) admitted some of his recent work was traced (Possibly the awesome art he did for a few dvd covers.)
Your Sakura blossoms are beautiful.
Thanks again for your post.?
Just a few ideas, call it a "plan of attack", in case you want to outgrow the tracing:Very nice work @LibbyLA Thanks for mentioning those tutorials again. I need to get over the tracing stigma as that will help with my art. It does help you learn to draw.
Besides, a comic artist I admire who did all the fine art training (and is amazing) admitted some of his recent work was traced (Possibly the awesome art he did for a few dvd covers.)
Your Sakura blossoms are beautiful.
Thanks again for your post.?
Thanks for that reminder about using grids. Procreate makes it easy to do the grids. Lazy (efficient?) me would bring the photo in, create the grid, take a screen shotJust a few ideas, call it a "plan of attack", in case you want to outgrow the tracing:
Step 1: draw a square grid over the reference image (size depends on the image size), and draw another square grid on a blank page (size depends on the canvas dimensions). Start copy/drawing, square per square.
Step 2: draw a grid of 3 x 3 rectangles (Rule of Thirds!) that covers the reference image, and another on a blank page. Start copy/drawing, but this time also start studying the shapes and their proportions more carefully.
Step 3 (optional): draw a bounding box around the subject, and extend the main lines of the shapes in the reference image to the bounding box lines. Repeat the bounding box on your canvas, as well as the anchor points on its perimeter. Now start 'connecting the dots'.
Step 4: skip the grid, just imagine it. Perhaps start with a few guidelines (main construction lines, axes, vanishing points...). Now concentrate on the proportions and the shapes (or negative shapes!) in the reference image and start drawing them.
Above all, enjoy the process (© @LibbyLA)
notes
- I hope the above makes sense
- I am by no means an art teacher
- YMMV
All solid techniques. I’ve tried those and will try again at some point. Thanks.?Just a few ideas, call it a "plan of attack", in case you want to outgrow the tracing:
Step 1: draw a square grid over the reference image (size depends on the image size), and draw another square grid on a blank page (size depends on the canvas dimensions). Start copy/drawing, square per square.
Step 2: draw a grid of 3 x 3 rectangles (Rule of Thirds!) that covers the reference image, and another on a blank page. Start copy/drawing, but this time also start studying the shapes and their proportions more carefully.
Step 3 (optional): draw a bounding box around the subject, and extend the main lines of the shapes in the reference image to the bounding box lines. Repeat the bounding box on your canvas, as well as the anchor points on its perimeter. Now start 'connecting the dots'.
Step 4: skip the grid, just imagine it. Perhaps start with a few guidelines (main construction lines, axes, vanishing points...). Now concentrate on the proportions and the shapes (or negative shapes!) in the reference image and start drawing them.
Above all, enjoy the process (© @LibbyLA)
notes
- I hope the above makes sense
- I am by no means an art teacher
- YMMV