i can't draw ~

[lookingland]

yeah, so i can't draw (but we already knew that) ~ i doodled and doodled last night and came up with nothing earth-shattering. if anything, i'm out of practice and even had trouble with the faces!

ah well. the best i could come up with was the picture below (which i drew the full-length of, but am only posting the upper-half so as not to make it too big or lose all the detail. i hashingly colored it digitally in painter, just to get a feel for what it would look like.

i keep thinking i really need a "how to draw" book or something, but the truth is, my art, like my writing, is okay as it is, just not what i actually want. it's a style thing (again) ~ and how do you reconcile something when you don't like your own natural style?



mr. morsey, some time between
Slaughter's Mountain and Beatus
(judging by the bushwhacker locks)

i don't hate this, really. and i don't think it's "awful", but it isn't really what i'm trying to do (and trying to articulate the vision in my head is near-impossible, i guess). i could improve at least my basic drafting skills with more practice, but i really need to find some models to copy.

i really like Heuet (p.s. i love Lambiek.net), but his style is too loose for me to imitate. some of his pictures are just blobby suggestions that somehow work. i dunna think i could do that. i love love love his backgrounds and architecture though: full of fine detail ~ he has that sensibility of opposite contrast: the people are broad-brushed and the objects are more meticulous. it's very interesting.

back to the literal drawing board, i guess.

happy sattidy everyone ~

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Comments

[sparowe]

You can't draw?! Hardly! I can't draw a straight line, nor yet a circle. When I see something in my mind, or want something for one of my stories, I have to have it commissioned. Your work is a source of pleasure to me, my dear.. I can understand frustration, but don't devalue what you can do. *hugs*

[lookingland.livejournal.com]

aww, thanks ~ ! i dun't mean i hate what i do or think it sux. it's just not what i want ~ either way, you're right: i should quit my kvetching and remember that being able to draw at all is a gift all its own.

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[countrysoaper.livejournal.com]

If it makes you feel better, I can tell you two things:

(1) I'm impressed by the example of work you've provided in this entry. I like your shading and I do like the expression on the subject's face. There's an obvious thought. If you put him in a context, I have no doubt that his thought would be communicated.

(2) I feel your pain. I can never get onto paper what's in my head. I always think my artistic ventures look like an amatuer high schooler did them. To some degree, I've given up. This is what I can do, whether people like it or not, whether they think I have talent or not. The icon I've used for this comment is one of my oil works. It's an impressionist expression of a candle when I don't have my glasses on. I have no idea if anyone would be able to tell that's what it is.

[lookingland.livejournal.com]

thank you ~ ! i know i shouldn't be so harsh. my brother is an artist, so i think my sensibility about standards is a little warped.

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i think your avatar is very cool (and being blind as a bat myself, i know that's exactly what candlelight looks like in a blur!)

[lastremnant.livejournal.com]

I think it's nice. I like how it looks. :) If you need models, do you mean actual people or other paintings? CGFA is an IMMENSE database of art. :)

[lookingland.livejournal.com]

thanks ~ ! yeah, i just mean references ~ CGFA is a great resource ~ thank you for the reminder!

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[akirad.livejournal.com]

I think you're drawing is really good. And you may not be seeing the results you want, from what I've seen you have your own style that always comes through, so that's a good sign.

You should try being a non-artist (such as myself) - then you'd know what not being able to draw really means, and how frustrating it is to see the ease with which others master it.

:)