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 ~

: D

Comments

[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.

:)