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Thursday, June 21st |
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I like how you're using color in your pictures. While it does add a level of finish that isn't "Gimpystick"ish, since Gimpystick is a practice gallery, colors are important and need to be practiced with, too.
The subject matter is also fun. In real life, it's fun to find an old friend and learn he's gotten real powerful, and therefore suddenly have a friend in high places. In a fantasy concept, this takes it to another level and you've got a friend that can accidentally inhale you.
Looking not only at this picture, but at the rest of your gallery, I think the thing that would benefit you the most would be to draw from observation more. Draw trees and houses and furniture and lizards and dogs and people. Visit the zoo and draw anything you find there. Drawing anything and everything you can see, and learn the how the angles of lines work, and how things are pieced together.
It's much easier, especially when you're starting, to draw things that don't move. Animals, when they're not asleep, tend to move around a lot. So until you learn to draw something quickly, and get the most relevant information first to be able to fill in details later, it may be best to stick with inanimate objects.
If you can, get your hands on Betty Edward's book "Drawing on the Right Side of the Brain" and read it and run through the exercises in it. It explains WHY drawing what you see, as opposed to drawing from imagination, is so useful. I've visited a number of bookstores lately, and every single one had at least half a dozen copies of it in a prominent location. And for good reason. It's incredibly useful. |
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