Will Lake's Greatest Adventure

[FootstepsBeckon]

bapsi: heeeeey 3 working more slowly is something i definately can focus on,when i drew that yesterday i rushed to block in the foot and didnt go back to adjust it at all for some reason :C i also seem to be quite bad at drawing foreshortened foots! ill have a think about it. The villpu picture you posted there is great- until about 2 weeks ago i used no construction and just contoured things in really so this boxing of the pelvis ribs etc seems similar to the hampton method ive picked up! :]

oh and its a man :'( buhuhu

Will

[FootstepsBeckon]

evenin' guys! heres today's mess,mainly life studies..:B ARGL BARGL.

and my god,what a load of cute chicks in the institute tonight *_*



















See ya tommorow,


Will x

[Naidy]

Ey feller

Good to see you're keeping up the same update rates. That second attempt at your self portrait is looking so much better.
Not much else to say, just keep up the good work and try to find ways that'll help you retain what you're learning in your studies. It's like in science; you can learn an equation for something, but you only really understand it when you test it out a few times on IRL situations.
Anyways, keep up the good work.

[Ceinwen Fang]

Ahhh I'm sorry I missed it!
Those are nice, especially the top set of seated drawings.

[karmiclychee]

Hey FrancisBacon! U HAVE A VRY NICE SKETCHBOOK I LIKEIT.

I really want to see more out of your life studies. It seems to me like the edge of the page is really confounding you... try a larger sketchbook and draw a frame before you start drawing. I hear it also helps with composition.

[Pervy]

T-T spare me your life study models, I would love to offer them a home between my paper and pencil.

lol anyways like seeing all these updates from you, o-o its just awesome seeing just your up to. Along with what karmiclychee mentioned about your sketchbook, i'm just curious what sketchbook size are you using since I myself use a pretty big 12x18 sketchbook and find myself kinda wanting to use a smaller one for variety ahah.

[FootstepsBeckon]

OH LORD. All my friends are arriving at once ;D

naidy: yaaay \o/ i shall

larchist: you know you're always invited :3 thanks larchie

lychee: these drawings are from a standard a4 pad..i did try the framing technnique(very very briefly) but couldnt get the hang of it yet,a lot of my figures refuse to stay on the page allocated to them D: i have a MASSIVE PAD (will take a photo later) but its not so portable for life drawing :C

Pervy: hoiii buddy. Ill send you some of the life models in an envelope- as i said to lychee,i primarily work out of a4 pads but as we speak the only one i have left aside from the humungous unmovable one is a very small a6 moleskin..and im all outta printer paper too ffffff.

Couldnt update last night because the night consumed me! ill update after work today :3


See you soon,

Will x

[FootstepsBeckon]

hoi-hoi! todays dumpery.













you should be able to spot the imagination stuff by now,my heads always look the same- same expression same miss-borked proportioning but i cant see why i keep doing them like that,id love some advice if anyone can offer some.


See ya tommorow,

Will x

[Naidy]

Hey, some interesting pen work going on there.
I think you're starting to get a better grasp on the underlying structure of heads and faces. Now, keep on building on that understanding. Make a concious effort to notice common patterns in faces and always try to apply what you've learnt in your imaginary drawings, that way you'll be sure to retain what you learn from your studies.

Personally I think you're doing great, but there's always room to push yourself.
So keep up the studies, they're looking great.

[tehmeh]

id love some advice if anyone can offer some.

[Vay]

Hey, thanks for stopping by my sketchbook.

For your strokes, try to limit to a single stroke for one side of an object (e.g. using one stroke for one side of a square), or else the drawing looks scratchy. I would recommend the book "Keys to drawing" by Bert Dodson, the book has some pretty good advice that can benefit you.

[dimi]

hey dude the michael hampton studies are coming nicely well done keep it up

[FootstepsBeckon]

naidy: PREPARE FOR MSN GLOMPING.

tehmeh: cant really cover much of a thanks here,but that was really amazing of you to do dude,i really appreciate it. TO the msnmobile!

vay: scratchyness is something id like to lose indeed,ill check out the book- is there a section about that specifically? thanks for the advice dude :B

dimi: promise i will,loomis this weekend then hampton in the week!

Now then today i did about 2-3 hours of loomis heads-basic stuff and the photos are crap but im going to try and self redline these tommorow as per the advice above :3







loomis loomis loomis

you guys

cya tommorow!

Will

[mitchoo]

Nice sketchbook! Really cool to see your progression. It also helps me to know what I should focus on. Can't give you any tips other then keep posting! Are you following an art education btw (or have followed)?

[FootstepsBeckon]

thankyou michoo! :B promise ill keep posting :3 no ive never had an art education..or been on a course. My art teachers in school were uninspiring and whiney at the best of times,i did a history degree and now im a banker D:

heres todays crap...did a lot more reading on theory and not much practical drawing :C
oh and a quick HIPSTER RETRO FILTERED procrastination fix of my desk- because the laptop is so distracting ;_;










See ya tommorow,
Will

[karmiclychee]

Somehow, my subscription to your thread is broken. Alas.

Nice studies on your facial structures and the like.

[Naidy]

Why hello, hello.
What's this then?

That is a fair amount of studies, really admire the dedication you've been showing lately and believe me, it's starting to show results. Auugh. I feel lazy just looking at what you've been doing. Time for me to do more studies, I reckon.
By the way, nice desk.

[Black Spot]

It's great to see someone decide to work hard and go for it.

Your work station looks too tidy, or maybe that's just me.

[Pervy]

Wow awesome updates! Those loomis studies are looking like they've been ripped right out of the book and its definitely showing in your improvement.


lol and like black spot mentioned, your station is nice and tidy *cough* unlike mine which could probably scare children if they saw the messy environment ahah. But, anyways definitely keep up those studies because it's always inspring to see you pushing forward!

[FootstepsBeckon]

I return from beaches,fields and warm sunny days to find naught but friends in company! hey guys thanks for stopping by

Naidy: thankyou naidy,i will come serenade you with sweet nothings on msn,its geniune BARK

lychee: thanks dude :]

black spot: i appreciate your words,its very nice to hear other ppl think you're working hard because its sometimes hard to realise when you are *_* i hope you dont mind but i started following your twitter too :B and yeah,its tiday now...but it was to battle my own flaws a bit like being easily distracted!

pervy: hey tin,my main man! (ppl still say that,right? riiight? >_>) i lolled at the 'ripped out of the book' man,i think they look better but a lot more work is needed! i promise to advance and work harder to get there. Its starting to just about sink in though in places :B glad to be of inspiration,your friendly words push me on dude.

Heres today dumps - two OVERSIZED loomis pages for ya








i wonder if i should take that sketchbook to life drawing tommorow..its very big and heavy :C



cya tommorow!

Will

[FootstepsBeckon]

bit of a flying visit today! got to life drawing late so only got in 2 messy drawings :/ did some hampton reading and some loomis studies. See ya tommorow!













think i might redo all the planar drawings tommorow,i understand the concept but appear to have squished/missproportioned bits of the head shape still so im guessing it hasnt sunk in yet!



Will :]
(updated my sig!)

[Naidy]

Think i might redo all the planar drawings tommorow,i understand the concept but appear to have squished/missproportioned bits of the head shape still so im guessing it hasnt sunk in yet!

^This.

Just the fact that you're spamming the studies AND evaluating your own work is great, it also saves me the trouble of critting, which I'm terrible at anyways.
Yes, work on establishing an understanding of proportions. In general though, I think you're getting better pretty fast.

Any chance of squeezing in more body studies? I think you're getting a strong understanding of facial structure, so be sure to look at bodies in as much depth (if not more) when you feel more confident.

[FootstepsBeckon]

thanks naidy,to be honest ive always drawn a lot of faces but there are still huge amounts of wrongness with them so i didnt want to move on til i was happy with them.


Today was an ANGSTY day. I was in a bad mood and workmates werent helping,so i had a real urge to paint which i never do..so heres some terrible traditional attempts..some watercolours,some acrylics and i started going over the skintone on the big blue profile i did about 2 months ago (as a correction)..started on my watercolour moleskin(clouds woo!) did a god awful landscape and a 2 min doodle for a size test- i always loooove those landscape sketches ppl do with a teeny silhouette of a person and it looks so simple but eeeuuugh. Lots are wips and i feel like my heads gonna ASSPLODE today so ill see you guys tommorow.


oh...and i was sketching a few ppl at work and i liked how the drawings came out but they looked NOTHING like the ppl i was drawing,gotta work out why.











woo?

Will

[RBeek]

as long as you are putting stuff on paper, its gettin better

just keep going mate ull get there.

[FootstepsBeckon]

rbeek: thanks roger

heres today sketches,figure i have never really sketched an environment AND WANTED TO. See you tommorow









Wiiiiilll

[RBeek]

good to see you try an enviroment,, its good to challenge urself with that sort of stuff

Next time use a ruler though!! PFFFT!

The face planes look cool btw! good job there, keep doin this shizznits m8! WEEE

[FootstepsBeckon]

thanks rog- these planes are getting me DOWN man :c i cant seem to apply them to my drawings ffffff and a ruler? derp, why didnt i think of that D:

thanks man 33333


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Will

[FootstepsBeckon]

hey guys,not doing much today the heat is giving me mondo headaches :C










p.s: ohhh noooo dont open the door,lanky guy! ;O

Night!

Will

[Naidy]

Lo again.

First off, I really like those enviros. I was drawing some landscapes today and failed spectacularly, especially on fitting a church in, So I'm finding myself appreciate people's landscapes more xD Good on you for making a decent job of it.
And I can understand why you'd prefer to focus still on the faces, a good choice and like I said it's better to gain confidence on heads and faces first if that's what you feel is best.

So, so. Good studies as usual and I like the face with the patch and scarf, seems like a pretty cool guy.
Keep up the good work as usual! I'll be keeping an eye out.

[Black Spot]

I wouldn't use a ruler, just get better at drawing straight lines - slightly wonky does give a building some charm. Maybe a ruler for rough perspective, but it is easy to get too reliant on it.

Studies are coming on well.