Dmotym's 10,000 hours [Now over 100 Hours!]

**Demotyme** · March 8th, 2011, 07:31 PM

Which are you referring to. If it's the sketch stuff, then straight off the dome my friend, The gestures are posemaniacs.

C-C-Crossbones~

**Demotyme** · March 9th, 2011, 06:10 PM

Ultimate Nick.

**Demotyme** · March 11th, 2011, 11:42 PM

111 hours in, I am beginning to see some tangible progress in that I'm less afraid of messing up.

Newest piece.

**Tuesday** · March 12th, 2011, 03:04 AM

I can see the improvement in your anatomy from your most recent piece! Keep up the gestures and observational anatomy studies, you're doing great!

**poetry man** · March 31st, 2011, 06:24 PM

Keep going man! Don't stop. Just here to say that.

**Demotyme** · April 5th, 2011, 07:24 PM

I hate not posting, makes me seems lazy.

Here's something from today.

**.empyrean.** · April 6th, 2011, 05:33 AM

Finally! The last sketch is cool, a little bit too stylized for me (you want to draw comics?). It shows strength and dynamic.
I think if you would bend the head toward the ground, there would be more tension in the sketch, like I'm-so-powerful-I-have-to-focus-on-my-powers-then-release-them-in-a-havoc-wreaking-blast.

**Demotyme** · April 8th, 2011, 12:16 AM

I don't KNOW that I want to do comics, that's just the trajectory I'm on. This was a 30 min sketch, not time for rendering (at my speed). And I'll have to remember that little pose tidbit.

124 hours in, sweet.

And a page I'm working on.

**Demotyme** · April 9th, 2011, 04:54 PM

127 hours in.

Another page.

**.empyrean.** · April 9th, 2011, 05:13 PM

Cool, cool, cool! Like them all.
Don't know what to say, so: Keep it up, do more, study more, MOAR!

**SigonWulf** · April 25th, 2011, 04:32 PM

Nice character designs as always bro. Keep up the good work.

**TheFallenAngel** · April 25th, 2011, 05:42 PM

Whoa, IMPROVEMENT! Keep it up!

**Demotyme** · May 13th, 2011, 11:57 PM

Not Dead. 133 hours in.

**Demotyme** · May 15th, 2011, 11:13 PM

135 hours.

**Demotyme** · May 21st, 2011, 11:25 PM

The official count is about 155h and 26m of drawing. What have I been doing so far?

Well, being out of school and barely employed, I find myself with a lot of free time. Time enough to start the book Nicolaides' "The Natural way to draw". Which is basically a years worth of study for the autodidact. I've started on monday, racking up 18 hours of drawing (more than I've ever done in school). The beginning had me doing gestures and contour drawing, there isn't much in the way of studies to show off, though the sheer output I've had is pleasing enough (I've since chewed through two 100 page sketchbooks).

**.empyrean.** · May 24th, 2011, 11:01 AM

Great updates! The comic figures are improving, keep it up!

**Demotyme** · June 3rd, 2011, 01:48 AM

197 hours in, the peak is long and far away.

So continuing with "The Natural Way to Draw", still pumping out hundreds of gestures. One of the other assignments include "Modeled" drawing. it's a kind of contour drawing. Here's a few recent ones.

**SigonWulf** · July 9th, 2011, 04:08 AM

We need more Demotyme. Keep posting bro.

**Demotyme** · July 17th, 2011, 11:58 PM

Sorry, I'm drawing, but I've gotten lazy with posting. Thanks, Sigon.

WIP

**Demotyme** · July 19th, 2011, 12:01 AM

Gonna make this a daily thing, work on it a little, watch it grow.

255 hours in.

**Demotyme** · July 22nd, 2011, 10:05 AM

went in a different direction.

**GHudston** · July 22nd, 2011, 10:27 AM

Hey, you're 2.5% of the way there! That's pretty awesome when you think about it!

I'd suggest that you do more drawing from life and also practice your perspective a lot with simple shapes (cubes etc.) it'll really help with your foreshortening when drawing from your imagination.

I'm seeing definite improvement here though, don't stop!

**Demotyme** · August 16th, 2011, 10:42 PM

And thank you, Ghudson.

Well at least it hasn't been a month. been taking a figure paint class, I feel I've gotten better.

269 hours in.

**SigonWulf** · November 24th, 2011, 11:24 PM

Nice figure painting bro. Using oils or acrylics? How do you like it so far?

Keep on painting and keep on posting.

**Demotyme** · November 25th, 2011, 12:30 AM

Acrylics, and thanks for stopping in. Not dead, just real busy. Drawing of course, but I might be landing some paying work in the near future.

Here's a digital work, I've really gotten into astronauts.

**TernadoG** · March 3rd, 2012, 10:20 PM

thanks for the advice a year ago I read through the loomis a few times need to a few more though. Can I study a little on you & your friends artwork & style for more poses & an even larger amount of knowledge? also do you know anymore good books to learn from beside loomis?

**Demotyme** · March 6th, 2012, 07:52 AM

Originally Posted by TernadoG

thanks for the advice a year ago I read through the loomis a few times need to a few more though. Can I study a little on you & your friends artwork & style for more poses & an even larger amount of knowledge? also do you know anymore good books to learn from beside loomis?

Honestly man, thank you. I've been slacking with this thread and you've kind brought it to the forefront of my mind again. I'll be updating some time today with work.

I wouldn't however, studying from me. Maybe Empyrean, as he's much more prolific than I at the moment.

And books really don't matter, specifically. You can learn from anything. Is there anything specifically you want to know?

**Demotyme** · March 7th, 2012, 12:07 AM

Some quickly photographed WIPs of my senior thesis, it's oil painting.

**TernadoG** · March 16th, 2012, 06:11 PM

glad to be of help. I might start studying fantasy based or medieval type stuff so I can have more of a handle on more imaginary/creative art in a way.

**Demotyme** · June 2nd, 2012, 12:42 PM

Trying to get back to basics, simple studies where i won't feel bored out of my mind. Trying to keep within 10 minutes as well.

There's the original still as well. Source is here