The journey of art. Beginning.

[jetpack42]

Not sure if this is the right place for this, or if it's been done. I'm inspired by Lung Bugs few pictures in his DS that showed where he was 2 years ago, and 7 years ago, art wise. Also, MindCandyMan has a great DS showing his progression, which started 6 months after I did. I'm also curious how alot of amazing artists on here started out. So, I'll start by posting where I was 2 years ago this month (note the dates), and one page scanned out of my current sketchbook, and a quick 5 minute doodle page while I was scanning (also, you can check my website if you haven't, but I haven't updated since Dec). But I'd rather see where other people began on thier artistic journey.

I hope some of you other artists will do the same. To be honest, there are horrible drawing days where I think to myself "Dan Milligan drew like crap once"...but now I wanna see the proof!

My very first attempt at duplicating reality. All but the face was a genuine attempt.



The next day I went to the metro tunnel where people wait for the bus. I sat across the tunnel and tried to draw them. I still do it, its a great exercise I think.





Here is a recent page from the metro tunnel last week.



And some quick sketches while waiting for the scanning...




Let's see where you've been!

[gasmask]

hey i already told u this but the pen work is good, id stick with that, but its good ur workin with the pencil, it seems ur pencil work is comin off kinda flat, keep it loose like the pen and keep drawing from life. good work!

[jetpack42]

nice!!


I am embarassed too, but like I said, I'm sure everyone more or less sucked at one point...

[dfacto]

OHO! Just you wait till I show you the fun stuff from 4th grade! And I only wish I had this 1st grade drawing here. Its absolutely hilarious, but unfortunately me and the drawing happen to be separated by an ocean and a continent at this point.

[talmir]

Here's where I've been in my short time of drawing

[PeggyChung]

alrighty, well heres my sp number 1


and heres my latest self portrait, number 32


hmm thats abot 3 1/2 months, but progress was only because of the great people here on ca.org critiquing and telling me what needed to be fixed.

heres another

first day of figure drawing class from summer 2003


and heres another life drawing for the same class when i visited a few weeks ago



its not that great but im glad i have progressed since the first drawings.

[jook]

over the course of about 8-10 months, I did some self portraits... here is the the collection of all of them in one giant full-res pic... CLICK ME

from top to bottom, it is oldest to youngest...