MorningTea's Sketchbook (aiming to improve)

[Morningtea]

Medusoid:
I'm a girl,and thank you so very much for stopping by and the critique,really appreciated.
About the outlines, yes I got lazy on them I'll do my best once I get my tablet-hopefully-.
And I'm working on improving my anatomy drawings~
Thanks again for stopping by.

Kigard:
Thanks!
Yeah, I still think it's my best painting yet.

Alex Eh:
Hi Alex Ehand thanks a lot for the nice and encouraging words~+for stopping by

Clovie:
Hi Clovie!
Wow!! thank you sooo very much!! That's so helpful!
And thank you for stopping by, so very appreciated

aolifour:
Thanks for stopping, glad you liked it!

[Morningtea]

Good news, I'm posting something <<not sure it's a "good"

Here's some stuff.
And sorry for the bad quality photos.My scanner's fault.

[Alex Eh]

It's nice to see your updates! Who cares if it's "goooooood"??? What's really cool is if you keep it up, draw lots and have fun you will be good! I like the girl in the middle of the second image.

[Prototypt']

How come I didn't notice this :/

I wish I could do more studies, like you. It's just so hard to begin and not to to get stuck with details. Good studies

I like the sketches in the second image, especially the left bottom and the girl in the middle. The others have nice feelings ;D

[yochanan]

Haha at first I was really confused when people were saying you drew with a mouse. Then I saw you actually did! Anyways, to answer an earlier post, I definitely think there are ways to learn by yourself (but that doesn't mean you don't get instruction or an education - it just means you don't get it through school)!

There's a ton of great books out there, a great community to learn from right here and even online schools, although they do cost money. A lot of people here suggest that everyone focuses on anatomy, but I personally got bored with that pretty quickly and I think a lot of people do if it's all they're doing. It's important to combine the things you can feel relaxed about with the things you might not enjoy as much, and hopefully you'll end up enjoying all of it.

For books, I really recommend Alla Prima by Richard Schmid. While it's focused on traditional mediums, most of it applies to digital as well and there's really some great information in there. I've heard many say it's the greatest book on painting written, and it certainly contains more practical information than most art books I know (they tend to be based more around copying stuff).

There's a lot of great books here and Marshall Vandruff's site has some great reviews too. That being said, there's no way around drawing a lot, but good instruction can without a doubt increase your gains from that time spent by a ton. You can get far on your own though, you just have to figure out what your goals are and really make an effort to find the best path for you to achieve them. And of course have fun!

[Clovie]

I like your character sketches, they all look pretty expressive.
I wish I could comment on the figures too, but I don't think I'm qualified enough to critique figures yet. ._.

[Morningtea]

Thank you so much everyone!

Alex Eh:Thank you so much!your comment is very appreciated.

Prototypt':It's ok~
Who?me?nooo way I think I don't draw much, at all T^T
And thank you

yochanan: Thank you so much!You're words are full of wisdom sir
I really appreciate the feedback, and the help~!^^

Clovie:Thank you~^^
It's ok, neither do I.

[Morningtea]

A study for my study group's topic~
"Basic shapes rendering"with reference for this one.

[Morningtea]

This sketch is a re-drawn concept from an earlier post.
It was my best concept ever T^T I loved it so much so I decided to draw it again, after 2 years from the first 1.
Hope this will turn out GORGEOUS!O^O

[Vritra]

I'm really liking the basic shapes studies, and the last one is looking very tight as well. You've nailed the mood and temperatures, so it looks great, even at this early (?) stage.

Overall, I think you're doing good. Just watch out for head sizes, though, since they make the proportions for the rest of the body. And keep updating.

[Prototypt']

your studies are good, I should add the light source/direction too next time.

Oh and please continue your concept!! I liked the first one very much allready, hope this one gets much better

[Alex Eh]

!!! I'm looking forward to seeing how your lastest painting comes out! Nice shape studies too keep it up!

[Mirix]

Hey! Nice beginning! I really like this hood-people gathering picture, it has a nice climate! Also you have some lovely gestures, I like your line. What can I say, keep on practicing and upload more! ^^

[Morningtea]

Vritra: Thank you!Yeah I love playing with the mood a lot
And you're right,I should watch out for the heads.
Thanks a lot for stopping by, really appreciated.

Prototypt':Thanks!I will~

Alex Eh:XDThanks a lot!Your comments are always appreciated

Mirix: Hi^^
Thank you!glad you liked it~
And thanks a lot for stopping by^^


Here's something I was doodling minuets ago.
I'm losing my sense of human anatomy T^T
I wish my study group gets to that part soon!
I'm terrible ;A;

[Prototypt']

I like it xD Yes, the anatomy isn't perfect, but it could be much worse.

Ok, let's do anatomy for the next weeks topic. But let's start with something more general, like the skelleton. Could be good to practice the length of arms and legs and everything in general. I think I fail at this point allready.

[Passhunate]

You can draw really good with a mouse. Don't really stress to much about where you need to start. Draw all the things you're bad at and work on improving them. And just keep pushing it and never give. Your gestures are really good. And don't forget to draw more from life.

[Stephane Perez]

Great stuff and kudos to you for drawing with a mouse that's tough as hell! id really like to see that recent outline finished lookin good keep it up

[yochanan]

Your proportions don't look all that bad, and sure we can practice anatomy this week if you and the others are fine with it, keep drawing!

[Stpete]

the expression on the syringe girl looks a bit odd, why not paint the whole face, unless you are going for the mystical look. Thanks for dropping by to my sketchbook

[Morningtea]

Wow thanks everyone~!

Prototypt':
Thanks XD and we've already started but everyone went missing O_O"

Passhunate:
Thank you so much^^and that's what I'm going to do.But drawing from real life can be sometimes boring X_X( I'm so not going to learn if I keep this attitude )

Stephane Perez:
thank you XD, really appreciate the feedback~

Yochanan:
Thank you~I'll keep drawing for sure!

Stpete:
Yeah it's supposed to be odd because of my bad skill X'D
And thank YOU~^^

I was supposed to be practicing human anatomy, but I went off plan and started drawing fun stuff instead.
But anyway, it's related to anatomy.

[braineater]

hey lots of nice updates
especially like the glow of her eyes in this one
also very nice shading practices and pencils in general
would love to see a little still life or something like that
however, keep on ^^

[Prototypt']

your latest sketch is great!! good ideas in it and I love how you allready added some highlights

I didnt do "real" anatomy too xD I just have too many projects at once right now, no time for studies
We should do anatomy again at some time. but not next week allready ^^

[Morningtea]

Braineater:
Thank you~!yeah I need to draw from life.=_="
And I will^^

Prototypt':
Thank you!
Oh, I don't know..they've already started posting( well, at least 2 ppl ) O_O"

[Morningtea]

Here's something you might want to download~
It's really great.

[frayed-symphony]

i really like the level of detail in some of these, deceptively simple from a distance but really nice shading you see when you look closer

[HarbingerofIllRepute]

:o
I am impressed by that last one. :>

[Whimsicaltwigs]

Hey, nice start on your sketchbook. You seem to know more than I do on digital painting. I need to practice on that more. I really like the sketches you have so keep them coming!

[Morningtea]

frayed-symphony
Aww thanks a lot!

HarbingerofIllrepute
Thanks!

Whimsicaltwigs
Hi~^^
Thank you so muchglad you like them~

Here's 2 fun sketches of today and one tragedy from sometime before.

[Prototypt']

those sketches look good, they are especially helpfull for your fantasy, I mean your imagination. But they wont help much when it comes to real paintings if you want to get the anatomy correct

Still good job and keep going

[Clovie]

I like the stylized sketches in your last post, very expressive.
I also like the top part of that character with the golden highlights. Her bottom half doesn't quite seem to fit with the top though.