There's no easy way out

**Freshfool** · September 22nd, 2012, 03:09 AM

Yoo whats up my names Ellis im a 19 years old (male) and i just started drawing about a year ago. So yea, im here because i want to improve my skills at art and it would be nice to get your guys' opinions and critiques on my work so i can get better at a faster rate, right now i feel as though i am not where i should be with my drawing and painting abilities so i really reallly want to get better so i will update every day and show you guys my sketches and paintings or what ever art i do and hopefully i get better over time. O yea and here is what i did today...

**Freshfool** · September 23rd, 2012, 02:48 AM

today was not a good drawing day for me at all daam i want to get better! i will be good one day

**Freshfool** · September 24th, 2012, 12:36 AM

just some crappy studies and a bad painting from imagination, i really need to work on painting without ref...

**Freshfool** · September 25th, 2012, 02:54 AM

some stuff from today

**Freshfool** · September 26th, 2012, 02:28 AM

some studies and a some speed paint with a weird brush i found.

**Lux_Aeterna** · September 26th, 2012, 04:24 AM

Hey Ellis, good start so far. I see you are practicing a lot anatomy. After loomis?
You have to make these studies every day to get a good understanding of anatomy. so keep going

**Freshfool** · September 27th, 2012, 02:37 AM

Hey,thanks for checking out my sketchbook Lux_Aeterna, and yea those were some loomis studies, i agree with what your saying about doing anatomy studies everyday, so i will! Anything to get better right

, anyways heres stuff from today

**Freshfool** · September 28th, 2012, 02:12 AM

today's stuff

**Freshfool** · September 29th, 2012, 02:32 AM

Friends want to kick it but all i want to do is stay home and draw :/, my legs are shit btw gunna work on those tomorrow

**Freshfool** · September 29th, 2012, 11:52 PM

Legs,legs,legs and more legs plz

**Freshfool** · October 1st, 2012, 02:46 AM

why do all my images look so fuckn big all of a sudden uggh any way here's some studies, doodles, and a speed paint

**Freshfool** · October 2nd, 2012, 02:51 AM

Jack Hamm studies,doodles and life drawing

**Freshfool** · October 3rd, 2012, 01:14 AM

hmm i need to practice painting with out ref aloot more

**Mewball** · October 3rd, 2012, 01:29 AM

The amount of work you're doing per day is great. Keep it up and it will be amazing to see where you stand a year from now compared to where you were when you started.

**Eightball_** · October 3rd, 2012, 02:08 AM

hey man cool to see someone the same age on here. so many studies! my only advice: keep going, don't stop.

**Freshfool** · October 4th, 2012, 02:37 AM

@Mewball- yea i hope that in a year from now im alot better, im just gunna keep practicing everyday and hope for improvement
@ Eightball_- Thanks for the advice i will keep it up!

Here's my stuff from today sadly tho i got my iphone stolen while i was in life drawing class >.< so now i have to take pictures with my macbook pro and its a pain in the ass lol

**p sage** · October 4th, 2012, 02:54 AM

Great proportions and gestures! The figures don't look stiff, which is a nice accomplishment.

Keep going!

**Freshfool** · October 5th, 2012, 02:03 AM

@p_sage thanks

here's stuff from today

**Jmob** · October 5th, 2012, 04:36 PM

hey man, I like what I'm seeing. Maybe you can add more rhythms with some confident lines. here's what I'm talking about http://www.orbikart.com/gallery/disp...?album=6&pos=1 I need to be doing this more as well! Finding rhythms when added with the knowledge of how to construct something (using perspective and simplified shapes (cylinders, boxes, spheres...) is what makes a figure drawing have both good gesture and good anatomy. I hope this helps! keep on going man! gogoogogogogogo

**Freshfool** · October 6th, 2012, 12:24 AM

@Jmob- yea i feel u on that ill have to work on that thanks for the advice!

Did a cool eye tutorial today i learned a lot from, and then did some studies

**Lakai** · October 6th, 2012, 10:58 PM

I like the portraits at the beginning of the page.
Also good output.

**Freshfool** · October 7th, 2012, 02:02 AM

@Lakai Thanks

Today i decided that i really need to start getting good at painting with out ref so from now on im going to be painting a lott more

**Freshfool** · October 8th, 2012, 01:48 AM

still goin never gunna stop

**Freshfool** · October 9th, 2012, 02:39 AM

Scribble Scrable

**Freshfool** · October 10th, 2012, 01:58 AM

what a bad day.. must keep going

**Freshfool** · October 11th, 2012, 02:18 AM

today's stuff

**Freshfool** · October 11th, 2012, 11:26 PM

dam diddnt have time to do anything today school sucks

**Freshfool** · October 13th, 2012, 02:45 AM

im runnin low on motivation these days :/

**Freshfool** · October 14th, 2012, 02:44 AM

stuff

**tabletoppler** · October 14th, 2012, 07:49 AM

awesome studies! i noticed though that there's a huge difference between your memory and ref draws, i'm sure once your memory skills catch up, you'll improve really quickly! so keep working hard on it! don't loose your motivation!