Sketchbook, Sketchbook, Rolly Polly Sketchbook...

[Teechan]

Hey there, CA! I'm here to hone my overall composition skills and research potential job titles. I've been drawing off and on since I could hold a crayon but rarely got into it seriously. After a long hiatus from college, I'm at a community college finishing my associate's degree.

I feel most comfortable using real pencils and the pencil tool in Sketchbook Pro. I'm not so good with paint yet, nor am I crazy about using Photoshop (but know it's the "standard"). I lack skills in tone, making shapes look "3D", anatomy, expressions/emotions. I'm working to get away from "that cartoony look" and my faces still look stiff, with that "deer in front of a car" gaze. I'm certain I can make it happen.

Then I can focus more on surrounding environments and interiors (never drawn a landscape!) - as long as I don't get ahead of myself. ;D

Enjoy! And if there's something else you'd like to point out, let me know.

[oxygenkiosk]

Hey! I would say, work on observational skills, and with practice. Work on anatomy - with undraped models, adding clothes makes it harder to understand how the body works and moves... here are some sites (if you're comf with drawing undraped models ofc)
http://www.posemaniacs.com (bit awkward, but shows musculature)
http://www.paintdrawpaint.com
http://lovecastle.org/draw/
quickposes.com

happy drawing!

[AngeUnge]

good dogges and sketches!

i agree, sit down with a big-ass piece of paper and a pencil and just kill some bodies. loosely. with light, gentle strokes. good for the soul.

use your 'big eyes', where you zone out and use peripheral vision when looking at details. in fact, try to look at as few details as possible when sketching at first. get the whole body out there then do the small bits.

also i saw those cylinders back there. do more. draw a billion cylinders. from everywhere. in all sorts of light. 'sgood.