Some drawings

Since I'm a little late in posting, I decided this will be an even bigger blog than my first post.

I drew some things this past week to try and get into the habit of drawing a lot...also, to see on where I need to improve. (And keep in mind that these images will look a lot better when you click on them for full-view.)




This is the first drawing I drew this week. I didn't really look at any references this time and I didn't have the library books around at the time, either. This was mainly done for my friend, Alex, who I wanted to draw something for since he's cool like that. The little critter in the background is his cat, Lillie.



This drawing was just sort of random. I really wanted to draw something but I couldn't think of what, and Alex said to draw an albatross. I didn't even know what an albatross was so I looked it up on Wikipedia, and took a picture reference from there. This was a result after two days of off-and-on work. (And oh, god, I just realized I put '07 instead of '08...and it's already March...)





This one was a request from another friend. Again, I couldn't think of anything to draw at the time so I asked if anyone wanted me to draw anything for them. This one took awhile...one night and a couple hours today. There's a lot of errors in it but I thought I would share, anyway. It gives me some insight on what I can improve on when it comes to realism.



I almost forgot about this one! I definitely need to put this one up because it's the worst out of all my drawings, hahaha. It was actually more of a draft/sketch, just trying to figure out if I could put facial expressions down on paper. As you can see it really didn't turn out too well. I didn't use many picture references for this one--for the realistic eye I did, but everything else was pretty much on my own. The Frankenstein guy was actually a person I was trying to draw that I saw on a random college book. The picture was too small I couldn't get any of the tiny details right, and he looked really weird so I named him Frankenstein.

I've gotten a lot out of the books I've read, too. Just little bits of everything, really. But I think my best bet is to keep going at it with drawing and try to see whatever's wrong in my pictures, so that I can correct it in my next drawing; and at the same time, put the suggestions and advice that I get from books and friends into good use.

Speaking of which, if there's any artists out there who actually know what's wrong with my drawings, I encourage you to comment and tell me. I need all the advice I can get.

-Rinn

The Beginning

I never thought I'd be doing this. I mean, actually getting all serious about improving on my drawing skill. It was and always will be a hobby, which was why I didn't see much of a point in improving. Plus, it wasn't like I was getting a degree in art or anything like that.

But this year I have been drawing quite a lot for some reason. The creative spark in me just set in, I guess. And lately, I've been complaining so much about how badly I draw this and that. So a friend of mine, who is on a journey of his own, suggested that I try out my own journey. At first I hesitated and told myself that I would not commit anyway, so there was no point, but, I figured that I should at least give it a shot and see if I go somewhere. Plus, the whole idea seemed too exciting not to pass up.

So to get started, I went to the library today and checked out some drawing books. "DRAWING: The Complete Course" by Stan Smith, which had a good section on learning the fundamentals; "Drawing for Pleasure" by Start Walter, and the title can speak for itself; and "Drawing Trees" by Colin Hayes, which seems to be in the same series as "Drawing For Pleasure". Eh, I had a hard time drawing trees, anyway. But yeah, when I was looking through these books I felt really inspired and psyched about this out-of-the-blue idea.

Now, to draw, and actually stick with it. Hopefully learn a few things, too. :)