Day out yesterday to see 70 outta 90 minutes of the Farewell Party. And couple hours back to work after a short haitus from the Durian, new venue so was kinda thrown off guard. It's a sense of familiarity mixed with some novelty and delight(?). haha...
About the film, it was a good movie, really encouraging to see such a mature cast doing a story that only the silver headed can pull off. I loved the humour, and it's cool to be able to look in their heads and see what they think about at that age, with all those past experiences and countless yesteryears behind them. I don't know if I would choose euthanasia if I could, but to be able to decide to put an end to my suffering it is indeed selfish, but it's a blessing to be able to make your own decisions ain't it.
Back to my "Schooling" as I call it.
It's Day 5, and I recall saying I was nearing the end of the Shapes vid for HTDE but hadn't done a lot of practises then. Today I managed to get some elbow grease.
Everything in this world is constructed from simple shapes.
If we take our time to observe them closely enough, we'll find them.
Challenges Met:
It's still kinda difficult seeing the ellipses in the spheres in my mind.
I should see it in 3D.
Wednesday, September 28, 2016
SVS Day 6
Woohoo!!!
I just completed JP's How to Draw Everything course.
And it seriously covers everything from the three main things to learn:
Shape, Line, Tone.
It's kinda cool that he has body anatomy figured out, so that when it comes to putting his imagination on paper. It comes really easily. So you learn the basic shapes, and from there, you progress to the 3D shapes, and when you're able to twist, turn, rotate, squish, pull, cut, add on and play with all these pliable shapes... Then you get into human anatomy and figure drawing, you understand which muscles are attached to which and get where the bones go when your body parts move at different angles... The brain eye coordination to see these muscles and bones as those shapes will allow you to be able to picture a character doing any pose viewed from any single angle.
It's that simple.
Just put in the time and effort.
I can do this!!!
Just yesterday I was looking at my foot and spotting where my cones, pyramids, cylinders and spheres were... but I was also starting to notice the simpler shapes first, the triangle and sharp angles I think it did become an interesting style of drawing.
Stuff to work on:
- Observing the world enough to break down all the complex shapes into the simple shapes that I will be able to draw with enough practise.
- I find it difficult to come up with a character to draw, I think it would work if i dont think that hard. I do have a considerable number of notes somewhere with random potentials scribbles and stories. (and all those puppet pictures too... nope they too tiny. :( )
-Building up a visual library, pause to really look at things, as per first point. And if there's need be for reference, search up ten photos of real boats (as in JP's example) look at them closely so we get them right. You dont have to draw them as they are, you just need to know what shapes go where.
Feeling pretty hyped up, I foresee next week would be rather packed and busy with work. But I must find a way to fit some time in the cracks and crevices for some practise. Hell Yeah I can do this!
I'm so glad I got this monthly subscription. I love the freedom to be able to jump all over the site and across the different courses to see different videos. And somehow I mentally restricted myself to the more fundamental parts, but I'm seeing myself really enjoy taking it further.
And a little note to self regarding digital and traditional grasping, it is waaaay easier to draw on paper... I'm not sure if it's cos of the hand eye coordination when using a tablet, maybe it'll be better if I'm on a draw on the screen kinda device, but working on my note didn't work cos the screen was way too small.
Solutions: Use the tablet more please.
I just completed JP's How to Draw Everything course.
And it seriously covers everything from the three main things to learn:
Shape, Line, Tone.
It's kinda cool that he has body anatomy figured out, so that when it comes to putting his imagination on paper. It comes really easily. So you learn the basic shapes, and from there, you progress to the 3D shapes, and when you're able to twist, turn, rotate, squish, pull, cut, add on and play with all these pliable shapes... Then you get into human anatomy and figure drawing, you understand which muscles are attached to which and get where the bones go when your body parts move at different angles... The brain eye coordination to see these muscles and bones as those shapes will allow you to be able to picture a character doing any pose viewed from any single angle.
It's that simple.
Just put in the time and effort.
I can do this!!!
Just yesterday I was looking at my foot and spotting where my cones, pyramids, cylinders and spheres were... but I was also starting to notice the simpler shapes first, the triangle and sharp angles I think it did become an interesting style of drawing.
Stuff to work on:
- Observing the world enough to break down all the complex shapes into the simple shapes that I will be able to draw with enough practise.
- I find it difficult to come up with a character to draw, I think it would work if i dont think that hard. I do have a considerable number of notes somewhere with random potentials scribbles and stories. (and all those puppet pictures too... nope they too tiny. :( )
-Building up a visual library, pause to really look at things, as per first point. And if there's need be for reference, search up ten photos of real boats (as in JP's example) look at them closely so we get them right. You dont have to draw them as they are, you just need to know what shapes go where.
Feeling pretty hyped up, I foresee next week would be rather packed and busy with work. But I must find a way to fit some time in the cracks and crevices for some practise. Hell Yeah I can do this!
I'm so glad I got this monthly subscription. I love the freedom to be able to jump all over the site and across the different courses to see different videos. And somehow I mentally restricted myself to the more fundamental parts, but I'm seeing myself really enjoy taking it further.
And a little note to self regarding digital and traditional grasping, it is waaaay easier to draw on paper... I'm not sure if it's cos of the hand eye coordination when using a tablet, maybe it'll be better if I'm on a draw on the screen kinda device, but working on my note didn't work cos the screen was way too small.
Solutions: Use the tablet more please.
Monday, September 26, 2016
SVS Day4: Pep talk to self!! xDD
Hello FutureMe,
You might be feeling a tad guilty for not doing as much practises as you would have imagined yourself to be doing since you signed up for this four days back.
But I swear, it's much greater progress than you have ever done before.
Small steps forward, but it's a great leap mentally. WOOTS!!!
Calls for celebration really. You've been consciously making observations of everything around you, the cylinders on the tubes, the cubes in the doors, the spheres and pyramid extensions on people's faces and heads.
Which reminds me of the guy I saw in the queue at the custom (still find it amusing we spent close to 1/4 of the day on travel just across the little border. And two hours advancing in that queue, that was basically less than a hundred metres. and being in the same space as a thousand plus people for such a long time. on hindsight it was a magnificent change to sketch) who was sketching. He did in green highlighter... and then he was marker-ing these portraits, and as all curirous sketchers do, it was reall cool to see him flipping through his sketchbook and seeing his past works, i was intrigued, and would have a struck a conversation if not for my company (Cos i shy...) hahaha and the lack of a filled sketchbook of mine to swap and say Hi.
Really though, a sketchbook filled with mediocre drawings counts much more than a sketchbook with only one of two considerably okay drawings. u learn through doing, it is the process of creation that makes u more skilful.
One more week ahead of daylight to work hard at your own leisure pace.
Courses I want to complete:
By 26/9 Mon - How to Draw Everything
Drawing Fundamentals
How to Ink (Just in time for Inktober!!)
FIGHT FIGHT FIGHT!
25 Sept 2016
You might be feeling a tad guilty for not doing as much practises as you would have imagined yourself to be doing since you signed up for this four days back.
But I swear, it's much greater progress than you have ever done before.
Small steps forward, but it's a great leap mentally. WOOTS!!!
Calls for celebration really. You've been consciously making observations of everything around you, the cylinders on the tubes, the cubes in the doors, the spheres and pyramid extensions on people's faces and heads.
Which reminds me of the guy I saw in the queue at the custom (still find it amusing we spent close to 1/4 of the day on travel just across the little border. And two hours advancing in that queue, that was basically less than a hundred metres. and being in the same space as a thousand plus people for such a long time. on hindsight it was a magnificent change to sketch) who was sketching. He did in green highlighter... and then he was marker-ing these portraits, and as all curirous sketchers do, it was reall cool to see him flipping through his sketchbook and seeing his past works, i was intrigued, and would have a struck a conversation if not for my company (Cos i shy...) hahaha and the lack of a filled sketchbook of mine to swap and say Hi.
Really though, a sketchbook filled with mediocre drawings counts much more than a sketchbook with only one of two considerably okay drawings. u learn through doing, it is the process of creation that makes u more skilful.
One more week ahead of daylight to work hard at your own leisure pace.
Courses I want to complete:
By 26/9 Mon - How to Draw Everything
Drawing Fundamentals
How to Ink (Just in time for Inktober!!)
FIGHT FIGHT FIGHT!
25 Sept 2016
Saturday, September 24, 2016
SVS Day1: EXCITEDDDD
AHHHHHHHHHHH!!!
I'M SO EXCITED.
I just signed up for the monthly subscription for Society of Visual Learning. And I'm raring to get started. Today's Thursday 22 Sept on my sunny island. It costs about S$20.47 after the conversion.
Gonna give myself the next 30 days to try out this website and see what they got to offer!
Will try to keep up daily updates over here. ^^
Just for my personal record, I worked about 90hours between last Monday and this Monday and today is my third off day in a row where I finally garnered the courage to sign up. OHYEAHHHHH.
Which reminds me I really need to get a nice schedule up for myself...
_ Set reminders to go to SVS
_ Check out which classes i wanna do for the next 30 days (Till 21 Oct)
_ Fit the classes into my schedule (after my schedule comes in... hopefully soon!)
_ Work damn hard ^^
1350h: Okay I'm gonna go start on Dave Malan's Drawing Fundamentals now.
1430h: Made a list of all the available courses on Keep for reference
1500h: Moved over to How to Draw Everything
1813h: Currently on third vid - Shapes
It has a healthy dose of assignments, that they recommend as practise to loosen up... and to keep it up for at least a year. but as Will did mention, it could get awfully boring...
so I found Mr Gaga Ohad Naharin's dances on youtube to keep me company the music is truly intriguing.
*Fundamentals Series
How to Draw Everything (Jake Parker)
Drawing Fundamentals (Dave Malan)
How to Ink (Jake Parker)
Light & Shadow (Jake Parker)
Lighting for Storytelling (Zac Retz)
Mastering Perspective (Jake Parker)
Visualizing Drawing in Perspective (Will Terry)
Working with Colour (Will Terry, Jake Parker)
Visual Storytelling Techniques (Lee White)
*Character Design
Breathing Life into Character Design (Will Terry, Jake Parker, Shane Lewis, Brandon Jeffords
Posing Characters, Children's Book Edition
Stylizing Portraits (Mel Milton)
Stylizing Human Characters
Drawing Villians and Monsters (Jake Parker)
Drawing Robots and Machines (Jake Parker)
Drawing Heroes and Sidekicks (Jake Parker)
Drawing Animals - Mammals (Jake Parker)
*Digital Painting
Beginning Photoshop
Digital Painting I (Marco Bucci)
Digital Painting II (Marco Bucci)
Drawing with Digital Pencils (Will Terry)
10 Step Digital Painting (Will Terry's Methods)
Painting in Photoshop (5 instructors' Methods)
Digital Painting with Denis Zilber
Chaos to Control - Creating Custom Brushes in Photoshop (Lee White)
iPad Pro Painting with Procreate (Will Terry)
*Intermediate
Creative Environment Design (Jake Parker)
Creative Composition (Will Terry)
Painting Color and Light INT! (Take after Working with Color, Light and Shadow)
Mixed Media - Watercolor & Digital
Painting Fur and Hair (Therese Larsson)
Design and Color Hair pt1 (Ty Carter)
Let it Glow - Luminous Lighting in Mixed Media (Lee White) Non-Digital
*Content Genres
Illustrating Children's Books Part 1, Creating the Artwork
Drawing Comics (Jake Parker)
Writing Picture Books Live Class (Ann Whitford Paul)
*Pencils and Paints
Drawing a Portrait (Dave Malan)
Sketchbook Painting (Marco Bucci)
Painting the Head with Britt Snyder
*Live Critiques
Illustrating Children's books Live Critiques
Open Critiques Live Nov 10th
Marco Bucci Live Critique
Spring Critiques
Fall Critique 2016
*Business
Illustrating Children's Books Part 2, Business and Marketing
How to make Money in Illustration 1 & 2 & 3 (Lee White)
Portfolio and Self Promotion (James Yang)
I'M SO EXCITED.
I just signed up for the monthly subscription for Society of Visual Learning. And I'm raring to get started. Today's Thursday 22 Sept on my sunny island. It costs about S$20.47 after the conversion.
Gonna give myself the next 30 days to try out this website and see what they got to offer!
Will try to keep up daily updates over here. ^^
Just for my personal record, I worked about 90hours between last Monday and this Monday and today is my third off day in a row where I finally garnered the courage to sign up. OHYEAHHHHH.
Which reminds me I really need to get a nice schedule up for myself...
_ Set reminders to go to SVS
_ Check out which classes i wanna do for the next 30 days (Till 21 Oct)
_ Fit the classes into my schedule (after my schedule comes in... hopefully soon!)
_ Work damn hard ^^
1350h: Okay I'm gonna go start on Dave Malan's Drawing Fundamentals now.
1430h: Made a list of all the available courses on Keep for reference
1500h: Moved over to How to Draw Everything
1813h: Currently on third vid - Shapes
It has a healthy dose of assignments, that they recommend as practise to loosen up... and to keep it up for at least a year. but as Will did mention, it could get awfully boring...
so I found Mr Gaga Ohad Naharin's dances on youtube to keep me company the music is truly intriguing.
*Fundamentals Series
How to Draw Everything (Jake Parker)
Drawing Fundamentals (Dave Malan)
How to Ink (Jake Parker)
Light & Shadow (Jake Parker)
Lighting for Storytelling (Zac Retz)
Mastering Perspective (Jake Parker)
Visualizing Drawing in Perspective (Will Terry)
Working with Colour (Will Terry, Jake Parker)
Visual Storytelling Techniques (Lee White)
*Character Design
Breathing Life into Character Design (Will Terry, Jake Parker, Shane Lewis, Brandon Jeffords
Posing Characters, Children's Book Edition
Stylizing Portraits (Mel Milton)
Stylizing Human Characters
Drawing Villians and Monsters (Jake Parker)
Drawing Robots and Machines (Jake Parker)
Drawing Heroes and Sidekicks (Jake Parker)
Drawing Animals - Mammals (Jake Parker)
*Digital Painting
Beginning Photoshop
Digital Painting I (Marco Bucci)
Digital Painting II (Marco Bucci)
Drawing with Digital Pencils (Will Terry)
10 Step Digital Painting (Will Terry's Methods)
Painting in Photoshop (5 instructors' Methods)
Digital Painting with Denis Zilber
Chaos to Control - Creating Custom Brushes in Photoshop (Lee White)
iPad Pro Painting with Procreate (Will Terry)
*Intermediate
Creative Environment Design (Jake Parker)
Creative Composition (Will Terry)
Painting Color and Light INT! (Take after Working with Color, Light and Shadow)
Mixed Media - Watercolor & Digital
Painting Fur and Hair (Therese Larsson)
Design and Color Hair pt1 (Ty Carter)
Let it Glow - Luminous Lighting in Mixed Media (Lee White) Non-Digital
*Content Genres
Illustrating Children's Books Part 1, Creating the Artwork
Drawing Comics (Jake Parker)
Writing Picture Books Live Class (Ann Whitford Paul)
*Pencils and Paints
Drawing a Portrait (Dave Malan)
Sketchbook Painting (Marco Bucci)
Painting the Head with Britt Snyder
*Live Critiques
Illustrating Children's books Live Critiques
Open Critiques Live Nov 10th
Marco Bucci Live Critique
Spring Critiques
Fall Critique 2016
*Business
Illustrating Children's Books Part 2, Business and Marketing
How to make Money in Illustration 1 & 2 & 3 (Lee White)
Portfolio and Self Promotion (James Yang)
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