-- Posted by MR UNKNOWN at 9:46 pm on Sep. 25, 2008 any tips/critiques? graphite, ebony..paper -- Posted by The Artery at 9:48 pm on Sep. 25, 2008 try to remove the lines to make it not look cartoonish. -- Posted by rufoo at 9:49 pm on Sep. 25, 2008 thats a great deal of shading. maybe I should use graphite someday.. looks pretty great to me. Loving it. lets see you do headshots now with graphite. Im sure you can do it :D (hands are just to easy :D gogogo! ) -- Posted by 4irate at 9:51 pm on Sep. 25, 2008 Draw a middle finger going up a bumhole next time, but good job. -- Posted by MR UNKNOWN at 9:51 pm on Sep. 25, 2008 Quote: from siddox3 at 12:48 am on Sep. 26, 2008 try to remove the lines to make it not look cartoonish. ahh arg I know but I don't know how lol.. -- Posted by MR UNKNOWN at 9:53 pm on Sep. 25, 2008 Quote: from rufoo at 12:49 am on Sep. 26, 2008 thats a great deal of shading. maybe I should use graphite someday.. looks pretty great to me. Loving it. lets see you do headshots now with graphite. Im sure you can do it :D (hands are just to easy :D gogogo! ) actully it was the ebony that was used for the intense shading aha heads ahhhhhh I've only drawn one head and it was horrible.. I'm reading a book and the next chapter is on portraits...so I'll wait till then aha -- Posted by The Artery at 10:00 pm on Sep. 25, 2008 Quote: from mr unknown at 9:51 pm on Sep. 25, 2008 Quote: from siddox3 at 12:48 am on Sep. 26, 2008 try to remove the lines to make it not look cartoonish. ahh arg I know but I don't know how lol.. draw the lines lighter, then rub it with paper like how you did with the shadings. -- Posted by irrationalthought at 10:03 pm on Sep. 25, 2008 I think you may have a slight tendency to make the thumb too big. I've noticed that I do it, too, usually. The shading looks nice, but you could add more structure (it'll help to understand the hand itself). Perhaps feel for the hard and soft spots of your hand, and start from there. Ah... I totally miss thinking in terms of art. Are you big on drawing? -- Posted by MR UNKNOWN at 10:05 pm on Sep. 25, 2008 Quote: from irrationalthought at 1:03 am on Sep. 26, 2008 I think you may have a slight tendency to make the thumb too big. I've noticed that I do it, too, usually. The shading looks nice, but you could add more structure (it'll help to understand the hand itself). Perhaps feel for the hard and soft spots of your hand, and start from there. Ah... I totally miss thinking in terms of art. Are you big on drawing? I just started aha but uh I haven't stopped since I started -- Posted by irrationalthought at 10:10 pm on Sep. 25, 2008 Quote: from mr unknown at 10:05 pm on Sep. 25, 2008 Quote: from irrationalthought at 1:03 am on Sep. 26, 2008 I think you may have a slight tendency to make the thumb too big. I've noticed that I do it, too, usually.    The shading looks nice, but you could add more structure (it'll help to understand the hand itself). Perhaps feel for the hard and soft spots of your hand, and start from there.    Ah... I totally miss thinking in terms of art. Are you big on drawing? I just started aha but uh I haven't stopped since I started Cool. If you just started, may I make a suggestion? I need to leave, but if you've never done blind contour, that's a really great way to understand detail, especially with hands—or really, just the human body in general. It also helps if you have an awkward position, or your angle is super foreshortened. Plus, it's really fun and silly to do. Night. -- Posted by MR UNKNOWN at 10:12 pm on Sep. 25, 2008 Quote: from irrationalthought at 1:10 am on Sep. 26, 2008 Quote: from mr unknown at 10:05 pm on Sep. 25, 2008 Quote: from irrationalthought at 1:03 am on Sep. 26, 2008 I think you may have a slight tendency to make the thumb too big. I've noticed that I do it, too, usually.   The shading looks nice, but you could add more structure (it'll help to understand the hand itself). Perhaps feel for the hard and soft spots of your hand, and start from there.   Ah... I totally miss thinking in terms of art. Are you big on drawing?    I just started aha but uh I haven't stopped since I started Cool. If you just started, may I make a suggestion? I need to leave, but if you've never done blind contour, that's a really great way to understand detail, especially with hands—or really, just the human body in general. It also helps if you have an awkward position, or your angle is super foreshortened. Plus, it's really fun and silly to do.   Night. yup, I've done a few actully I'm reading "drawing on the right side of the brain" actually, and I imagine you found that exercise from there -- Posted by MR UNKNOWN at 10:28 pm on Sep. 25, 2008 Quote: from siddox3 at 1:00 am on Sep. 26, 2008 Quote: from mr unknown at 9:51 pm on Sep. 25, 2008 Quote: from siddox3 at 12:48 am on Sep. 26, 2008 try to remove the lines to make it not look cartoonish. ahh arg I know    but I don't know how lol..     draw the lines lighter, then rub it with paper like how you did with the shadings. wow that actually works very well ahah thankyou