Hey everyone, it's time for another update!

Here's my latest study!

I'm really happy with these. I think it's really easy to imagine these objects taking up space in three dimensions, and that's what this is all about! I think I'm gonna do a couple more of these though, because I think it would be neat to showcase these forms in a transparent state, that way those surface curves can be seen all the way around!

Well that's all for tonight, check back tomorrow for something new!

Hey everyone, it's time for a new update!

Today marks the start of a new mini theme, take a look!

So these may resemble hands of ginger, but they're not, at least not intentionally that is! This exercise was something I did to test my ability to render a convincing three dimensional curved shape. The contour lines on the forms serve to describe the curvature of those forms, and I think they do so pretty nicely because I feel like these drawings were really successful! I added the white highlight to make the shapes pop out a little bit more and I'm really happy with the results.

That's all for tonight, check back tomorrow for something new!

Hey everyone, it's time for another update!

Here's my ribbon exercise for today.

Alright, so I don't know if it was thanks to the addition of the marker alone, but I think this is the best of the bunch! I tried to really push the sense of depth a bit by making one end of the ribbons a bit smaller, or making one bend appear to be farther away, and I think it worked. I also happened to get a set of five neutral grey Copic markers recently and needed a good excuse to test them out, and I think that helped a bit too!

Well that's all for tonight, check back tomorrow for something new!

Hey everyone, it's time for another update!

Here's my ribbon exercise for today.

I think these look a lot better, I feel like I managed to capture more natural movement this time around. Everything else (aside from my post yesterday) felt a little stiff looking to me. I'm not sure if I'll be doing a couple more of these or moving on to something new, but I really want to feel like I've got this down pat before I move on to a different topic.

Tomorrow might be more of the same, or something new! Check back to find out what it'll be!

Hey everyone, it's time for a new post!

Here are the ribbons I drew today, I think they're looking pretty good!

I tried to loosen up a bit more and draw more quickly, I think this lead to the lines feeling a lot more fluid, which is definitely good when drawing something like a ribbon! I still think there's something about them that feels a little flat, so I guess I'll just have to keep working at it.

That's all for tonight, check back tomorrow for something new!

Hey everyone, it's time for a new update!

I've got some more ribbons here today, let's see how they turned out!

I think these look a bit better than yesterday's, there's a little more life in them, they don't look so flat. I'll admit that they're not quite as lively as I'd like them to be, but I think that just shows I've got a little more work to do here.

That's all for tonight, check back tomorrow for something new!

Hey everyone, it's time for a new month - and that means a new theme!

I'm still working on the basics, but these are fundamental skills that I'll continue to build upon to get me where I want to be. The mini theme for the next few days will revolve around contour lines (no Kardashians will be harmed in the making of these exercises), lots of swoops and swooshes! Let's get down to it.

So what I've done here, aside from remind myself that ribbon dancing is a thing that exists, is to duplicate a curved line I drew as accurately as possible. Once that second curved line was drawn near the first, I connected those lines with an arrowhead at one end, and a nifty little notched edge at the other. After that was said and done I decided to get a little creative and some white to the top edge of the ribbons, that was mostly because I decided to buy a grey sketchpad, and also because I found this really cool white marker.

As far as the result of this exercise goes, I think these look alright. The lines are still a little static, and they don't curve as much as I'd like them to, so that's definitely something I'll be working on.

Well, that's all for tonight, check back tomorrow for something new!