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I'm struggling a bit with my art at the moment. This is a big step up from not doing art at all.
Lately I've been working on my coloring style. I can't seem to be consistent.
I find myself drawn to the haphazard side of coloring, as well as very stark, cell-type shading. I get very frustrated with realistic shading, as it rarely fits what I have in my head.
I also don't think I have the patience for it.
On top of that, I really need to work on diversifying the people that I draw. I've been working long and hard on backgrounds, as I had previously cast those off as too picky to bother with. But now I need to get back into figures and, perhaps more importantly, faces.
I need to draw all kinds of people. Guys, girls, young, old, fat, skinny, muscular, or anorexic. And then I need to simplify them to a few defining lines. Because I seem to want a very simple, sketchy style. No minute details, no meticulous etching of texture (although I'm trying to incorporate more of that, as well). I want to do more with lighting, too. Maybe create a picture only using black and a highlight color.
Ah. I dunno. As I said, I've only recently re-entered the art world, and very slightly at that. One thing at at time.
Lately I've been working on my coloring style. I can't seem to be consistent.
I find myself drawn to the haphazard side of coloring, as well as very stark, cell-type shading. I get very frustrated with realistic shading, as it rarely fits what I have in my head.
I also don't think I have the patience for it.
On top of that, I really need to work on diversifying the people that I draw. I've been working long and hard on backgrounds, as I had previously cast those off as too picky to bother with. But now I need to get back into figures and, perhaps more importantly, faces.
I need to draw all kinds of people. Guys, girls, young, old, fat, skinny, muscular, or anorexic. And then I need to simplify them to a few defining lines. Because I seem to want a very simple, sketchy style. No minute details, no meticulous etching of texture (although I'm trying to incorporate more of that, as well). I want to do more with lighting, too. Maybe create a picture only using black and a highlight color.
Ah. I dunno. As I said, I've only recently re-entered the art world, and very slightly at that. One thing at at time.
