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This artwork focuses on the penguin as a symbol of resilience and adaptability. Depicted in its natural habitat, the penguin embodies the beauty of survival in harsh environments. The contrasting colors of its sleek black and white feathers against the icy landscape emphasize its uniqueness. Through this piece, I aim to evoke feelings of warmth and wonder, inviting viewers to appreciate not only the penguin’s charm but also the larger themes of community and perseverance in the face of challenges. -
First attempts at drawing... How to get started. The drawing upside-down and the white space tips both came from of Betty Edwards, in her book: The New Drawing on the Right Side of the Brain And here is a link to her website, purely by way of a big thank you! https://www.drawright.com/ OK, so you have finally plucked-up the courage to get that sketch pad out that you were given for your 8th birthday - (you are now 28!) - and you really want to have a go at drawing. A good place to start is just copying a photograph of anything that takes your fancy. Ideally, you want to work from a printed photograph or a cut-out from a magazine - or even a comic, if that is what you are into. Now, first things first... TURN YOUR PHOTO OR PRINT-OUT UPSIDE-DOWN! If you are working from your laptop, rotate the image through 180 degrees. Now. If you are trying to copy a photo of a person, don't even attempt to draw the person. Draw the "white space" around them. So, if for example, they are standing against a door, then draw the door and the edges of the bits of the door that you can't see because of the person who is standing in front of it. What you end-up with is, of course, the outline of a person. But the important thing is that what you have been drawing is the door - not the person. It's exactly the same procedure if it is just the head part. Instead of trying to draw the head, you draw everything around the head. So everything EXCEPT the head. What is left in the middle will actually be the outline of the head - but that is not what you are looking at when you draw it. Same thing if it's the arms, hands, body, whatever. You DON'T draw the hand. You draw the space around it. So, if the guy is resting his hand on a table, you draw the table - not the hand. Then the bit of the table that is missing is, of course, where his hand is resting. 'Same thing if it is a cow in a field. A kettle on a stove. A car. A horse and cart. Whatever. You name it!! When you come to draw in the details, keep the photo that you are copying upside-down and just draw what you see - in the correct location, relative to the outline. So DO NOT try to draw a face. DO NOT try to draw a hand. Turn the photo upside-down!! Draw in the "white space" first. Fill-in the details as you see them. Erase from your mind any conception of what you think a hand, face, head, someone's neck, a horse or a dog should look like. And just draw what you see!! It may take a few attempts but you will very soon get used to drawing exactly what you see - not what you think you are seeing. Or what you think a hand or a face should look like. As soon as you are confident in your ability to just draw what you see - how it actually is - not how you think it should be - you can then work with all of your photos the right way up. And please DON'T practice to much. All that will do is to spoil your creativity and all your stuff will look very boring and technical. Just get on with it and enjoy the process. Once you get going - if you just let yourself go - you will very soon develop your own style. Your drawings DON'T have to be perfect. They just have to be natural and you have to have fun doing them... You don't have to spend hours and hours of drudgery practicing to try and make your drawings look like something out of a text book. Let your own style develop by itself. Last one... If ever you want to try your hand at drawing a live model - obviously, you can't turn them upside-down!! What you have to do is to draw all the "white space" around them first. Get the basic outline of their body. Then fill in the details exactly as you see them. When it comes to eyes - and, especially hands - you really need to just draw what you see. Don't think of these things as eyes or hands. Just think of them as random lines that you have to copy. I really can't understand why so many beginners have so much trouble drawing hands!! They almost always seem to draw them about half the size they should be. If you are having trouble with hands, don't try to draw hands. Just draw the white space around them. It's that easy!! Just give it a go! Don't practice. And have fun! Then upload your results here at artfreaks.com. Don't be ashamed. This site was specifically designed for beginners and amateurs. We used to have loads of beginners when the site first started, back in 2005 and it would be lovely to see some more absolute beginners back on the site!
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soviet nuclear power suit.jpg
FunkyBoy posted a gallery image in Drawings, sketches, cartoons - (any media, any subject)
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Klee - ( Work in Progress )
Cookie Omalin posted a gallery image in Drawings, sketches, cartoons - (any media, any subject)
Drew one of my favorite Genshin Impact characters using a pencil and pen (credits to the original artist of the character I drew) Planning to color it soon. -
From the album: Other Work
I find I like twisting other peoples characters/OC's/Avatars to my own grim purpose. This is Elkyrie, Bat-Girl vtuber astronaut. "I've finally made it to Earth...! it now burns..." -
Amumu
Michelle Rolfe posted a gallery image in Drawings, sketches, cartoons - (any media, any subject)
I used pencil and ball point. image reference from wild rift league of legends champion - Amumu -
Gon
Michelle Rolfe posted a gallery image in Drawings, sketches, cartoons - (any media, any subject)
This is Gon freecss, one of the character on hunter x hunter. I used water color and ballpoint for this -
Keaya
Michelle Rolfe posted a gallery image in Drawings, sketches, cartoons - (any media, any subject)
I used Simple pencil and ball point. Kaeya is the cavalry captain of the knights of favonius. (Reference image of Kaeya from genshin impact online game) -
I used pencil and ball point. (reference: Vi champion from wild rift online game)
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Sayu
Cookie Omalin posted a gallery image in Drawings, sketches, cartoons - (any media, any subject)
Drew a chibi version of Sayu from genshin impact using a pencil and ball point pen. Credits to the original artist of the character I drew. (riri.meow_ from instagram). -
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Hrad středověku
Jiří Antonín Votypka posted a gallery image in Drawings, sketches, cartoons - (any media, any subject)
© Free
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From the album: Other Work
My entry piece to a Deviant Art charity event -
From the album: Other Work
Metropolis Police Department. Cyber Crime and Post Human Unit. Zeta Grade Combat, Negotiation and Investigation Anroid. Former officer. Suspension after investigation of use of brutal force on Post Human perp, responsible for multiple bombings in 2312. Investigation found officer was suffering from "emotional" processes that interfere with prime directives. See file:A45. 1 sect/3 - Officer had "Friends" in local community, casualties of the bombing in 2312. Officer rejects recalibration, Officer states "You can't rewrite a soul" Officer active duty terminated. Update file: Officer now in the role of "Private Investigator" in relation to Cyber Crime and Post Human cases. Further information pending.... -
Homer Simpson
Michelle Rolfe posted a gallery image in Drawings, sketches, cartoons - (any media, any subject)
Mood ? -
Mickey Mouse
wandajoseph posted a gallery image in Drawings, sketches, cartoons - (any media, any subject)
My mickey mouse sketch -
Amirul "The Golden Son" Plasma-Warlock
FunkyBoy posted a gallery image in Members Albums - Index Page
From the album: Other Work
Bio to come - my remake of a character from Randowis's award winning we live in an MMO!?© Amirul belongs to Randowis
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Self-portrait and an Upside-down practice sketch
smb posted a gallery image in Members Albums - Index Page
From the album: Drawings and sketches
Both of these were done as exercises back in 2005 when I was trying to get back into art after a thirty-year break. Both exercises came from a great book for beginners, called "The New Drawing on the Right Side of the Brain" by Betty Edwards. And here's a link to her website: https://www.drawright.com/ Drawing number 1 was a pretty fair attempt at a self-portrait, I thought. (You will notice that I still had a little bit of hair around my ears and the back of my neck in those days!) Number 2, the "upside-down" drawing was a particular revelation for me! Basically, you had to turn the book upside-down, (thus confusing the right side of the brain,) and then copy the drawing just like that. Finally, having cheated the right side of your brain out of its tendency to make you draw things in its own stylized images and just copy what was in front of you, I was quite surprised by the results... Never mind... Betty Edwards can explain it a whole lot better than I can! -
Nezuko
Jennifer Rolfe posted a gallery image in Drawings, sketches, cartoons - (any media, any subject)
This is Nezuko from the Anime "Demon Slayer" sister of the leading character Tanjiro. -
anime
Michelle Rolfe posted a gallery image in Drawings, sketches, cartoons - (any media, any subject)
Just a quick drawing. i used ballpoint for this. -
Jalter
Michelle Rolfe posted a gallery image in Drawings, sketches, cartoons - (any media, any subject)
Jeanne d'arc Alter one of the character on Anime fate grand order -
From the album: Beginnings
9x11 acrylic abstract painting called: the drawing -
This tip was the number one lesson that I learned from The New Drawing on the Right Side of the Brain by Betty Edwards If you want to make a drawing from a photograph, just turn the photo upside-down and then copy exactly what you see. Try it. This sounds really stupid but it actually works! The idea here is to confuse the left (rational) side of your brain and prevent it from taking-over your drawing process and making you draw things as the symbols that it sees in. If you leave the drawing or photograph the right way up, the left side of your brain will dive in there and say "Ah! An eye! I know what an eye looks like...!" and then you end up drawing an eye or a face or whatever as you think it should look - rather than the way that it actually looks... There is really nothing very difficult about drawing. Almost anyone with a functioning hand and reasonable eyesight, fingers, paper and a pencil can do it! No special fingers are needed - ordinary ones will do just fine!!!!! And the only skill you need to master is the ability to condition your mind into drawing what is there and not the symbols that the left side of your brain rationalizes in. Just go ahead and give it a try... You'll be amazed at the results! Once you have done this a few times and you start to build your confidence, you'll find that you are able to just copy exactly what you see - (rather than what the left side of your brain thinks you are seeing.) Once you have conditioned yourself in this way, you will find that you no longer need to turn your subject upside down... Ha ha! The drawing on the right-hand side of the below, shows the results of my first attempt at upside-down drawing...
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From the album: Other Work
Got nominated to do this by an acquaintance, so I waded into it with the characters provided.
