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Fakku Art Study Group
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Current Group Participants (Click on the Names to go to their Artwork!)
So what is this?
We made a skype study group for the artists of Fakku. This isn't just for people trying to make it a career, hobbyists are welcome as well.
1. Encouragement, keep pushing each other to not stagnate.
2. Sharing information with one another
3. Providing a safe environment to link artwork you might not want to show in too public of a place. Maybe some doodles or less finished pieces of work.
4. Give constructive criticism and helpful advice to other peers. you can freely link your artwork in the Skype study group.
5. Potentially collaborate on some projects
Enough talk! how do i get started!
Any work associated with the assignments can be put here, it should go without saying that assignments will never be completed, so do them in any order and as many times as you'd like. [color=red]There is also a Skype Group you can PM me your Skype to be added into the Skype Group.[/color]
[color=olive]Try to comment and provide constructive criticism to all Art and assignments posted in the thread by other users.[/color]
That being said, here is a very good post from someone from Conceptart.org on constructive criticism.
[color=red]No assignments have a deadline, this is all casual. you can do them in any order and at any pace you wish. New assignments will go out ... randomly and whenever we feel like we need something new! enjoy.[/color]
Outside of Assignments, draw whenever you can. It doesn't have to be at a desk, or with a bunch of fancy tools in front of you. Draw on the back of math tests, at work, on napkins. Just keep your hands moving, every little bit will help. Even drawing cubes and circles on the bus.
[size=21]Assignment 0 - Influence Map[/h]
[size=21]Assignment 1 - Gesture Drawings[/h]
[size=21]Assignment 2 - Basic Figures[/h]
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[color=blue]Photo References[/color]
Posemaniacs
Ugly Bugs
[color=blue]Online Tutorials (Traditional)[/color]
Still Life Tutorial - Zippo Lighter
Oil Painting - William Whitaker
Figure Studies & Anatomy, Josh Reed
[color=blue]Online Tutorials (Digital)[/color]
Ctrl-Paint
[color=blue]Online Books available for download or free viewing.[/color]
Andrew Loomis - Available for Free DL
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So what is this?
We made a skype study group for the artists of Fakku. This isn't just for people trying to make it a career, hobbyists are welcome as well.
1. Encouragement, keep pushing each other to not stagnate.
2. Sharing information with one another
3. Providing a safe environment to link artwork you might not want to show in too public of a place. Maybe some doodles or less finished pieces of work.
4. Give constructive criticism and helpful advice to other peers. you can freely link your artwork in the Skype study group.
5. Potentially collaborate on some projects
Enough talk! how do i get started!
Any work associated with the assignments can be put here, it should go without saying that assignments will never be completed, so do them in any order and as many times as you'd like. [color=red]There is also a Skype Group you can PM me your Skype to be added into the Skype Group.[/color]
[color=olive]Try to comment and provide constructive criticism to all Art and assignments posted in the thread by other users.[/color]
That being said, here is a very good post from someone from Conceptart.org on constructive criticism.
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[color=blue][size=20]Assignments of the Art Group
[/color][/h][color=red]No assignments have a deadline, this is all casual. you can do them in any order and at any pace you wish. New assignments will go out ... randomly and whenever we feel like we need something new! enjoy.[/color]
Outside of Assignments, draw whenever you can. It doesn't have to be at a desk, or with a bunch of fancy tools in front of you. Draw on the back of math tests, at work, on napkins. Just keep your hands moving, every little bit will help. Even drawing cubes and circles on the bus.
[size=21]Assignment 0 - Influence Map[/h]
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[size=21]Assignment 1 - Gesture Drawings[/h]
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[size=21]Assignment 2 - Basic Figures[/h]
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[size=21][color=#006600]References & Inspirations[/color]
[/h][color=blue]Photo References[/color]
Posemaniacs
Ugly Bugs
[color=blue]Online Tutorials (Traditional)[/color]
Still Life Tutorial - Zippo Lighter
Oil Painting - William Whitaker
Figure Studies & Anatomy, Josh Reed
[color=blue]Online Tutorials (Digital)[/color]
Ctrl-Paint
[color=blue]Online Books available for download or free viewing.[/color]
Andrew Loomis - Available for Free DL
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We're going to be talking a bit about gestures later, gonna give dudes time to figure out if they want to join or not.
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Always, whats your skype?
Also going to do an Influence Map since i suggested it as the first intro assignment, and i'd be a loser if i didn't do it myself. (Ixallus is the art name i use by the way)
Also going to do an Influence Map since i suggested it as the first intro assignment, and i'd be a loser if i didn't do it myself. (Ixallus is the art name i use by the way)
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This is a really good idea. I kind of want to join but.. I sort of maybe suck. ([size=10]yes I have pretty low confidence in my art abilities[/h]) Also I don't have a skype.
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First assignment!
Lets do this!
EDIT: skill level doesn't matter, whatsoever. If you don't have a skype, just make one. Its free.... Thats why we have it.
Lets do this!
EDIT: skill level doesn't matter, whatsoever. If you don't have a skype, just make one. Its free.... Thats why we have it.
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First one guys, lets really have fun. Post it in this thread so we can see it or on skype, or on both. Some people may only be participating on the forums.
Week 1 - Gesture Drawings and Introductions
Week 1 - Gesture Drawings and Introductions
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I'd advise that when you do the gesture drawings, draw from life. Draw strangers at school or at a mall or outdoors or use your friends as models, they can stay clothed, or not, whatever they are comfortable with. Drawing from life in general is highly highly recomended if you want to be good at drawing period. Yes its frustrating, but its rewarding if you stick with it. Its all about trial and error, and you have to fail a lot before you succeed. No easy path- blah blah. But you if you have paper, and a pencil or pen you can practice even if its just drawing your own hand, or shoes. Well I didn't intend to write this much, but its exciting to see a group of people excited about drawing :) Cheers!
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Adding them whenever we feel like it, don't rush though. do these at your own pace, heh. I based Assignment 2 off of the thing you proposed about asking people to draw 1 picture as a baseline.
EDIT: I read a very helpful article on CA. You can be building your skill in a multitude of ways, doodle on the bus, draw on a napkin. Even looking around the place and looking at how shadows form, how people move, the features of that dog. The world is your Reference photo, take visual notes of everything.
EDIT2: Also not going to release another assignment for awhile so it gives dudes time to do the current ones.
EDIT: I read a very helpful article on CA. You can be building your skill in a multitude of ways, doodle on the bus, draw on a napkin. Even looking around the place and looking at how shadows form, how people move, the features of that dog. The world is your Reference photo, take visual notes of everything.
EDIT2: Also not going to release another assignment for awhile so it gives dudes time to do the current ones.
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When doing a gesture drawing, you are quickly recording data about your subject. What angles are the limbs pointing at. What is the distance between the forms, like the head and knee in my example. The purpose is to quickly get a feel for proportions and the pose. It won't be perfect after only a short time spent on it so dont stress out about that. Also, I think it is helpful to draw while moving the whole arm (for broad strokes in gestures). Think before you stroke, then confidently make a smoothe flowing movement. Lastly, to have confidence while drawing think only in the moment. Don't worry whether you made a mistake a second ago, don't worry if you will run out of time. Think only about what line you are going to draw, execute it. Then the next line, and so on.
ADDED gestures from imagination:
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[color=red]All members of the group are encouraged to critiquing when they can. But it doesn't mean you can't provide thoughtful compliments. Basically put thought into your responses. Also try not to skip over people's posts, i know it's a habit on Fakku, but we want to give everyone attention here.[/color]
@GracefulDescent
You got the actions down for the most part. but try to define the forms a bit more brother. You can use photos or http://www.posemaniacs.com/ as reference.
@Maeve
So far so good, the bottom one looks really nice. Try to do a few more forms, and don't dump to much time into them. 2 - 5 minutes or so on one figure.
@Dapper8008
Glad to have you with us Dapper. Come in and give us critiques when you want, i'm not sure how much you plan on participating. Your lines are clean, really dig the confidence you're showing in your strokes. can you do a few gestures from imagination as well, i wanna see em!
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Assignment 2 (From Imagination)
This is for assignment 2, i'm doing some basic thumbs so i can figure out what kind of pose i want to do. I'm using Tegumi as the subject, but i'll be adding some imagination to it. I guess this counts as Gesture too? heh.
@GracefulDescent
You got the actions down for the most part. but try to define the forms a bit more brother. You can use photos or http://www.posemaniacs.com/ as reference.
@Maeve
So far so good, the bottom one looks really nice. Try to do a few more forms, and don't dump to much time into them. 2 - 5 minutes or so on one figure.
@Dapper8008
Glad to have you with us Dapper. Come in and give us critiques when you want, i'm not sure how much you plan on participating. Your lines are clean, really dig the confidence you're showing in your strokes. can you do a few gestures from imagination as well, i wanna see em!
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Assignment 2 (From Imagination)
This is for assignment 2, i'm doing some basic thumbs so i can figure out what kind of pose i want to do. I'm using Tegumi as the subject, but i'll be adding some imagination to it. I guess this counts as Gesture too? heh.
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