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    • AndrewCothill
      AndrewCothill last edited by

      Erm, just the one tonight, i promise, it'll be different next time.. honest!

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      • Steve Young
        Steve Young last edited by

        Really great work!

        Never give up, always push yourself two steps further than you believe you can go.

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        • AndrewCothill
          AndrewCothill last edited by

          Thanks, Steve!

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          • AndrewCothill
            AndrewCothill last edited by

            oh, btw, the first woman from the right was eating something so, yeah... it was a goood pose bu now i look at it.. ahem. yeah xD

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            • AndrewCothill
              AndrewCothill last edited by

              So today was a push a little more towards caricature. I'm trying not to concentrate so much on likeness but to develop (and sometimes just use the expression/construction as a starting point) a feel of character or their emotional state... sometimes even just a fun stance! WIsh me luck!

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              • Leontine
                Leontine @AndrewCothill last edited by

                @AndrewCothill good luck! Love the 'papa' on the right!

                Leontine
                "A picture is worth a thousand words."

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                • Steve Young
                  Steve Young last edited by

                  You are so dedicated, your approach I think your rendering is really good, you are capturing form and likeness to a high level. Though I think what could push you to the next level. Is after you have done one set of sketches. Draw the same things in a different pose without any refrence. I know its hard, but it will force you to use your memory. Its something I have found very helpful, I hope it helps. Great work, keep going.

                  Never give up, always push yourself two steps further than you believe you can go.

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                  • AndrewCothill
                    AndrewCothill @Steve Young last edited by

                    @Leontine-Gassenbeek - Thanks a lot! he was fun to draw as he had no chin and a massive body. Strangeness.

                    @Steve-Young Thanks a ton, Steve! That means a lot and makes total sense. That approach might also help to reduce the complexity too.

                    I predict a sudden downturn in qulaity but i won't let the fear of that get to me. I won't i tells thee!

                    ok then, prepare for failure! and hopeful success! and character growth! and all that good stuff xD

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                    • Steve Young
                      Steve Young last edited by

                      Everything is a success, failure is an opportunity to learn. When you learn, you get better. So the more you fail the more opportunity you have to get better, therefore less failure. Win Win.

                      Never give up, always push yourself two steps further than you believe you can go.

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                      • AndrewCothill
                        AndrewCothill last edited by

                        Here's tonight's. As it says on there: i did the first one from ref, the second one referencing the first and the third one trying to remember and simplify. Thank you muchly, mister @Steve-Young!
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                        • Christina Brown
                          Christina Brown last edited by

                          Everything here is awesome! I'm super jealous of your skills!

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                          • Leontine
                            Leontine @AndrewCothill last edited by

                            @AndrewCothill Oh yes, Drawing makes you stronger, healthier, helps your emotions to mature. All because your self confidence is growing!

                            Leontine
                            "A picture is worth a thousand words."

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                            • Steve Young
                              Steve Young last edited by

                              Thanks @AndrewCothill, you've done a great job with the last example. Keep going with your practice, but you also need to put that practice into some final artwork!

                              Never give up, always push yourself two steps further than you believe you can go.

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                              • Ben Rudnicki142
                                Ben Rudnicki142 last edited by

                                I really like this last example, you captured that attitude that seems to resonate from the character very well. I especially enjoy the way you added value to his hair, to me it really solidifies the drawing itself. Awesome work man!

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                                • AndrewCothill
                                  AndrewCothill last edited by

                                  @Christina-Taylor-Brown That's very kind of you, Christina! Thanks for saying so but i really, honestly feel like it's getting lucky a few times... when it goes wrong, it goes really WRONG! xDD you should see some of the drawing of people i was doing about 2-4 weeks ago! xD

                                  @Leontine-Gaasenbeek - i'm not sure if self confidence is growing but i can definitely see where false confidence has played a massive part in my development. Also, there's a lot of times i wished i just shut up and kept drawing instead of analysing so much. There's soo much i never knew that comes from just drawing and studying every day!

                                  @Steve-Young when you say finished piece do you mean moving from a reference to an imaginative drawing and then pushing it all the way to a sort of polish stage? i'm hoping to traverse back to the 3rd Thursday comp and hopefully that will be from ref, simplified and then taken to as mfinished as i can muster! 🙂 Thanks for your energy and ideas too, btw!

                                  @Ben-Rudnicki142 Thanks very much, Ben! I saw the hair as the biggest challenge on the image but what you say makes so much more sense than just a technical challenge, it makes it about a hole person and i never really thought of it like that. Thanks!

                                  I'm currently doing around 3 other big things so i'm trying to squeeze these in quicker these days/ Here's tonight's It's not fully successful but i didn't feel like i was checking reference this time. it was more like i was rying to catch who this guy was. I'm not sure if that doesn't sound like poo but i'm not sure i really understand it myself at the moment. Changes are a-foot!

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                                  • Steve Young
                                    Steve Young last edited by

                                    Great work, I like your imaginative stuff. Your correct, push your lessons using reference to create a final imaginative piece. Good luck with that.

                                    Never give up, always push yourself two steps further than you believe you can go.

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