Oh Yeah, Drawing Exists · 4:04am Aug 22nd, 2021
It's been a while since I made a drawing post. I'm away from my sketchbook, so I can't show any drawings. However, for a quick rundown of what I've been up to:
1. I FINALLY got the hang of drawing heads at various rotations and camera angles. At first, I used balls for the head, and then the Loomis Method. However, both required a fair amount of intuition, of which I have none. I am an IDIOT when it comes to art haha. Taking a tip from a Manga artist, I then used boxes to determine the orientation of the head. I'll show examples later, but this makes it soooooooo easy for a dumb dumb like me.
And once I learned the basics of camera angles, I was able to create all types of heads. Looking straight up from below? Done! Looking downward at a 45 degree angle and to the left at a 30 degree angle while halfway above the horizon line? Done!!! Seriously, it sounds complicated, but perspective + boxes makes this so easy.
2. The boxes make drawing bodies at various rotations and camera angles easy too. Using a cylinder to contain the body also works too once you get the hang of perspective. To demonstrate what I'm talking about: A pony looking up from below would look different than one looking up from above you. Different parts of the body show based on the camera angle, and boxes help with this immensely.
3. I finally don't suck with curves haha. Wheels, flowers, plants, domes, cylindrical shapes, and other circular shapes are pretty simple once you get the hang of perspective. And, as always, boxes and squares/rectangles make this much simpler to handle.
4. Diagonals: I don't know why this was so hard lol. Well, I actually do. Diagonals at extreme camera angles are super tricky.
5. Edits: I also learned basic form-building to construct stuff like cars, rocket ships, and other stuff that can't be constructed from boxes. For example, making a Jeep from a box is simple. A missle? Not so much.
I'm pretty sure I learned more, but I just got back from a long California vacation and I'm super sleepy haha.
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Genetics related? Uhhh... I can do one arm push-ups now on low countertops @ 222lbs. Remember, last April my joints prevented me from doing two-arm wall push ups super close to the wall at like 186 lbs. I'm also randomly jumping up multiple stairs at a time, since I need to regain my pre-injury athleticism back. The fact that I'm 6'2 and can't dunk a basketball is a disgrace haha. What good is having muscle if you can't move your own body through space?
Also, Death Valley has mountain lions, and I visited it when it was 123 degrees. Typical of me 
I need to try the trick with the boxes. I never even knew that you could do that.
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Here's an example of what I mean:
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Note that the heads aren't rotating up or down. Instead, the camera angle is moving from below the head, to in front of it, to above it.
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Yeah, I reallyneed to try this. Thanks for the tips!