trying to draw JIMMIA
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MrSpectrum
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I have not (yet) but you might find some tips/inspiration here and here.JIMMIA":mv1ck5xt said:
Danielle Dufault, who hosts & illustrates for YT channel Animalogic has also drawn one for her video, Bearded Dragon: The King of Chill
While searching for an image for a project, I came across this one, which I particularly liked, but as the artist is trying to sell it commercially, I won't post/use it w/o permission.
https://images.fineartamerica.com/images/artworkimages/mediumlarge/1/bearded-dragon-regan-dohm.jpg
HippieLizards
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That's Really good for a first time! the scales are pretty good! The proportions are also good.JIMMIA":1gx3nr18 said:I am no artist, this my very first attempt of drawing a beardieWhat do you honestly think ? please
I Drew my dude Loki a few weeks ago. View media item 60752How I did the beard was that I just shaded the beard areas lightly with about a medium tone and then lifted up some highlights with a kneaded eraser and then with darker lines (gently putting more pressure with the pencil) I started adding the scales individually and building up the darkest areas. With practice and time you'll get better.
My tips would be to add some shading and highlights to the drawing to make it pop and look more realistic, you've got this!!
kingofnobbys
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I saw a program not so long ago about how the great artists of the C17th did very accurate portraits.
Involved setting up a glass window with a mesh drawn on it. and projecting a pin-point (obscura) image against the smooth substrate .
Artists in the Renaissance era sometimes used a device called a camera obscura enclosure to gain perspective in their art work. In his writings, Leonardo Da Vinci gives clear descriptions of the projection of an image through a pinhole .https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Camera_obscura
If you have camera , you can take a photo and then produce a transparency, project this against the paper you plan to produce the sketch or watercolour on , and this way you can get every detail down perfectly . This is how I'd do it I was were artistically inclined ( and the approach I used sometimes when I was in high school and taking compulsory ART class in year 7 & 8 ) , was a very good "drawer" in my day but turned my drawing skills to technical drawing and later structural and process design (by hand) in my formative years ( years 9 to 10 , then when I returned to uni to do my second double degree in ChemEng + Physics).
Involved setting up a glass window with a mesh drawn on it. and projecting a pin-point (obscura) image against the smooth substrate .
Artists in the Renaissance era sometimes used a device called a camera obscura enclosure to gain perspective in their art work. In his writings, Leonardo Da Vinci gives clear descriptions of the projection of an image through a pinhole .https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Camera_obscura
If you have camera , you can take a photo and then produce a transparency, project this against the paper you plan to produce the sketch or watercolour on , and this way you can get every detail down perfectly . This is how I'd do it I was were artistically inclined ( and the approach I used sometimes when I was in high school and taking compulsory ART class in year 7 & 8 ) , was a very good "drawer" in my day but turned my drawing skills to technical drawing and later structural and process design (by hand) in my formative years ( years 9 to 10 , then when I returned to uni to do my second double degree in ChemEng + Physics).
MrSpectrum
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I always did better drawing from a photo than from life--2D to 2D rather than trying to draw 3D to 2D.
(Yes, even with one eye closed, which I often tried.) I later went technical too, up until CAD came in in the early '80s. Now my creative expression/outlets are different. ?
(Yes, even with one eye closed, which I often tried.) I later went technical too, up until CAD came in in the early '80s. Now my creative expression/outlets are different. ?
kingofnobbys
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MrSpectrum":3agsnily said:
Yep, trained up in using AUTOCAD , CHEMCAD , and CADWORx , but by that stage I was a senior engineer and it was my choice to stick with hand-drawing and to delegate the computer aided drawing to my juniors or to a draughtsman.
HippieLizards
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Wow. I Should try that sometime. I just look at a photo and draw with my pencil.kingofnobbys":2hymsbga said:
Oh yes, I am the same way. it's so much easier to just look at a photo and draw, but I have been trying to just look at objects and draw them lately. Like with my Loki drawing I just sat down next to him and drew him. But I should've just used a photo.MrSpectrum":2hymsbga said:
JumpinJellyfish
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I think you have an enormous amount of patience/dedication to draw all those tiny little scales! :0)JIMMIA":1rg0udtv said:I am no artist, this my very first attempt of drawing a beardie
HippieLizards
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Definitely, I've been drawing since childhood and to this day Drawing multiple individual little scales is pretty difficult and annoying to do after so long for me, it takes a lot of patience.JumpinJellyfish":3e8asll2 said:I think you have an enormous amount of patience/dedication to draw all those tiny little scales! :0)JIMMIA":3e8asll2 said:I am no artist, this my very first attempt of drawing a beardie
Honestly I've gotta agree, That's really advanced and well done for a new artist, With practice I think he's going to be a great artist!AHBD":3e8asll2 said:Wow the finished drawing of Jimmia is really nice ! You actually are a good artist, the attention to detail is not something that people usually can do right away. Great job ! Now you have a new hobby I think .
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