I have not (yet) but you might find some tips/inspiration here and here.JIMMIA":mv1ck5xt said:has anyone ever drew a bearded dragon before ?
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 beardie What do you honestly think ? please
MrSpectrum":3agsnily said: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. ?
Wow. I Should try that sometime. I just look at a photo and draw with my pencil.kingofnobbys":2hymsbga said: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).
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: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. ?
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 What do you honestly think ? please
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 What do you honestly think ? please
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 . Maybe a new pic of Immaji in one of his rides.