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Forgot to charge the iPad overnight, so I doodled instead.
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Sometimes all I can manage is a wispy sketch, and no more. I don’t want to continue, so I shouldn’t. I guess I needed some distance, and perhaps finish it later. The creative mind is an unpredictable mess that doesn’t listen to time tables and deadlines.
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What to do with circles I took so much care constructing? I know…
Whimsical is good!
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Trying to apply what I’ve learned in the past days to a portrait from a photo. Though it’s rather “mechanical” I’m pleased with the progress I made in such a short time. Furthermore, drawing longer than 30 minutes doesn’t seem to bother me anymore. So that’s progress too.
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Today’s rough sketch is a stepping stone in getting better at drawing portraits. You can read my self-review here.
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Today’s sketch is a squirrel. I did a little self-critique you can read here.
the rough sketch of a squirrel -
Anyone can doodle. You don’t have to be good at it. That’s the whole point. Let your imagination run free. Liberate your inner child. At least, that’s what I told myself…
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Unlike 2024, when I should’ve made a game, but didn’t, in 2025 I want to challenge myself with something I’m more familiar with. I want to get better at creating art for myself at first, and perhaps for others later in the year.
Read more here.
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There’s no use beating yourself up over things not being perfect, because they never will be. Rather than that, I prefer a loose interpretation of a scene, with my spin on it. There are some anatomical issues, though.
rough sketch and its process video to show how I built it up -
When the title of a piece is more interesting than the piece itself, I know I need to step up my game…
This is a good thing, since I felt a bit rusty in my art creation lately.
Line→Shape→Form
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I suppose going into details when the basic structure of the head isn’t in place is a fool’s errant. I seem to stick to old habits. Drew this on Saturday, edited it today, to only see it went nowhere.
the sketch and the process video based on a photo -
One of many Pythagoras' theorem proofs.
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I had forgotten to charge the iPad overnight, so I had to draw analog, and I chose colored pen, to check how accurate I am at proportions. It turned out, there’s room for improvement. Once charged (a bit), I could scan, then resume charging the iPad Pro.
off-model drawing of an eastern shorthair cat -
I can now see what my weaknesses are, and what I need to focus on. I try to copy what I see, instead of drawing what I know, informed by what I see. IOW, simplify and then elaborate by adding details, big to small. So how will things improve?
four quick portrait sketches from the past three days -
I know I’m drawing photo’s of heads instead of heads, but it’s a start. This time I drew the woman upside down, as to get less confused by my brain seeing meaning instead of shapes. Shapes I can draw, their meaning not so much.
the bottom right is a blond-haired woman -
Guessing proportions by eye seems still elusive. I guess drawing simpler objects would help here.
today's portrait is top right and represents a senior wearing a hat and sunglasses -
I suppose there’s no good replacement for solid practice and going through bad drawings before anything worthwhile appears. Also, that hour went by quicker than I thought. Now if I only had a lighter tough…
my attempt at Robert Vaughn as Napoleon Solo in The Man from U.N.C.L.E. -
Even the first ten steps of a forty-steps process proved to be too complicated and requires more practice with each step, separate from drawing faces. This is going to take a long time to get good at, let alone master it.
quick portrait sketches
process video of above drawing -
I’m trying to draw somewhat realistic portraits from photos. I found a 40-step tutorial, with each step requiring measuring and, frankly, a study on its own. I always had problems measuring angles and comparing distances, due to my glasses. A straight line turns into a curved line, and so on.
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Without the tyranny of reality it gets much easier for me to draw people, though the stylized version is less convincing than a realistic art style. I need to find a middle ground, and then nudge it into more realistic.
stylized version of a runner
process video of above drawing