Gotta fly, here's a sketch.
Drawing Every Day.
-the Centaur
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More Goldman studies. Please forgive the rushed, blurry shading: I had to both finish and photograph this in the near-dark of a single light at the hotel room's desk, as my wife already went to sleep after our long day.
Drawing every day.
-the Centaur
The transfer is poor because I took this picture in low light - since my smaller notebooks don't like to lay flat, and I didn't pack a scanner in my suitcase, I've been taking photographs rather than scanning my Drawing Every Day pieces, and cleaning them up as best as I can - and the source drawing itself is this kind of weird stack of overlapping images. But I think this drawing shows, more or less, the gist.
Drawing every day.
-the Centaur
SO! Apparently yesterday I went through the last of my Drawing Every Day 2024 buffer ... but I had time during a break between panels to do one drawing this week, and I've booked time for drawing tomorrow morning, so we will NOT be having a break in coverage today! More hands, by the way.
Drawing on average every day, posting every day that I can.
-the Centaur
Again from Goldman. Drawing (on average) every day, posting every day that I can.
-the Centaur
Still more sketches, this time based on Wizard: How to Draw. Being methodical sometimes leaves me feeling goofy, but the step-by-step approach is creating much more confidence once I go through it.
Drawing (on average) every day.
-the Centaur
More hand practice from Goldman. Drawing every day.
-the Centaur
So the proportions of this superhero (Nightwing?) aren't too far off what they were in "Wizard: How to Draw", but a much better artist can make this level of stylization look much better than I can.
Drawing every day.
-the Centaur
Again from Goldman. Drawing every day.
-the Centaur
A couple of conceptual sketches for a planned illustration for my story "Shadows of Titanium Rain." Not very intelligible at this stage, but this is a stage I need to get comfortable at so I am not simply drawing and hoping it turns out, but planning my drawing for it to become a success.
Drawing at a rate of once daily, posting every day.
-the Centaur
Recreating front matter sketches from "Wizard: How to Draw". I like the inking technique they used on the toothy monkey-zombie dude in the bottom left, though it's hard to recreate with my portable art kit.
Drawing every day.
-the Centaur
Geez, hands are complicated, man. More Goldman studies.
Drawing every day.
-the Centaur
More from the Wizard Basic Training How to Draw book. It surprises me how much I got out of doing the stick-man and outline sketches - they showed me limits of my existing practice (and conversely, how much I've progressed in other areas, like hand shape and arm length). Still, a lot of work to do.
Also, some superhero costumes REALLY look like lingerie in disguise. Just sayin'.
Drawing every day.
-the Centaur
More Goldman studies. Drawing every day.
-the Centaur
For years I've been carrying about the book The Best of Wizard Basic Training: How to Draw: Getting Started, trying to make progress in it, and failing. But, my new methodical approach based on Goldman's book seems to be working, so I'm going to add the Wizzes into my drawing rotation. Let's see how it goes.
Frankly speaking, if I was to do it all over again, I'd start with the hands and feet, as they're the hardest part, and when you start trying to draw a person but can't finish it due to the hands and feet, it's hard to really feel that the drawing is done. I don't really feel that anymore, though I know I have a long ways to go.
Drawing every day, methodically, through a set of exercises.
-the Centaur
Fun fact: I've just about finished a whole notebook of Drawing Every Day sketches!
Onward!
-the Centaur
Trying a continued focus on the shape of faces and position of eyes. I think it's getting better, though the tilt of the face is off a bit; at least it is decently proportioned and the eyes aren't all over the place.
This is the last of the Porsche character sheets in this series, and I'm going to dive in to finishing the hands and feet Goldman book before switching gears to faces. Still, this exercise turned out not too bad ... and I am now seven days ahead on drawing every day AND scheduling them for posting.
Drawing every day, on average, posting as far ahead as I can.
Next up: editing work on SPECTRAL IRON, Dakota Frost #7!
-the Centaur
In theory I should be writing tonight, but I'm so close to being a week ahead on drawing (meaning, tomorrow I can fully coast if I want to) that I feel like I should just power on through. More Goldman studies of how the hand flexes towards the radius or ulna.
Drawing every day, with a buffer; posting in advance when I can.
-the Centaur
Another study of a Midjourney-generated character sheet for Porsche the Centaur. (All of these similar-looking ones were generated using variations of a similar prompt; they never got much better, but they're good variations on a theme). Overall, getting better on the eye placement, now that I'm focusing on it; also the head to hair ratio is better but not great; also the shoulderpads are high or the chin is low ...
Drawing more or less every day; posting as regularly as I can.
-the Centaur
More hand practice after Goldman, this time on how the hand extends away and towards the body.
Drawing every day.