In response to Risk
I was never good at art, in fact, I used to use the weekly hour long art lesson to chill at the back of the room, headphones in, vaguely painting something whilst I thought about what book I wanted to read next (a true English student).
But there was one thing that did grab my attention way back in year 8: Manga. Unfortunately I can’t take the risk of posting a photo of my terrible first attempt, so maybe I should have said fortunately, it really was bad. Not that I can say I’ve gotten any better. Although I’ve only been reacquainting myself with manga and manga-like art in the past week, so I’m being kind to my attempts for now.
I’ve mainly been practising faces and features. Which is hard, as you can tell from the kissing pose I tried, I don’t really have the eye, hand or patience for drawing, but I’m trying.
This is the drawing which I’m most proud of (I use THIS youtube channel for how-to drawing videos, so it’s not my design, although I did mess up the tail so made her into a fox, not a cat).
It’s not a ‘risk’, I suppose, for most people to draw. But I have always put a lot of pressure on myself to do well at whatever I do. And I don’t mean ‘to the best of my abilities’, I mean well, good, great. And those things I can’t do to the standards I set myself I get annoyed with, get upset with and end up walking away from, embarrassed by my lack of skill. So, I’m risking hating something that I do actually find very interesting and want to improve at.
I suppose, like most things in life, it’s just trial and error. Thank god for erasers.
April 20, 2016 at 9:49 pm
Nice. I’ve been using Mark Crilley’s stuff too. These were some of my first ones (not using Crilley’s help):
https://reamystotheright.com/2016/03/18/mehr-zeichnungen/
And after I started following his how tos:
https://reamystotheright.com/2016/03/30/zeichnungen-3/
https://reamystotheright.com/2016/04/06/chibi/
I haven’t tried the kissing poses yet… it’s hard enough for me to get one face right!
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April 21, 2016 at 8:28 am
Yours are so cool, you’ve really got the faces and bodies down!
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April 21, 2016 at 12:43 pm
Haha.. thanks… That’s nice to hear! I like Mark Crilley’s videos and books, and weirdly, I like to watch him draw (and I’m envious of the seemingly effortless way his drawings turn out). I know it’s practice and experience, and that I’m just starting… but it’s pretty cool to see anyway.
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April 21, 2016 at 2:16 pm
It’s almost therapeutic to watch him draw!
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April 21, 2016 at 3:19 pm
I agree. I appreciate his sense of humor as well. I read Brody’s Ghost and looked for a lot of the scenes he talks about in his videos. That was sort of cool.
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April 21, 2016 at 3:21 pm
I think your art work is good…far better than anything I could attempt. I believe with all art forms and hobbies, it takes practice, practice, practice to up your game. Keep going, you’ll find your way 🙂
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April 21, 2016 at 6:15 pm
thank you 🙂
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May 2, 2016 at 6:57 pm
You draw quite well – manga is a legitimate art form. I think the kissing picture is good too. Don’t sell yourself short!!
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May 3, 2016 at 2:32 pm
🙂 Thank you!!
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