Later, artist found clever graphic ways to hide the construction, but if you've learned the earlier style, you can find it under the surface. That's why I recommended not starting with something like this. It's harder to find the construction.
Thursday, April 7, 2011
Learning to draw
I haven't posted in a while, so I thought I'd post part of a discussion I had with someone today. My friend at work was asking me how to "learn" how to draw. My suggestion was to start with a character where you can clearly see the construction. I told him to spend a month or so every day just drawing one character. Something like the examples below:
Later, artist found clever graphic ways to hide the construction, but if you've learned the earlier style, you can find it under the surface. That's why I recommended not starting with something like this. It's harder to find the construction.
Later, artist found clever graphic ways to hide the construction, but if you've learned the earlier style, you can find it under the surface. That's why I recommended not starting with something like this. It's harder to find the construction.
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I do believe you've nailed it! I can really relate to this right now. I did character design for a bunch of different characters for a game at work. They all have similarities in the construction so theirs some unity. But I've been drawing hundreds of them for several months and now I can see the character in any position.
ReplyDeleteGreat tips! It's something I wish I'd known years ago.
Nice post Rad. Something I definitely need to work on.
ReplyDeletesounds like a challenge. One month, huh? I think I'll give it a try. (love your advice!)
ReplyDeleteGreat advice rad, learning basic construction is the foundation of great character design.
ReplyDeleteDoes your friend do any drawing already? I have taught from the book Drawing on the Right Side of the Brain and found it great for teaching beginners how to draw what they see. Drawing cartoon characters is a whole other discipline though...I'm not sure which would be best to learn first.
ReplyDeleteWould you think 1-2 hours a day would suffice? I don't want to spend to little time doing my studies.
ReplyDeleteThanks man - seeing the construction is extremely helpful. I'm going to try to find some more of the old-style character sheets!
ReplyDeletenice post, been trying to learn how to draw but it didnt really came the way i wanted it to be.. LOL
ReplyDeletekeep it up