Cheeky peeps!
Sorry for the delay, things have been crazy!
Event season continues at work and my insomnia has been making things hard at every twist and turn. Not to mention a family friend took their life rather unexpectedly. I wasn't that close with them (they were childhood friends of my sisters) but it certainly dug up feelings with regard to people I've loved and lost. Not to mention the person in question messaged me about a week ago (regarding another matter) and you just question if there existed a certain phrase or string of words that could have changed their devastating fate on some level. I try to think about death as little as possible because it's a rabbit hole my mind loves to dissect and extrapolate with endless abandon. I love my gaming streams but in all honesty the only time my mind is truly quiet is when I lose it to thought. It's not a perfect system but my art streams are important, even when I'm burnt out. Yet, I keep missing them. A day change may be in order. Anyway.
My sketches are getting incrementally better, despite problem areas. I was actually chuffed that I got results quicker in "Week 1's" stream (even if only slightly so). I've been trying to challenge myself with lower and higher angles and foreshortening. It's a work in progress. At the moment I tend to find myself scaling or distorting parts of the form to bring them closer to an exaggerated perspective. "A" I was proud of initially as it's a hand (something I'm weak at drawing) moving in closer to the viewer in perspective. I like it, but it still reads as "wrong" to me, which further proves I lack knowledge in this area. Still, a good effort. I really love the face on "C" and not too much about "B" now that I'm looking back. I'm starting to think I should try to draw some more adventurous poses soon.
While I missed "Week 2" due to stress/tiredness I came back firing on all cylinders with "Week 3". I really loved the perspective on the leg looking up into the upper body for "A". These are probably also my best heels/feet to date. "B" has some really nice legs too (I seem to be getting better at the lower body but it's easier then hands). My larger issue with "A" is the face which, tripped me up a bit due to the downward tilted angle. "C" has some crazy things going on with the shoulders but I really think I captured the pose well. "B" was a very quick pose that came together quite nicely. I love when I have time to clean up my sketch lines and that's not always been possible in the past. I must getting quicker at this at the very least.
"Week 4" probably has my most favourite sketches of the month due to the dynamism. "A" is probably the weakest as the back leg doesn't quite go back far enough to give some distance for the foreground. The body also looks a bit stiff and the face needs more work. I figured the pose wouldn't look right if I didn't also attempt to draw a gun. I had no references for this, just kind of tried to conjure a silenced gun from my memory of "Uncharted: The Lost Legacy" haha. I really love "C" despite it having the shortest time although I think the arms come out a bit too far. As far as "B" goes (despite the rather enlarged hand gun) I think the back leg should probably have been a bit larger in perspective. It's interesting to note that I'm finally concerning myself with perspective more then the form being wrong... just goes to show my concerns there are narrowing thank god!
Experience My October streams in timelapse form:
Time flies and with it my anxieties widen. It's just amazing how fleeting it all is. My childhood felt longer but then I don't exactly remember it that well (mostly just the bad bits). I feel I spend most of my days wasting my time but then that is likely a form of my depression talking. The noise in my head is very real and very irritating at times. It's a rendition of how I sound when inspecting my art (above). It's kind of overbearing and overly critical but dead set on seeing improvement no matter how minor. I remember saying to a friend not that long ago that my working direct with clients in the past burnt me out (as well as Uni) but in truth it was the ones I could not satisfy... despite toiling hard (often times for no money). To the people who let me down (and they know who they are) I don't hate you but I do hope you treated the next bright eyed artist better then you treated me.
I'm sorry I missed another art stream this week (I now have 2 to pay back) despite having a rather fun time trying various hand shapes the week before. I really hate feeling tired at the end of the week but this could be a sign that I need to move my art stream to Saturday's instead. We'll see how I feel after my "Final Fantasy XVI" run. Which, btw on that point; you can find my Twitch here: https://www.twitch.tv/hellartstitch if you want to hang out 7PM GMT on Friday's (at present at least). Alternatively, I do my gaming on YouTube 7PM GMT (Mon/Weds) here: https://www.youtube.com/@tcgstitch. No hard feelings if not, I am nothing if not an acquired taste. See you guys in the next post (Early Dec), look after yourselves!
Over & Out,
xXStItChXx