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Dated 04/07/2019
So I've occasionally been having a few rants on Twitter in recent months about some of the difficulties I experience with art. To be honest, I rarely get much enjoyment out of the process of producing the pictures I do for the fandom - I frequently either get frustrated with my artistic shortcomings, or just bored with how long it takes me to keep chasing down those damned perfectionistic ideals I can never reach.
Having been chatting about my artistic frustrations with a few folks recently (
kclt and 
3rdHarleyJoe come to mind), I've come to the conclusion that I just need to do more sketching - both for exploring my artistic ideas, and just training myself to understand form better.
To try and kick off some sort of new habit in this regard, I've been doing some sketches of horses this week. I've been in a bit of a horse mood of late, but my actual understanding of horse form and anatomy is pretty weak. I've never understood their faces properly (especially the eyes!) and I often get very annoyed trying to draw horse heads when drawing characters like my horse duo, Marco and Carlos.
Here are two drawings I've managed to do so far. They are based on some photos found online which I've then tried to draw freehand. On the rare occasions that I've done studies like this during my time in the fandom (like my Character Training Compilations), I've only ever sketched using pencil, but these days I work pretty much exclusively with a tablet. For the first time ever, I also thought I'd have a go at shading in the same way I would normally do with a pencil - and I have to say, as someone who grew up doing a lot of shaded pencil artwork, using the same technique on tablet felt so much more natural than I thought it would. So much so, in fact, that I enjoyed it much more than expected too..
In truth, these sketches don't do a lot to serve my original purpose - I've drawn them in a slightly passive fashion without truly contemplating the form deeply enough, so I'll have to do a lot more (probably far simpler) sketches to actually get my head around the shapes. But I thought I'd just let myself get carried away with the flow of doing some artwork for a change - goodness knows it doesn't happen to me often enough.
Fingers crossed I'll be able to get into a proper habit of sketching and be able to share lots more with you. So watch this space!!
RRRex
So I've occasionally been having a few rants on Twitter in recent months about some of the difficulties I experience with art. To be honest, I rarely get much enjoyment out of the process of producing the pictures I do for the fandom - I frequently either get frustrated with my artistic shortcomings, or just bored with how long it takes me to keep chasing down those damned perfectionistic ideals I can never reach.
Having been chatting about my artistic frustrations with a few folks recently (
kclt and 
3rdHarleyJoe come to mind), I've come to the conclusion that I just need to do more sketching - both for exploring my artistic ideas, and just training myself to understand form better.To try and kick off some sort of new habit in this regard, I've been doing some sketches of horses this week. I've been in a bit of a horse mood of late, but my actual understanding of horse form and anatomy is pretty weak. I've never understood their faces properly (especially the eyes!) and I often get very annoyed trying to draw horse heads when drawing characters like my horse duo, Marco and Carlos.
Here are two drawings I've managed to do so far. They are based on some photos found online which I've then tried to draw freehand. On the rare occasions that I've done studies like this during my time in the fandom (like my Character Training Compilations), I've only ever sketched using pencil, but these days I work pretty much exclusively with a tablet. For the first time ever, I also thought I'd have a go at shading in the same way I would normally do with a pencil - and I have to say, as someone who grew up doing a lot of shaded pencil artwork, using the same technique on tablet felt so much more natural than I thought it would. So much so, in fact, that I enjoyed it much more than expected too..
In truth, these sketches don't do a lot to serve my original purpose - I've drawn them in a slightly passive fashion without truly contemplating the form deeply enough, so I'll have to do a lot more (probably far simpler) sketches to actually get my head around the shapes. But I thought I'd just let myself get carried away with the flow of doing some artwork for a change - goodness knows it doesn't happen to me often enough.
Fingers crossed I'll be able to get into a proper habit of sketching and be able to share lots more with you. So watch this space!!
RRRex
Category All / General Furry Art
Species Horse
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File Size 348.1 kB
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It sounds a bit like burnout. I feel much the same way with doing full-color works lately, and sketching without having any expectations for the outcome tends to make me feel more content. I'm glad to see you're trying the same and that it's giving you back some enjoyment! This should be fun, after all.
Heh well you don't have to doubt your art skills, man. I wish I had your skills, you're extremely good! However it's always good to practice and sharpen your skills and experimenting other styles/ways to draw can also help in improving you in the long term.
I personally think that these sketches are masterfully done! looks like professional art of horses to me, like something you'd see in a book or something. Keep up the good work! Can't wait to see more, wether it be your fandom pictures or more sketches like these!
I personally think that these sketches are masterfully done! looks like professional art of horses to me, like something you'd see in a book or something. Keep up the good work! Can't wait to see more, wether it be your fandom pictures or more sketches like these!
Yeah, horses are nothing if not a pain in the butt to comprehend. ;3;
The frustrating thing is understanding how they translate to an anthropomorphic style. A lot of it is like... the eyes; they can't be so far apart, but not -too- close together? Sometimes? Maybe? It's almost like you have to have a human head with a horse muzzle, but then you have to consider the cheek bones. @w@; Woof.
The frustrating thing is understanding how they translate to an anthropomorphic style. A lot of it is like... the eyes; they can't be so far apart, but not -too- close together? Sometimes? Maybe? It's almost like you have to have a human head with a horse muzzle, but then you have to consider the cheek bones. @w@; Woof.
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