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Tuesday, April 10, 2012
BE PREPARED
Graphite
A Knight is nothing with out his armor and weapons. To draw, a pencil with an eraser is not the only thing you will be needing. You are going to need the proper tools to be able to perform well and with no frustrations. You will want to acquire a pencil with hard lead, since a hard lead does not leave material on the page at the moment you have to erase and it makes it easier. With a soft lead the material is more and you use it up quicker, and is going to be more difficult for you to ink over it. The reason is that wet ink particle tend to roll up the surface. These pencil (4) comes in multiples arrangements of density from 2H (hardest) to 6B (very soft). Now, don't get confused! the hard lead look very light when you draw and the soft the opposite.
Mechanical
These pencil (1) are also available in a variety of leads, and have a big advantage over the graphite pencils- you never have to sharpen them. Lead holders (2) are basically big mechanicals that hold longer, thicker graphite, but they require constant sharpening.
Blue Pencil
There are a lot of Comic Artist that use this pencil (3). I use to do layouts and then go back to re-work them. The blue lead doesn't show up so easily when scanned as a Bitmap File or Black & White.
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Erasers
Of course, no one is perfect. There will be time in which you will have to use an eraser. A the beginning is going to be very common that you will waste your pencils eraser. Try not to get use to using it since you wont be doing it for ever, once you finally become a pro!
Kneadable (1)
This rubber eraser picks up pencil lines after a piece has been inked. the cool thing about it is that you can mold it into different shapes in other to clean up large or small areas and are virtually crumb-free.
Art Gum (2)
A softer eraser that crumbles easily, but treats you surface more gently the standard Pink Pearl Eraser. Inkwork on top of an area gritted-up by an eraser can bleed heavily, and the Art Gum helps avoid this problem.
Pink Pearl (3)
This one is dependable for erasing pencil lines, but it can get a little crummy and smeary if you're not careful.
White Vinyl (4)
This is my favorite one! Is the must use correction tool because is the gentlest of the erasers. It works well over ink, doesn't crumble and last longer.
Dry Cleaning Pad (5)
This thin cotton bag full of minced eraser particles is no much of an eraser... is more like a smudging tool; The porous surface lets the particles leak out, so that if you are using tools like T-squares and rulers, they'll just glide over the particles rather than scraping against the page.
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Drawing Tools
Unless you are some kind of freak of nature, you'll be needing help drawing straight lines and perfect circles. You're tools should be a T-square (1), Triangles (2), Templates for various shapes (3), and a mechanical compass (4), plus a standard sponge (5), and a cloth rag (6), for piking up spills and keeping tools clean.
You always want to maintain everything in order and clean. by doing that your work will come out nice and clean, you will work more comfortably and you will feel more professional. keeping you self-esteem high is a big contribution to become a grate artist.
A Knight is nothing with out his armor and weapons. To draw, a pencil with an eraser is not the only thing you will be needing. You are going to need the proper tools to be able to perform well and with no frustrations. You will want to acquire a pencil with hard lead, since a hard lead does not leave material on the page at the moment you have to erase and it makes it easier. With a soft lead the material is more and you use it up quicker, and is going to be more difficult for you to ink over it. The reason is that wet ink particle tend to roll up the surface. These pencil (4) comes in multiples arrangements of density from 2H (hardest) to 6B (very soft). Now, don't get confused! the hard lead look very light when you draw and the soft the opposite.Mechanical
These pencil (1) are also available in a variety of leads, and have a big advantage over the graphite pencils- you never have to sharpen them. Lead holders (2) are basically big mechanicals that hold longer, thicker graphite, but they require constant sharpening.
Blue Pencil
There are a lot of Comic Artist that use this pencil (3). I use to do layouts and then go back to re-work them. The blue lead doesn't show up so easily when scanned as a Bitmap File or Black & White.
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Erasers
Of course, no one is perfect. There will be time in which you will have to use an eraser. A the beginning is going to be very common that you will waste your pencils eraser. Try not to get use to using it since you wont be doing it for ever, once you finally become a pro!
Kneadable (1)
This rubber eraser picks up pencil lines after a piece has been inked. the cool thing about it is that you can mold it into different shapes in other to clean up large or small areas and are virtually crumb-free.
Art Gum (2)
A softer eraser that crumbles easily, but treats you surface more gently the standard Pink Pearl Eraser. Inkwork on top of an area gritted-up by an eraser can bleed heavily, and the Art Gum helps avoid this problem.
Pink Pearl (3)
This one is dependable for erasing pencil lines, but it can get a little crummy and smeary if you're not careful.
White Vinyl (4)
This is my favorite one! Is the must use correction tool because is the gentlest of the erasers. It works well over ink, doesn't crumble and last longer.
Dry Cleaning Pad (5)
This thin cotton bag full of minced eraser particles is no much of an eraser... is more like a smudging tool; The porous surface lets the particles leak out, so that if you are using tools like T-squares and rulers, they'll just glide over the particles rather than scraping against the page.
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Drawing Tools
Unless you are some kind of freak of nature, you'll be needing help drawing straight lines and perfect circles. You're tools should be a T-square (1), Triangles (2), Templates for various shapes (3), and a mechanical compass (4), plus a standard sponge (5), and a cloth rag (6), for piking up spills and keeping tools clean.
You always want to maintain everything in order and clean. by doing that your work will come out nice and clean, you will work more comfortably and you will feel more professional. keeping you self-esteem high is a big contribution to become a grate artist.
Friday, April 6, 2012
PRACTICE x 3
There is an old joke which is part of the folklore of U.S.A about Carnegie Hall in New York City. The joke runs as follows:
That is
the same exact way you will get to become an excellent artist,
"PRACTICE". No matter what type of artist you want to be. Talent does
not come by it self. You
must pursue yourself up to the point in which you reach your goals. In this
case I'm guessing it would be becoming good drawer.
Once you start a drawing, finish it. Don't worry if is not coming out like you want it to. By finishing every single drawing you start you are practicing. Remember always, "PRACTICE IS THE KEY". That way you are getting use to the different type of movements you have to do in order to draw. Yes, is like playing guitar or playing any other instrument. You are going to have to develop a type of muscle movement. Handwriting is a good example, when you try to write with the hand you are not use to. Mentally you know what to do, but you hand doesn't. So, I tell you again: PRACTICE!
Rumor is that a
pedestrian on Fifty-seventh Street, Manhattan, stopped Jascha Heifetz and inquired,
"Could you tell me how to get to Carnegie Hall?" "Yes,"
said Heifetz. "Practice, Practice, Practice!"
Once you start a drawing, finish it. Don't worry if is not coming out like you want it to. By finishing every single drawing you start you are practicing. Remember always, "PRACTICE IS THE KEY". That way you are getting use to the different type of movements you have to do in order to draw. Yes, is like playing guitar or playing any other instrument. You are going to have to develop a type of muscle movement. Handwriting is a good example, when you try to write with the hand you are not use to. Mentally you know what to do, but you hand doesn't. So, I tell you again: PRACTICE!
Whenever you start getting the rhythm of it, you will get more into it as you start noticing that you are improving, which also will motivate you to keep drawing. You will be drawing like a professional in a short amount of time depending on how often you practice. Just to give you an idea... I draw at least 3 hours a day! Do I get bore of it? Of course not! I'm good at it and I like it, and I like it because I'm good at it!
Also, when practicing, something that helps a lot is listening to music. have some good music with you at the moment you are going to start and artwork. It allows you you relax a little bit, and it not necessarily has to relax you. It could be that, it gives you some sort of excitement, like in my case. I prefer to listen to instrumental music that gives me an epic feeling when I'm holding the pencil.
Also, when practicing, something that helps a lot is listening to music. have some good music with you at the moment you are going to start and artwork. It allows you you relax a little bit, and it not necessarily has to relax you. It could be that, it gives you some sort of excitement, like in my case. I prefer to listen to instrumental music that gives me an epic feeling when I'm holding the pencil.
Thursday, April 5, 2012
YOUR CONVICTION
If you're willing to take drawing as a serious task, you must get really deep into it. (that's what she said!) Try to make some time for it. Fix an schedule and use at least 2 hours of your own free time to draw, if more even better. Do this every single day and try not to see it as something you are obligated to do. you are not, but this is a very fast way of developing and improving skills at drawing. The reason why you shouldn't feel obligated to spend time drawing is that you are just not going to do things the right way. you are going to draw just to be done with it and what ever you try to draw is must likely going to be bad. try to avoid that because you will lose all interest in drawing if you keep messing up.
To make it more interesting, draw things that you like. It could be anything. From cartoons for little kids to real stuff. The list of things you can do is really vast. I opt more for comics than anything else, and is not that I don't know how to draw anything else but I find comics more attractive because the majority of them are or have content that is basically impossible. That to me is more entertaining than a basket of fruits or a bunch of flowers.
It is really up to you. you choose what is more exiting for you to draw. and like I said before... you must take it serious. some times your mood helps. it helps me a lot! I draw when I'm angry, when I'm sad, happy, bored, exited. I draw almost all the time.
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To make it more interesting, draw things that you like. It could be anything. From cartoons for little kids to real stuff. The list of things you can do is really vast. I opt more for comics than anything else, and is not that I don't know how to draw anything else but I find comics more attractive because the majority of them are or have content that is basically impossible. That to me is more entertaining than a basket of fruits or a bunch of flowers.
It is really up to you. you choose what is more exiting for you to draw. and like I said before... you must take it serious. some times your mood helps. it helps me a lot! I draw when I'm angry, when I'm sad, happy, bored, exited. I draw almost all the time.
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Tuesday, April 3, 2012
BEGINNING
If there is something you need in order to start drawing is DESIRE. Desire for drawing of course! I hardly believe that someone can accomplish something well done without motivation. There could be many different types of motivations. It could be that is something you want to do because you find it easy, it could be because you want to prove someone or yourself that you can do it, or it could just be that you like it and you want to turn it in a big part of your life! what ever the reason or motivation is, if it moves you forward, then is good enough to be the main reason to call it your motivation.
One issue that many people has is that they give up. Don't ever give up for any reason. For everything and anything there would be always a challenge or multiple challenges. Try not to see this as a problem. Is totally the opposite way. They are just obstacles that you will eventually pass and whenever you do, experiences will come with it. Always try to have fun with what you do. It makes it easier. You work better when you enjoy doing it.
Be patient, with time you will improve. If you think you can't do something, that is a big mistake! ooohh.. if you knew!!! I was so bad at drawing that is not even funny but I practiced a lot just to prove some individual that I could be good! then with time I found myself drawing all the time and every time even better than before. That is mostly the reason why I draw, because I was bad and now I'm good! The best advice I can give you is to keep it up and don't withdraw.
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