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hardoncollider (08/17/2015) [-] 
I used to draw this bad boy when I was a kid. Then later found out on the nets that it was a thing.
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joemamaa ONLINE (08/17/2015) [-]
this symbol is a peculiar phenomenon every one in my middle school knew how to do it/knew about it and according to people on the internet it's the same in a lot of place it is like some universal mark that is implanted in are brains when we become middle schoolers. when and where did it begin? when will it end?
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yourdonutz ONLINE (08/17/2015) [-] it just sorta... popped into existence, it just happened, even in schools across the world i think its apart of some sorta skate brand idk
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fiahhawt (08/17/2015) [-] Don't forget about suggestive drawing - or I think that's what it's called, been a while. It's the initial stage in drawing a still life; I don't know whether you can use it in portrait drawing.
The process is to put your drawing implement in your non-dominant hand. Then, keeping your eyes on your subject - don't look at your paper - start to get down the basic shapes and arrangement of the objects you are drawing. After getting everything down initially, you should look down at your paper more frequently but most of the time you should keep your eyes on your subject.
The point of that is to get you to draw what you see and not what your mind breaks it down into, like the post describes. This is just the initial stage of drawing a still life, but it's good practice.
The process is to put your drawing implement in your non-dominant hand. Then, keeping your eyes on your subject - don't look at your paper - start to get down the basic shapes and arrangement of the objects you are drawing. After getting everything down initially, you should look down at your paper more frequently but most of the time you should keep your eyes on your subject.
The point of that is to get you to draw what you see and not what your mind breaks it down into, like the post describes. This is just the initial stage of drawing a still life, but it's good practice.
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derpthefifth (08/17/2015) [-] Actually talent is 100% a thing, but imho it's better to learn to do something than to be naturally gifted.
If you're gifted with a skill you don't have an appreciation for it, you don't understand the hard work and effort others put into gaining that skill and you're likely to waist it, or probably come off as a condescending dick-weed even though you don't mean to be. Most of all though, you don't have the wisdom to apply that skill properly, in the case of art that's not such a big deal, but if (for instance) you're a naturally gifted at reading people you might spend a long time learning that it's not always a good idea to know what another person is thinking all the ******* time for various reasons, you might also use that ability to unwittingly take advantage of people.
If you're gifted with a skill you don't have an appreciation for it, you don't understand the hard work and effort others put into gaining that skill and you're likely to waist it, or probably come off as a condescending dick-weed even though you don't mean to be. Most of all though, you don't have the wisdom to apply that skill properly, in the case of art that's not such a big deal, but if (for instance) you're a naturally gifted at reading people you might spend a long time learning that it's not always a good idea to know what another person is thinking all the ******* time for various reasons, you might also use that ability to unwittingly take advantage of people.
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anon (08/17/2015) [-] You will probably have an easier time if you use what they call "Reference points". By knowing how a certain part leads to another, it's much easier to see the whole picture and draw them.
Reference points is like connecting the dot. You don't say "I will draw a face" to draw a face. You go along the line of "I will draw the outline of the face then the nose which will lead to the eyes which will lead to the forehead which will lead to the hair line and then the hair, which creates the whole head."
For example, I used to draw a rather plain and boring face with much difficulty. Why? Because I started from face -> Eyes -> Nose. I had 3 points to work with. The outline of the face, the eyes and the nose. Beside "The eyes is at around 3/5th or 3/4th of the face height and the nose is in the middle", I have no other reference information to work with. There's nothing to indicate the exact spot of the eyes if the face turn around a little.
But now, It's face -> Nose -> Eye Socket -> Bottom Eyelid -> Top eye lid + Shadow -> Overall eye to get the eyes right. There I add the fore head and ears points to keep the head shape proper. The more reference points you can pick up, the easier it will be to draw because you have more information to work with.
And how do you pick these ref points up? You just draw. No shortcut. Just. Draw. You will pick them up from experience, not because you looked at some book. Referencing from a picture won't last forever and you will likely forget it after awhile. It's a 100% body muscle memory thing. Learning about them might just speed up the process but the muscle memory and experienced knowledge are what doing most of the job and will stay with you.
Talent may be a thing but practice is what makes perfect.
Reference points is like connecting the dot. You don't say "I will draw a face" to draw a face. You go along the line of "I will draw the outline of the face then the nose which will lead to the eyes which will lead to the forehead which will lead to the hair line and then the hair, which creates the whole head."
For example, I used to draw a rather plain and boring face with much difficulty. Why? Because I started from face -> Eyes -> Nose. I had 3 points to work with. The outline of the face, the eyes and the nose. Beside "The eyes is at around 3/5th or 3/4th of the face height and the nose is in the middle", I have no other reference information to work with. There's nothing to indicate the exact spot of the eyes if the face turn around a little.
But now, It's face -> Nose -> Eye Socket -> Bottom Eyelid -> Top eye lid + Shadow -> Overall eye to get the eyes right. There I add the fore head and ears points to keep the head shape proper. The more reference points you can pick up, the easier it will be to draw because you have more information to work with.
And how do you pick these ref points up? You just draw. No shortcut. Just. Draw. You will pick them up from experience, not because you looked at some book. Referencing from a picture won't last forever and you will likely forget it after awhile. It's a 100% body muscle memory thing. Learning about them might just speed up the process but the muscle memory and experienced knowledge are what doing most of the job and will stay with you.
Talent may be a thing but practice is what makes perfect.
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ludly (08/17/2015) [-] OH MAN! BLIND CONTOUR DRAWINGS! That **** was frustrating but really helped me become a better artist. If you do them every day for a year (in my case) you can really see a HUGE difference. The way my teacher put it the more you know about drawing when you start these the harder and more frustrating it will be. 100% true because it makes you relearn everything you thought you knew. Plus they're pretty fun to practice with a friend taking turns doing each others face. The stuff you get out of it is hilarious.
OH. If you don't know already. Blind contour drawing is when you draw the outlines (contour) of a subject without looking down at the paper. It helps with spacial awareness of proportions on paper and training your brain like the upload said. A good book on the subject and more tricks and training is "Drawing on the right side of the brain." If you read it, get the newest edition. Pic is of a blind contour drawing, not mine just one I found quickly
OH. If you don't know already. Blind contour drawing is when you draw the outlines (contour) of a subject without looking down at the paper. It helps with spacial awareness of proportions on paper and training your brain like the upload said. A good book on the subject and more tricks and training is "Drawing on the right side of the brain." If you read it, get the newest edition. Pic is of a blind contour drawing, not mine just one I found quickly
