Forum posts by Lucian

Try Proko.com - it has good tutorials on the subject.

I'm pretty excited about this site coming up with the hands and feet tool, as well as the possibility of a mobile app. However, I've found lots of other things in addition to what's offered here that might be of use to self-teaching artists trying to find their way around the resources of the internet [which can vary pretty wildly in quality]. Here are some of the good ones I've dug up.

http://www.posemaniacs.com/ has a lot of 3d models for drawing anatomy in particular. A great site to practice structure and variety. Less useful for hair/shading.

http://www.proko.com/ Stan Prokopenko does some of the best videos I've ever seen for facial structure, the loomis method, and facial features. He'll be doing some figure drawing videos soon too. He works with traditional media, so you won't find much on color/digital work, but excellent for anyone who wants to improve at the head.

http://senshistock.deviantart.com/, http://daestock.deviantart.com/, http://ahrum-stock.deviantart.com/ and many more! Pretty much everyone knows that deviantart is a place to share your artwork and find inspiration. What lots of people don't know is that there are many dedicated free stock imagery providers there too! Just try to credit them and follow their rules for use if they have any. And DO NOT critique their work - they aren't artists, they're stock providers, and they don't need to be told how to "pose better".

http://ctrlpaint.com/ For anyone [like myself] who wants to do digital artwork via tablet or monitor, this is your place of choice. Matt Kohr is a professional digital artist dedicated to covering the digital world for creators who can't afford art school. In addition to the digital basics, he also has a series of videos on self motivation, art management, and things to avoid ("speedpainting" and "silhouettes" are not the way to go if you're just starting out!). 

http://lovecastle.org/draw  This site used to be a place much like this one, with a nice selection of face pictures. It looks like it's down though... anybody know what happened?

http://www.characterdesigns.com/ Full of galleries specifically targeting character design, this is a great site if you're looking to do concept artwork. In addition to normal poses and models, they also have a lot of costume/prop support and even some machinery/landscape stuff for steampunk and noir concepts. The site also provides some examples of professional concept work from John Watkiss, Anthony Francisco and others.

That's pretty much everything I use. Anybody have comments or other great sites they'd like to add?

No kidding. Great find, illographer. I'll be sure to check that out. Thanks for the suggestions, guys!

[EDIT] Ok that site is FANTASTIC. If you are reading this, want to draw heads, and haven't clicked it, do so. He has some excellent videos on head angle, feature position, and general technique for all styles and approaches.

Hello! I'm new to this forum, but not this tool. I've recently been taking steps to improve my artwork as a means of illustrating stories and doing concept work for personal projects. To this end I'm spending a lot of time on figure studies, faces, and fast shading techniques with photoshop.

I'm following the 100 project for improving my faces, using the tools found at lovecastle.org/draw/. I'm also trying to pin down some of the procedural mistakes that I'm making. Specifically, I'm having trouble with the basic setup of the face - I start with a wire frame, and then usually add the nose first. But in my inexperience I frequently screw up the initial frame, and have to make changes to the jaw line, nose etc:

http://imgur.com/ksM6p

Where should I be measuring from to avoid this problem?

Here is some of my other stuff. Thanks in advance if you have input to share!
http://imgur.com/NQil9

http://imgur.com/pqzBw

EDIT: The editor really doesn't want to insert my images... tried 3 times. Oh well.

Hello! I'm going to give this a shot, since I have a hard time motivating myself to work when I don't have a project. Challenges like this are great because the structure reduces the perceived disappointment of "subpar" work by encouraging you to continue and improve.

I am aspiring to do science fiction concept work and comic-related pages. To this end, I want to work on:

Weight control in static figures:

- figure weight control for sitting and standing, figures at rest.

- differences in weight control between the alert and the tired figure.

- management of weight and balence for figures interacting with large static objects or other environmental figures

- proper limb length without using measurement

- proper foundations and digital artistic process toward the goal of illustration without the use of reference.

I will commit to at least 5 drawings a session of increasing detail. I will try and post links to them here from Deviantart, if there isn't a forum for this.

What a great site. I used pixellovely for a while when it was just a simple tool - now it's all big and grown up and amazing. I'm so glad a place for the self-taught artist exists.

- Lucian