so my dear friend igor asked me how i manage to draw my stuff or how i even start with my drawings. so i show it here now on the wip step by step - with really bad photographs - how i made the parrot and how i work in general. some ppl dont wanna show how they do it - but there are so many tutorials out there and this is really basic stuff - so i dont think i give you any big secrets of mine how i start my drawings.
first of all - i do use references from the internet - photographs from real animals or stuff like that - i cant draw that good by heart - even alfons mucha did use refrences so it is not cheating my beloved friends! but YES it is cheating if you COPY drawings of other artists and say you have done it!!!
so here we start!
1/2. choose your tools carefully - my best tool ive ever bought was my light-table on ebay for only 100 euros / 90 usd !!
this thing usually cost around 3000-7000 euros!!!! i am a lucky girl
but besides this you have to figure out which tools would fit you. for example: i use brushes between the sizes 2 - 8 and my boyfriend uses brushes between 8 - to as big he can get haha ^^ but i have to admit - the bigger ones are sometimes better for shades!
and then you start fo' real.
1. make a ruff sketch
my sketches a really really basic its just to fix the idea - nobody else but you have to know what should it mean - it dont have to look "right"
2. start to add more details
for this use transparent paper you can get it in differrent strength you can just draw with your ruff sketch under it - so its a great orientation its see through so you dont really need to use a light-table on this step (if you dont have enough money for something like this use your window + daylight or some glas and a normal light under it! i have done this for years before!)
3. more details!!!
take another sheet of transparent-paper and get rid of your mistakes you made or just make your lines more defined - but do this step just for the clean work! you still see some mistakes on the wing - after this step i take another sheet of t-paper and make the lines clear with a black pen!
4. add some other stuff
if you are planning to add some other stuff on your drawing just draw it on another t-paper if you make it on another paper you can push it around to find the ideal place without using rubber 5. composition / put it together
here you can push your stuff around to have a great composition - in this example it meant that i had the opportunity to push my roses around 6. another sheet!
make your final lines - add stuff up if you want (like i added the leaves) this is not really necessary but if you want to have clear oriantation - do it! and it doesnt take that much time if you have done this a couple of times! 7. finally
now it would be helpful to have a light-table - if you have not - then get some glass from somewhere put are desk- or any other lamp under it and then copy your lines through it (put the t-paper underneath it - put your watercolor paper on it and then start) - then you are finished with the lines
wanna say that my work isnt good huh?? ;) no just kidding - i know what you mean! i'd love to see how you make lego - at one step i couldnt even imagine how this lil monsters are created!
You are incredibly talented. I'm always looking for great art for tattoos and I love what you've done. Whenever I trace, I use an old clear drawer and my desk lamp. But I should invest in a light table because thats so nice!
Few is the number who think with their own minds and feel with their own hearts.
about me...
Oh, HI!
Hello sweethearts! here i tell you a lil bit about myself. Something "private" to give you a lil bit of sugar.
1988 i was born in munich - you know that city in germany with the oktoberfest and beer and fat germans who only eat "prezels" and sausages. i am vegetarian btw. my mother is african and my dad german. we moved around a lot when i was a kid - but
i never mind evengthough i think thats that the reason why i cant get really personal with ppl.
i was a wild teenager - with alcohol, too much partying and too much kissing around - and never had a real boyfriend cause i loved my freedom!
and then i met alex who is my boyfriend now... we meet at an art-fest in munich and somehow we stuck together and i really do love him!
i was always intrested in art. my grandparents were both architects and artists. i remember my first painting i gave my grandpa for present was
a skeleton of a squirrel. i think i knew that i would be a lil bit metal by heart then haha!
i got my first tattoo when i was 12 or 14...cant remember but i do remember that my mom just asked me if i want one cause my sister was getting one
and sure i said yes - cause i always wanted exactly the same what my big sister tatiana got!
so thats it - here you see my WIP work and love. i hope you enjoy it.
-That's me
I used to go away for weeks... in a state of confusion.
this part is still under construction! wait and see.
A person who never made a mistake never tried anything new.
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30. Mai 2010 um 11:43
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31. Mai 2010 um 06:26
