Thread: anyone into drawing?

i was just wondering if there were any artists out there. ((i dont refer myself as an artist though, i just do it as a past time))

im into graffite drawings. usually its just things that are meaningful that people ask me to draw for them. needless to say i draw a lot of dogs that have passed away. anyone use draw? what penciles do you prefer and what do you like to draw?

peace,
cody

G'day Cody, I have only just come across this post. I like to draw. Admittedly I don't draw as much as I'd like to though. I don't consider myself an artist as such, unless perhaps on the odd occassions I might think of myself as a Novice artist, but only when I've drawn that rare something well.
I use Faber-Castell pencils in the range of 9h to 9HB and I also keep a few tonal coloured pencils in with the graphite ones, though I'm yet to actually use those. Still, it is no trouble to have them as I carry them in a special pencil roll up case with plenty of room inside. The case takes up very little room and is easy to carry. I also carry a cheap sketch book with a pencil stub attached to it. I just stapled a couple of loops of elastic to the cover. One for the pencil stub and another for a home made smudge stick.
I prefer to draw people, but I don't limit myself to that. My main interest in drawing came from when I worked as a security guard, and thoguth that it would be benefical to be able to make an accurate sketch of a persons face. I never really learnt to sketch that well while I was doing security work, but the interest stayed with me. And funny you should mention dog drawings, as my favourite drawing to date is one of a dog I drew, from a picture hanging in my lounge room.
As you can see, I have a long way to go to call myself an artist, but it's a start...






Mick

I draw! I use a .2 mechanical drafting pencil and ebony and Nero pencils and a kneaded eraser and a few blending stumps with various degrees of lead on them.

Nice mate. How long did that one take you to do? That's my ultimate goal right there. Realistic pencil drawings that look like a B&W photograph. I'm bloody jealous of your skill.


Mick

I'm not sure exactly Howe long it took in terms of hours really. I worked on it in bits and pieces for small blocks of time. A general guess, maybe 20 hours? I was going to do the hair, but got bored after I had drawn all the interesting parts.

Thanks though, I'm glad you like it!

I don't draw much except to sketch for a painting. I do paint in water colors but I suck at it. I used to paint as a kid, got my first oil paints when I was 6. I started playing guitar at 15 though and by 18 stopped painting in favor of music. I could never do water colors well, just oils and acrylics so when I recently decided to try painting again I decided to do what I can't. I'm getting better but no where near where I would post anything. Towards the end of my teenage years I drew quite a bit with pen and ink, I was into dark imagery back then. Like this:

Been doing it for a living, after a fashion , for a couple of decades. These were drawn on the skin with a pen and then tattooed over. The dragon was a coverup of a pre existing tattoo.

I love tattoos, though I have none on me. I used to subscribe to a couple of different tattoo magazines even. That's good work! Cool and thanks!

I do apprieciate the art form,had all mine removed 40 yrs ago,pre-laser at any rate one would think in this day and age they would be using computors to do Tats or at least cad cam images they could transfer to the skin.

Originally Posted by corduroylion

i was just wondering if there were any artists out there. ((i dont refer myself as an artist though, i just do it as a past time))

im into graffite drawings. usually its just things that are meaningful that people ask me to draw for them. needless to say i draw a lot of dogs that have passed away. anyone use draw? what penciles do you prefer and what do you like to draw?

peace,
cody

Try going to design school for 4 years, you may end up hating it! (many of my friends got completely burned out and refuse to draw anymore) I studied industrial design in college, and had I believe 3 quarters in a row, where every night I had to draw over 100 independent, fully rendered and developed design drawings of whatever we were designing that week. (ranged from womens razors, to hacksaws, pencil sharpeners, digital cameras, you name it... the professor pulled it out of his ass at the last moment so you couldnt work ahead) The senior level classes required closer to 200 designs a night. These were full page, with a perspective or two, and three orthographics. All with developed line weight, marker shading, and call outs. While everyone I knew was sleeping, I had 14 hours worth of drawing left, where if I did not turn one out every 7-8 minutes, I would fail. If you dont love to draw, this would most likely be more than you could stand!

I have roughly 80lbs worth of drawings from undergrad classes alone! So, I have done some drawing!

I have not worked with graphite since freshman year in college, it was always not bold enough for my taste. I actually prefer to work in charcoal if Im just drawing for pleasure. I work subtractively, first starting by coloring the whole piece black, then drawing with various erasers to establish midtones. I then work back into it with charcoal pencils to add shaddow, and white for highlights. Its a really fun way to work! OP - I suggest you give it a shot some time. Just make sure to get a can of spray fixative, or your drawing could end up in the air. Speaking of which, NEVER blow charcoal dust into the air, ESPECIALLY if you are working in an enclosed space. You enhale it, and it NEVER leaves your lungs... not good, all bad... Anyways. Happy drawing, and happy shaving!