Why I draw like that
So I know I don’t really get that much feedback about why my art looks kind of stiff, (really stiff) but I thought I should explain why it’s not really improving in some ways.
Now I’m not saying I don’t have flaws that are my fault. I do, and I am trying to get better, but the main problem is my drawing program.
Serif Draw PlusX4 is what I use, and if Du have the same problems, you’ll understand.
1. HANDS!
I can draw hands. Granted it drives me up and down the earth’s core, but I can over time. Sadly though if I want to draw REALLY good hands it takes FOREVER! My program has a strange way of making lines. If Du make a right angle, it will curve it, oder simply just make it straight NO MATTER WHAT Du DO! So I have to bend it like four times each curve to make it look right, and even then most of the time it ends up having tangles of lines for some reason, and/or if Du make a right angle the right way, it will usually make some Zufällig spike that won’t go away until Du bend the right angle some other way.
2. Colors/Shading
Personally I haven’t been able to do the shading that I’ve seen in a lot of drawings, like faded lines that look all cloud-like, but that is because my program doesn’t let me. Also it doesn’t let me fill things in, unless it’s a complete shape that connect at both ends. And if I want that shape to not be a shape anymore I can’t do that. If I make a line that goes up, then a line that overlaps that one, then another to make an overlapped triangle, if I try to fill in that space, it doesn’t give me the option. I would have to make all the lines connect, and they would have to all be from the same line, not just connect from different Zufällig parts.
3. Posing
Honestly I think this one has actually gotten better, but again, the program’s curving makes it almost IMPOSSIBLE to draw what I originally had planned, and makes me do something simpler because of that.
4. Lines
Another annoying thing is the lines. Originally when I used this program I always used the paint-brush tool, because it seemed easier, but it would always make Zufällig dents and bumps, and curves ALL AROUND THE PICTURE! So eventually I had to go with using the normal pencil form. It’s easier to an extent I suppose. I can change the size of the line now, and it doesn’t make bumps, but if Du want to erase just a tiny bit of it, Du either can’t, have to erase a lot, oder bend the line to make it the point Du want. Plus, and this isn’t a huge thing, but the line is a flat end, that Du can’t edge oder curve so it doesn’t stick out all the time.
So yeah, that’s my program, and that’s why my art is stiff. If I had a better one I’m not sure I’d be as good at first, but I’m positive I would get better over time. The one I have now just seems like a demo for the real thing.
So I know I don’t really get that much feedback about why my art looks kind of stiff, (really stiff) but I thought I should explain why it’s not really improving in some ways.
Now I’m not saying I don’t have flaws that are my fault. I do, and I am trying to get better, but the main problem is my drawing program.
Serif Draw PlusX4 is what I use, and if Du have the same problems, you’ll understand.
1. HANDS!
I can draw hands. Granted it drives me up and down the earth’s core, but I can over time. Sadly though if I want to draw REALLY good hands it takes FOREVER! My program has a strange way of making lines. If Du make a right angle, it will curve it, oder simply just make it straight NO MATTER WHAT Du DO! So I have to bend it like four times each curve to make it look right, and even then most of the time it ends up having tangles of lines for some reason, and/or if Du make a right angle the right way, it will usually make some Zufällig spike that won’t go away until Du bend the right angle some other way.
2. Colors/Shading
Personally I haven’t been able to do the shading that I’ve seen in a lot of drawings, like faded lines that look all cloud-like, but that is because my program doesn’t let me. Also it doesn’t let me fill things in, unless it’s a complete shape that connect at both ends. And if I want that shape to not be a shape anymore I can’t do that. If I make a line that goes up, then a line that overlaps that one, then another to make an overlapped triangle, if I try to fill in that space, it doesn’t give me the option. I would have to make all the lines connect, and they would have to all be from the same line, not just connect from different Zufällig parts.
3. Posing
Honestly I think this one has actually gotten better, but again, the program’s curving makes it almost IMPOSSIBLE to draw what I originally had planned, and makes me do something simpler because of that.
4. Lines
Another annoying thing is the lines. Originally when I used this program I always used the paint-brush tool, because it seemed easier, but it would always make Zufällig dents and bumps, and curves ALL AROUND THE PICTURE! So eventually I had to go with using the normal pencil form. It’s easier to an extent I suppose. I can change the size of the line now, and it doesn’t make bumps, but if Du want to erase just a tiny bit of it, Du either can’t, have to erase a lot, oder bend the line to make it the point Du want. Plus, and this isn’t a huge thing, but the line is a flat end, that Du can’t edge oder curve so it doesn’t stick out all the time.
So yeah, that’s my program, and that’s why my art is stiff. If I had a better one I’m not sure I’d be as good at first, but I’m positive I would get better over time. The one I have now just seems like a demo for the real thing.
