Any updates?

Sorry I've been away. Company downsized on Thursday, so there's been a lot of adjustment.

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Quote: Original post by Oluseyi
...try turning the picture upside down.

(Posed as a genuine question) What's the logic behind that? Is it because the eye actually sees things upside down before the brain flips the image right side up?

Most of us recognize the objects we're trying to draw and then fill in information from our understanding of them. A classic example is the novice drawing a cube: he knows that it is composed of six faces with a uniform edge length - six squares - and as such tries to draw rectangular shapes. The result, of course, looks nothing like the impression a cube on a table makes on the eye.

Inverting the source image disrupts that cognitive/analytical process, so you're just copying a jumble of lines. If your finished work approximates the original to any significant degree, then you have the motor skills necessary to draw well. You just need to learn how to bypass that cognitive/analytica superimposition.

(I got the technique from one of the books that I know slowpid will be using, Betty Edwards' Drawing on the Right Side of the Brain. Even as someone who's been drawing for years with minimal "left brain" interference, I've discovered useful techniques for increasing my image fidelity. I recommend it to everyone here who considers themself to be a beginner.)

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Also, wouldn't looking at things upside down degrade one's pose understanding?

Pose comes later. Drawing upside down is a short-term technique to help you lose certain bad habits. Once you've conquered those, you'll return to drawing right-side-up.

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Now here is another question, while most lessons are general, they are going to need particular objects to study and draw. Would people here rather that these objects be human or not. Generally, if you can draw the human form, you can draw anything. However, it might discourage people. Let me know.

I think there should be a good mix of both, and some of the images should require both in a single composition - a person holding an object, or sitting on/reclining against an object, for instance.

Also, will there be an emphasis on ideational drawing? I figure that'd be very useful on a game development board, for concept art and even for working out logical, balance or other design issues.

This sounds fun. I'd love to participate as well. Can gamedev help with image hosting or should we look elsewhere? (I _think_ I might remember my old photobucket account...)

I want in! where do I sign?

When this thing does start up, could you post a message in the news announcing the first one?

Cheers,

Paul

Well, I'm interested (assuming about 3 things a week).

I'm hesitant to say anything else as of now. Give me by this sunday to have all the details worked out and then you can expect it to start October 28th, which is a saturday. Thats about 1 and 1/2 weeks, so pretty soon. Im pleased at the reaction, and hope we all have fun.

and yes, there will be an announcement thread.

Hi !
anything new ?

still talking with the staff. This should begin this sunday, but possibly the nect, just depends on what timing they think is correct. Keep your eyes open for an announcement thread.