QueenDivetta here. I am very dedicated to the performing arts. I sing and act professionally and play several instruments. But I know very little about the visual arts.
I've always wanted to dabble in visual art. It's always kind of been a hobby of mine. But recently, I discovered two things that opened some new doors to me for my art. First, I discovered some Beginning/Intermediate art books especially for people wanting to draw things in the fantasy genre (which those of you who read my Sims 3 legacy know!). I've never taken a single art class, but I'm learning a lot from these books.
Secondly, I had always been fascinated by computer drawing tablets. I never thought I'd own one, though, because I always assumed they'd be really expensive. Well I really got into blogging and photo editing, so I decided to do some more research on the tablets. It turns out you can get a really nice Wacom drawing tablet for around 50 bucks. Who knew? So I have now acquired one and opened up my computer illustration doors.
Now that it's so easy to share my artwork (I've always been limited to my physical sketchbooks), I wanted to start a blog to document my process. I want to learn and grow, and invite anyone who is interested to join along.
I would love remarks, comments and constructive criticism! Please let me know what you think, and what I could do to improve.
The first thing I drew on my new tablet were some contour hand drawings. I learned how to pose hands and draw them from a friend who draws a year ago, and I wanted to test out my tablet and get used to it with something I was somewhat familiar with.
Some of the proportions are slightly off, but overall I was pretty pleased with the poses and shading.
The next thing I did was read in the book about the body proportions of a human figure of different typical fantasy archetypes. The first one I tried was the basic wizard of balance (between a light wizard and dark wizard).
Again, pretty pleased with the shading on the fabric. My goal for my next human drawing is more detail in the face and more realistic and detailed choice of clothing.
I'd love anybody's opinions of my work so far and perhaps some ideas on how to improve. Remember, I'm still very much an amateur, so be nice :)
I'm starting out with basic sketching, but soon I'll be adding color and different mediums besides just pencil.
Welcome to my journey!
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