NesteaDrinker Posted March 15, 2022 Author Share Posted March 15, 2022 (edited) @goodvibes I do really recommend Alex Huneycutt's Curriculum for solo artist if you want to start your journey! Edited March 15, 2022 by NesteaDrinker adding @ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NesteaDrinker Posted March 16, 2022 Author Share Posted March 16, 2022 15th March and 16 March: Qucik summary: Both days were very similar: -woke up earlier to draw for 2 hours before work -typical work day -after work one hour of drawing -after all of that we were playing mansions of madness (boardgame) Also celebrating 30 days without video games! Goals: I will finish the drawabox course (2 studies left) by 11.05.2022 I will finish the love life drawing beginner series by 18.03.2022 I will have 800 hours on my practice counter by 01.03.2023 I will have 3000 hours on my practice counter by 01.03.2027 Practice counter: 63 hours 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
goodvibes Posted March 17, 2022 Share Posted March 17, 2022 congrats 30 days, possible years of a new life on the horizon, let's get it! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NesteaDrinker Posted March 18, 2022 Author Share Posted March 18, 2022 17 March: Quick summary: - finished both ferrari f1 drawing and love life drawing beginner course (3 hours of drawing in total today) - I'm very tired lately - we have a lot to do at work - I have started to glue figures from a boardgame to clear bases 18 March: Quick summary: - gathered references for last drawing for drawabox course - have started my first figuary challenge - still tired after work - waiting for sunday to rest - standard 3 hours of drawing today Goals: I will finish the drawabox course (1 study left) by 11.05.2022 I will finish my first figuary challenge by 25.04.2022 (NEW!) I will have 800 hours on my practice counter by 01.03.2023 I will have 3000 hours on my practice counter by 01.03.2027 Goals met: 1 Practice counter: 69 hours 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NesteaDrinker Posted March 20, 2022 Author Share Posted March 20, 2022 19th and 20th March: Quick summary: - day 2 and 3 of the figuary challenge - didn't have that much time so I spent 2.5 hours in total drawing (in those 2 days) - met with my brother on saturday - my future mother in law vistied us on sunday - I'm so busy that I can barely keep up with this journal but I'm going to do my best to post everyday (at least those quick summaries) Goals: I will finish the drawabox course (1 study left) by 11.05.2022 I will finish my first figuary challenge by 25.04.2022 (3/28) I will have 800 hours on my practice counter by 01.03.2023 I will have 3000 hours on my practice counter by 01.03.2027 Goals met: 1 Practice counter: 71.5 hours Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NesteaDrinker Posted March 21, 2022 Author Share Posted March 21, 2022 21th March: Quick summary: - Really liked the fourth day of the figuary challenge - Practiced for a total of 3,5 hours today (2 hours before work and 1,5 after) - Tired after work - Hope to finish the last drawing for drawabox this week (the helicopter) - Going to play some boardgames with my fiancee now Goals: I will finish the drawabox course (1 study left) by 11.05.2022 I will finish my first figuary challenge by 25.04.2022 (4/28) I will have 800 hours on my practice counter by 01.03.2023 I will have 3000 hours on my practice counter by 01.03.2027 Goals met: 1 Practice counter: 75 hours Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NesteaDrinker Posted March 23, 2022 Author Share Posted March 23, 2022 22th and 23th March: Qucik summary: - I was practising drawing for 4 hours in total (2 hours per day) - finished last piece for drawabox course, now waiting for the official critique - visited my cousin to play boardgames - still doing figuary daily - quite hard to find time to write here but still doing my best (I need it anyway to count total hours for my 800 hours goal) Goals: I will finish the drawabox course (waiting for the official critique) by 11.05.2022 I will finish my first figuary challenge by 25.04.2022 (4/28) I will have 800 hours on my practice counter by 01.03.2023 I will have 3000 hours on my practice counter by 01.03.2027 Goals met: 1 Practice counter: 79 hours Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NesteaDrinker Posted March 24, 2022 Author Share Posted March 24, 2022 24th March: - I have started to learn how to draw simplified head - Another day of figuary challenge - I have started a new course on proko site - How to draw and design dragons - 3 hours spent on drawing today Goals: I will finish the drawabox course (waiting for the official critique) by 11.05.2022 I will finish my first figuary challenge by 25.04.2022 (7/28) I will have 800 hours on my practice counter by 01.03.2023 I will have 3000 hours on my practice counter by 01.03.2027 Goals met: 1 Practice counter: 82 hours Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NesteaDrinker Posted March 25, 2022 Author Share Posted March 25, 2022 25th March: - Officially finished the drawabox course! - Another day of figuary challenge - Did the assignment for dragon design course - Trying to draw heads and starting to study eyes Goals: I will finish the dragon design course by 11.05.2022 (NEW!) I will finish my first figuary challenge by 25.04.2022 (8/28) I will have 800 hours on my practice counter by 01.03.2023 I will have 3000 hours on my practice counter by 01.03.2027 Goals met: 2 Practice counter: 85 hours Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NesteaDrinker Posted March 27, 2022 Author Share Posted March 27, 2022 26th March: - Was too tired to wake up earlier today - After work did 1 hour of drawing practice - My best friend visited us for the first time in our new home - Tommorow finally day free from work Goals: I will finish the dragon design course by 11.05.2022 (NEW!) I will finish my first figuary challenge by 25.04.2022 (9/28) I will have 800 hours on my practice counter by 01.03.2023 I will have 3000 hours on my practice counter by 01.03.2027 Goals met: 2 Practice counter: 86 hours 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NesteaDrinker Posted March 27, 2022 Author Share Posted March 27, 2022 27th March: - Finally could get more sleep - Feeling like I'm getting worse instead of better while doing figures (need to step back and think what went wrong) - Did second assignment for dragon design course - Drawing eyes went ok (trying to learn something before 100 faces challenge) - Need to watch how to render with graphite pencils - My fiancee also set goals for herself (time oriented like me) for crocheting and english Goals: I will finish the dragon design course by 11.05.2022 I will finish my first figuary challenge by 25.04.2022 (10/28) I will have 800 hours on my practice counter by 01.03.2023 I will have 3000 hours on my practice counter by 01.03.2027 Goals met: 2 Practice counter: 89 hours 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NesteaDrinker Posted March 28, 2022 Author Share Posted March 28, 2022 28th March: - so much to do at work - very tired - tried to render an eye - it went ok - another day of figuary - feeling like I'm stagnating and not learning at all - making progress in dragon design by drawing twisted forms Goals: I will finish the dragon design course by 11.05.2022 I will finish my first figuary challenge by 25.04.2022 (11/28) I will have 800 hours on my practice counter by 01.03.2023 I will have 3000 hours on my practice counter by 01.03.2027 Goals met: 2 Practice counter: 92 hours Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NesteaDrinker Posted March 29, 2022 Author Share Posted March 29, 2022 29th March: - Still feel tired - Practicing drawing noses - Trying twisting simple forms - Another day of figuary - trying to slow down to make the practice more effective - Can't wait for the weekend Goals: I will finish the dragon design course by 11.05.2022 I will finish my first figuary challenge by 25.04.2022 (12/28) I will have 800 hours on my practice counter by 01.03.2023 I will have 3000 hours on my practice counter by 01.03.2027 Goals met: 2 Practice counter: 95 hours 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NesteaDrinker Posted March 30, 2022 Author Share Posted March 30, 2022 30th March: -still tired but managed to draw for 3 hours today anyway -making progress in noses but nothing fancy to show -I wish I was better at shading -today's figures went very badly -finished twisting, stretching and squashing simple forms Goals: I will finish the dragon design course by 11.05.2022 I will finish my first figuary challenge by 25.04.2022 (13/28) I will have 800 hours on my practice counter by 01.03.2023 I will have 3000 hours on my practice counter by 01.03.2027 Goals met: 2 Practice counter: 98 hours 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NesteaDrinker Posted March 31, 2022 Author Share Posted March 31, 2022 31th March: - decided to get more sleep - was practicing for 2 hours today - finished rendering a nose - I think it is a bit better than my eyes attempt - today's figures were quite ok - celebrating half of the figuary challenge - celebrating 100 hours on practice counter Goals: I will finish the dragon design course by 11.05.2022 I will finish my first figuary challenge by 25.04.2022 (14/28) I will have 800 hours on my practice counter by 01.03.2023 I will have 3000 hours on my practice counter by 01.03.2027 Goals met: 2 Practice counter: 100 hours 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NesteaDrinker Posted April 1, 2022 Author Share Posted April 1, 2022 1st April: - slept more again - drew for one hour today - I want to have in total 15 hours this week so I have to do 3 hours on the weekend - I really liked todays figuary lesson even tho the figures wasn't that good - excited to see friends tommorow Goals: I will finish the dragon design course by 11.05.2022 I will finish my first figuary challenge by 25.04.2022 (15/28) I will have 800 hours on my practice counter by 01.03.2023 I will have 3000 hours on my practice counter by 01.03.2027 Goals met: 2 Practice counter: 101 hours Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NesteaDrinker Posted April 3, 2022 Author Share Posted April 3, 2022 2nd and 3rd April: - 2nd of April was really tight with time but I managed to do all the things I planned before my friends arrived - we had a great time playing boardgames - on 3rd April we visited parents of my fiancee - when it comes to drawing decided to abandon for now the dragon desing course because I want to focus more on other courses - I want to get better with overhand grip and values so going to focus on that (while doing face features studies) Goals: I will finish the how to draw heads playlist by 11.05.2022 I will finish my first figuary challenge by 25.04.2022 (17/28) I will have 800 hours on my practice counter by 01.03.2023 I will have 3000 hours on my practice counter by 01.03.2027 Goals met: 2 Practice counter: 104 hours Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NesteaDrinker Posted April 4, 2022 Author Share Posted April 4, 2022 (edited) 4th April: - besides figuary I was watching mostly proko beginner playlist to get the idea how Im going to approach to learn values - the day was good - I wish I slept more so going to bed earlier - I want to make sure to learn for 15 hours a week to meet my deadline for 800 hours challenge - 3 hours in total doay - half an hour for figuary and another for simple exercises - the rest for playlist - tommorow going to put theory into practice Goals: I will finish the how to draw heads playlist by 11.05.2022 I will finish my first figuary challenge by 25.04.2022 (18/28) I will have 800 hours on my practice counter by 01.03.2023 I will have 3000 hours on my practice counter by 01.03.2027 Goals met: 2 Practice counter: 107 hours Edited April 6, 2022 by NesteaDrinker small correction in goals Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NesteaDrinker Posted April 6, 2022 Author Share Posted April 6, 2022 5th April: - pushed through the "I don't know what should I learn phase" by watching videos about creating value - decided that I will be mostly cross-hatching for now for shading - the tilt is gone, new direction is set - I was learning for 3 hours today 6th April: - cross hatching for shading was a good call - loved the today's figuary video (it was about mindset) - drew some nice looking lips - 3 hours today for my counter Goals: I will finish the how to draw heads playlist by 11.05.2022 I will finish my first figuary challenge by 25.04.2022 (20/28) I will have 800 hours on my practice counter by 01.03.2023 I will have 3000 hours on my practice counter by 01.03.2027 Goals met: 2 Practice counter: 113 hours 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NesteaDrinker Posted April 7, 2022 Author Share Posted April 7, 2022 7th April: - 3 weeks into figuary challenge - yay! - started to draw an ear - I'm at defining shadows phase - wondering if i can make the shadows a bit better to help define forms or have failed already - 2 hours today in total Goals: I will finish the how to draw heads playlist by 11.05.2022 I will finish my first figuary challenge by 25.04.2022 (21/28) I will have 800 hours on my practice counter by 01.03.2023 I will have 3000 hours on my practice counter by 01.03.2027 Goals met: 2 Practice counter: 115 hours Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NesteaDrinker Posted April 8, 2022 Author Share Posted April 8, 2022 8th April: - 30 minutes of figuary and 1.5 hour of drawing the ear today - finished the ear - I feel that despite proportions mistakes and rushing this render I got pretty good value range - excited about the weekend - going to rest a lot and meet friends to play boardgames Goals: I will finish the how to draw heads playlist by 11.05.2022 I will finish my first figuary challenge by 25.04.2022 (22/28) I will have 800 hours on my practice counter by 01.03.2023 I will have 3000 hours on my practice counter by 01.03.2027 Goals met: 2 Practice counter: 117 hours Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sowelu Posted April 9, 2022 Share Posted April 9, 2022 On 4/6/2022 at 11:40 PM, NesteaDrinker said: ... - drew some nice looking lips ... Really well done! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NesteaDrinker Posted April 10, 2022 Author Share Posted April 10, 2022 17 hours ago, Sowelu said: Really well done! Thanks a lot! 9th April: - after work I went to sleep immadiately - needed a rest - woke up 6 pm - made a quick figuary session - visited my mom later - 30 minutes of practicing today 10th April: - slept until 11 am - finally feel rested - quick figuary practice session plus figuring out how to draw hair - it is going to take a few more days tho - 1.5 hour of practice today - going to visit my friends to play some boardgames today Goals: I will finish the how to draw heads playlist by 11.05.2022 I will finish my first figuary challenge by 25.04.2022 (24/28) I will have 800 hours on my practice counter by 01.03.2023 I will have 3000 hours on my practice counter by 01.03.2027 Goals met: 2 Practice counter: 119 hours Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NesteaDrinker Posted April 11, 2022 Author Share Posted April 11, 2022 11th April: - woke up earlier to draw - hard day at work - ordered birthday gift for my fiancee - realised that I feel quite comfortable with the overhand grip - it was a nightmare to use it few days ago - still figuring out how to draw the hair Goals: I will finish the how to draw heads playlist by 11.05.2022 I will finish my first figuary challenge by 25.04.2022 (25/28) I will have 800 hours on my practice counter by 01.03.2023 I will have 3000 hours on my practice counter by 01.03.2027 Goals met: 2 Practice counter: 122 hours Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NesteaDrinker Posted April 12, 2022 Author Share Posted April 12, 2022 12th April: - almost at the finish line of the figuary challenge - 3 hours of learning today - finished the hair study - far from mastery but for now good enough - feeling excited about drawing full heads Goals: I will finish the how to draw heads playlist by 11.05.2022 I will finish my first figuary challenge by 25.04.2022 (26/28) I will have 800 hours on my practice counter by 01.03.2023 I will have 3000 hours on my practice counter by 01.03.2027 Goals met: 2 Practice counter: 125 hours Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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