Oops more mom sketches.
Clifford is so over family photos. Stop being such a teenage asshole, Clifford.
Clifford’s mother is actually the most awesome character in the entire series and you don’t even know, man.
You mess with Nora’s babies and Nora’s gonna mess you up. No exceptions.
Wilde Life warmup sketch!
Chapter 4!! When the boys meet Eliza, it does not go well for Clifford.
(I have to draw like a million spiders)
That’s my girl!
Drawing ZAP! 638. Want to do two pages this week so I can do another double update. We’ll see!!
Recently got a copy of an old book on Ozark Superstition and mythology, and found this poem on counting crows. It’s so great. I’ll be working it into Wilde Life somehow. I didn’t know six crows was a bad omen! Did you know??
I got the book specifically because Witches are a huge part of Ozark mythos, and I wanted to be able to draw from that when working on Eliza. It’s just full of other great stuff, too, though. I’m super inspired!
But, man. Birds are never a good omen in Ozark or Native American mythos! Birds are always a bad time. They’re out to get you! Beware of birds.
*hugs back* :) Hey, since we're on the topic of lacking ability to draw, do you have any specific tutorials or books that you'd like to recommend for a super beginning level? Like "even these stick figures don't look right" beginner level.
Turning a private chat public because this is a good question!!
I don’t have a book that I could recommend. If you are wanting to get more serious about drawing I’d say go down to the bookstore and look through the anatomy and how to draw books there for a couple that have a style that appeals to you. Then, pretty much try to copy every drawing or photo in those books into your sketchbook. Make it a daily exercise.
It’s totally okay to be derivative when you are learning, so don’t worry about copying the drawings! Doing studies of drawings is the best way to understand them and get better. And don’t get frustrated if they don’t look right. Just do the best you can and then compare what parts of your drawing differ from the original, and then try to fix that next time.
The more you do it, the better you will get, and then you’ll be able to start freehanding things from what you’ve learned.
Also, keep a small sketchbook with you at all times! If you get a bit of time between things, sketch something around you, or try drawing something from memory.
