Month: April 2025

This card is from SVS Basic Perspective.

This lesson is about basic 1 point perspective. One thing I found is that it seems much harder to create straight lines in Photoshop. I might need to find some settings on brushes to assist with getting better lines. I tried the line tool, but that’s really different. I was able to use shift-clicking to get straight lines, but it’s not as precise and you can’t edit them. It’s one area where Procreate is much better. If I have a scene where I know I want a lot of straight lines, such as a city scene with buildings and windows, it might be better to use Procreate. My hand drawn lines are too wobbly otherwise. Other than that, the lesson is very basic and easy. I marked it as easy. I didn’t have much to show, a lot of the time was practice and working with tools in Photoshop.

Next time I will work with Procreate and try these exercises there.

Photoshop using Huion tablet.

I did 30 minutes practice and then 20 minutes to complete this image.

This card is from SVS How to Draw Everything.

This lesson is the final project for the class, which is using all the techniques learned to draw a character. I last did this in hour 14. The improvement is dramatic! It’s so exciting to see. I still have a long way to go, but I am improving and it’s getting easier. It was still very scary to begin, but then once I started, it flowed really well. I did a pencil sketch earlier today of Alex and then used worked on this later in the day. I used the same pose from the class, and even the pose makes more sense to me now. I still need to learn a lot about the human figure, and how to draw clothing, and find references I want to use for armor and costume. But, overall, a great effort.

Next time I will pull some reference for costume and props before I start drawing. I didn’t know what I was doing with some of these. I made a bad mistake on the sketch and had the hand grasping the sword above the hilt, for example, which was easy to correct digitally, but would have been harder to fix on paper.

Photoshop using Huion tablet.

I spent about 1 hour and 15 minutes to complete this image.

This card is from SVS How to Draw Everything.

This lesson is about using everything from the class to draw a tree, so we start out with basic form and shape, then move on to details and basic tone. I worked in Photoshop this time and the process was easier, it seems to get better each time I practice. I like the basic design, but felt I could have pushed the angles a little more. This is from a Minecraft tree built by Red and it leans over a creek. I caught a little bit of it, but could have pushed it more. I also am out of practice with tree shapes, I could have practiced first, then did another. But this took me just over an hour, so I wouldn’t be able to do it all. I think since this is a ‘final’ demo project, it’s ok to just focus on one piece. But I also need more practice!

Next time I will work from a real life reference, just to get a better feel for the tree structure. I also need to work on my shape language for leaf and bush shapes. This feels very cartoony, which isn’t bad, but I would like a little more design around it.

Photoshop using Huion tablet.

I worked a little over an hour to complete this image.