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Amanda, 19
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Singapore Polytechnic
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Wednesday, January 20, 2010, 9:45 PM
ALL about sketches!
After reading the article...I feel that sketching with a pencil on a piece of paper feels entirely different from drawing your stuff on a tablet using adobe programs. I think sketching feels more personal because it's like giving life to an inanimate drawing because you're drawing on a solid piece of paper and I suppose drawing on a piece of paper is a more spur of the moment thing, because it shows that you're not afraid of drawing and expressing the ideas in your mind.
I remembered the very first time I learnt how to sketch those 3D objects by my art teacher in secondary school year 1 and 2 in my giant sketchbook. It was such an awesome learning experience!
We started out by sketching objects like our pencil, eraser, water bottles etc.
He than taught us how to shade nicely so that it will actually look more 'real' and viola, came an actual sketching with the right shades and all. After that, he would want us to develop the object we just drew, eg. Tomato by morphing/distorting the original fruit into whatever we want. Of course, the shadings and all should still be presented. How fun was that? (:
So there would be a few sketches developed from the original one. Until we decided to stop at the one that we wanted to use.
& I must say developing your sketches bit by bit was really useful and fun and to do. It also helps you see what changes were made throughout the process as well as note down the ideas that had formed in your mind
Which explains why I really enjoyed my art lesson in my secondary school days.
I guess this article made me reminisced of the happy past :)
On the other hand, technology had made us empowered with the tool to draw easily as well. Some people may prefer it that way because its more hassle-free with the virtual eraser and selection/colouring tools. I must admit it is really more convenient!
credits: iconmintiesI decided to look for some sketches in deviantart after reading the article too and this caught my eyes! The author had created a brand new character based on original characters from various mmorpg games like final fantasy. You get to see where the new character's features came from and I guess sketching all the other characters also help him observe which area he wanted to extract from the game characters.
In conclusion, start sketching today!