EDIT: 7/30/08 - I’ve closed this thread to encourage everyone here to post their work in their own Personal Sketchbook Thread in the Personal Anatomy & Sketchbook Threads forum. All are welcome to continue to use the reference here and to browse this thread, however it is no longer open for posting.
EDIT: 3/5/08 - I’ve moved this thread to the Personal Anatomy and Sketchbook Threads forum as I’m hoping that our members here will contribute to encouraging and critiquing our beginning members.
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Everyone,
Feeling like a newbie and kinda intimidated? Don't be ~ here is one place (though in truth, I don't think it should be the only place, by any means) to feel free to post your work, discuss your images with one another, and to get feedback from more experienced artists who can help you along in your journey as artists.
For starters, why not post, say, 2-5 examples of your most recent / best work for comments / feedback? Everything here is informal, and anyone is free to comment on anyone else's work.
We can take it from there. Don't be shy! No one is here to judge you ~ the purpose of the WIP forum and Anatomy sub~forum is to help people grow and mature in their artwork. We all have to start somewhere, and here is a good place to get started.
Thanks to Dreamy Kid for the excellent suggestion! :)
Hope to see the work of shy beginners here! :)
[b]RULES:[/b]
1. No flaming / rude / unconstructive remarks. Only constructive criticism and helpful comments, please. :)
2.Please do not post work that is over 800 pixels wide x appropriate pixels high.
3. It's not just for me to make comments or critiques ~ anyone may do so.
4. Have fun. ;)
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[b]ASSIGNMENTS:[/b]
ASSIGNMENT 1: GESTURE DRAWING FROM REFERENCE
[http://forums.cgsociety.org/showpost.php?p=2869899&postcount=40](http://forums.cgsociety.org/showpost.php?p=2869899&postcount=40)
[ASSIGNMENT 2: MASTER COPY MINI 2-5-10 SKETCHATHON](http://forums.cgsociety.org/showpost.php?p=2876945&postcount=85)
[http://forums.cgsociety.org/showpost.php?p=2876945&postcount=85](http://forums.cgsociety.org/showpost.php?p=2876945&postcount=85)
[u]ASSIGNMENT 3: MASTER COPY MINI 2-5-10 SKETCHATHON[/u]
[u][http://forums.cgsociety.org/showpost.php?p=2903604&postcount=163](http://forums.cgsociety.org/showpost.php?p=2903604&postcount=163)[/u]
[u]ASSIGNMENT 4: MASTER COPY MINI 2-5-10 SKETCHATHON[/u]
[http://forums.cgsociety.org/showpost.php?p=3022068&postcount=279](http://forums.cgsociety.org/showpost.php?p=3022068&postcount=279)
[ASSIGNMENT 5:](http://forums.cgsociety.org/showthread.php?t=349580)[Open Figure Drawing Workshop - Rembrandt Master Copy - with Rebeccak 016](http://forums.cgsociety.org/showthread.php?t=349580)
[http://forums.cgsociety.org/showthread.php?t=349580](http://forums.cgsociety.org/showthread.php?t=349580)
Use the reference from OFDW 016, and post your work here! Give yourself 4 weeks.
PLEASE NOTE: Anyone may start these Assignments at any time. Just give yourselves one week to do each of the Assignments, and post your work here.
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[b]USEFUL THREADS & RESOURCES:[/b]
[[color=lemonchiffon]TUTORIAL SUMMARY - Anatomy Review 003 Shading Tutorial - Tutorial Material Only](http://forums.cgsociety.org/showthread.php?t=351832)
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[left]It contains all of the original Tutorial material from the Anatomy Review 003, which talks about Digital and Traditional methods and principles of Shading.
All are welcome to try out the Exercises and to post their WIP here.
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[center]15 Minute Sketchathon - Beginners' Edition
[left]For those of you who wish to participate in the [15 Minute Sketchathon](http://forums.cgsociety.org/showthread.php?t=295498), but are too shy to post in that thread, why not use the daily References which are posted here:
[I5 Minute Sketchathon - Thread 1: Reference](http://forums.cgsociety.org/showthread.php?t=298699)
[http://forums.cgsociety.org/showthread.php?t=298699](http://forums.cgsociety.org/showthread.php?t=298699)
And post your sketches here in this thread (The Beginners' Lounge)? :)
[Simple theories and excercises to improve your drawings](http://forums.cgsociety.org/showthread.php?t=302282)
What is Gesture Drawing?
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>>>Great Article on Gesture Drawing<<<](http://www.ndoylefineart.com/gesture3.html)
[http://www.ndoylefineart.com/gesture3.html](http://www.ndoylefineart.com/gesture3.html)
[](http://drawsketch.about.com/library...y/aa052003a.htm)[>>>Another Great Article on Gesture Drawing<<<](http://drawsketch.about.com/library/weekly/aa052003a.htm)
[http://drawsketch.about.com/library/weekly/aa052003a.htm](http://drawsketch.about.com/library/weekly/aa052003a.htm)
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[color=#fffacd]See the Best of the Beginners' Lounge highlighted here:
[>>>SPOTLIGHT: Best of Beginner's Lounge - Year 1<<<](http://forums.cgsociety.org/showthread.php?t=349232)
[http://forums.cgsociety.org/showthread.php?t=349232](http://forums.cgsociety.org/showthread.php?t=349232)
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Looking forward to seeing your posts! :)
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Cheers,
~Rebeccak