Wayne TullyThe Art Of Using Sketchbooks
Sketchbooks are really useful for any artist, obviously they have that quality of archiving old drawings and even unfinished drawings and if you have that many like me then you will have a lot of old sketches that you probably forgot about and so here I have some of them old examples from over ten years ago.
Keeping unfinished ideas and sketches in concept form are really handy for when you are stuck for drawing something new, all you do is bring out the stack of used sketchbooks and have a flick through, you'll soon find old ideas that could provide new interest and a fresh way of resurrecting them ideas.
In the above drawing, I wanted to try and recreate a dragon rider, although the rider looks okay, the dragons design I didn't really get right, but it served as a good drawing on it's conceptual value alone.
As you can see above, This elf princess was an attempt at drawing the female figure whilst sitting, originally though, I remember trying to draw her dancing, but failed somewhere along the lines, because I just jumped straight in, without any reference photos of a woman dancing, so it served me right!!
Another fantasy favourite is the dwarf, when trying to draw these little fellas, I always try to draw them as children and just add the beards last, it works so far!
Digging through all of your archived drawings, is something that I recommend you do often, as the inspiration can sometimes be boosted by drawings from the past.
Keeping unfinished ideas and sketches in concept form are really handy for when you are stuck for drawing something new, all you do is bring out the stack of used sketchbooks and have a flick through, you'll soon find old ideas that could provide new interest and a fresh way of resurrecting them ideas.
A Dragon Rider Concept Drawing
In the above drawing, I wanted to try and recreate a dragon rider, although the rider looks okay, the dragons design I didn't really get right, but it served as a good drawing on it's conceptual value alone.
An Elf Princess Drawing Concept
As you can see above, This elf princess was an attempt at drawing the female figure whilst sitting, originally though, I remember trying to draw her dancing, but failed somewhere along the lines, because I just jumped straight in, without any reference photos of a woman dancing, so it served me right!!
Dwarf Drawing Concept Art
Another fantasy favourite is the dwarf, when trying to draw these little fellas, I always try to draw them as children and just add the beards last, it works so far!
Digging through all of your archived drawings, is something that I recommend you do often, as the inspiration can sometimes be boosted by drawings from the past.
