For a long time, I had felt like I wasn't making any significant progress in my artwork. A few months back I decided to draw every day for a month while limiting myself to only drawing original work. I have seen so many articles about how one can improve in their artwork and found many…
Continue reading ➞ I Want To Share My Drawing Journey (When I Did 30 Days of Art)
A very common term used in the art community called an 'art block', or even 'creative block', is used to describe a state of mind when an artist cannot create anything new out of their imagination and feels like they have drawn everything they can think of. It's a situation I have personally come across…
After working on art, here and there, for about two months, I finally started to understand the basics. In these two drawings, I made sure I used initial base shapes to act as a guide. I think I was able to get some facial anatomy correct but you can clearly see that I messed up…
Continue reading ➞ Criticizing My Artwork: Characters And Expressions [2]
I've been home for a few months now and ever since I came back after finishing my masters study, I wanted to focus on seriously working on my artwork. Towards the beginning I used to draw once a week or once in two weeks and post it on my Instagram (@CrystalDreamIllustration), I had okay reviews…
As you know that when you art any art journey, everything feels difficult to draw, especially for me. The first thing I struggled with the most was drawing face shapes. I opted a lot of times to draw side profile of characters. Now looking back at some of my initial works, I feel like I…
Continue reading ➞ Criticizing My Old Art: Working On Face Shapes, Animals And Objects [1]
As someone who has never taken a class in arts and even back in school my teachers didn't show us any techniques that I can apply to my art in the long run, it became evident to me that I had to start art by either watching YouTube tutorials or just out of the vast…
Recently, I finished my Master's degree program and now I am back home, doing my own things. My final few months, writing my dissertation, really drained me. I have never felt more disheartened by something I have been working very hard on for weeks. Once home, I really wanted to find things that would inspire…
When you first start art out, the whole world seems different. For me, I look at things from a different eye and even when I don't, I want to learn how to. But not everything is a reference and not everything need to be analysed to a degree that you take all the magic out…
After my first initial attempt at drawing Tobirama from Naruto, I tried to take a step further and draw characters from a game I had been playing during that time. It wasn't just any game, it was an otome game. Basically, you are the main character and you find a phone and someone calls you…
If you read my first post, you might know that I got into art once again in my life when my friends and I collectively agreed to do a month of Christmas prompts. We failed to come through and finish all of them but it was entertaining as long as it lasted. Even so, I…
