The Tough but Important Thing To Remember

Well there are lots of things to remember, and they are all in my posts, so whenever you start a new exercise, click the link of my name and reread everything before starting the new exercise.

Make a list of the things I always say to you.

Like when you do a layout exercise, you still have to remember all the stuff about construction, line of action, negative spaces, MAINTAINING GUTS and not toning down the storyboards.

That's probably the number one problem I see people struggling with.

If you get that note from me, maybe you should just take some individual poses from my storyboards and practice pushing the poses - while still using construction, style, clarity, negative shapes, line of action, perspective, blah, blah, blah

In order to maintain guts, you have to understand the principles underlying the poses

If the layout poses are weaker or less clear than the storyboard poses, then the layout stage is a wasted step

Maybe I should make a checklist and you could print it out and stick it on your desk in front of you as you draw.

But you could make your own checklist from all my posts and in particular any notes I have given you personally. That would help make the ideas stick.

KEEP NOTES

Always keep your own notes. And make notes when you draw

of things you have trouble with
things you just learned from the exercise
things you notice from drawing a toy or copying a classic character

making notes enlists your mind, which can help your hand and eyes immensely

Our eyes lie to us and we have to help them see better by understanding what we are looking at