It's been awhile...

Hello and welcome to another post of LLG! It has been way too long but the first few weeks of school have been rough and with all the collage courses, band and clubs I have had my days jammed packed and it leaves me with just about no energy or motivation to do anything after it all finishes for the day 0_0. Thankfully, in all this chaos and long days I have had one thing that hasn't been stopped by all of this. What I have been able to do is drawing which means that for awhile even if I break my hands I will have more material for you ;3. That being said I want to only post one drawing at a time in order to be able to have continuous stuff for you! So let's get started.

So this is one of the best anatomy based sketches I've done in my long absence and while it has come out pretty good it was only by luck as most sketches after aren't as great... But, that is not all bad news. The fact that my skill was strong enough to be able to draw ok like this even with luck is a great step forward. This was done with a reference from a site called Art Models which features " safe for work " pics that you can use for drawings. The pic I used was of a guy running but as you can tell...it didn't become that but that doesn't mean that its a terrible sketch!
While my skills have so much more to go I have improved quite a bit. It's a bit crazy to think that ever since a little more than a year ago when I decided that I would become an artist I have not gone a day where I don't draw at all. I know I haven't posted everyday and I don't even do big sketches every day but, whenever I'm in the classroom, eating lunch or even just doing home work I always do some doodles on the side drawing anything I see or think of and maybe I'll post some pics of examples of my homework doodles ( sounds like a good segment). Who knows but yeah, it's amazing to think how much time and effort I've put in this dream that as a kid I hated but now I love it and it is slowly becoming a reality.
Lastly, before I end today's post I want to talk about the book I'm writing as that is another thing that has been postponed from all of my busyness so I am still working on it ( also planning to tone it down in the seriousness at the beginning as it feels wrong at the beginning ). Also, once my drawing gets better I can begin drawing a few pics of scenes so it can be more of a light novel kind of thing cause this is a series I've thought of as a comic so adding the drawings would be really cool but that will take months maybe for my skill to get better. That's all for today and I'm really sorry about the delay but I do hope you enjoyed today's post and hope that the next one ( hopefully this coming week ) will be a good one to! Till next post I'll see ya'll later!

Getting aHEAD, Writing Book and New Name!

Hello and welcome to another post of LLG! Today we have a lot to go over so I'd like to cut the small talk short and jump right in! First topic I would like to cover is the art I have for you this week so we'll start with that.
This is another technique practice I did to try and pin point my study in anatomy. It was going to be a big full drawing but I couldn't get the bodies down so I decided that I would practice those and the 3/4ths pose before trying that scene.
The next topic I'd like to talk about is the book I'm writing at https://www.wattpad.com/story/116417302-the-fates-that-bind-us will be heavily edited again from start to the point that it is at the moment. Updates will continue though so look forward to future updates.
Lastly, to end this post ( which ended much quicker than I thought...) is the fact that the title of the blog got changed! We changed from Living in the Land of the Giants to The Little Legend Guy. I would have changed the name to something else but lots of my accounts have LLGWriter as their name so I wanted to continue the LLG trend.
That's all for today and I hop that you enjoyed the post. Make sure to comment on how I can improve on anything on or off my blog. Till next time I'll see yall later!

Busy Busy Busy.... Wasn't This a Title Already?

Hello and welcome to another post of LLG! Today is that going to be as large of a post as others but thats alright....right?... Well thats besides the point. For today all I will talk about is a drawing I did for practice by using a picture an artist drew( who sadly I couldn't find their name so I can not legally show the reference picture..) and just some things I added to my daily scheduled. Enough la le gagging though, lets get started!
First off I'd like to start with the drawing.

This was a basic form drawing I did of a Teen Titans fan art I saw and I know there is a lot missing and it could be better but it is one of my better starts and after a certain point I kinda felt like I was forcing myself to finish it which from every artist I've known is a big no no so this is probably as far as I'll go with this drawing. While it isn't something pretty to look at it does have an important purpose as it allowed me to practice shaping the human body for certain actions and also make slight differences with the mouths to make expression. 

Now to those who know me a bit better knows that I'm pretty active and I like to workout and over the course of most of my life I  have worked out but, as of the last year that work out has been very little compared to what I used to do which while let me retain some muscle it made me lose 10 lbs of it... But that is alright because I lately started working out again and while it is slowly growing it is still very fun and easyish. I would recommend working out even a little to anyone and I have and still do. Well that is all for today and till next post I'll see ya'll later!

 

Trying new things and also Update in Schedule

Hello and welcome to another post of LLG! Today we are going to talk about some things like my schedule and how it will effect posts and updates to my blog and book. I also want to bring up a new method to try and improve my art skills ( I swear I haven't been slacking despite the lack of posts and content...) so lets get started.

First let's start on one of the more interesting parts of today's post. So recently I've trying to use more orthodox methods of art practice such as purchasing the book I did earlier this summer and now using a doll in order to have a mold able pose reference. It is a really good practice and I'd definitely recommend it to anyone trying to get into art but there was one thing I just noticed.

This is a drawing I did quiet a while back and shared on this blog. This was done within the first month of me practicing and beginning of this blog. 

 
This is a drawing done just this weekend almost a year later from the other drawing and is a sketch of the model at the very top of the page. I know its a bit hard to see but comparing the two I can't help but feel like despite the year of practice, studying of techniques and the guide that my skills as an artist are not getting better but rather worse. This does scare me a bit but by no means does it mean I'm going to stop drawing. It just means that I'm going to have to try and figure what works more and follow it and make sure to make time to draw as much as possible ( although finding the ideas and energy are the hard part..).
Anyways that was just the art topics I wanted to bring up in today's post. the next is a bit more happier and isn't about art. So for most of you out there in the U.S. are still in your summer period but as a band student or anyone in a very competitive school activity would tell you that their summer period has ended most likely. This is the very same case for me and having to practicing might drain me a bit. Keyword is " might " as last year I blogged no problem and with practice already starting I am still able to post and have energy so even though this post is a little late don't expect too many delays. However I've really been needing to edit the chapters already written in my book and begin writing the new ones which may be an entirely different story. For those of you who don't know I've started writing a book series on the site Wattpad and in excitement and anticipation of lack of energy and time I wrote the first chapter in an hour and the next 4 chapters the night of that day... That being said much editing must be done to many of those chapters. Also, What made me want to write the story was that I was getting a little tired on waiting on my art skills to make my story idea into a comic series like a friend of mine has done on Tapastic here " https://tapas.io/series/A-Problem-of-Personhood " ( hopefully they won't get made at me for posting the link to their comic in my blog with like 10 viewers...) and its been a good year that I've had the idea for the story so I decided to make it a book here. If you'd like to check it out and give me some things to edit then follow the link to the book here https://www.wattpad.com/story/116417302-the-fates-that-bind-us. I will take any advice other than major changes to characters and story but minor ones are good and things like grammar, word use, diction, etc. are un questionably welcomed. That's all for today's post so till next post I'll see Ya'll later!

I am writing a book!

Hello and welcome to another post of LLG. Today I'd like to announce the start of a book I have begun writing using the Wattpad website and also show off a drawing I never finished because the end result looked worse than the 50% point but I will show the 50% first. So awhile back a friend had sent me a picture of themselves and asked me to draw them along with another person not included in the picture. I began to work on the drawing in photoshop and the person in the picture looked fairly good but it was when I started on the next person that my troubles began. So today I'll show you the person in the picture's drawing but only with the first person and the background was not drawn by me but added for fun.

So yeah, there you go. Lastly, I want to end today's post with the announcement of a series I'm writing on the Wattpad site. Those wanting to check it out can by searching for my username, LLGWriter, and or the name of the book, The Fates That Bind Us. Be warned, all the chapters 1-4 ( 5 being an author note ) were written in one day so it has lot's of mistakes and I've been told that the rushed work is a bit cheesy so expect that... However since I do want to do a two chapter update per week it gives me plenty of time this week to edit the pre-made chapters to be as best as I can ^-^. Also as anyone who reads my blog post will know that I like criticium ( consrtuctive kind ) so if you have any pointers to improve the story that doesn't destroy my pre made plot I'd love to hear it from you guys! That bring us to the end of today's post of LLG. I hope you enjoyed it and till next post, I'll see ya'll later!

 

Stretch and Squash Animation

Hello and welcome to another post of LLG! Now I know that this blog is usually about art and it will stay that way but of all the drawings I made this week have all be terrible so I'm just going to go over some animation concept. So without further ado lets get started with Stretch and squash.

Stretch and squash is a simple animation concept shown in this short ball animation I made. Also as a side note, I'd like to make it obvious that for the first few frames appear faster as I used fewer frames and used Stretch which we'll talk about now. Stretch in animation is when you make an object thinner and longer than it usually is which gives the illusion of acceleration when used in fewer frames. Now if stretch is used to express acceleration than Squash is used to express deceleration. Squash can be seen on one frame where the ball makes the first contact with the ground. This can make the impact very strong and will make any animation way better when used properly. Now for the last frames, I added just one frame of stretch and this is due to the fact that the acceleration was much lower than before and I made sure to use a lot more frames closer to each other as I wanted to make it appear as all the initial momentum was gone as the ball begins to slow down. Now there are much more ways this concept can be used in other situations than just a ball but this is an easy way to introduce the concept and not to mention that my skills in art at the moment barely allow me to draw much and trying to animate that in such a way would just turn out horrible but I am working on it. That's all for today and till next post I'll see ya'll later!

Finally another post in a row!

Hello, my wonderful viewer's to another exciting post by nonother than myself. I am going to try my very best to fill this post with more than just artsy stuff so it can be more enjoyable to more people. Let's get started!
  So first thing first I'd like to bring attention to a very hard debate I have been having within myself for quite awhile ( p.s. If you do not like the topic of video games I suggest that you skip the next couple of paragraphs.). So, recently I got myself a brand new Nintendo Switch console which the process of getting it is a story of its own ( as many know how infamous they are to be sold out everywhere...). So first I had to decide if I wanted the console in the first place. As a major fan of Nintendo and with the announcement/release of games such as Legend of Zelda Breath of the Wild, Splatoon 2 and Mario Odyssey made me want to get the system but, the mixed reviews and of all things the pressure of my parents who not only hate me spending money on nonnecessities and the mention of video games made me think about whether or not I should try to get the system. Eventually ( after the copy of Legend of Zelda Breath of the Wild WiiU I was borrowing was given back ) I decided that I was going to try and get it eventually!
  Next, I encountered the challenge of everyone else. Finding a system for sale at the lowest price possible which surprisingly was at retail stores ( at $300) than on sites like Amazon ( up to $500). I checked every time I went to a store and met the same response, " Sorry sir. We got a shipment this morning but we are sold out...". Again and again, I tried to the same result until one fateful day at the Target near my house. " We sold out already but, try calling our site in the morning we can let you know if we have any and you can drop by. ". This was just what I needed and every morning I called to check until I got the response I needed. " yes, we do got some.". That day I bought a Switch which was about 2 weeks from now.
  Sadly, my true debate had just arisen. With little money left ( just went on a trip ) and looking to invest into stock for college ( and to make my parents have trust in me that I'm a responsible young adult) but there was just one problem. I have one of the most advanced gaming systems in the world which potential far exceeds any gaming device ever made! but no games on it... So, of course, I going to get a game but the question is since I am going to be saving money for quite awhile ( meaning other than this last purchase I will not be able to buy anything until I invest) what is a game I can get that'll last awhile for me to get? This will be today's question of the day ( haven't done that in awhile..) and while I've mostly made up my mind on what to get ( Splatoon 2) your responses may change my mind. Anyways at first I thought of getting the Retro bundle known as Shovel Knight Treasuer Trove, which includes all the DLC of the two side games ( SK Specter of Torment and Plague Knights story ( forgot the name )) and the main game with multiplayer options. I was going to go with this but then * sighs * then Nintendo had to make things difficult and release a lot of cool and exciting news and a demo for Splatoon 2... SO, after the past couple of days, I have been asking friend opinions, watching trailers ( no gameplay though or very little ) trying to figure out what to get. The deciding factor came when I thought about how easy it can to get into a session with shooting games and with the new Salmon Run and story mode Splatoon 2 won over so when it comes out I am going to buy it.
  So for all of those who have been skipping the past couple of paragraphs because you're here for art or you just hate games you are in luck! This is the point where I will post some art and talk about it.

This is just a page in my sketchbook of me practicing with things like 3-D shapes, shading, and cylinders. Not that much to talk about in this page other than the fact that the barely visable T.C on the cup I drew stands for Taco Cabana which is the place I got the drink from. That's all for today so until next post I'll see ya'll later!