Moving on with my drawing

Part 1 

 

I've always loved all sides of drawing and always wanted to keep getting better. However like most I guess I have my preferences and I had the things I wasn't very good at drawing so I'd avoid them as much as I could. Mainly it was drawing people and landscapes, I tended to be decent with the outline work and getting proportion good, I guess mainly I found the shading the hardest. No matter how I tried my drawings lack enough depth, 3-D form and didn't seem to flow, since I couldn't help but go to heavy with the rendering from the start not leaving enough tonal range.

When I knew for sure I wanted to be in this industry and that traditional skills in all areas would be just as important as the 3-D modelling side of things. I began practicing a lot in the areas I knew I'd been avoiding, mainly with people’s faces. I found myself some patience since I seem to lack it sometimes, some better quality pencils and paper and began sketching a picture at random of a few youtuber I liked. I thought it would be a good idea to record myself drawing so that when I looked back I would be able to start spotting things I could do better or ways I could start better. 

Once I started drawing making sure to take breaks so I don't overdo it, I realized where I'd been going wrong and how much I was improving by practicing more regular than usual.