>>7638868
not all blending modes are meant to be used in a 2d drawing, some of them are useful in other contexts, in-game rendering, 3d, animation, etc. They are there because they are just standard.
>And how do you actually decide when you want to use one layer setting over the other, such as using Subtract over Multiply?
books and lectures, or understanding what the algorithm is doing. Basically start doing digital compositing and you will learn by trail and error, this book is golden: ron brinkmann - the art and science of digital compositing
>do you guys actually use them?
from time to time I try to explore this one was fooling around with the binary modes. not great but it was fun and got a feel of XOR and NOR blending modes.
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>>7621814
That's the spirit. The arms are looking much stronger, and that little twist of the wrist is good. Where you're failing is in copying accurately. For example, you're still missing the overlap between the head and right shoulder, and because of this, everything else keeps getting harder to match. observe that the farther away you get from the head, the more accurate it gets (fists, elbows, negative shapes).
>Especially the face, was trying to do a realistic eye multiple times, kept erasing, redoing it until I went "fuck it" and went with this weird compromise.
Then stop, take a breather, and make a key study or note on the same page and then keep going with the drawing. That way, you won't have to keep struggling in a small space and smudging everything with eraser marks. The masters did it, so should you... and you have the commodity of cheap printer paper, which they didn’t.
https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Raffaello,_studio_per_la_madonna_di_pasadena_2.jpg
>If I may ask, what's a good consistent regiment to keep up?
I don't know, I'm not the best person to answer that. I just try to draw every day and do my best with the limited time I have. Today I'm sick, so I did a doodle of a virus. Last week I did a map study. I believe that in the end, everything adds up if you put some effort into it. Other than that, there's a beginner book like Drawing on the Right Side of the Brain. It gives a lot of important art lingo that you'll need to solve your drawing problems.
>>7621954
Between this and the last mangrove study you did, you're slowly getting out of the plateau. Hopefully you can get a counseling session with a pro, you deserve it.
>>7622087
Get an anatomy book on animals. I keep seeing a lot of reinforcement of bad habits, especially in the shoulders and hips.
>>7621814
That's the spirit. The arms are looking much stronger, and that little twist of the wrist is good. Where you're failing is in copying accurately. For example, you're still missing the overlap between the head and right shoulder, and because of this, everything else keeps getting harder to match. observe that the farther away you get from the head, the more accurate it gets (fists, elbows, negative shapes).
>Especially the face, was trying to do a realistic eye multiple times, kept erasing, redoing it until I went "fuck it" and went with this weird compromise.
Then stop, take a breather, and make a key study or note on the same page and then keep going with the drawing. That way, you won't have to keep struggling in a small space and smudging everything with eraser marks. The masters did it, so should you... and you have the commodity of cheap printer paper, which they didn’t.
https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Raffaello,_studio_per_la_madonna_di_pasadena_2.jpg
>If I may ask, what's a good consistent regiment to keep up?
I don't know, I'm not the best person to answer that. I just try to draw every day and do my best with the limited time I have. Today I'm sick, so I did a doodle of a virus. Last week I did a map study. I believe that in the end, everything adds up if you put some effort into it. Other than that, there's a beginner book like Drawing on the Right Side of the Brain. It gives a lot of important art lingo that you'll need to solve your drawing problems.
>>7621954
Between this and the last mangrove study you did, you're slowly getting out of the plateau. Hopefully you can get a counseling session with a pro, you deserve it.
>>7622087
Get an anatomy book on animals. I keep seeing a lot of reinforcement of bad habits, especially in the shoulders and hips.