Yes to animals, No to people

No, this is not me being racist, this is me hating my drawings.

For a long time I drew only animals. I could not draw a human face, no matter how hard I tired. Usually there was something wrong with the nose, or eye set, or general shape of the face. Mostly the nose was giving me a hard time. After a while I stopped even thinking I would ever be able to make a decent drawing of a human face. I focused on animals. These below are the result 🙂

The proportions got better, but it still wasn’t what I wanted it to be. Thing is, I probably put not enough work into those drawings. Some more time and effort and they would look better, but I didn’t see it at the time.

My early work

Unfortunately I can’t share my very first drawings with you, so not stick-men type drawing here. This little piece is my first attempt at more mature drawing, as I would call it.

It’s not entirely bad, but it’s not good either. Fur structure is missing, there’s something wrong with the nose, and is could use some more shading. For a first attempt it’s OK. There was a long road ahead of me at that stage, but it was fun and that’s all that matters really.

Felling that drawing fur is more difficult, I turned to more smooth creatures: butterflies.

Again, they’re missing shading. I could have also use the pencils more skillfully. After butterflies, I attempted drawing more animals, with various results (not always good).

The work is consistent in lacking shading and a ‘realism factor’. These are drawings, no more. Not much life to them. But this was my beginning.