Sketchbook NSFW - Nudity Gwen Gatsbee's sketchbook - chasing greatness June,2012

Hello, everyone! I'm Gwen. I just turned 18 about a week ago. I've always loved art and doodled in my spare time, but it's been a long while since I've devoted much time or effort to it. I saw a thread on here a couple days ago and experienced a sudden bout of inspiration. Though I usually don't post my art online, I thought that this would be a great opportunity to track my progress and get advice from this awesome, helpful community.

Feeling inspired at about five AM, I grabbed the sketchbook I hadn't touched in years and filled the first page with the first thing that came to mind, not really worrying about anatomy:



Next I decided to actually start thinking about anatomy, since my previous attempts at "style" kind of ruined my perception of it. I looked through some books and the first interesting things I saw were feet.



Then I looked online for some models to reference in lieu of actual life drawing. These are really sorry attempts as I was never very good at realism, but I hope to improve with practice!



Taking a quick shift, I decided to try a still life. I drew the first thing I saw: my phone, and then I saw the first assignment on Concept Art 101, which says to draw something from life and then redraw it with something imagined. So I took that challenge:



Finally I did one last figure drawing, on which I spent a bit more time than my initial scribbles (15 minutes):



So that was my first day after seeing this forum! I drew five pages in a sketchbook that had been empty for years, and that makes me pretty happy. I hope to update this frequently and participate here so I can improve and get involved in this great community--hopefully some of it might rub off on me.
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