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Gabriel Arazas d27234e609 Update literature notes
Mostly added references to the already existing literature notes.
Starting to use org-roam-bibtex a lot more but I'll experiment with
using org-cite at the same time. For future references, look into the
Citations section from the org-roam manual.
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Drawabox course

  • a good roam:Illustration course for absolute beginners; though, this is not a good course if you're exclusively following this; I advice to mix other course

Lesson 0

  • this is a chapter that is quite more insightful than I thought
  • it mainly preps you up on expectations, attitudes, and prerequisites needed to tackle the course more effectively
  • among them is the separation between fun and training (e.g., 50% rule)
  • it is an interesting point that training and drawing for the sake of drawing (e.g., for fun) should be separated
  • it also sets the expectation of the author to their audience; for example, the course itself is set for absolute beginners and self-taught artists (that hopefully realized how little they know about things); the course also expects students to follow the instructions to the letter and emphasizes how exercises should be used
  • grinding and mastery over the exercises is discouraged mostly because it is a waste of time that could've been used somewhere else; the focus is to build a foundation similar to Start small and improve later
  • do some warm ups before taking on the exercises

Lesson 1

  • since writing and drawing both involves the pen, there are some habits that we bring when starting to draw; one of the most common form is our grip;
  • we mostly use only our wrist which is suitable for creating precise and finer detailed lines; this is perfectly fine for letters but not for lines that come in a variety of length
  • beyond our wrist, we can use our whole arm and shoulder; this enables to easily create longer lines with confidence
  • this course also enforces to draw with the whole arm; the way to do this is to simply glide and practice with the following exercises
  • if you're familiar with or have seen figure drawing videos, there are some certain beliefs to grip the "correct way" with the backhand grip; just like in Programming where people insists the best way to code with different paradigms to the point of dogma, there is a resemblance when it comes to arguing the best way to hold; it is best to know however that things apply differently in different context (i.e., the backhand grip is only applicable to pencils, not pens)

Exercise comments

  • Superimposed lines - this is an exercise enforcing to draw with your arm; it is a straightforward exercise so far
  • Ghosted Lines - this is where the ghosting method is introduced which is essential as more exercises will build upon this technique; it is an interesting exercise especially for me having some hand-eye coordination issues ;p
  • Ghosted Planes - this is "Ghosted Lines" exercise but on steroids; enforces the ghosting method even more
  • Tables of Ellipses - this is where I have problems with creating smooth ellipses; I eventually realized my problem is how I grip and how it fall backs to creating ellipses with my wrist instead of my arm; it's harder than I thought to draw circles with a pen; it's a disaster; this is a habitual problem and will work out on this; I'm very tempted to restart this exercise but as the course says "No grinding and attempts at mastery before moving to each exercise"
  • Ellipses in Planes - I've done a little warm up with creating ellipses with the ghosting method and it indeed improve my ellipses unlike the previous disastrous result; most of the ellipses appear to be confident but not much in accuracy; that's the next thing to be worked on the upcoming warm ups, I guess