Drawing studies on Procreate

My long break on digital art should be over by now. I've been having a lot of self doubt, disappointment, apart from the massive burnout and art block in the past few months. It's not easy to find the momentum to go back to the thing where you started as I was surrounded by fear and a lot of self criticism.

Anyway, to slowly go back on that, I need to do some digital studies since not drawing for a long time can kinda make you forget some of the skills learned. I started looking at other artists' works as well and observe on how they draw and paint human anatomy and I wanna level up my art.

I will be taking some online courses on light and color theory to expand my knowledge on the subjects. Even though I "know" how to draw, I don't think it's "proper" since I don't really follow some line techniques for sketching. Practice will make it better but if you're practicing with a technique that's not consistent like what I do, then it's gonna take a while to learn something lol.

I want to refine my style to be more consistent as how I want it to be. I can be really impulsive at times hence you see all those expressive lines in the work. Sometimes, I'm more careful and prefer detailed works and that's why my style can be a bit inconsistent though still recognizable. :D

Face study.gif

Here's a gif for the process of the face study. I actually expected myself to struggle in this one but I actually enjoyed it. Given that I've never drawn faces for a long time, it's a surprise that I didn't struggle but I guess the lighting of the subject helped a lot. This is my impulsive side and I finished for like 15 minutes I think.