My very early years of drawing...
There were so many rules to drawing a human body, let alone a portrait,
ratios and mathematics were the basis of drawing such concepts.
I began to take inspiration from around me than from my pinterest boards. I began to draw
subjects as they are presented, and how I saw them not following a
ratio for perfect proportions.
So I thought: “why is there a perfect ratio to follow when we are all naturally born with
diverse attributes?”. To hell with perfecting these human characteristics.
Here I was trying to draw things perfectly, but there was no such thing as a perfect hand or
hair.
Strictly drawing with pen,
Although I’ve retired my hand drawings, hair renders became part of my everyday life.
I find myself sketching this human feature constantly when I need to unwind or when under a lot of
stress.
Although my perfectionist tendencies are still present, they are not as loud as before. I choose
to only draw with a pen. I’m drawing subjects as accurately as I see it. Nothing’s ever perfect and that’s what
being human is.
