I'm a strong believer that everyone can draw. It's just a matter of how much time and effort you want to put into it and what the results are you are looking for. If you draw every day for many years, you can develop many skills as an artist. Some people go to school to practice it and others just do it as a hobby. Consider what your goals are in "coin art" or any artistic expression. Are you attempting to acquire photo-realism by the simple tools of pen and pencil on paper or with a digital rendering program. It can be done! If it's the first time you picked up a pencil and tried to generate a photo-realistic drawing you may not be happy with your results. There are a pleathora of methods to render objects photo realistically. However, this is "art" and that is an expression of one's self, so unless you are trying to copy a three dimensional object perfectly life-like onto a two dimensional surface and share it on a 2 dimensional digital format, computer file, to internet and through a display screen, you are bound to assert some degree of your expressiveness, a visual comment you are making or about your skill, style or time spent rendering it. Afterall, the coin is a sculpted and reproduced piece of "securities art" designed for safe, effective and balanced commerce. As objects they (coins/notes) originate in the hands of very skilled crafts persons with a lot of technology at their side and a stack of innovation behind them to create these perfect looking pieces of art. It all starts with an idea, some sketching and some simple drawing tools, pen and paper. What we see in the coins and notes we admire are many design decisions and hours of work coming together to make these. Anyone spending a fraction of an hour sketching a likeness to a piece of money is likely only to reproduce a cartoon version, which may or may not be rendered artfully, which may or may not be their intention. Such an attempt to reproduce an image of money can be a great way to study how detailed and intricate are the design of these objects we handle everyday. Remember, anyone can draw. The results are personal, and while some may compare the drawing to the original subject as looking crude, it's more about the person holding the drawing utensil and applying themselves or their commentary or own skills they have put forth. It's doesn't have to be a photo-realistic copy to be acceptable as art. Keep at it... and search the internet for others who approach coins and notes as subject matter. A lot of art has included money in it's imagery or subject matter, and so you will see the wide variety that comes from the minds of different artists, operating on different levels and achieving different results.
Well it is one of the best applications, but you don't need to use it exclusively. There are cheaper versions like Photoshop Elements or the Photoshop smartphone App that's very affordable. Many people use freeware such as Gimp, a near knockoff to Photoshop. You might also find cheap older copies of the Adobe software available for sale. Similarly, some desktop/laptop computers come stocked with simple drawing applications like Paint. Like any tool, realizing what you can get out of, even with simple tools, can achieve great results. It just takes a certain resolve to see if you can push the tool to get the results you want. In fact, some designers have used grossly outdated versions of Photoshop to layout magazine covers for major publications like Time in an era of much more sophisticated software, achieving superb results. That is to say that all we need to do it, is the most rudimentary tools, such as the ancient and well tested/perfected, pencil and paper, not just the latest greatest and highest priced software available.
Wasn't there a time lapse sketching of a folded dollar bill posted like 2-3 days ago. That was pretty cool to watch
I did (or tried to do) a clay relief of the walking liberty half dollar. No pics cause the art teacher threw it away. I thought it was good though!
I will attempt a trace job to a size 10 inches. I know some will call it cheating but I want it to look semi so-so good. lol @josh's coins
yup, here it is again I posted it: link: https://www.cointalk.com/threads/do...time-lapse-video-amazing.248190/#post-1941072
this looks very cool and I like it because it has my ...wait for it...........................................my birth year....lol.
I'm sure some of you have seen this as it's been going around the web for a while and PMG also had a link to it some months back: Box of Money. Step-by-step pictures at the link.
You hade to pay the teacher for her to put it in the kiln and she forgot that I gave her the money and put it in the trash. That was in 8th grade though.
Do you have a separate pad to draw with . I remember trying to draw with a mouse , I'd have to keep erasing and drawing . I think I erased more than I drew and still never got the results I wanted or could get with a brush or pencil . But you have talent keep developing it . A few more "TODAY"!!!!! When I used to paint , one would take me a month or more with oils .
