drawing inanimate objects

>>2955990
/ic/ is a slow board, don't expect your posts to get replies within an hour or even a day.
To answer your question, you go about drawing inanimate objects the same way you go about drawing people. Building up from shapes.

Working from perspective, you apply the most basic shapes to capture the form of the object you're trying to draw. In this case, a mug would be a base ellipse circle and another larger ellipse circle some distance above it. Then you'd connect two lines from the ends of one circle to the other.

>>2956030
thanks so much for the reply! sorry i was asleep lol, but yeah i did check back but my questions were completely buried... question thread moves too fast.

please, do you always have to work off perspective e.g. using grids? what about more complex shapes and detailing, and do you have any tips about thinking in terms of 3d form? i'm just awful at this stuff.

>>2956531
Go to the Books thread and find the link for Ernest Noling's Perspective Made Easy. It's a short book and should help you with applying shapes in perspective, even complex ones.

>>2957028
thanks, and i've read through that! ...thought i understood as i read it but probably best to stop being too chicken to do the exercises...

>>2958134
If you read through it and are still having problems with props then it's time to bust it back out again.
It goes over the basics well enough to ensure you have very little issue with the placement of objects and how to construct them.

Just remember to use basic shapes and simplify forms with them. Be sure to either draw many of them in perspective and often.

>>2958185
right! i'll go thru it again, want to at least get a basic grasp in a few weeks. thanks for all the help!

>>2958366
No problem, I hope I helped as much as I could. Be sure to post your progress and sketches in the sketchbook/draw thread to get additional advice.

>>2958368
will do! though this place is kinda intimidating lol

>>2958373
If you stick around you'll either get used to it or go insane. That's just 4chan for you

Are you using a tablet, or working with real life pens/pencils/paints? If you're working with physical media then I'll add a few bits, I don't use programs so no point even trying to go there !

>>2958458
i've actually been here for a few months now... gotten weirdly fond of it. haven't been posting regularly though.

>>2958483
welp mainly digital, but for learning purposes i'll try anything and will take any tips you can give! thanks ahaha