Beginning on May 12th, 2009 I will be jumping back into studying anatomy full time until September of '09. During the summer break I'm going to have a section of my Youtube vlog dedicated to my experiences and breakthroughs in the field of artistic anatomy. My goal is to be able to draw the human body, male and female, in it's entirety, and in detail by the end of summer break. I can not design characters without this skill and I wish to be able to post art I'm proud of on DA like the many I admire.

My youtube channel will be used to show my chronological advancement in learning more about artistic anatomy, the books I'll be reading, the tools I use, and so on. I will be looking for advice and critiques of art I post on my DA page. I'll be snagging a subscription of course, so the people at the DA offices can stop spamming me to subscribe. There are so many new tools on DA nowadays that I wouldn't think of passing up a subscription again. I hope to hear from new artists about my work and make new friends in this field.

My youtube channel is www[dot]youtube[dot]com/user/Dontain

My art related uploads will be titled "Art - " and I highly suggest you avoid the other submissions. I'm a pretty blunt guy about things and I'm not sending you to my channel to get insulted

Furthermore, all art videos will be centered around submissions to my DA gallery. I'll link them in the video and all "artists comments" will be brief and direct you to that submissions related upload.

I enjoy making youtube videos, studying anatomy, and drawing so I figured I would execute this experiment using all three.

Critiques and video responses are highly encouraged. All images will be flagged for a critique and I may even purchase some advertising on DA to bring some traffic.

The goal of this experiment is to make new friends in art, learn a ton over summer break, and gain knowledge within the artistic community on DA.

I only have one request. If your critique, make sure you have a resolution. I don't imagine someone just dogmouthing peoples art and never offering advice afterward but, it is entirely possible, so please be fair.

Until day 1.

Stay safe


-Dontain