[teresmajor]

As an art lover, I love NMA’s quality content. And as a UI/UX designer of 15 years , I think whoever NMA is working for their website is underdelivering them for the work they probably charge. The new v3 website lacks tons of modern user experience best practices and has so many usability issues. From Filteration to use of icons, everything in the website is done very very amateurish and NMA deserves so much better. Not even mentioning the bad implementation of the front-end such as outdated url not dynamically updated based on filterations, scroll bugs on various devices and and load speed. The whole website in long story short, doesn’t look like it’s designed by an experienced designer. Without sounding cocky, I will try to find some time to design a couple of concepts that addresses those usability issues and underdelivered quality and submit it to NMA so that it can be of reference for what kind of fidelity of experience they should expect from a modern website as a service with their moneys worth.

[teresmajor]

I discovered Yoshida online couple of years ago and I’m very thankful for this course. I’m a Digital Product Designer and I draw as a means to escape.

My introduction with drawing began here on NMA a couple of years ago, before that I couldn’t draw anything. And it always felt like I lack a fundamental skill like hearing or talking. I’ve started with Steve Huston and Glenn Vilppu’s lessons and  in time I grew a special interest for ink drawing. That’s why I am very excited for this course. I like the energy of undone, sketchy works more than finished and polished works.

My biggest inspiration for ink drawing is probably drawings and etchings of Anders Zorn. I also love The Ink drawings of Rembrandt and Steve Huston’s fountain pen sketches. I also really like the sketches of Miles Yoshida because it has that traditional kind of aesthethic to it.

Thanks for the course!

[teresmajor]

I know Miles’ work from Instagram before he joined NMA, which was great news for me. I have a special love for Fountain pen and ink drawings, and my favorite courses on NMA is steve huston’s fountain pen sketchbook series and I’m so looking for this course as well!

 

[teresmajor]

Can already see the volume difference from 1st examples and the last ones!

 

[teresmajor]

Sorry about my tone as well. Didn’t mean to sound that offensive. But you shouldn’t talk on behalf of others, because its an art forum and the majority of the content here is on figure studies. There is nothing offensive or distracting about nudity, it’s on the individual, not on the subject.

If these valuable teachers and instructors are choosing to use nude, it’s probably for a reason. And that’s why we’re here for, and I respect their curated content. So I meant instead of trying to change the environment you are in, either find the one that is more suitable for you, or try to not get distracted by the frontal nudity and see it as a normal thing.

 

• This reply was modified 4 years, 9 months ago by teresmajor.

[teresmajor]

So the majority of people who study anatomy and draw human figure are uncomfortable seeing nudity? I think you need a self-check. Also there are clothed figures in the gallery, stick to them. Oh and don’t ever go to life drawing, you’d be in for a surprise.

 

• This reply was modified 4 years, 9 months ago by teresmajor.

[teresmajor]

Are you serious?

As a member I am here to ‘draw and paint nudes’. So don’t talk on behalf of others. No one is forcing you to look at it so I suggest you either pursue other hobbies, or try to get over your insecure and conservative mindset. Why are you even trying to draw human figure if you are not comfortable seeing it?

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