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I am currently 17 and am learning how to draw the figure. My end goal is to draw the human figure from imagination and make comics
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Need advice on how to remember where to position certain parts of the upper arm anatomyI always have trouble remembering how much of the elbow/triceps tendon area is supposed to show when I'm drawing the arms in various positions from different angles, and it always bugs me because if it's wrong then I have to redraw the arm. I was curious to know if there are any mnemonic devices or any tricks to help remember how much of the elbow/triceps tendon area is seen at different angles and in different positions. I am focusing my studies on arms right now and I am confident this issue will be less of an issue with time
These were drawn with a mechanical pencil and rollerball pen on printer paper
Wrinkles are like everything else in a drawing, it has to be designed. Just like the body, there are stretch and pinch, a simple side and a complex side. If all the sides are complex, then it loses structure.
Also, wrinkles are a chance to establish perspective, if the wrinkle lines go against the perspective, even if that's what is happening in the reference, it will flatten out the drawing. Our job is to leave in what works, and leave out what doesn't. It's all about design.
I appreciate this. I will try to keep in mind not to overstate folds and to be more intentional with their design, but I encounter a problem where the act of drawing them completely absorbs me and by the time I come out of it I look down and now I have a bunch of lines that kind of reflect good design but could ultimately be removed and would improve the image. I know the solution to this is to simply stop for a moment and allow myself to be more intentional, but I thought it would be important to state
These quick sketches were done in under 6 minutes each. They were drawn with a mechanical pencil and rollerball pen on printer paper
These look awesome.
How long do you think I should continue with these? I plan to go for a week right now just to refine them a bit more because I have been practicing a lot longer, but I feel any longer would be unnecessary since I plan to make them more of a daily exercise I do for a shorter period of my overall studying sessions, and thanks for the feedback
These are really cool, and a great example of how to do quick gesture sketches to work out poses. The one thing I am noticing is that your torso and pelvis are too close. I did a quick adjustment to show you what I mean :)
It's something I'll try taking note of and fixing as I continue doing more of these. As gestures though, do they feel grounded and convey the action well? That's my primary concern with these and other I post in the future
In the final image the bottom right figure’s legs are too short, and that is a consequence of me not paying attention
These were very fun to draw and I would like more feedback. These are less academic and more so meant to get me used to quickly getting poses down so I can draw them in panels. I drew with a 2b, 0.7 sized mechanical pencil on printer paper
Almost all of these are from imagination, save for one or two which I referenced character poses from the manga "Akira". These are drawn in ballpoint pen on an unknown, but slightly rough sketchbook paper. Each pose took under a minute, at most maybe taking me just a few seconds over a minute. They appear messy, and that's likely due to me not really sticking to a method like Loomis or Reilly, and really comes from me trying to pick up David Finch's method of starting a pose.
