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Anthony Hernandez
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13d
added comment inProject - Difficult Poses
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My submission:
1. Poses 1-7
2. Poses 8-14
3. Poses 15-21
4. Poses 22-28
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10d
Very nice, Anthony!
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Great lessons, and really fun assignment!
Here is my submission:
1 - Master Copies References
2 - Master Copies Gesture Drawings (10)
3 - Imagination Gesture Drawings (10)
I tried to gather a variety of different types of references for the master copies, the last 5 being more "traditional". For the X-23 by Adam Kubert, I had to imagine the legs since they aren't visible.
Looking forward to any feedback and to future lessons, thanks!
Jyayasi (*Jay-o-she*)
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2mo
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Here is my submission. I didn't get the part where Michael explains how the angle of the forearm (or the whole arm?) differs in male and female. Further explanation into it is appreciated.
Hello. It's called the "carrying angle", its the angle between the upper arm and lower arm. Because of the smaller female ribcage and the larger hips the angle is slightly more pronounced in females. See image below. Hope that helps.
Anthony Hernandez
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2mo
Thanks @Jeremy Vickery for the critique, I learned a lot from the feedback!
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2mo
Yay! I am so glad it helped
Izak van Langevelde
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3mo
I'm afraid you're clueless when it comes to the notion of talent. Talent is not just some innate god-given ability, it is also the ability to learn. You show us you have been able to learn, to conclude you don't need talent? Yes, every Tom, Dick and Harriet can learn art, but some will learn so slowly they will never achieve a useful skill level in this life. Please leave telling there is no such thing as talent to third-rate schools who sell the idea that art skills can be bought. You are better than that!
He never says there is "no such thing as talent" he says you don't "need" it. Specifically he's talking about art talent, focusing on his previous bad artwork that displayed his lack of art talent.
In the video he specifically recommends leaning on the other talents you may have in order to get better at artwork. If you aren't great at learning, maybe you are organized and disciplined. Are there some people with no dedication and no learning skills that will never get good at art? Yes, but I've also seen people without arms become incredible artists by learning how to paint and draw with their mouth.
Maybe Stan's next video should be about how some people are too stupid and lazy to get good at art... just in time for the holidays.
Please leave the rude and pessimistic comments to the trolls. You are better than that!
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I am struggling to understand what makes Foreshortening a separate technique. If I look at a foreshortened arm, I see Diminution, Convergence and possibly some Overlap. It is just like looking at a road that goes away into the distance. An unforeshortened road would be one seen from a bird's eye view. So what am I missing about foreshortening?
Hello, I'll give my 2 cents. Many of these techniques are going to be happening at the same time, but what distinguishes Foreshortening is the change of shape. I've attached an image here that I'll refer to, to help explain.
So if we take the shape of a hand and turn it down to face us that is Foreshortening (see 1). The shape of the hand has changed into something less recognizable and it has gotten much shorter (hence the name Foreshortening).
Because the hand is attached to the arm, when we turn the hand to face the viewer it will almost always overlap with the forearm (see 2). But depending on how close we are to the hand (or how close the camera is), we may not see much or any diminution or convergence. If we tilt the arm down slightly (see 3) you can see this better.
Once we get close to the hand (see 4), diminution and convergence come into play. By combining all the techniques we get a much better illusion of depth.
So what determines a "change of shape", I think that depends on the frame of reference. So for us humans most things stand tall and straight, so when they tilt towards us they become shorter. Hands are more recognizable when we can see the whole palm and all the fingers. A person is more recognizable standing straight (see 5) as opposed to from a top view. If we were birds the top view would be more recognizable and we might call this technique of objects tilting and changing their shape: forelengthening.
I hope this helps.
Anthony Hernandez
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4mo
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My submission for the Gesture Drawing Challenge:
1. Week 1 - Dynamic Movement
16 1-minute poses
10 5-minute poses
2. Week 2 - Static Poses
12 5-minute poses
3. Week 3 - Hands and Feet
12 5-minute poses
4. Bonus - Expressions
17 5-minute poses
Great challenge! Thanks for the sample reference images and for considering my submission.
Your hands and feet look incredible. It's also really impressive that you can capture those expressions in such a short amount of time. It doesn't look like you do any construction!?
