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To people with no interest in ai, or no basic understanding of pro gaming this dude is speaking Latin XD
@axel21
2yr
So that's what they were talking about... no wonder I was just standing there like an illiterate monkey, trying to comprehend the video in the middle of the night XD Guess I will stick to good old drawing.
@axel21
Now I understand why gesture is so important. The motion, the understanding and the exaggeration of it. Trying to understand how it flows through the body towards the leading edge of the pose. Thank you for the Great video! My figure drawings have already become better after a few rewatches.
@axel21
If a drawing supplies video can manage to make you feel like a total noob, then you know it's doing great XD
@axel21
Hello, Is there any way to draw realistic figures without looking at models? Even after learning the ins and outs of muscles (thanks to your Anatomy course), I find myself unable to maintain the quality without drawing directly from a model. The figures look stiff and after a while of not using references, the quality declines (maybe it's the mind that wants to simplify everything? I don't know). I'm still going to continue learning more, but this is always a thought that I have trying to improve. Am I mixing my priorities? Is it even a goal worth trying, or am I falling into perfectionism? What would you advice me to do about it? Thank you for your time! (And the Very helpful courses too!)
@mathews
@axel21
2yr
Hi mathews. I really like how the lines flow, and the figures feel alive. I think that the only stiffness I see is on the pelvis on the seventh drawing. Proportions seem good too! I think that if you start with the gesture, the arms and legs will feel more natural, like the rest of the body. Also, it doesn't feel like the muscles attach to bones. I would suggest to try to draw the bones after the gesture, and try to map the origins and insertions of the muscles to the bones. Finally, try to have different kinds of lines (not the same curve in repetition). For example, on the third drawing, you drew the upper arm with four identical curves (from nech to elbow). I would suggest to have more straights and angles, so that the forms look more natural and solid. Good luck in your anatomy studies!
@younchen
2022/10/07 Here is my assignments . critiques plz. have nice day
@axel21
2yr
Hi younchen, I like the way you have the gesture and then add the forms of the muscles (like with the trapezius). The placement of each form feels more natural this way. I agree with Liandro, he always gives great advice! I would like to add two more suggestions. 1. You drew cross-contour lines on brachialis and deltoid opposite of the contour-lines of the biceps. These cross-contours should be the same for all the upper arm, because they are on the same form (cylinder in simplification). The cross-contour lines you drew on brachialis and deltoid seem more accurate to me, so I would suggest to change these of the biceps. 2. Although the forms are Very good, they feel a little bubble-like. I would suggest to add some straights here and there, in order to feel more solid.
@younchen
This is my attempt, need critiques..
@axel21
2yr
Hi younchen, I agree with cchapman3. I liked the skeletal structure you drew on the third image. It's very clean and I can easily understand the forms in order to give a critique. The scapulae look well placed too! 1. You tilted the rib cage too far back, like he is in a lying position. Also, you have the perspective right at the bottom of the rib cage, but the sternum and the top (neck area) don't follow the same perspective, thus they end up looking flat. 2. We are looking down to the rib cage a little, so the clavicles will have a subtle bow design (they aren't going to be straight, as they would be, if we were looking at them from the front). The right clavicle should be distorted a lot, because of the extreme perspective (it should be quitle literally an "s curve", not just curved a little so that it resembles an "s"). 3. The 2 humeruses are too thin, and should be straighter. The right humerus is a little short (it should end in about the same level as the bottom of the rib cage). 4. Lastly, I'm not sure if you deliberately tilted the head back, but if it's not deliberate, the head should form an "S curve" gesture with the knees being the other end of the "S" line. Good luck in your anatomy studies!
M Graves
Does anyone know how many head units tall the sternum is?
@axel21
2yr
Hi Graves, From the Shoulder Bones ebook, it says about one cranial unit from manubrium to bottom of the sternal body, and I measured about one head from manubrium to end of xiphoid process.
@axel21
The way you constructed that arm reminded me of why I love drawing.
@axel21
Really nice critiques and epilogue. In a summer, you have taught me almost everything that I know about drawing, after a decade of watching youtube tutorials and scribbling. I am so lucky you decided to make this course.
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