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@claireh
Hi, is there an invite link to the discord channel? Thanks
@itachi
3yr
This is the link for the discord: https://discord.gg/KJVTZYfx
@claireh
(2) This was a fun and challenging section of the course. Would appreciate constructive feedback but if there's something I got right, I'd really like to know both the positive and negative. Looking forward to the rest of the course, thanks!
Scyfris Talivinsky
I don't have too much constructive to say, I just think those boxes look so beautiful ! I love their construction and the weight they give. I really like the third image the boxes feel like they actually take up space and are solid, and the contour lines you added really convey the intended flow and movement of the pose. Really beautiful shapes . I really like the blue ones a bit better since they contrast with the light pages a bit better on my digital monitor and make everything easier to see, but maybe that's just me :-) I guess one thing that I notice is that in some of your poses with twists - the lines around midsection don't always show as much twist / overlap as I would imagine, like in the second-to-last image - maybe bring those contour lines out a little more, and show more of the twist with them? (it might also be too light for me to see it properly). Maybe another way to think of it - to me, the boxes feel _really_ solid, but the midsection feels like it's not really there , or the lines are so light they feel like spider webs instead of connections. I think maybe strengthening the midsection lines will make the robo bean feel like a connected form instead of two disjoint boxes. I'm just in awe of these gorgeous boxes :-P Great work!
Jessica Harrison
I really like these! Your drawings have a nice sense e of draftsmanship to them .The construction of the boxes/torso/pelvis are well done and I like how they feel organic, like they really can move around.
@claireh
(1) This was a fun and challenging section of the course. Would appreciate constructive feedback but if there's something I got right, I'd really like to know both the positive and negative. Looking forward to the rest of the course, thanks!
@claireh
Little late to listening to this, but a million thank yous for this episode. I was driving home from work thinking about this question and found this episode while scrolling down. You just don't know how much it means to this aspiring artist how invaluable your podcast is to me for episodes like this. In the episode you mentioned storytelling at the end. I would love a whole episode dedicated to storytelling. I looked through the episode and didn't see one dedicated to this topic, please let me know if I missed it. Thanks guys
Mathias Ragnarsson
Gesture drawing is difficult! I keep finding myself being perhaps too concerned with the forms and contour and have to drag myself back to the movement of the pose. Afterwards I can look at them and feel that something’s off, but I can’t point my finger at how to improve them. Any help here would be very much appreciated. I’ll try and squeeze in some quick-sketches as I progress trough the course (for a second time. Seriously, even if life gets hectic, don’t snooze like I did for a year. A lot of info is pretty foggy as I get back to it.), and hopefully things will fall in place and I can make more informed decisions.
@claireh
3yr
I love the design of these gesture poses. I'm no professional but I think the motion is convincing and you've captured them nicely. Sorry I can't offer advice how to improve these as I think in their own right I like the way you've captured motion through your line work...
@claireh
This was amazing! I have the wondrium free trial through draftsmen and went ahead downloading Dr Eddie's course. I'm only 2 eps in but can already tell his course is going to help a tonne! Thank you guys for bringing Eddie in for an interview, very much appreciated!
@claireh
I don't have anything to offer on this topic just wanted to say really looking forward to the expressivity and abstraction episode. Thank you for dedicating an episode about cartooning. Would be great if you could include an interview in one of your future episodes with someone who specialises in cartooning to give some instruction advice or simply insight. But if not, all good. Thanks guys
@claireh
What do you think are pros and cons to using watercolours/gouache, oils, acrylics, maybe even inks, when doing plein air paintings? There's no right or wrong and it's probably personal preference but I'm just curious as a beginner
Doug Madill
Start very basic with new materials. Practice value studies with a warm/cool palette of a brown color and a blue color plus white. Water base paints are easier to work with in all aspects, very portable, and there's more room for experimentation and combination of media possible; oils require more careful setup and clean up.
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