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@gaetanam
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24d
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This was such a fun challenge! For the 10 copies, I wanted to observe balance/ weight distribution in motion. IMO dancers are masters of balanced movement so I played around with different dance styles and dancers using themselves vs others as counterweight. Unfortunately one of my kids was sick this week so didn't have time to submit 10 from imagination. I'll be doing them this week anyway - this was really a great exercise in understanding "practical" anatomy
@cloudhopper
22d
great photos, can't wait to try them, thanks for including!
@cloudhopper
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22d
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Aloha! Love learning gesture from MH at a ripe stage where I'm just beginning this skill! I practice some, then rewatch, learn more, and repeat. Wrapping my mind around this approach gives me a new understanding of communicating through drawing and makes it more fun. It sucks to suck at drawing, but I love art so much and am coming back to it after decades of not drawing (because I didn't like what I made and lacked skills). ANYWAY, I was wondering about applying this method to other creatures. Will we talk about that at all? Or am I on my own to learn the underlying main skeletal structure and try to come up with a way? I believe a lot of other methods teach more of the style of representing the outside of the forms, right?
I believe Michael mentioned in a comment that this would be human figure only, but since his approach is based on the spine it should work with any vertebrate creature! To think about drawing quadrupeds, just imagine applying this method to a human on all fours (someone posted a great master copy from Dirty Dancing as an example). An interesting exercise would be to do the proportion chart from our first assignment with a different creature. This will force you to pay attention to the proportions of the animal compared to itself, as well as what distinguishes it from humans (e.g. Michael mentioned the difference in the number of vertebrae between humans and horses). Either way, the gesture will still follow the lines of head-spine-weight bearing limbs-support limbs. It's funny, after watching these videos I wanted to draw other creatures too! I started paying attention to spines (weird, but very interesting lol) and if you want a first animal to try, I'd suggest cats! Their spines are relatively easy to see, they bend into all kinds of interesting poses, and their shape is sinuous which is great for gesture! As for other methods, which ones are you thinking of? I could be wrong, but I think most gesture methods emphasize the same thing as Michael (rhythm/idea/energy > contour)
@cloudhopper
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1mo
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side question, is there a name for the technique where u hatch w different directions to create something like what Luke Eidenschink does? I’d love to see some others’ work in that vein
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1mo
Luke Eidenschink is a great one to study! Inkers don’t get much better than him. He’s the best of the best.
Frank Frazetta is another one you might like like if you haven’t looked at him already.
Bernie Wrightson too.
They are all insane inkers
@cloudhopper
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1mo
Here’s my attempt with pencil. I usually practice an exercise over and over, which is why I’m only on this lesson after being in the course for close to a year now. But then I start looking elsewhere for details on proportions and time to chug along through this course, I think, despite the fact that every exercise I could spend countless repetitions on and gain so much from each one.
@cloudhopper
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1yr
Ok, I've been struggling to get the hang of bigger shapes and sketch strokes, but I finally did a drawing with them. I even occasionally heard the scratching sound of the pencil that you hear in the demo when Stan draws. I can't say enough positive stuff about the format of this class and how observing the drawing gives me insight into the craft. Started out with a diamond shape for the face and feel like I had so much more ability to put the subject together. I definitely need to practice this lots. I'll prolly be on this step for many months here. I can't wait to "own" this technique more.
@cloudhopper
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1yr
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Any advice for those of us who have a hard time not making our drawing run off the page?
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1yr
If you find this becoming a tendency, something you could do is a very light sketch of the 'big picture' shapes of what you want to draw, making it take only a few seconds and easily correctable if you go outside the page. For example, with the penguin, it could be a simple oval, the arm a curving rectangle, or the VR girl a triangle. This will help you envision the placement on the page and give you a loose guide to follow once you start drawing. It's good to think about the process from largest to smallest, starting with the big picture, to medium shapes that make it up, and only afterwards adding in the last details.
Shubhendu Bhaskar
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1yr
Hi, I tried again after watching the demo on some other references. Any comments are appreciated.
Beautiful references. LOVE the flow , especially the 2nd! 1st cat might make more sense if u suggested the chest line?? Just cuz its an unbalanced pose that I'm trying to mentally edit wout the photo
@cloudhopper
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1yr
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Good exercise for me! Restarted snail so much due to way off proportions. Excited to watch demos
Looks like good proportions....i had to start over many x to correct proportions on the snail
