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David Sánchez
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13d
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Progress of the Month 1Throughout a whole month I've been practicing gesture on a daily basis. I was alternating between digital and pencil on paper, here is the firs attempts in comperison with the last day. I´ll be glad to hear any thoughts about them, if you see a progression, if I lost some qualities from the first ones, etc.
Thanks for your time!
@needsmuchhelp
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16d
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I’m back and focusing on drawing the head this week using Stephen Michael Hampton’s approach would love some feedback
Michael Hampton is a really good source! My recommendation would be to draw heads in bigger sizes, mr Hampton's aproach uses a lot of construction and geometrical detail, so in order to get the most out of this exercise it might be a good idea to practice with a bigger size. If you are working on an A4 piece of paper (regular size), draw the head in a size so you have 4 to 6 heads per page, that would give you more space for details to represent the construction. The basic construction that you got looks about right, the proportion and later details will start to look better the more you practice.
Good work and keep practicing!
Emily King
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26d
It's lookin' good! My own experience with getting gestures to look a certain way -- I did a lot of studies of my target reference, (Glenn Vilppu, for me,) and tried to remember how it -felt- to create lines like his. Then... "replay" that feeling when doing my own from a model... and getting a heck of a lot of "brush-miles" in like that.
A great work-around if you don't have access to free or cheap life drawing sessions... GestureVR is a life-drawing app on Quest where they've scanned real models. I got it looonng ago when it was only on SideQuest, but I think I saw that it was actually on the Quest store now.
Make it fun to log those brush-miles! :D
Thank you for the suggestion, is like a master study aproach but with gesture, I love it! I'll try to look for that app too.
My advice would be to continue doing your quick gesture studies in tandem with your longer studies. They are a great way to warm up and stay loose. Your drawing looks great; developing a greater understanding of the forms and specific anatomy of the human body is the key to unlocking the level of professionalism you’re looking to achieve. You’re on the right track!
I've been practicing timed gesture for another whole week and honestly, I'm having a blast. I feel so confident with my lines, I think it's time to go to the next level and start relearning some anatomy and work with longer poses.
I also have this rendered drawing from a model, I would like to hear your opinion on this piece, I don't know how to create something that looks as professional as what Stan does on his Yoni demo, so any suggestion on that would be apreciated
(I'm working with graphite, tho).
Thank you for your time
