Brando Gould
Arlington, VA
I love anything and everything artistic! I am currently the art director at my job. My goals are to work in realism, carving stone!
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Kevin Patel
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5mo
added comment inFigure Drawing Critiques – Mannequinization
Hey here’s the mannequinizations I did! I appreciate any critiques. Right of the bat I think there are a few issues with proportions and I think some of the contour lines could have been better like explained in the video,
Brando Gould
4mo
Awesome work! I think the drawings are going great! You can really tell the tip and tilt of the masses, i think you've simplified well, I don't think I have a good enough eye to critique your work, i would just like to encourage you to keep going! I like seeing your notes to yourself! Are you working digitally or traditional? Its hard to tell!
Brando Gould
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4mo
Asked for help
I learned a lot of great things in this video. How to keep my lines light, how to solve for complex measuring, trusting when I think something is off. I spent quite a bit of time on this drawing. One critical piece was after getting frustrated and giving up, I erased the eye socket shapes and kept measuring and learning and adjusting to get them closer. I am happy with the results although I'm far from where I want to be, this is a major improvement in getting accurate comparative measurement in my journey. Time to do five more!
Eddie Maldonado
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6mo
Asked for help
This lesson showed me how hard I squeeze my pencil. When I was in school, I would squeeze the barrel of the pencil so hard against my middle finger. I developed a callous on my middle finger but never put this together. I felt more comfortable with the lighter grip as I continued to warm up. The lesson also taught me to slow down and ghost in the line instead of fully committing to a stroke. I’m guilty of drawing faster than I’m thinking, but it’s a good lesson for me.
Those a re great takeaways! I need to lighten my grip and go slower on my ghost ins as well!
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I did a few of these. I've done this lesson before and I don't feel like it's my strongest skill. Not that the ideas aren't useful, especially the idea of stretch and pinch, but I apparently am not great at drawing ovals.
I agree! They look pretty good! but practicing ovals is something I also need to get better at, Sometimes I feel like the brush i'm using just isn't what feels right, but i know it's probably just me.
@quitpayload
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9mo
Asked for help
Okay so, I've been trying to grasp the Robo bean for literally months now, and I just can't figure it out. I've tried following along with the examples to no avail and I've tried tons of different ways of visualising them to no avail.
I've tried to move on to the next parts of the course, but I can't grasp those either. I'm at a total loss as to what to do next.
Also just to follow up, if this is really challenging, perhaps take a look at the drawing basics course! I have been drawing for years and it has helped me MASSIVELY!
John Connell
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1yr
Might be attempting too much here - using both boxes AND landmarks on a new pose. It seems the boxes have more to do with the gesture and the landmarks more to do with the anatomy...true.
I don't think you are taking on "too much" by placing the boxes in here. There are a lot of great reasons to find the box. But to give a little bit of my personal experience with boxes, they are only helpful when placed in the correct position. So for example, the top corners of the box representing the hips should perfectly align with the PSIS and ASIS. this can be challenging to do from a photograph, but not impossible, We can often see at least some indication of the PSIS points or ASIS points, but usually not both so we have to go on the tip and tilt of the trochanter to accurately assess the side we can not see. The bottom of the box for the hips will align with the pubis and the triangle of the sacrum can point us in the right direction. This can be challenging but a really great exercise in seeing beneath the skin and accurately finding those landmarks so that you can place those boxes in the right place. For the ribcage, you can find the 10th rib with pokes out on the left of the model on the second photograph in your reference, and you can use the manubrium (if seeing the front of the model) to judge the tilt. I don't know of an accurate way to judge the top of the box on a model from the back. potentially at the 7th cervical vertebrae?
I find these boxes super difficult to place in accurately, but what they can do is help you understand what planes of the body we are seeing.
I would say some of the things in this drawing are working well, you are clearly looking at the forms and trying to assess where the landmarks are, but also the work is a little messy. For example the head is not a perfect circle like you've indicated here, the scapula and soulders are a bit off. Try to watch the video again and really understand what bumps and indicators on the photograph are leading Stan to seeing the underlying structure of the scapula. Your overall proportions and gesture are not bad! I would just try to focus a little bit more on mark making, line quality and accuracy! Keep it up!
Brando Gould
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10mo
I am struggling with these assignments! Any feedback and tips are appreciated! I am also new to drawing digitally. Having a hard time with both mark making and getting accurate proportion. After watching the critique video I'm struggling to cope with the fact that I both need to be good at proportion as well as see beneath the skin better to understand the landmarks and their relationship to the figure. I'm overwhelmed to say the least.
just try to keep in my that you´re not going to get it right the first times you do it, try to practice one thing first, breaking a task into smaller parts makes it easier to not get overwhelmed. good luck!
You have got an excellent eye for proportion! As for the critique, since the assignment was landmarks, I would make sure you are locating all of the landmarks on the front of the body in your study! Specifically, the ones I would make sure you indicate are: The manubrium, the ASIS points, and the greater Trochanter. These are really important points to see the relationships between points on the body. Great work!
