Grace Mounce
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Currently relearning how to draw. Happy to give others advice and grateful for the advice that comes my way!
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@lwel
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5mo
added comment inHow to Draw Balanced Poses
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Blance+mannequization. My proportions aren't always right I notice when putting side to side haha.
Grace Mounce
5mo
Hi @lwel, very nicely done! I'm no expert, but it looks to me like you've got a handle on mannequinization. I also like that you're dropping the line down from the torso to check for balance--great idea! May I suggest for the lower section of the arm (is that called the forearm? I should know this but I'm not sure...), you could break it up into a cylinder for the part closer to the elbow and a box wedged into it for the wrist portion. That's just one idea, because I remember Marshall Vandruff suggesting in the critique video for the mannequinization lesson that it might be good to think of all the forms as boxes, like you've drawn in a lot of the forearms. One last thing: the hands in these look so good!!
Grace Mounce
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7mo
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Hello everyone! It's been about a year since I worked on this class, but I'm picking it up again. I wanted to ask you all if the invented poses look real and "action-y" enough...or perhaps they look stiff or fake?
Much appreciation for you all!
Sincerely,
Grace :)
I don't think they look stiff or fake at all! Very dynamic. Love the addition of the bananapeel. its hard to give feedback because its pretty good... Maybe with the very first one, she should lean slightly more forward for better balance. Also her hip should be more turned the other way and a bit forward, this way her right (our left) leg automatically is more in place (it looks a bit detached from the hip and to far from the side). Other than that very nice!
@Kyle Spencer This is a nice portrait! I like that you're beginning to find the 3D forms in this guy's face. If I were you, I might keep working on seeing and drawing 3D shapes, like Stan suggests in lesson 3 of Figure Drawing Fundamentals: https://www.proko.com/course-lesson/structure-basics-making-things-look-3d/assignments
You might even think of the whole head as one big box. You could start by drawing a box that the head would fit into, then draw lines on one side of the box that will help you place the features. Because you'll draw the lines to match the way the top and bottom edges of the box converge, you'll be able to put the features in proper perspective.
I hope this helps, and I apologize if I'm just giving you advice you've already heard before!
Keep up the good work! :)
Grace Mounce
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1yr
Whoa Shelvs these are incredible!!! Thank you for inspiring me today :D
Thank you! I'm delighted that this collection has inspired your creative flow. If you'd like, you can also share your works here or link me to your artstation or deviantart. I'd love to see your creations as well!
Thank you , I am glade this collection got your creative flow flowing. Feel free to post your works here too. That’s if you want to. Or you can link me to your artstation or deviantart.
@nick_laze
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1yr
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I know my lines are really messy, that's because i'm trying to use a different grip with the pencil. Could someone give me some feedback on the gesture? Thanks
@nick_laze I think these look amazing! Here's a minor point: a few of the legs are starting to lose the alternating curves for contours (like Proko says in the premium video, a lack of alternating curves can make your figures look like snowmen, or maybe a marshmallow man). I attached a draw-over...I hope it's more clear. But again, this is nit-picking. Because they look fluid and forceful!
Grace Mounce
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1yr
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Hi everyone! I think I'm getting a little better but still struggling with the Robo Bean. This pose in particular I'm having a hard time with...The model seems very close to a side view here, so I'm not sure if I should show any front or back planes for the ribcage and torso. I did 4 different attempts at this pose. Do any of them look right to any of you?
Thank you for taking the time to check out this post! Good luck with the Robo Bean everyone!
Sincerely,
Grace Mounce
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1yr
Hi Grace! This is a complicated pose. I feel like it's a good candidate for overlaying the sketches in photoshop to check your work. I think a combo of the upper and lower halves of these two come closest
Hey Grace, beautiful pose. The roboBean takes some time to really "get." Keep up the practice. I'll give this one a try. I'll do it quickly and post tonight. I'm in the middle of finals so I might not get to my try right away.
The only difference between the bean and robo bean is one does not have edges and the other doesn’t.
One thing I must say is you are definitely getting better. however you must also respect the proportion and understand that the bean is part of the robo bean and not a shell.
Hi Grace! You might benefit from placing the spine on them, Try to make it slightly thicker
Grace Mounce
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2yr
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Hi everyone!
So, I really struggled with the Robo Bean. I'd play Stan's example videos, pausing them at each example just before he started drawing. I'd draw the Robo Bean for that pose, and then I'd watch to see how Stan did it. It seemed like every time, I got the angle and the orientation of the boxes wrong. Maybe I need to go back and do the examples again.
Here are some I did on my own. Often, I'd try the same pose twice to see if I could do it any better. If any of you can spot some of the mistakes I'm making here, I'd be very grateful for the feedback!
Well wishes to all you artists!
Sincerely,
Grace Mounce
@Shelvs Fleurima You are very generous with your time and effort to give me such good feedback. Thank you a million! You're a fantastic artist, so encouragement/critique from you means a lot.
Grace Mounce
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2yr
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Hi, everyone!
I did the landmarks assignment. After I followed each of Proko's examples, I drew from a reference photo that captured the body from a similar angle (after the first one, I found a muscular back; after the fourth one, I found an extreme scapula position; etc.).
If anyone could give me some feedback on how I did, I would so much appreciate your time and attention! Did I place the landmarks right (particularly those tricky scapulae?)
Also, I have another question that's been bugging me, and maybe I'm being way too anal about it...When Stan draws the landmarks, he lines up the PSIS with the iliac crest. On the "Landmarks of the Human Body" diagram included in the premium lesson, the PSIS is a little below the iliac crest.
Which one is right? Does it really matter?
Thank you everybody! I wish you all good fortune on this challenging (at least for me!) lesson! May you all learn a lot :)
Sincerely,
Grace Mounce
This is pretty good, two notes : keep your work clean. And remember that you are adding details to the beans and gesture. You should still have the stretch and the bumps accordingly. I will have to go to my sketchbook to fully explain it.
Grace Mounce
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2yr
I've got a few questions about this one, and I was hoping somebody might help me clear my head. In Stan's drawing, the angle from the teres major to the elbow seems off (I pointed it out with the red line in this screenshot). I followed Stan but measured the angle differently; but I don't know if this is actually correct because it makes the guy look like he has a really long back. Is the teres major lower on the back than I think it is?
Also, Stan marks the iliac crest so it lines up with the PSIS; but in the Landmarks of the Human Body diagram that comes with this lesson, the iliac crest is a little higher than the PSIS. When I draw my own landmarks from different photos, should I line these points up like Stan does?
Please forgive my real "correcting" tone. I definitely trust Stan's knowledge of anatomy way more than I do my own! But I'm just confused about what goes where.
Thank you all!
Sincerely,
Grace Mounce
I think stans measurement was different cause he tried to exaggerate the movement/gesture of the figure. Its more an artistic choice than a perfect copy of the reference. Sometimes it makes sense to go over the actual proportions to get more asthetic results. If you follow his drawings trust the process and after that try to do it again on your own without looking at his example.
Kaily House
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2yr
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Here are my assignments from this lesson! I have a hard time connecting all the shapes. Am I not breaking into into small enough structures?
Hi @Kaily House , these look lovely--nice foreshortening on the back of that polar bear! Also, I'm looking at your cylinders on the first page, and the top ellipses look nice and round (which I should have been doing for mine!) On a few of the bottom ellipses of the cylinders, as well as some of the cross-contours on the cylinders in the animals, it looks like the corners of the ellipse are starting to flatten out to a point. If you round those corners a little more, I think it will help. But other than that, nicely done!
