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@graphiter
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3yr
added comment inI'm not really liking the way this is turning out.
Hey Jan. I see the story you are trying to tell and I like that you are telling one. The details are built on an unresolved composition. The story unfolds in a horizontal manner, but there are lots of vertical lines that are interrupting the flow behind it. if you made it into a triptych with each person on a panel and them interacting, that may work?
Jan D.
3yr
Hi Graphiter. I see what you mean. I'll try to keep it on one panel tho. Will have to rework the composition:)
@graphiter
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3yr
Well done and good efforts. The arm closest to the viewer looks a bit unclear. Because it is closest to the viewer, make the lines thicker and the volumes stronger. The arm furthest away should be a little lighter. For me the sketchiness doesn't matter. Your lines suggest some hesitancy, but that can be charming as well. If all figure drawings looked like curvy, confident animators drawings it would be a boring world. There is a bit of angst in this line quality that I like. But... It's good to show you understand atmospheric perspective even if you don't use it all the time. But definitely practice it and show you can use it. Also, Try grounding the figure more to suggest solidity by using a stronger floor shadow. Keep up the good work!
Thank you, graphiter, - I just started to add more shading and line difference, and I completely not thinking about the purpose of the lines, and forget about volume and perspective implied in the drawing. Some more things to focus on. Thank you!
dwarfon tree
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3yr
That drawing is so adorable, damn :D.
Looks really, really cool. Can imagine this will look awesome when coloured. I love the quality of your lines. Things look very sculptural. One note, I think perhaps the wood box on the left side would totally be in shadow. Also the path leading into it, but I am being a little picky. This is a cute house and I also like the stylized trees. Thick lines come to the front, thin lines fade. Perhaps make the lines in the back a little thinner, and darken / soften the back tree to suggest some atmospheric perspective and depth? Well done, keep it up.
@graphiter
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3yr
Feet are really hard. I think you are drawing really well. If you nail hands and feet you will be among .05% of the population who can do this. Encourage you to attack this problem head on.
In some ways they are harder than hands because we don't observe them as much. They are lower and have subtle things about them that are hard to see at first. This is one of my favourite anatomy books, Anatomy for Sculptors by Uldis Zarins. This book is amazing. The way the foot is simplified is great as a second stage. For the first stage just try to draw it as a box. A life drawing teacher once said, " How can anyone draw a figure if they can't draw the box it is standing on?"
I really like these old books from the 60's, in the Walter Foster drawing series. This one is by Ernest Norling, Perspective Drawing. To start drawing feet, just practice drawing boxes on the end of legs at different angles. Then start to shape it similar to the Uldis Zarins type simplified form.
Anubhav Saini
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3yr
These drawings are good but in the first drawing the proportions seems off to me as the forehead is bigger than the Refference also the height of the head should be increased slightly also your nose is shorter maybe that's why your forehead looks big as for the hairs drawing the strands is the last step I would recommend you to watch proko hair tutorial.
Doing a good job here. It's good to copy master artists to get a feel on how they used linework. But to build the head it might be better to use a plaster cast. 1. Learn to build the head and get the proportions down first. Then work on the angles of the planes. Imagine that each line is a match or wire you are placing on the face. Glenn Vilppu says to imagine a drop of water is falling down the face. I found that advice helpful.
@felipev99
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3yr
Hi Becky, I'm not seeing your work, just the reference
Well done Becky. It has volume and I like the smudgy feel of the material. Give that front foot a go. Feet are easy to ignore but they still express something of the direction and balance of the figure. start with a box. Even if they are just like blocks of wood, that's fine. getting the orientation right is an important first step. Keep it up mate.
