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Iiiik
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4yr
added comment inHow to Draw Structure in the Body – Robo Bean
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It took me quite some time to achieve a smoother motion compared to the square forms I was using at first but I think that I'm finally starting to get a grip at this exercise. Should I move on to the Mannequinization exercise or give this one a few more tries to solidify my practice of it?
Any constructive criticism is very much welcome as always!
Chiara Benedetto
4yr
Great start! I can see that you tried to put more motion into it, however there are a few points you can improve. Your boxes are sometimes too thin. Even if this is a simplification of the torso, we still have to think about what we’re actually trying to draw. Our rib cages aren’t as thin as you drew them. I think it can help if you remember the bean exercise. Also the perspective of some boxes seems a bit off. Take your time and build a strong foundation. The key here is to understand how forms behave in space and how they relate to each other. If you build a strong foundation, the next exercises will help you to improve even more.
Iiiik
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4yr
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Hi, I just noticed that I didn't request feedback for my bean practices yet, and I've gotta admit that this is one with which I've got some troubles. As time goes on, it gets easier to get the ellipses I want in one stroke, but the first tries were rough. There's definitely improvement to be done concerning the motion of the twist, and I'd be more than glad to take any advice I could get. Thanks in advance!
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I think these beans look great :) I agree with the feedback from @Dylan Gabriel and @akib and would only add for you to try and push variation in the line weights a little bit more. Using a thicker line where there is overlap or on the opposite side of the "light source" (if you imagine there being one) can be very effective, or simply when things are closer or farther away. Simply varying the line weight of contours vs cross contours can also add extra dimension. The reason I'm bringing this up is because the bean seems like a good exercise to experiment with line weights too :)
I would suggest more exaggeration and more clear center line on some drawings. Your shapes are very good, :).
These look nice overall. I think you are in good shape here. You can always exaggerate more but so long as you are seeing the twists, stretches and overlaps you are getting the point of the exercise.
Iiiik
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4yr
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Honestly, this week started very rough. I don't know what exactly I was thinking with my first tries but I'm just as much shocked at how giving more thoughts to the landmarks started improving my figures immensely by the end of the week. I'm definitely gonna go further with this exercise and try to add more discipline to it because I feel like I really found something that I was missing for a while now.
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4yr
that's so great you are seeing improvements so fast! Really good studies here. I heard Rick Casali say once that the skeleton is the great dictator of anatomy. That seems to hold true when looking at the landmarks of the body. Great work!
Iiiik
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4yr
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Hi!
About two weeks ago I posted a previous request for feedback here and I was advised to work on my 30sec figure drawings so that I pay less attention to the contours and anatomy. I've been practicing it daily ever since, yet, altough progress has been made, I feel like something is still missing. Am I forgetting something in particular?
Thanks in advance for any additional feedback!
Iiiik
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4yr
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Tried my hand at this for one week and I think I made some progresses but the round forms are still a bit hard for me. Definitely a tough exercise but I loved making some of them such as the bat and the deer. Well, any advice is welcome, thanks in advance!
Hi, these look great, I really like the orca. But some of these look a little stiff. It might help you to exaggerate the pose. Because structure stiffens the pose, also try using more simple shapes.
Iiiik
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4yr
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I've been trying myself at figure drawing (2min ones there) for a few days now yet I feel like I'm not improving much and sticking to the same mistakes. I've been trying my hardest to ignore contours and solely focus on the movement but it gets pretty difficult to figure out once the poses gets more "clustered". Any advice on how I could sort things out?
Thanks for all the very constructive answers. It is as I feared, I'm still too unconfident about using simpler lines. I will probably try to lower the timer to force myself to focus more on those.
