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@jarmiger
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4mo
added comment inThe Figure in Action - Practice Reel
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Great lesson and exercise. I already have some decent experience with gestures but I've never been able to simplify them so well and draw them in so few lines!
I'll just give critique for #17. In that one you end up putting your perspective lines for the brow and nose in an upward direction when it should slope downward. I see the angles in the box you drew do slope correctly, so make check yourself with the box you draw :)
#1 looks great and I can see you followed the lines the box has
@jarmiger
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9mo
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I like how these are turning out, but they're taking 10-15 minutes. The lesson mentions 5 minutes, and I feel like 10 minutes should be the max time I spend on one. I guess I'm making too many lines? Any tips on speeding up would be great! These are some more complex poses though
I think it's ok that you spend longer time now in the beginning, as long as you focus on the rhythms and not get tempted to work on details. (The lesson says at least 5 minutes.) I think your drawings are good as you focus on the larger shapes. So I'd say take the time you need to internalise the rhythms that we are showed in the lesson (or find your own). I think you're doing great. Maybe one thing you can try to do is making more confident lines and vary the strokes between straight lines and curves? I know it's a lot to think about at once, but just keep going!
@jarmiger
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9mo
Great lesson. I have a question. In the next to last arm rhythm, I tried it out before watching Stan do it and created this. I tried to convey the locked out arm with a slight curve opposite of how the arm should bend. I know there's no specific correct way to do this but is mine a good gestural representation? As it is somewhat different from Stan's.
@jarmiger
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1yr
Question here. So when eyeballing the proportions, would it be appropriate to start with something like the Loomis Method of drawing the head? I suppose it would be Drawer's preference, but I'm wondering if there's any specific reason to use it or not.
@jarmiger
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1yr
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I don't have a printer so I measured proportions by holding my arm straight out. I'm not sure if I captured the likeness of the guy very well but I do like how the portrait turned out.
@jarmiger
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1yr
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I chose Jim Lee, Ivan Reis, and Bruce Timm. It's interesting to see how different the lines are from each artist. I'm surprised these turned out as well as they did. Looking back I think I could've made Batman's brow lines and bottom of the eye thicker. I also should've taken back more of the line that makes up the end of his nose. I think the absence of that line conveys the roundness of his cowl?
Mike Hicks
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2yr
Started a Spider-Man 2099 sketch and figured I'd get some line weight practice in with it. Had fun with this one. Tried doing a combo of hierarchy and light/shadow.
@jarmiger
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1yr
This is an attempt at a looser sketch. I realized the hindquarters were pretty disproportionate when I was basically done so I went back and "fixed" it. I need to get better at not drawing dark lines pre-maturely to avoid erasing
