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Marie Logan
Marie Logan
Osprey, Florida
I'm a technical drafter using civil3d and have always wanted to draw by hand. I've done lots of craft arts but would like to draw and paint now.
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Marie Logan
In my first two pages I didn’t know about the 3D mode so I made them up from my head. My last page was considerably better. My previous ellipse theory does not work when the subject is looking forward. Not perfect but the practice definitely shows improvement.
Clinton Ibe
Wow I admire your hard work Marie. Keep it up😊👍🏻 amazing
João Bogo
3yr
Hi, Marie. Nice effort! I would like to give a little advice on these. By looking at your drawings I feel that you're improving in the concept of 3D head, but you're struggling putting down your lines. Number 99 is the best example. You drew a good 3/4 view but the lines are shaky. Sometimes this is caused by the way you're holding the pencil and how much pressure you're using to draw. It's also a common problem that some beginners don't have enough confidence in their lines and they draw really slow...which ironically hurt their drawings more. Here's an exercise you can do to improve your line quality: Take a bunch of paper (the cheaper you can find, old notebooks filled halfway through are the best) and before you start drawing your loomis heads, your gesture drawings, etc you do a few warm ups: -Draw free hand ellipses and circles -Draw long lines from one edge of the paper to another -Draw long curves -Draw two points really far away in one page and try connecting them with one line. As you're doing this, here's some general guides: -Be relaxed and loose. -Draw from using your shoulder and elbow. Avoid drawing from the wrist -Grab your pencil as further back as you would if you were writing. -Draw faster and don't be attached to any line, circle curve or ellipse. if you make a bad one, just move on to the next. -Don't aim for perfect lines, aim for a fluid motion from your arm. -Don't take too long. 5-15 minutes each day is enough. The goal of this warm up is to improve your hand-eye coordination and also get you more confident in your lines. For more information, Stan has this video about the subject: https://www.proko.com/course-lesson/how-to-hold-and-control-your-pencil/assignments Keep drawing and best regards.
Kelly Ramirez
I will continue to fill out several pages. but here are my starts. I find it hard to get those ellipses to make sense! The more extreme angles are difficult as well. But I really enjoy drawing from the 3D model! Do the placement lines look right? I think a few are a bit wonky, but I can't pinpoint which yet. Any advice?
Marie Logan
I've been trying to figure out if there is any pattern that can be used drawing the long axis of the ellipse. I think it will always be angled the direction the eyes would be looking out in the pose of the face.
@omarg
Drawing the Loomis head in various angles helped me understand how a head turns in space. The heads aren't a consistent size and they are sketchy.
Marie Logan
Great job, I kept trying to add the neck. Now that I see your I see I just need to focus on the head. The neck was making it more difficult.
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