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Michael Giff
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15h
added comment inAssignment - Melted Pancakes with Philip Dimitriadis
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Guess I'm more of a waffle guy.XD
Seriously though this was the first time I suffered from blank page disease in this class. Had the the bloody thing taped to my drafting table with a border for days. Watched the video a few times and scribbled along in a notebook and kinda of knew this was going to be a mess... but then again most of my first submissions are a mess so I'm not sure why this time I was so overly anxious about it.
Any-whosie, here we are! 90 minutes of pain.... I have no clue what's going on with the interior lines when they are hanging above the horizon line.
I'll be sure to watch the video again, think I'll attempt to draw along line by line with the teacher and see if that helps me out a bit. Open to any suggestions or comments.
Sara
5h
They’re definitely looking 3D ✨
Sara
5h
Sweet! I think probably just keep doing a ton of them and it gets less intimidating each time
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First 2 attempts - will try more!
That's very nice! Are you looking at reference or doing any planning? I'm trying to follow the instructions in the video but really just end up with a big mess of shapes.
Michael Giff
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5d
ooof, rough day at the office XD. 90 minutes spent on blobs and melty pancakes and 2 and half hours spent on an incomplete proportional chart. I Guess it should be expected at my current skill level.
It's probably considered cheating but I think I'll start using a ruler to figure out halves and thirds for the proportional chart assignment, 45 minutes just setting up the measuring lines is entirely too much... at least it feels that way. Especially since I did want to attempt it four more times before the assignments due date.
Spent some time yesterday fixing up the gesture model. Want to submit a few more pieces for the gesture course and then it's PANCAKE TIME!
Michael Giff
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7d
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Hello all! This was just me taking notes during the lecture videos, I'll be sure to post a couple other charts, experimenting a bit more but I do have a few questions.
Question 1: When altering the figure from 8 to 7.5 head tall is it only the the placement of the knee and hands that change?
Question 2: Does the J shape of the end of the femur line up with the back of the head in side view?
Question 3: Does the ball joint for the humerus stay the same when looking at the figure from behind as it does looking from the front.
Question 4: Does the Pelvis change shape from looking from behind.
Question 5: My pelvis got a bit smaller once I added the curves to the rib-cage. Should I be concerned about this? Is the rib cage bowing too much?
Thanks to one and all for reading and answering any of these questions.
Wow... that took forever XD. Part of me wonders if I'm doing myself a dis-service by spending so much time (3 hours) and being really fussy with it as oppose to getting 3x the amount work done by working a bit more carefree.
I took a good bit of time trying to reinforce the difference between a male gesture figure and female gesture figure. Not sure if I landed it or not though. (Maybe too much tilt in the female pelvis?) Bottom half of the legs give me the most trouble it seems. Hope to do a few more tomorrow before the assignment closes.
Any advice or suggestions are welcome from one and all. Hope everybody enjoyed their Valentines Day weekend.
The big ideas are there though! A few observations from my novice eyes:
I would say for your front view the larger hand size is correct! Beware of tiny hands!
Your femur joint (greater trochanter) seems to be a tad low. It should be 2/3 the way down the pelvis this looks like it's touching the bottom which will shorten the bone. (screen grabbed an example from the lesson for ya)
I'd advise to post your work on the project tab, that would give you a better chance for the teacher or more advance students to review your work. (I am a very, very, very, basic student and you deserve to talk to someone that knows what they're doing!)
Hope that was helpful, best of luck in your art journey!
Michael Giff
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7d
Day 9: First day working through the gesture class! Mostly had to do with proportion and simplifying the body into 8 major parts. Instead of an action line I tried to draw the three parts of the spine (cervical, thoracic, and lumbar)... jury's still out whether that is the right way to go or not. This was a 30 minute session.
Michael Giff
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8d
Day 8: 40 minute practice. Arthritis has been slowing me down lately but still manage to get some practice in. Looking forward to checking out the gesture lesson tomorrow morning. (Again a little too tired and beat up to post the reference... tomorrow!!.... maybe.
Michael Giff
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9d
Day 7: Hooray to one week... and I did decide to buy a course on gesture XD. I'm a bit too tired to make a collage of the reference but to keep my streak alive I'll post the gestures and get the reference up in the morning. This was all in the span of 40 minutes.
Michael Giff
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8d
Nice use of cross hatching, particularly on the nose. What tools are you using? Reminds me of some ball point pen sketches but I'm not sure.
Paul
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10d
Tried to gesture draw and its really fun to do and a nice change from the basic drawing course that Im following. Still lot of practice needed on my side but Im quit pleased with this attempt. :-)
