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hello again, I’m pushing myself into starting to learn anatomy. I tried the joint simplification and I just wanted to share my work and get other eyes on it
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Some structure practice any critique is welcome
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I’m working on gesture following Brent Eviston’s basic method for it these are some of my most recent gestures if you have any critique I’d love to hear it
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I’m back and focusing on drawing the head this week using Stephen Michael Hampton’s approach would love some feedback
David Sánchez
Michael Hampton is a really good source! My recommendation would be to draw heads in bigger sizes, mr Hampton's aproach uses a lot of construction and geometrical detail, so in order to get the most out of this exercise it might be a good idea to practice with a bigger size. If you are working on an A4 piece of paper (regular size), draw the head in a size so you have 4 to 6 heads per page, that would give you more space for details to represent the construction. The basic construction that you got looks about right, the proportion and later details will start to look better the more you practice. Good work and keep practicing!
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Thanks for the suggestions and encouragement. I think they helped a lot.
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added a new topic
Sketchbook drawings
I want to share some of my drawings. Feel free to critique or share your thoughts. I’ve been stagnant for a while now, so I’m hoping that this change will help me improve.
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this is my first attempt.
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this was difficult for me, any feedback is welcome
Jesper Axelsson
Hi @needsmuchhelp, nice studies! This is not easy. Nice job with showing dimensionality of the forms! - What's you art goal? Do you want to do animation, illustration, florence academy style portrait, or something else? Knowing that might help me guide you better. Feel free to put together a slide with a few examples of art by artists that you admire. Not just any artwork that you like, but the type of work that you'd like to create yourself. - The proportions are off in your drawings. I have some ideas to help you with that: Do a few more figure drawings, but rather than drawing boxes and cylinders focusing on the form, draw simple shapes. That will help you focus more on the relationship between the parts. The great thing is that within those shapes, is the form. If you want to show the form, you simply add crosscontours. You can see some examples of me drawing with simple shapes in this reply https://www.proko.com/s/nH3v - It would be great to see more energy in the poses you draw. I think you'd appreciate reading this reply https://www.proko.com/s/bcZ6 - I noticed that you posted some drawings for the Drawing Basics course as well. I think you'll really appreciate taking it. It will support you with a lot of skills that can help you with your figure drawings. This video for example shows How Animators Use Basic Shapes with Aaron Blaise. And the course also seems like a lot of fun :) I hope this helps :) Keep up the good work!
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I'm having trouble with these, some critique would be helpful
Frank Engelhaupt
Well, I tried my best. Rib cage of the figure in frontal view is definitely to wide, but I'm pretty satisfied with the perspective. In my experience, when it comes to establish the two blocks for pelvis and torso, it's easier to first determine the plane closest to the viewer. That is a good starting point to see, how each block is situated in space. It's still hard though ...
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This lesson really helped me with getting limbs in the right looking place and critique is welcome
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