Steve Lenze
Colorado
Professional artist from the animation industry.
traditional 2D animation.
storyboard.
character design.
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Let me know if you see anything off in my anatomy tracing! I usually group the muscles of the forearms and lower legs, so those areas took me a while longer.
Steve Lenze
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6d
The biggest issue is that there is no separation of light and dark. There needs to be a clear light direction so that all the elements in your painting have dimension and don't read as flat.
Steve Lenze
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6d
The proportions on this drawing is pretty nice. The one way to start the drawing is to mark the top and bottom, and then measure the width with your charcoal pencil. I hope this helps :)
Steve Lenze
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6d
Hey Frog, I really like your design and drawing, really nice job.
I thought about what you are struggling with so I did a quick drawing to show you how you could see it differently. This is just an iteration of what you already did, but I hope it helps.
Besides the drawing advise you already got, I wanted to talk about your values.
The figure overall is too light, especially the shadows. You also made the reflected light too light causing the figure to look like it is cut out and pasted onto the background. I did a quick paint over to show you what I mean, I hope it helps :)
Steve Lenze
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7d
It looks fine. Never show a client a work in progress because they will not understand it until it is done.
Steve Lenze
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8d
By using a vanishing point, you can create perspective for the container. This is a one point perspective, and if you don't know what that is, check out the perspective part of the drawing fundamentals. I hope this helps :)
What makes the box look twisted is using the center line to sell the idea. I did a couple of examples to show you what I mean.
Hey Cia
I wanted to comment on your drawing of your character. The biggest issue is the legs, the don't really make sense and the perspective is odd. I did a quick sketch of your pose to show you what I mean, I hope it helps :)
Steve Lenze
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12d
I think they both look pretty good. The digital one looks better because you added the background value. Because you didn't add it in the traditional drawing, it looks too dark. Remember, all the values relate to each other, that is how we judge the values throughout the drawing.