Polly Bates
Manchester, UK
I’m a sculptor with an MFA in Fine Art. I have a passion for film & I’m looking forward to playing around with creature design and then making models!
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Polly Bates
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1yr
added comment inThe Ape Skeleton
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I had a go in pencil then went over with a fineliner to add some corrections - the ribs were so hard to get the right angle!
Linus Lehmann
1yr
Very beautyful drawings. I think you already have a good understanding of volume. I do think that it would help you to focus less on the details. To get more out of this lesson group I would recommend to first capture the overall pose by drawing a few gestural bendy lines that flow into each other and than add some simplyfied volumes on top of it. And once you have done a few of such studies you could try to pose the skeleton from imagination. Hope this helps.
Polly Bates
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1yr
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As a sculptor, this course is completely new to me and very exciting - I will be working in a sketchbook too not digitally. I had some fun thinking this one up: a Gorilla-pede. I didn't quite know how to finish the bum as a tail didn't feel right, so it doesn't feel finished. But I imagined a walk in the woods and stumbling across this massive creature, and as you both lock eyes, you both feel humorously awkward, as if neither of you was meant to be there..
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1yr
Haha, really funny XD. I never thought of this🤣👏👏
- It might be interesting to play with how the weight is distributed. What parts carry the most weight? Maybe section one and three. You could show this by making the limbs in this section more tense, pushing the torso up. While section two and four sag down and have relaxed limbs. This also gives the body a more dynamic rhythm.
- As you might see in my paintover, you can show the pose with very simple shapes. Starting your drawings with simple shapes, just focusing on capturing the pose, before adding details, might be something you'd want to play with.
I hope this helps :)
