John Love
Vancouver, Canada
In my 30s and finally taking art seriously after drawing my whole life. Illustrator and comic artist, future animation school student.
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John Love
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5yr
added comment inMannequinization – Structure of the Human Body
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Hello! I'd like some critiques on these, if anyone's able.
I have a little trouble capturing limb gesture (specifically the connection of the elbow/knee joint), most of the time, so I can see that's where I need improvement. What else? Can anyone give me some pointers? Should I revisit my gestures and gain more confidence there?
Thanks in advance!
Daniel Haddock
5yr
Hello @John Love speaking from only personal experience, I feel like you’re being to stiff with your hand. And also that I don’t think you’re doing pencil strokes with your whole arm. I think if you did more observational gesture drawings for a while while letting your arm and elbow do a lot of the work, you would improve more on the gesture of the limbs like you said, and make more progress with muscle memory. I only say this because that’s what has been working for me. At first things will be sloppy and proportions will be wack, but you’ll start to “feel” what you’re seeing.
more gestures from observation and a free arm will help a lot. And try to draw softer so that you can put down final lines better without having to erase so much later.
And watch the structure video. I could explain what it will help you with, but if you do it enough you’ll understand it when you apply it.
looks like you have a good eye, just spend more time on it.
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5yr
Hey, John, your sketches look pretty cool to me! I don't think working on gesture should be a big priority for you now, I personally think it's coming out nice at this point - I like the way you're solving the head angles, by the way. Instead, maybe you could try being a bit more thorough on defining the linework and considering how the basic forms of the mannequins should be. For example, the arm and breast on the second drawing, as well as the hands and hips on the third one, are areas which I believe could be improved with just a bit more drawing time. Hope this helps you, keep it up!
