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@jiwingka
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added comment inAnatomy of the Shoulder Bones
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Hello everyone this is my assignment for this lesson. critique/feedback are very welcome. I want to know. Am I on the right track? Thank you.
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nice skeletons 💀
Sorry guys, we have to delay the announcement till tomorrow :( There are some issues with the video and there's no way it's going out today! We'll try to get it out as early in the morning as possible.
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U jerk!
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Help me! I don't know how to draw...
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4yr
Peeps here think I was serius. Obviously I'm da best artist.
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Wat do u think of ma drawing? I was goin for foto realism.
oh no, @Skelly with a verified king crown icon, while some drawings find destiny of greatness in a museum, and others may be headed to a refrigerator door, but alas your masterpiece here yearns for the recycling bin! Remember grit means falling down 7 times but getting up 8!
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It's pretty off, I'd quit art if I were you
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You are so good Skelly! You're da best artist...
Christopher Lebreault
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Hello everyone! Im have trouble with the ball of Loomis head method (these were from todays warm up). I'm struggling with making the brow line connect smoothly with the middle of the side. Having that side be 2/3 the size of the sphere, and (as with most of us, I'm sure) drawing a circle that atleast has the same height and width
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@Christopher Lebreault Hey, Christopher, to make the front curve connect to the straight line on the side smoothly, maybe think of the letter "J" and how its straight stem turns softly into its curved bottom. Before applying it to the head, maybe try practicing just drawing some free lines that transition smoothly from straight to curve, then straight again, then curve, and so on. I'd say you don't need to make them all with one single stroke - so perhaps you could try drawing one straight line and one curved line separately, then building an amendment between them in a way that looks smooth and sort of natural.
About the Loomis method, one odd thing is that it feels quite simple at first, but there's actually some crazy perspective stuff going on behind it. One important thing to keep in mind is that the major and minor axis of the ellipses (side planes of the cranium) will not always coincide with the centerline that indicates the head tilt. I'll try to be as direct and simple as I can: if the cranium is at eye level (right on the horizon line), the ellipse won't change even if the head tilts, although the centerline will angle depending on how the head tilts; but if the cranium is off the horizon line (either above or below it), the ellipse's angle and position on the sphere will change (because the perspective of the form changes according to its relationship to the horizon) even if the head is not tilted, and the centerline will change a bit too because it will follow the perspective of the form, but maybe won't change as much as if the head was tilted.
See if the diagram attached helps clarify things a little!
By the way, to understand how ellipses work, I can't recommend enough Marshall Vandruff's perspective lectures: https://marshallart.com/SHOP/all-products/all-videos/1994-perspective-drawing-series/
Good studies!
It depends on how long you've been doing this. If it's only been a few days, then you probably just need to give it more time.
In terms of circles (and ellipses) the way to practice them is (besides just drawing them a lot) to draw many rotations of them. (eg, draw over it over and over). The number doesn't really matter, just not too much or too little (3-5 ish). Your circles honestly don't look too bad, just more practice needed.
It seems the issue is more with contour lines than circles honestly.
In terms of the countour of the brow line w the middle of the side, the main issue I'm seeing is that you seem to continually set the contour on the side ellipse (also the minor axis) as a straight horizontal. Remember that when the head tilts down or at any angle, the ellipse also follows that change in position (it's part of the form after all). Therefore the minor axis of the ellipse is not just horizontal. The only time the minor axis of the ellipse is horizontal is when the head is level.
In terms of the spherical contour lines, they're too flat. The effect of contour lines really show at the edges of the lines, not the center, since contour lines are meant to indicate form. A useful way to practice not making contour lines flat is to actually draw through the them a little bit and follow the form to the other side. If you're having trouble with how the contour line should wrap around, imagine slicing the sphere at that position (like slicing a watermelon) and seeing in your mind in what position the cross section of that sphere is. If it's hard to imagine, try using a pencil (or anything else cylindrical) and position it in the position and perspective of the sphere. The top of the cylinder will represent the correct cross contour that should go on the sphere.
Then, you just practice. Pages and pages and pages.
If you want more resources, drawabox regarding shapes and contours, etc., drawabox is a good one. Even if you're not going to do the entire thing, they have individual lessons that cover these things.
Keep it up!
