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Tom McLean
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3yr
added comment inHow to Draw Structure in the Body – Robo Bean
Here is my go, think I need to think about form and cubes much more. Any help on how to improve appreciated!
Tom McLean
3yr
Tom McLean
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4yr
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Really struggling creating characters and drawing in general, so I'm going back over some stuff to try and improve. I think maybe Its my torsos and heads that don't work structurally. Any help really appreciated, especially if its any process stuff/good habits I could be missing!
Personally I think that you don’t have a structural problem at all. At least not after looking at your work on instagram and from these sketches. Your drawings are excellent in terms of appealing shapes. But from these sketches, it may feel as though you aren’t acting with your drawings.
Each drawing seems to be effectively perfect in terms of basic structure. And your lines and shape are appealing, however where you may possibly be lacking is feeling the determination of the character committing the action, even if it’s a simple action like looking where they’re going or will be. The movie Klaus may be helpful to breakdown especially since it seems to fit your art stylistically.
Honestly I don’t think any of your struggling seems to be structural, but maybe something more higher order like acting or story. This is the best I can gather from your work and from the sole term “struggling” to describe your goal.
Started digital art half a year back and only recently tried to learn figure drawing. I'm running in circles stuck on one lesson for I am not satisfied with my 'quick' sketches. send helppp thanks
Hi there, nice work! I think starting on quick gestures can be quite hard. I still struggle with it! Often you see artists quick sketches that look amazing but they have cleverly hid a lot of other fundamental drawing skills. I would work on thinking of the figure as cylinders and boxes for a bit. Working out which orientation in space those arms and leg cylinders are going and then thinking about gesture. If your figure form is solid you will always start from a good base. But yeah these things take time to learn, like literally years, so don’t beat yourself up. If ever your struggling try learning something else that you think would help you tackle that problem.
yuri
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4yr
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Very difficult to think of twist. But I understood I need more and more robo bean practice before mannequinization practice for the whole proportion.
Nice work! I don’t think you are too far off. I always struggle with the twist motion and one thing that helped me was thinking about the centre line of both the ribs and hips. Think about the orientation each ‘box’ is facing in space. For example I think in your first image lower down example the twist is right you have just drawn the centre line in the wrong place. Hope this helps!
