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Richard Gruber
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1yr
added comment inStage 3 - Refining The Drawing - Real Time
Asked for help
Stephen,
After many failed attempts, I’ve finally produced a drawing I’m happy with. Thank you (and Stan) for getting me this far. Your courses have been invaluable.
There is still plenty of room for improvement, so I would welcome your critique and suggestions. I know the eyes are a little too big—I always seem to do that no matter how much I measure. I also need to work on my photography. The halftone transitions in the photo attachment are harsher than in the actual drawing.
Please let me know of anything you see that you think I should work on. Thanks again.
Richard
Atharva Lotake
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3yr
Asked for help
Hello everyone! This is my submission for the Nicolai assignment. What do you guys think about the piece. Please let me know. Thank you to anyone who takes the time to help me out! Have a good day!
I'm just a beginner, so you are much more advanced than me. I think this looks great. You are very good at eyes. (I also like the drawings of Morgan and Yoni that you posted.) The main criticism that jumps out at me is with the shading of the background. To me, the background is too choppy and stringy. It has too much of its own texture and is competing with the rest of the drawing. Sometimes, at a quick glance the background even looks like long stringy hair. I think it would look better if it were a smooth, blended gradient that doesn't call attention to itself.
Summer
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3yr
Asked for help
Hello, I am a beginner and currently on "how to draw gesture step by step". I am having trouble with getting the right proportion (leges too long, torso too long, etc). Is there a way to get the proportion right or should I just keep on practicing till I get them right? thank you!
I was (and often still am) in the same position. What started working for me was to draw the same pose over and over, constantly correcting the proportion errors. Once I got to the point where I could do a decent gesture three times in a row, only then would I move on to the next pose. My personal tendency is to make people too wide and stocky, so after making the same mistake over and over, I started "seeing" how to make my gestures more narrow and graceful.
What also worked for me was to ignore the clock. When I would attempt a 30-second pose, the only thing I accomplished was to create a terrible drawing very quickly. Now I take my time and really think about where the lines need to be. My 30-second poses take five minutes. But after I've done the same pose a dozen times I find myself getting faster and faster.
Richard Gruber
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4yr
Asked for help
Hi, I'm a beginner and I just started the figure drawing fundamentals course. I've been struggling with gesture. I feel like I'm reasonably okay identifying the gesture, but my proportions are terrible. I'm also getting hung up on, for example, is the crotch to the left or to the right of the pit of the neck. My 30-second poses take twenty minutes while I figure all of this out. My question is: is it better to practice twenty poses in one sitting, or is it better to practice the same pose twenty times until I get it right?