Polypus
Earth
A beginner artist with a heavy desire toward Character Concept and Animation. How can we help each other?
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@stub
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3yr
added comment inQuicksketch Assignment Examples - 2 Minute Poses
I'm a total newbie so these are pretty rough. Still working on pencil control. I've noticed I seem to draw my heads consistently too small, but if you notice any other recurring errors that would be greatly appreciated.
Polypus
3yr
Hey stub,
I'm still very much a beginner myself but wanted to offer some stuff I'm noticing for you.
First - you're doing really well. I'm seeing improvement from the start to the end. You are learning and that's great! You can see yourself loosen up and begin to really let the knowledge sink in.
Now, how can we take that knowledge and turn it into further skill? Well let's take a look at areas of weakness we can strengthen.
1. The drawings are focused more on form, than flow. In a number of your drawings you're following the contour of the shapes too closely rather than letting the overall energy of movement/pose be the star of the show. See Ref. 1 for an example.
2. Some lines are stiff, and this will improve with pencil control and overall knowledge. Don't be afraid of curves; embrace them! No matter what pose the human body is in, there is always a curve that dictates the energy of movement. Use that curve! Exaggerate! See Ref. 2 for an example.
General tips:
1. Embrace the line of action. Reminder - A Line of Action is a line that represents the overall flow of the form. Often we stop short and only use it to dictate the torso, but it goes for the whole figure!
2. Be not afraid of mistakes. - Often when we want to put line to paper, we hesitate, we worry, our anxious brains make our hands start and stop. Push beyond that anxiety, let the line flow. Will you get it wrong? Often. Is that a problem? Not at all. Let your lines flow.
3. Speaking of lines - Not all of them need to connect. We're not dictating shape, form, or volume with these gestures. It's hard to leave the line unconnected, it feels unfinished, However, we want to know how the river flows, not how wide it is.
4. Keep it up! You're doing great and you've taken your first steps towards better, more dynamic figures. We've a way ahead of us, but we will get there.
Sorry if this was too much, but I hope it helps in some fashion.
Edit: Also, please take everything I say with a grain of salt. Again, I'm a newbie as much as anyone so not all of my information is set in stone by the art gods.
Polypus
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3yr
Asked for help
Hello everyone,
I need you all to tear me down, to destroy what I think I know and help me to build these better. I'm recently revamping my studies and am incorporating the Proko Figure Drawing course into everything now that I've got a better work-set. That said, How can I improve these 30s and 2m gestures?
Things I notice:
I'm heavy handed with my lines in the 2-minute Gestures. I'm trying to get better at that.
I'm a bit scratchy when it comes to putting down my lines in both of them.
My biggest take away is that I get very flustered when it comes to being timed. The point is to be loose and just let it go but I can't seem to figure out how to move past that mental block. If anyone has any advice on that, I'd like it as well.
So please, tear me down so I can be better built up.
