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Laura Estrada
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3yr
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Hey there, artists!
I worked on some mannequins this week and I thought I'd share!
For clarity, #1 is from way back when I thought this exercise was gonna be about gesture. Then on #2 you can see things started to change, and then it was just mannequin (attempts) from #3 onwards.
My mannequins are pretty simple for now, but at least I've managed to convey a real sense of movement and depth, or so I believe. :D What do you think? If you could offer some critiques or guidelines for improvement, I'd be very helpful!
Jeffrey Schout
3yr
I think it looks really good. I can see the progress you made.
Jeffrey Schout
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3yr
Hello, is there anyone who would like to give some feedback? About number 4, when I look at the drawing I feel that the posture it is facing towards me. I am not sure how to fix that.
Jeffrey Schout
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3yr
This week I spend time drawing inside behind the computer but also outside. I have to say it was a really nice learning for experience. When you draw people walking, picking something up or sitting on a bench you realise how many movements / positions people can take.
It also helped with not overthinking. So I am glad I started. Below I have added yesterday's sketches wile drawing outside.
Feedback is welcome.
You have really drawn a lot! Looks like a lot of fun you had! Keep it up Jeff!
When drawing poses from life, you get a lot of information to process. You are not into the miniversum of your desk and your screen. Besides that, people on the street have all kinds of different clothing which makes it more difficult compared from the stylized poses of professional models.
Make it a bit more easy for yourself and start with stick figures like in 30 sec sketches. But.... try to make the stick figures more dynamic. This will make it more easy for you to focus on the proportions. My advice is to study the proportions again. And draw pro model poses just with dynamic stick figures. And measure the proportions after wards. If the proportions are not correct, correct them. After all, this is a learning experience.
Once you feel confident about the proportions, do have a new look at your life pose studies and see where you can improve them.
I think it looks really nice how you where able to draw the story (what the person is doing) with just a few lines,
@vandortstudio
These are 30 second scetches. I found 30 second is challenging, I was hardly able to finish the drawing.
Feedback from other people is also welcome.
If 30 seconds is too challenging, which is quite understandable, I would simply stop the video and take more time. Maybe even draw a pose more then once and compare the differences. Don't forget that a gesture drawing should communicate a pose to the viewer. And need to learn two things:
1 - to observe
2 - to draw to communicate what you saw
Just take more time to observe. It is the start of your drawing.
1 - Analyze what you see and decide what you like about the pose.
2 - After that, when you decided what you like, see what makes that happen. Is it the angle of the shoulder? Is it the position of the hand? Is it because the arms direct the eye of the viewer? Is the leg making the impression the model is about to jump? Why is that?
3 - After you have a good idea of what you want to communicate to the viewer, what you want to document, first look at the blank paper and decide where you want to draw what. First make a plan in your head
4 - Now you are ready to draw and first make ghost lines before your pencil is about to touch the paper.
I think this method will help you to step into the pose. For now forget about the 30 seconds. Make it 3 minutes or maybe even 30 minutes. Just take the time you need and enjoy the analytical part as if it was a meditation. Over time, the 30 minutes will become 3 min. And the 3 min become 30 seconds.
Hope this helps. And keep up the good work!
30 seconds is very short, but within that timeframe, you are doing a great job. I counted the lines per pose, and you did around 10 lines per pose. This meand 3 seconds per line. And in those 3 seconds you have to make many decisions. The only way to improve here is in 2 ways i think. The first one is, to keep on practicing. Second things, is to analyze the drawings compared to the poses and see what you would have drawn if you had more time. From there, you can see the differences. And the learning is in those differences and trying to see things faster the next time because you will recognize things faster and therefore become more confident and create better lines as well! It is just like with boxing. First time you get a punch you get hit in the face. Then you start to practice to block that specific punch, till it gets automated in your system. At the end, you will see, respond and act in a split second. 30 sec poses are just like practicing boxing ;-)
@vandortstudio Check it out. It turned out alot better with ghosting. I used a lot les lines which makes it less sloppy. It also saves time I think. You take the the time to ghost but you also spend les time drawing lines.
I do have to say for leaning purpose I copied the lines Stan draws.
This is the progress of day 3 following the course. I drew this without whatching Stans drawing. I've noticed there are alot of spaghetti arms and legs. I will work on that tomorrow. Other feedback is more then welcome.
Hi Jeffrey, you are putting a lot of effort into this, which is very inspiring to me!
My main feedback for now is that your lines are looking a bit scratchy. This often happens a lot to me as well, when I am insecure about what I am drawing. A tip I once got is to look very closely at what you want to draw, then "ghost" the line a few times without touching the paper and when you feel secure enough, you touch the paper and draw the line. Just like an athlete throwing away a discus. It is very basic, but I did notice that approaching your lines like this does pay off in the near future. 1% progress per day leads to a big improvement after a week and gigantic one after a week. Keep up the good work! Looking forward to your next post!
Rika Navani
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3yr
Hello! This is my first time doing gesture drawings. The reference pictures are from lineofaction.com. These are 2 minute gesture drawings made after doing 50 or so. I want to make sure I'm on the right track. I'm finding myself run out of time before the 2 minutes are up. I'm using a chalk pen on clip studio paint. Do you prefer learning with pressure sensitivity or not? Do you work traditionally or digitally? Thanks!
Hi Rika,
I think they look really good! For me it is a inspiration. The only critique I could think of is that the man in the last photo has a big torso/belly when you compare it to the photo.
Thanks for sharing.
