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Self figure drawing
2yr
Avshin
Guys i really would like to hear your opinion about gesture proportions and mannequinisation
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Tristan Tristan
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Hello, these are some of the mannequin drawings. I am struggling and any help will be appreciated.
Steve Lenze
Hey Tristan, It's important to maintain the gesture of the pose as you move into this stage of adding structure, or your drawings will fall apart. For the most part your proportions are pretty good, but your poses all got very stiff. What I do is start with a gesture drawing, then build the mannequin on top so that I don't loose the gesture. I did a quick sketch to show you what I mean, I hope it helps :)
Jon Passig
2yr
When I look at these it kind of reminds me of a problem I had not too long ago where I had a very subconscious fear of overlap. I don't have a good method to prescribe for getting rid of it, but I have a hunch that practicing some more base gesture, and slowly integrating those into shapes would prove helpful. Lately I discovered what Ryan Woodward would describe as 'lines of rhythm' in his published sketchbook. The idea is similar to the concept of line of action, except a little less limiting. You're just feeling out the energy and larger rhythms of a pose, and with a charcoal pencil on paper and practicing some pressure control, you can really feel out the sensation of foreshortening as you over lap them in space. I hope that doesn't come off as a terribly b.s response. You just already seem to have the proportion and perspective of these pretty well down so me saying "draw da box bettah" wouldn't feel right lol
Tristan Tristan
These are the references
Steve Lenze
Hey Avşin, I like your drawing, it has a nice relaxed feel about it. As far as proportion, the head is too large for the body and the lower legs are also a bit short. The gesture is kind of stiff because you drew the torso tilting forward, but there is no arch in the back, it just comes straight down. This stiffens up the gesture and makes the perspective not make sense. I did a quick sketch to show you some of the things I think would help you, I hope it is useful to you :)
Avshin
2yr
Wow thank you for reviewing
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