Box Men Scenes

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Box Men Scenes

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Steven Zapata

in Drawing Exercises for Beginners

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Assignment

Try making some of your own box scenes! Don't worry about detail. Remember, once you have a basic layout, you can layer details on top. This exercise is geared towards getting you to think about complete ideas as you're drawing.

Nicole Guz

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4mo

I cant do imagination yet. I dont have too much exposure to human bodies. But I like it as a practice for proportions!

@katygus

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2yr

Box scene hw. Proportions are really challenging for me. I also did A LOT of erasing and starting over to get realistic looking positions. I think only drawing for a few minutes each time I pick this up probably makes the consistency more challenging. But, I do feel like I’m getting better.

Antti Kallinen

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2yr

I think these are pretty good for what this is, practice. You should continue to do these, and In my opinion doing more of these with less rendering, and not worrying if they are "good" is the key. Having fun with this exercise will be enough just to train you ability to see a scene in your minds eye. Word of warning, I'm bad with this but what I said has helped me.

Francesca D'Oriano

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3yr

any chance of a video on how to draw Box Women? finding the shapes of women much more challenging as a box version

@kemon

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3yr

The scene drawn by Steven in this video is occupied by figures but in the finished drawing would all be men. There are no boxed men or boxed women really. I suppose you could make some boxes smaller and others bigger but don't get hung up on details, they need to be simple forms while giving enough visual information to make it look like a figure in space. if you or any artist wanted a less boxy look as a foundation for drawing a more feminine figure this artist could use circles and ovals instead of boxes. But this is actually harder then it sounds. When drawing a scene in perspective, unless you've done this hundreds of times it will be very hard to draw a figure in perspective using circles and ovals. Without cross contour lines those circles and ovals have no "depth", they dont look like spheres they look like circles. The boxes help the learner see the figure in perspective much easier. Drawing figures from many different perspectives really gives the student a working knowledge of thinking/drawing in 3d space.

@gothamdemon

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3yr

Box Scene HW. At first didn't have a clue to start but after just trying it out I got more out of it as I made some scenes in a comic book format. Any feedback is welcomed!

Isaiah

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3yr

I probably put more effort into these than I needed to, as the spirit of these exercises is supposed to be loose, free, and unpolished. Nevertheless, I had a lot of fun. The most problematic of my submissions is likely the one I did in physical media. Compositionally, if I were to remake and develop it, I would increase the physical distance between the foreground figure and the man holding the balloon in the distance. Originally, I had envisioned a "multitude" gathered at the foot of the precipice; however, by the time I drew the couple just in front of the foreground figure, I felt that I was running out of good places to put additional figures. Adding more physical space in the environment would help, as would doing some thumbnail iterations. I wanted to see if I could convey the lighting scenario I had in mind for the scene. I colored the image with marker and colored pencil. But my lack of skill showed through. It came out looking muddy. My digital submission felt easier. The shading of the box men was not coming out exactly as I wanted it. The right wall should probably be more in shadow. I definitely have more to learn about shading/light.

Tena

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3yr

Ok, I'm kind of spooked because this doesn't seem beginner at all. But it is what it is, so I YOLOed this one from imagination

@kemon

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3yr

Your box human is quite good. This is simply a base for drawing the human figure. The better you can make these boxed figures look more life like the better your finished drawing will look. Life like in terms like - does it have a natural or awkward suggestion of movement but not meaning a finished render. The finished part comes way later. I would say going for complete accuracy right now is not important. If all you wanted to do was draw a human what you have here is about all you need as a base form. Of course there's room for improvement but that will come with practice and in time, there's no need to get spooked. These are great exercises for the beginner. These are foundations that need to be practiced a lot and applied even as you get better.

@jezdurant

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3yr

Is it worth getting hold of a bendy artists manequin or is it best to draw from imagination? Thanks

Elior Nagar

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3yr

what exactly does mileage mean? I assume that it means just how much you draw but I'v seen a lot of definition's online and I just want an offical answer

Steven Zapata

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3yr

Well, there's definitely no "official" answers in art, but I think of it as just how much you draw. It does mean something on its own even separated from what or how you're drawing, as it gives you ease and relaxation when you draw and an intimate knowledge of what your medium does when applied in a variety of ways. When I advise someone to "get more mileage" I mean fill multiple sketchbooks with who-cares-what just fill 'em!

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