Learn how gesture creates movement, rhythm, and storytelling in art through studies of Rubens, Rodin, and modern character design.
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Jay Nightshade
20h
I just started digital drawing so I am really struggling with line quality, but I was kinda proud of this one. Any feedback would be much appreciated. Keep up the awesome work everyone. I really enjoy seeing everyone's progress!
Amani Noor (Amu)
19h
These lines look great! If you want a bit more taper on them you can turn on pressure opacity in photoshop. If you're working in procreate, you can try to buy a brush pack that has brushes with pressure opacity. That will fade your lines off at the ends to make the stroke more tapered. Hope this helps!
Amani Noor (Amu)
1d
I loved the demos; they were super helpful! A question though. Is better to draw one line through the form (like an arm or leg) or alternating lines on either side of the form? Sometimes I'm not sure what sort of line I should be using.
Ari a
3d
I wanted to ask for a feedback. Do I do it right? I'm not sure about it. Also I don't know if I should use a pencil or a black ink pen. According to drawabox we should only use black ink pen but I don't know what's better.

Rafael
1d
I am also doing drawabox and NO YOU SHOULD NOT ONLY USE BLACK INK PEN. Those instructions are for the drawabox challenges ONLY, and they explicitly say you can use whatever you want outside of those challenges, even encouraging you to explore other mediums.
@struppsi2
3d
I'm not qualified to answer what might be right or wrong, just a few thoughts as input for you to work with. Regarding the question of ink vs. pencil - I think it heavily depends on what you want to learn, study, achieve... I never studied with drawabox but the reasons I have heard a couple of times for using ink was that as soon as you've put your lines down on paper they can't be erased. you have to make your mistakes and learn from them - knowing you can't wipe them away therefore should act as an instrument to develop a conscious and clear linework. I do this every now and again and it can be a lot of fun. with pencil you have a different and more versatile toolkit; you can use different degrees of pressure, you can work with the tip of the pencil or the broader side of the tip (english is not my first language, I hope it is clear what I mean) - so all in all there are a lot of ways to play around with the weight of your lines ...
So finally - and this really should be continued by someone *way better than me* - regarding your drawings I think they lean towards a defintion of the figure by its outlines; the way I understood Michael first lessons here he rather wants us to break away from that and develop an approach where every line we put down in the early stages of a drawing is a representation of one of the essential parts of the human body and as such express the pose in the way those lines "flow" into and out of each other ... that's why often times the joints are indicated by the open space those lines create/define...
and I think your drawings suffer a bit in the way that there is not a lot variation in line weight so every line "demands" the same "attention" as the other so they suffer a bit in their "descriptive" nature ...
take all this with a grain of salt - it's hard for me to put my thoughts down in english & I lack the competence in drawing and in teaching how to draw
Maria Bygrove
3d
Drawing along with the demo. Just posting to keep myself accountable and actively learning, not just watching the videos.

@aamado
4d
Absolutely love the analysis of the figure and the conversations you’re having while you’re drawing. When i draw I lack this internal dialogue and I’m focus on copying. / how to be technically better Hearing that dialogue is helpful to understand how you’re thinking/ approaching the problem.

@andy_essayer
4d
around 10:40 - 11:05 , English subtitles missing
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4d
Thanks for catching that! I alerted the folks who need to know and the subtitles will be fixed soon!
Josh Fiddler
4d
Once again, just the sheer volume of knowledge. I know you kinda self-deprecate about "all the talking" but honestly, it's a feature, not a bug! Hearing you bring historical context to Rubens and Rodin it so valuable. Just talking through the grouping of figures, relating what we're seeing to the zeitgeist in art at the time makes everything more engaging for me, you know? More of the "why" we make art, and not just the "how".

Ron Kempke
5d
I'm hoping you're eventually going to take us through the entire drawing process, from the beginning gesture marks to the final drawing, so we can see how the final is created from the gesture. I've never been able to make that leap, so I'm hoping you can clear it up for me with a step-by-step demonstration.
Josh Fiddler
4d
He's got the Figure Construction course that starts with gesture and he builds up from that to rendering.
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5d
Hey Ron, this course just goes through gesture and not my entire drawing process. I have a number of videos on you tube that would show that for you though.
Verlin
5d
Can you make a video to explain to us the différent types of brushes you use to draw?
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5d
I only use a Photoshop stock round brush. You can find it here if you're interested
https://michaelhampton.gumroad.com/l/brushes?_gl=1*1x1y961*_ga*MTM1ODQxNTI3Mi4xNzE1NzkxMjI1*_ga_6LJN6D94N6*MTcyNjA2OTIzOS42LjEuMTcyNjA2OTI3Ny4wLjAuMA.
Blane Nasveschuk
5d
Hearing your interpretation and the stories you see, very helpful!
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Educator, painter, writer, and art historian. Author of Figure Drawing: Design and Invention.