Introduction to Figure Construction
The Fundamentals
Form Intersections
Drawing Exercises
Proportions
Tying It All Together
Step by Step Workflow
Seated Poses
Step By Step Workflow: Adding Complexity
Hand Construction
Foot Construction
Dynamic Poses
Foreshortening
Figure Drawing Demonstrations
Student Critiques
Gesture
Rendering
An overview of basic proportion and landmarks for the human body.
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@jianmi
10d
Whenever I'm drawing the rib part, it kinda goes a bit roundish, making it a bit bulky, so i redraw it many times. Other than that i'm getting a hang of it. having fun!
@aub
26d
Proportion and landmarks.
Potion
28d
Had a blast with this once again :D
Super fun.
Potion
28d
Is there a jpeg or psd file you can share that shares the landmarks you did as a template for reference? Screen capping the lecture again and again is a bit hard XD
Piyush LALWANI
2mo
sir in anatomy we study that for male shoulder area would be a bit broder then pelvis and for female we study that pelvis would broder then shoulder. based on this chapter how can we make that rule in practise here ?
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2mo
This is a generic skeleton. If you'd like to change body type feel free to distort those distances.
@steady
3mo
Two things: Any tips on accurate head shapes? If I make the head too skinny or wide early on, the rest of the body will have the wrong width.
Second, we seem to be missing the part for the legs. This was very helpful and the top half of the body is definitely the most complicated, but I feel like it's still important to have the rough lengths of the legs included here. It looks like some folks may have already known these proportions or got the rest of this from the book?
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3mo
The head shape should determine the rest of the build. In the proportion lecture I begin with the head and build everything out from that measurement. The torso width, in other words, is directly related to my starting proportion.
I only give the rough proportion here for the legs as this isn't intended to be a skeleton lecture, just something to support construction. Otherwise, I always put the knee 1/2 between the bottom of pelvis and foot.
Kevin Patel
3mo
Should we be able to draw this from memory?
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3mo
I think you'll be able to eventually!
@lucastoonz86
4mo
thought I’d share these here, need to work on my draftsmanship I think
@boltart48
6mo
I wanted to try this again, I'm trying to relearn proportions and landmarks so that I have a better time with my figures.
@lucastoonz86
4mo
Hello I like the diagram one thing I noticed from the lesson is the scapula should start on the third below the neck that may solve your arm length problem as the total length should end at the bottom of the pelvis
sara keyes
6mo
@bumatehewok
7mo
I tried to follow along but it got a bit messy. I think my head was too wide to start and I needed readjust things.
This was very helpful though. I am going to start practicing breaking down individual parts in the way you showed.
Side note once you add the spine to the ribcage it kind of reminds me of a popsicle or a sign.
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7mo
Oh cool! A like that! I never thought of a popsicle or sign before. Thanks for that
Martin Vrkljan
7mo
I followed along, and a lot of this just made so much sense. The "1/2 & 1/3" system is such a nice simplification of what usually feels like a daunting thing.
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7mo
That's great! Well done
@jamesdraw
8mo
My 1st attempt at this exercise and one I definitely will return to for further improvement. Although I was not looking forward to doing something ' scientific ' I really enjoyed doing this and I can sense the benefits going forward.
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8mo
Great job!
@amaka45
8mo
Might need to do this assignment again at a large scale to get a better feel for the human proportions. What do you think?
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8mo
Looks like you have the basic idea! I still have to do these occasionally to refine and remember everything. It takes repetition. So ya, try one at a different size now and see how it feels.
@boltart48
8mo
Proportions is still something that haunts me when it comes to fundamentals, I'll most likely come back to this with the rest of the parts. using your book as reference.
@boltart48
8mo
I used the Landmarks Chapter from your book to apply the landmarks to the proportions. I'm going to do one more of this before moving on to the next chapter.
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8mo
Good start!
Adam Blake
9mo
I was paying attention. I swear! I might have forgot the legs.
Gannon Beck
9mo
Proportions notes.
I noticed that this explanation of proportions isn't in the book. Are there any major changes in how you teach the constructive approach from when you first wrote the book until now?
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9mo
Yes, definitely. I think the core ideas and approach is the same. However, in these videos I wanted to refine that approach and add little things I've learned here and there over the last 15 years.
@soffe
9mo
Very easy to understad.
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9mo
Great work!
@purpleart
9mo
Such a clear explanation of proportions, thank you, really great. At the end of the video you said you were going to go through a simple explanation of where the arm and leg landmarks sit. Is that in another video?
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9mo
In the following process videos I do go through simple ways to think about the placement of the arms and legs. However, because it isn't intended to be an anatomy class I don't go through the landmarks of the limbs. For a basic construction drawing of the figure I don't usually need these points for the development of cylinders.
@facebookmine2110
9mo
Hi! I have a question, how can i estimate the width of the torso when drawing different angles
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9mo
Well, the width is 2 heads wide when the figure is facing front/back and 1 head width from the profile. Based on these positions I estimate the degree of turn as being somewhere in between the two. It's not a perfect science but it at least gives me some guard rails.
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