Figure Drawing Fundamentals
Gesture
The Bean
Structure
Landmarks
Robo Bean
Mannequinization
Balance
Exaggeration
Proportions
Measuring
Shading
Figure Drawing Demo
Closing Thoughts
Examples of the Robo Bean Tilting.
Newest
Filippo Galli
5mo
Just imagine I didn't forget to post these ones.
Gannon Beck
6mo
Drawing along with Stan.
Alexia BF
10mo
Oof, that was harder than I thought, but I enjoyed the process! Slowly getting there. :)
@slyx
1yr
1.st attempt is observation only 2nd is watching stan do it 3rd is again only observation. I would really appreciate feedback on these as they are quite challenging. Sometimes I'll have difficulty determining whether i need to show the top or botton plane(like in the ones i've pointed out) any tips there i would appreciate, thanks!
Eveline Rupenko
2yr
Copying along, its really hard to catch the same dynamic as Stan does on my own!
Jean-Nicolas Bouchard
1yr
nice shapes!
Samuel Sanjaya
2yr
this is my attempt at tilting robo bean, i hope i can get some feedbacks on this. i feel that i start to "get" it, i just hope i dont misunderstand things.
Jean-Nicolas Bouchard
1yr
I feel the lines that connect the two shapes should be more fluid and your overall linework would gain from staying gestural up until you finish the "robo bean". I think you get the main concepts of the excercise though. Try to exagerate the poses a bit more so your torsos end up less static in the end. Keep it up!
Jeanne Bowman
2yr
Hi! I am really struggling with this and thought I might ask for some assistance. I am drawing the pose before Stan does, and then copying what he draws in order to compare mine to his. I keep making the same mistakes over and over- even though I am aware of the mistakes, like putting too much space between the ribcage and pelvis, or picking the wrong angles. Does anyone have any advice for me on how to fix this issue? On the last pose, I even drew it one way and then erased it and drew the torso again based on a previous pose because I thought I was making the same mistake, but when Stan drew it, he actually drew it the way I had started with! It is getting frustrating and I'm worried I will get too hung up on it. Anyway, my attempt is generally always on the left and his is on the right. Thank you for any advice!
Benjamin Green
2yr
It's difficult to get all the angles and proportions exactly right; probably the hardest part about drawing anything. Be patient with yourself, it will click. Especially as you learn more anatomy and keep drawing things in proportions. They look pretty good to me though. There are ways to check your work using tangents and negative space and measuring using your pencil, or observing the relationships between the different body parts, etc. Another thing you could do is take the original reference and print it out. Then take the vanishing points for the boxes and draw them back to the vanishing point. Observe how it looks when you do this and try to get a feel for this. It took me months before I could draw boxes in perspective properly and I still struggle with this to be honest because Vanishing points off the page are tough. You could find a box as a 3d model and practice drawing them in the correct orientations with that too. Anyway, hopefully this helps!
Helen Ali
2yr
Jean-Nicolas Bouchard
1yr
Hi Helen, you should emphasise on the quality of your linework. Don't forget "the line of action" from the beginning and the gestural approach to the drawing when you start a new pose. Get the move, and then make it 3D. Repeat drawing boxes and have fun drawing. Have a good day!
Chris Martin
2yr
I should slow down, line work is real bad in this one.
@pmak22
2yr
Working off the references from the video, but only watching Stan after taking a pass at the references. The big think I'm noticing at this point is sometimes either showing too much of the top of the tilt or entirely showing something that should be out of view, meaning the angle was wrong. Overall mostly there but two of the drawings were off with the mistake described above.
Sandra Süsser
3yr
Robo Bean - Tilt Studies
@persona937
3yr
CHARLES DEIGHAN
3yr
Robo-bean, tilt.
Grant H
3yr
My attempts at the tilting robo beans. I'm pretty happy with them. They came out a lot better once I started drawing the regular bean in lightly first, then adding the boxes on top of that. All critiques welcome.
instant
1yr
getting better at reading orientation - despite which errors occur
Vincent Mokuenko
3yr
Here are some attempts at the robo bean, I think I messed up the 4th, the rib cage should have been more tilted toward the left I believe.
Diana Mata
3yr
Hi Vincent. On number 4, I think you should be able to see the bottom of the hip box.
Michael Burge
3yr
Here are some of the tilt robo-bean. Still can't figure out which plane should be showing. Top or Bottom.
Dylan Gabriel
3yr
Hey, these look like a good start. I drew on top of my reference to learn the planes. Basically just put a dot at each landmark and then draw the lines connecting them. The more you do the more obvious it will become to know what you are looking at.
Jasper Connors
3yr
Robo - Bean tilt
would appreciate any critiques
James Mayr
4yr
Asked for help
As @Liandro Roger mention
I did the following things:
- removed the initial construction lines after drawing with a knead eraser.
- keep in mind that I should focus on the landmarks to figure out, how the objects are oriented in space.
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4yr
These look pretty good, @James Mayr! One more thing to look out for is the proportion between the boxes. If you follow the landmarks, you'll have a greater chance of getting proportions closer to accurate, but sometimes our eyes are tricked when trying to find the landmarks on the model, so, ver when using the landmarks, it doesn't hurt to check within your drawing if the boxes have coherent proportions between one another. A good rule of thumb is to make the height of the bottom box about 3/4 of the top box's height. Keep it up!
Margaret Langston
4yr
Robobean Tilt
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4yr
Great work, @Margaret Langston!
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