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This course is an introduction to figure construction.
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This course is an introduction to figure construction. I go through the basics of drawing lines, building basic shapes, and using those tools to create complex anatomical forms.
Hello! First of all I want to say that your book is incredible! I learned a lot about shapes and gesture. Do you also cover the basic anatomy in this course? Like drawing muscles with ellipses etc. In any case I'm so glad that I studied your book!
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1d
Thank you! And no, this course is specifically dedicated to understanding the figure and its perspectives. No anatomy in this one.
Hello! This course looks really great, I just wanted to ask if it covers drawing figures from imagination. While I definitely want to enhance my understanding of the figure, I'm worried I'm too reference reliant. Is this a course that could help with that, or that I could follow along with and perhaps try the drawings from imagination as a personal second assignment? It would be great to know what you would recommend (or if I'm misguided and the solution would be something totally separate haha)
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4d
I don't discuss drawing from imagination in this course. This course covers how to understand and break the figure down into perspectives using reference as a start. The eventual goal is to understand the figure well enough that it can be visualized from any angle.
Mr. Hampton will you ever come out with a anatomy course I like the last three courses I’ve learned a lot
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14d
Glad you're enjoying the courses. Yes, at some point there will be an anatomy course. Not too sure when.
Hello Mr. Hampton.
I've gone through most of drawing basics course by Proko. I want to take this more seriously and continue learning. In your opinion, should I study figure construction and gesture before perspective?, I would like to take The perspective course by Mr. Vandruff as well as your courses, but I don't know which is the step that makes the most sense. I want to learn to draw comics, illustration and concept art, Im also interested in painting people, animals and landscapes.
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3mo
Good question! My default answer is you should always go with whatever is most exciting to you. There's really no right or wrong with sequence when studying (at least in my opinion).
That being said, my course requires some comfort with freehand cylinders and boxes. There won't be anything more technical than that. If you want something more comprehensive on perspective than I'd 100% take Marshal's course. Either way, I don't think you can go wrong.
Hope this helps
Hi Mr. Hampton! I bought your book and I'm following your free videos of figure construction, however my boxes keep coming out skinnier and super narrow at times. Is there something you advice me to improve or keep a look out for?
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4mo
Make sure you start them with the egg of the ribcage first. That egg is a proportional guide for the box and the lines of the box should touch the edges of the egg. This guarantees that you're just refining the established egg into something with more descriptive planes. If you're box is inside of OR outside of the egg you've missed their connection. Hope that helps!
I have a goal of becoming a professional illustrator. Would you recommend this as a course for such an endeavor, or should I start with one of your other courses and work through them in a specific order?
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6mo
A good order for all would be Gesture, Figure Construction, and last Head Construction.
Hard to say which would be best for an illustrator. Depends on what you're wanting to work on. Ya, maybe this one since it's got a little of everything in it.
Hope this helps
Apologies I'm a little confused and landed here after following your youtuvbe videos.
The gestures are very great way to setup a design but in this course, there doesnt seem to be a pathway which takes you from gestures to construction. In fact, its not even mentioned in the gestures course.
So.. it would be helpful to either update the coursework to reflect that, or tell us how those things tie together because as per lesson plan, gestures as second to last section in this course, but per your videos on YT, they seem to be the starting point, so i'm very lost..
Which course should I take first. should I take the gesture course or the figure construction first.Thank you
I would work with gesture first. He had an great technique and with gesture you can study many figures really quickly. You'll get better at drawing faster.
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10mo
Really depends on your interests. The Gesture course is an in depth look at how to start. The Construction course gets to the perspective aspects much more quickly but does give a broad overview of process. Hope this helps.
Can you put the subtitles in the download? English is not my native language, so I want to use translation software to read them after downloading. It's really painful for me to understand right now.
I'm not buy this course yet but I'm using your method I want feedback back how can I share my pics figure drawing poses
Hello Mr. Hampton, I'm loving all the courses. You've been my favorite anatomy artist and instructor for close to a decade. Any chance, you add more anatomy courses like getting into the torso, leg, and arms and designing the individual muscles, followed by shading (Light/Shadow) the body and head? Sort of like your brainstorm course. I don't have much time so I can't take a course like that, since I have do self pace due to work. Thank you so much! You are legendary!
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1yr
Hey Michael! Thanks so much. That's very kind of you. The most recent thing filmed with Proko is a course on drapery. That should come out sometime this year! Nothing yet on anatomy or shading, I'll definitely keep it in mind though. Again, thanks so much for the note.
Hey Michael, does this course have a "syllabus", ie "Week one is videos XYZ and assignments 123, Week two is..." or is it just "Go through the course as you have time and understanding of the materials"?
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1yr
Hi. The course is laid out in linear progression beginning with an abstract understanding of form and perspective and building into an organic figure construction. Unfortunately, there is not a formal syllabus. However, I hope everything is organized in a way that you wouldn't need it. Hope this helps!
Would doing your gesture course followed by this course be a good learning order?
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1yr
I do! And then Head Construction would be after that.
is there a difference between this course and your book/youtube?
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1yr
There's a lot of overlap for sure.
What's the difference between this course and Stan's Figure Drawing Fundamentals?
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1yr
Not too sure. This course sticks to understanding perspective construction of the figure. I imagine Stans course is a little more comprehensive. I'd check out the lesson breakdowns in each.
Advice on the sequence of learning between gesture, anatomy and construction. Does this course help with anatomy? Or would that be a prerequisite. Thank you.
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1yr
This course would cover the skeleton and construction. So, the step prior to anatomy
How frequent are feedbacks usually given?
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1yr
All of the recorded feedback for this class has already been filmed and put up.
I've been working through this course for several weeks now and have been practicing the lesson material each day, and I feel I'm really making progress with my figure drawing. If anyone is on the fence about taking this course, just do it. Introduction to figure construction was a game changer for me. I'm not even through the whole course yet and already I can see how my technique and thought process has changed. I'm really happy with how my figure drawings are starting to look and its given me confidence in knowing that I can progress with my sketching abilities if I put in the time. When I do finally finish this course, I'll just work through it several more times to be honest. Thank you so much Michael Hampton!
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1yr
Awesome! So happy to hear this. Looking good, Nate! Keep it up.
Introduction to Figure Construction