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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! I’m not completely done with the course yet, but I just wanted to say it’s been incredibly useful so far!! I love the way I can see the stuff I learn apply in my own personal drawings! Tysm!
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9d
That's awesome! So happy to hear it.
I’ve now worked through your Figure Construction & Gesture courses and they been transformation for me - I can’t thank you enough.
I saw a comment from you a few months ago that you’ve already filmed an Anatomy Course - do you have any timelines on this coming out? I am raring to get stuck in.
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1mo
So glad you enjoyed the courses! Not too sure yet. Sorry to not have more information. As soon as I know more I'll update you.
Hey, how is this course different from Marc Bucci's 'Total Guide to Figure Drawing'?
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1mo
I couldn't say. I'm not familiar with Marc's course. Maybe someone else could help?
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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2mo
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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2mo
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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2mo
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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5mo
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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6mo
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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8mo
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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11mo
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.
Introduction to Figure Construction