Steve Lenze
Colorado
Professional artist from the animation industry.
traditional 2D animation.
storyboard.
character design.
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Steve Lenze
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6d
added comment inDrawing tables or just tables?
Regular tables are flat, so when you draw, it can distort your drawing and skew your proportions.
Jerome
6d
Hmm right. Thanks
I like this pose, it's very cool.
I can see the rhythms you are using for the legs, but for me, I look for rhythms through the whole body and the limbs. I did a quick sketch to show you how I do it, I hope you can see some value in it :)
Steve Lenze
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12d
The issue I see in your values is that they are not creating form and you are using lights in the shadows that is killing the illusion of depth.
It's best to start with a few values. In the example I have included, I start with just 4 values to establish lights and darks. Then add more values to finish the rendering. I hope this helps :)
Steve Lenze
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19d
Hey Bill,
You captured the expression pretty well, but the drawing is out of proportion. I suggest you start by building the structure of the head first to work out the proportions before you go to details. Also, pay attention to the angles of the features such as the eyes.
As far as the painting part, you need to compress the values more. The lights in the shadow side of the face are too light. Make sure you compare the values throughout the painting to create the right values.
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Let me know if you see anything off in my anatomy tracing! I usually group the muscles of the forearms and lower legs, so those areas took me a while longer.
Steve Lenze
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25d
The biggest issue is that there is no separation of light and dark. There needs to be a clear light direction so that all the elements in your painting have dimension and don't read as flat.
Steve Lenze
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25d
The proportions on this drawing is pretty nice. The one way to start the drawing is to mark the top and bottom, and then measure the width with your charcoal pencil. I hope this helps :)
Steve Lenze
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25d
Hey Frog, I really like your design and drawing, really nice job.
I thought about what you are struggling with so I did a quick drawing to show you how you could see it differently. This is just an iteration of what you already did, but I hope it helps.
Steve Lenze
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26d
Besides the drawing advise you already got, I wanted to talk about your values.
The figure overall is too light, especially the shadows. You also made the reflected light too light causing the figure to look like it is cut out and pasted onto the background. I did a quick paint over to show you what I mean, I hope it helps :)
