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@crobinso24
Here is my painting. I feel like my rendering needs a lot of work. I mostly do concepts so I'm not used to taking things to a finished state
@crobinso24
here are some of the gesture studies i did, i think these are where It started to click for me. I’m just curious what else could make them more dynamic or read better?
Jesper Axelsson
Nice @crobinso24! Clean lines, good gesture and nice simplification! - Try to look for s-curves in the arm. Since you're able to find the main gesture of the arms, I would try to add a little more nuance to the gesture. I usually find one s-curve for the upper arm (the deltoid muscle being the first bump) and then one s-curve for the forearm and hand. But in some cases a single c-cruve for the whole arm works best... Gesture drawing can be done in multiple ways. I really like your simple clean gesture drawings, but I think it could be inspiring for you to watch and mimic Glenn Vilppu's and Mike Mattesi's ways of gesture drawing. They are really feeling through the poses and they ride with rhythm (back 'n' forthness) between the body parts. Your drawings show a good understanding of the big picture and I think that building on it, with more nuance and rhythm can take the drawings to the next level. Here's some videos Glenn Vilppu Drawing Demo by Glenn Vilppu Mike Mattesi Improving Line Quality and Rhythm – FORCE Series Part 1 Hope this helps :) Keep up the good work
@crobinso24
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I tried to follow along with the real time demo on the extreme angle Loomis lesson and obviously it didn't turn out right. I had some trouble finding the right place for the side plane also. it's my first attempt at extreme angles so it could've turned out worse.
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Planes of the Face
Hello, I'm looking for some critique for my drawing on planes of the face, I'm pretty happy with it overall but the eye on the right side is giving me some trouble. Any input is appreciated!
@crobinso24
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Here are my attempts at gesture. I have some experience drawing gesture but I've always struggled with it. I think knowing what to simplify or leave out can confuse me at times
Marcin
4yr
Hey man! Looks awesome. I'd work on getting some more contour's in there to show how the figure is moving towards and away from the viewer. I like to think of gesture as how the eye goes through the picture and how the parts connects. Listening to and Watching Glen VIlppu really made a lot of things click in my head. Here's a video of him on YouTube -> https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aOtVUHgJqQk It's a little different from what Proko teaches but you might enjoy it and find it as helpful as I did.
Bradwynn Jones
Try to get at the core of the flow of body parts…flow of spine, arms etc You can do this by looking for the main action line (like in this attached image). Main action line starts at the pit of the neck and S curves all the way down through the leg to the floor. It will cut through some anatomy (contours) to do this and that is required most times to get a great gesture. Finally look to make both sides of the leg forms to bend in the same flow relationship. )) is a flowing shape vs () no flow shape. It helps to visualize the legs and arms like snakes in that they are flowing and cylindrical. Good work and I hope that helps. These get easier with daily practice. Even just 20 minutes a day you will see huge return in investment.
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