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Julian Blake
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4mo
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Dear @Stan Prokopenko and @Mike Mattesi I have learned so much from you, and I can usually get ok-ish gesture drawings thanks to your lessons, but I have an incredibly hard time trying to draw people in relaxed poses: people sitting at a café, waiting for the bus, eating at a restaurant or just casually walking. Do you have any tips to be able to draw this poses were nothing really stands out and I just can't see many rhythms or force to draw an interesting shape? I really like urban sketching, and of course people are not doing any stretching or weird movements, and I find my drawings all stiff and with no interesting shapes. Any tips to improve my drawings of people not really moving? Thank you so much for your help!
Julian Blake
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5mo
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I just finished the lessons today, so I didn't have time to do all 20, but I gave it a shot. I still struggle with that jaw in perspective and with the jaw length and width.
Julian Blake
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5mo
Is it my impression, or the steps 8, 9, 10, and 11 were kindda rushed in the editing? I didn't really get the full process in those steps.
Julian Blake
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5mo
Holy Smokes, Mr @Michael Hampton I am a bit ashamed to ask this question after all the lessons and exercises (which I have seen and done. I'm just missing the latest one) but I am still confused with the brow line, and the length and width of the jaw. I mean, is there like a "landmark" for the eyebrow position, like the center line of the sphere in the Loomis method? I understand the "glasses" metaphor for the angle, but I mean the initial placement. How high or low in the ball is the initial brow line? How do I know if I'm placing it correctly? In the exercises I was just guessing based on the reference. Regarding the length, you explained is 1/3 of the total space of the head in the front, but how about in the extreme poses? How do I know if I am shortening or lengthening my lines too much? Is there a point of reference, a landmark in the ball, or in those angles or something to measure? Same thing with jaw width. Do I just guess by eye? I hope you or anyone in the community can help me. Thank you so much in advance.
Dave Sakamoto
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5mo
Asked for help
Hello! Here are more 4 Step Method examples. I struggled with the bottom planes of the jaw.
Julian Blake
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5mo
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Hi, I know it is quite late, but I still wanted to give it a try. I still steuggle with the length and width of the jaw, and the perspectives, but here they go. Any comments are most appreciated.
@lightsdesu
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5mo
Hey Michael Hampton, Thanks for the class lessons and critiques. I was hoping you can help me understand the equatorial line? The equatorial line cuts the sphere in half, and that determines the brow to ear relation? For some reason I cant fully grasp it. I end up putting the brow line much higher or lower than the relationship of thirds of the face.
Julian Blake
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6mo
Thanks for this lesson, Mr Hampton! I have a question. Will later in the course be mentioned how to identify "landmarks" even for this basic constructions of the head? I mean, you mentioned that the ball is like 3/4 of the head. Is there such a reference for, let's say, identify where to put the eyebrow? Something like in Loomis' head where you put in in the centre of the ball. I'm a true beginner, so I get lost without references like this. Thanks!
Julian Blake
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6mo
Asked for help
BEHOLD!! This is where my two main weaknesses meet and make me shake in awe and fear: line quality and cross-contour lines! My hand is so stiff, man! I always have a really hard time creating C curves that feel rounded and maintaining the form. Let alone being able to make the cross contour lines on a vertical plane to really make it feel 3d, but I gave it a shot anyways!