
Linus Lehmann
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1mo
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This is my stage 2 drawing.
@David Colman Thank you so much for this course! Especially the feedback was invaluable. I think of all the drawingbooks and courses i have taken so far(and most of them where great), this one has helped me the most! I am very much looking forward to future courses. I personally hope for big cats or bears (but I really like all animals).
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1mo
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More Explorations and Orang Utan poses.
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1mo
Thank you very much for including in the video and for the feedback! I really appreciate it! Here are my first videofootage-drawings after watching this video, I tried to implement the feedback. I also used some yt-videos of orang utans for reference.
2mo
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These are my explorations of an orang utan - anglerfish. On the last picture are the referencepictures i used for the breakdowns. On the first page are the breakdowns.
@David Colman I tried to follow your feedback to really workout the forms and to take the necessary time, to take it a step further, and i think it is very helpful!
Looking at my explorations now I think that in some of them the attachment of the legs and pelvis to the upperbody seems a bit weird, I will give more thought to that in future drawings.
I think I will start to work on a finished design next. Any Feedback would be very welcome!
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3mo
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Here are my studies. Theyr a little messy, loose and not very detailed as these sketches were done in about 5-15 minutes.

Linus Lehmann
3mo
Very good drawings. I think you have good proportions, a balanced use of straights and curves and some understanding of the 3d form. I think you should try to draw some skeletons from imagination from a different angle. And you could also try to draw skeletons in a few different poses from imagination. This is a great way to find out how good your understanding of the flow of the bones and their 3d volumes really is. Hope this is helpful.
3mo
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Here are some of my newer breakdowns.
I started with the breakdown, than did some breakdowns of some of the details, when i felt that it might help. Than i drew different angles or poses from imagination.
I tried to follow the feedback and make the breakdowns more clear, and tried to take my time with them. For some reason it was hard for me to not go too fast (I often had to remind myself to take the necessary time) but I tried to do my best.
Feedback is always very welcome.
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4mo
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A few of my most recent video-footage studies. I used a thicker pen, and tried to be more effecient with my lines, while trying to stay energetic and improve my poses.
The first three pages are from the videofootage, the last two pages are from imagination.
Any Feedback is always very welcome.
4mo
Thank you very much for the critique, it is an honor to be included in the video again! I feel very flattered that you like my drawings. Here are my first muscle study attempts after watching. I did some poses and tried to consider the things you mentioned.
5mo
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My first attempts. For the breakdown i used the fotos from the videos. I will definitly try some with other references, and other species than bats aswell. Feedback is very welcome.
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7mo
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Here are some of today’s practice. Any feedback is helpful, Thanks!
5mo
Looking at your drawings again, i really like how volumetric many of your video-drawings are, that is something, that i try to improve in my own videodrawings right now. I think it might be a good next step to give more consideration to the actual bones and muscles, like shoulder muscles instead of just a ball, biceps and triceps instead of a a tube. But as i said i think your studies are great as they are, it would just be a way to practice anatomy while studying poses.
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5mo
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Some of my recent videofootage studies, im trying to give a bit more consideration to the volumes, perspective and muscles. I think they are better than the ones i posted two months ago. The first four pages are from the videofootage, the last two from imagination. Will continue to practice these. Feedback is very appreciated.
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5mo
Thank you so much for the feedback and tips! I feel very honored to be in the video. And the critiques of the other students works were very helpful as well. These are my first attempts trying to consider the things you mentioned. I will continue to study these and will rewatch the video many times for sure.
5mo
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As suggested i continued to study the muscles, and think im improving and am starting to remember more when drawing from imagination. Though i still need a bit more study, i still struggle a bit with the forearm groups, and with some more uncommon angles. I found it helpful to consider the perspective a bit, because that way i had to know the exact locations of the muscles.
Will continue to study but thought id post my recent drawings. Feedback is always very welcome.
6mo
Good drawings! I think your proportions are quite good, and i like that you tried some poses. You should definitly continue doing these. I think it would really benefit you to focus on the threedimensional volumes. Try to come up with some simplified forms for the ribcage and other bones. You need to be able to draw these volumes from imagination/memory in different angles. When you draw your videofootage/life-drawings you should start to become aware of these volumes (with the ribcage probalbly beeing the first one.)
7mo
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I would always first draw the pose from the picture, and than try to imagine it from another angle. Sometimes it was quite hard to imagine another angle but it helped alot to get a better understanding of the threedimensionality of the forms.
I think i will focus on further muscle- and life/videofootage-studies for now, but will do some more fantasy reference-studies soon again. Feedback is appreciated
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7mo
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This is how my current studies from the videofootage look like.
The first five pages are from the reference videos. I found it quite difficult to remember enaugh of the poses, especially in the ones with more movement. And i seem to have trouble with the gorilla proportions.
On the last page i drew some from memory/imagination.
Feedback on what i should focus on in my next studies/memory sketches would be appreciated.
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7mo
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Today i was at a local museum to draw their orang utan skeleton. I have drawn in public before but im still not completly used to it. Im fine with strangers walking by and looking at my drawings but of course i want them like my drawings too. I especially felt that today because i tried to focus on learning instead of making a pretty copy. I really liked the overall experience though, to see an actual skeleton and to compare an orang utan skelton to the chimpmodel (they are very similar but still a little different).
They also had some stuffed monkeys, i drew some on the third page.
7mo
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Attached are some quick skeleton studies from imagination. Feedback is appreciated
7mo
Great poses, they are very entertaining! Anatomicaly the only thing i can think of would be to maybe add the shoulderblade if you want to go a bit more realistic. Otherwise i think the thing you could try to challenge yourself would be to try some more difficult cameraangles.
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7mo
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Additional skull studies from reference
7mo
These are very beautiful. And good job with showing the volumes. I think you should do some from memory/imagination in some poses to find out how much you remember and can access easily.
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7mo
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Here are some Chimp studies, mostly. The front one is a Gorilla. I used photos and 3D skeleton model for references
7mo
I really like these studys and i would like to see more. I think you did a very good job with finding the positions and shapes of the muscles. And i think your poses are great, i especially enjoy the the one walking toward us. I feel the thing that would help you in your next studies would be to "feel" the actions and movements of the muscles. Like how the chest and deltoid would be under tension or stretched out when the arm is lifted. How the triceps would be stretched and the biceps thightend when the arm forearm is lifted. And the other way around when the arm is just hanging. Hope that it helps.
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