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Arielle Ronin
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5mo
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Messed up the proportions. The fingers are too short (the boxes way too small) and the back of the hand too broad. Well was kinda afraid that it comes out bad so I kept myself from just experimenting. Think one can see this because the drawing and boxes look kind of constrained. Always interesting that the fear of making a mistakes leads to a poorer drawing than when one is relaxed and just enjoys the experience :O noticed this already a few times while participating in your course :)
Arielle Ronin
5mo
Tried straight again
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Wow that looks really amazing!!!
Since this looks very professional I gonna go for a very detailed feedback :)
I think the pose looks a little bit like you don't know exactly where to go. I did Muay Thai fighting for a few years and with these fighting poses there is always a very defined direction in which the force you apply go to. The base is always very solid (keep your arms and legs in your basic position to not loose balance) and only to block or attack you get a strong force in the diection you want to hit your opponent. In your pose the force of the knee is going to the front right and the hip of the character is twisted to the right so the hips direction is to the left. But in Muay Thai and MMA the force always comes from the hip and the shoulders. The arms and legs are more like an extension but the punch/kick comes always from the shoulder/hip. So I would adcive to either put the left leg in a position there it is pointed to the left (like the direction of the hip in your drawing) or to adjust the hip and the torso. Since the Torso and Hip/Leg direction go all over the place, he seems very unsolid and in a fight he would really fast loose his balance and be a nice prey :)
8mo
I strongly advice to view a few MMA fights (on slow-mo, bacause the fighters are so freaking fast that it's very hard sometimes to get what is going on) and there might be good explanations for fighting techniques on youtube or so. But be cautious, as a real figher I always get a strong headache on a lot of so called "MMA Fighters" on youtube who don't have the slightes idea how the rechniques work in the right way and are talking a lot of crap. The blocking and basic stand is so often a pain in the a**... So maybe there is a dojo or a fighting school in your town, they often allow to visit a few trainings for free. Maybe you can ask there to get a few techniques explained to get the overall concept or you study a few poses from artists who drew fighting manga or comic (nothing goes over the real though, cause in the comics and mangas I always see a lot of openings one could use in a real fight to apply a lot of damage to the opponent. But the poses need to look cool, so I get that for the artistic aspect).
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8mo
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Working on this was super fun! It was a nice way to practice pressure control on my pencil. Hopefully, I'll be able to rely less on erasers with time.
And... My proportions were off, so I ended up with a chonkier mouse.
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9mo
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2023/10/21. Good afternoon everybody. Here's my stylized hair study sheet num.6. Thanks and have a good week end.
9mo
Hi Marco! They look great! Since this is marked as "Asked for help" I think it's okay to give some feedback?
I like the short hair version very much :) For the one with the long hair I think you can push the direction of the hair a little bit more. The long strands in your drawing are going all in the same direction. But when you look at the photo, the hair flows in different directions. Like on her back of the head, the hair flowes away from the foint of view. In your drawing it flows to the right (I put a little arrot at the spot where I mean it). I think when you follow the flow of the hair more like in the reference picture it will look more natural :) (sorry for the wobbly lines in my drawing, tendinitis got me good)
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9mo
Thank you so much for your critique :) This course is so much fun and helpful! Thank you for all the effort and time you put in your project, demo and critiques videos. Your instructions are making drawing so much fun that it's pretty hard to put the pencil away :D It's like burning through those scetchbooks! :)
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9mo
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I tried level 1 on this quite a flow of an exercise. Please tell me if I took notes very well or just okay I would like to learn more on self taking notes. @Arielle Ronin here are some drawings that you ask for hope you like it.
9mo
Woah they look very cool :D I like how you capture the gesture so well and your proportions are very nice!!! Do you use the landmarks or any other technique for the messurement or do you simply have a good feeling for the fitting proportions? @Noe Luis
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10mo
hi y'all, HELP PLEASE. Where are level 1 people supposed to quit? I missed where the stopping point is. Here's 3 hrs & 2 tries & I can't find the forrest OR the trees! I haven't missed any lessons, done all the assignments, draw on my own, etc & this is way beyond me. Don't get me wrong, I want to learn how to draw people, but this is crazy. What am I doing wrong? Thank y'all for all the help
10mo
Did you watch stans Video on the landmarks of the human body? This helps a lot to get a fet orientation points
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10mo
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This course went from beginner to advanced real quick. Very frustrating, and the poses are too advanced and now seals make me cry.
10mo
I do think you capture the flow very good :) So you already see the important lines, so in my opinion you got the overall concept and the only thing lacking now is practise :) So keep up the good work!
I struggled with this exercise in the beginning too. Than I took one of the reference Photos and opened the video, where Stan is explaining how to indicate the head, the torso, legs and arms. I followed the instruction of the video and drew the head etx. exactly how he explained in the video. This took a while, but helped me a lot to get a hang of it
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10mo
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Tried the overhand grip. Not that easy to control, I struggle with this grip a lot with the line weight. But this is a very fun practice :D
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11mo
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I did a quick sketch of the reference photo. I would like some feedback on the proportions. Also did I capture the features well Im only asking this because I still struggle drawing out the features.
11mo
I put your picture over your reference in my Affinity Photo programm. The red lines are your drawing. I tried to match the lines as good as possible with the reference. Proko did a video on youtube how to do this with a drawing program. The Video is called "Learn Proportions FASTER with this Procreate Trick". Very helpful :) Hope this helps to get a good review for the proportions :) Keep up the good work!
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