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1mo
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Been a while posting, though was still practicing. These are two studies I worked on in the past 2 months.
The women from the back is the one I worked on right after I worked on the reference for this assignment. I was really trying to figure things out with core shadows and some of the definition of back muscles. At some point I had to step away and call it even though I could have fixed a great many things. I also didn't really attempt to render the objects, which I'm cool with because that's not the point.
The man from the front I just finished tonight. I feel like its a good deal of an improvement. I can see a dozen of things I'd do differently, like the face proportions are off, the hands are questionable, ect, but I'm really proud of what I was able to finish.
I'm hoping to do at least 1 finished study a month for the rest of the year, but should start thinking about which aspect I want to focus in on to improve.
Welcome to any feedback.
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3mo
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My first attempt at shading a full figure with this technique. I'm noticing that some of my foundational underlying lines that plot out the muscles are not as accurate as I would like, and those veins are....a challenge, esp when you make it one of the last things to work on and you want to wrap up.
I'm thinking things feel a little....rubbery or overly smooth with some of the shading transitions. I'll have to figure out how to handle that as well.
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3mo
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the anatomical layin. I dont have much knowledge about anatomy, so kinda referenced the jack hamm books. critiques are welcome

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3mo
Hi @Samuel Sanjaya looks like a good start. I would say looking at it you have some of the proportions off. The torso looks maybe a 1/3 too long, the arms and legs also look a little too long since they may be running off reference points along the torso. I think the head looks a little smaller than it could be, which is leading to the additional feeling that other parts are too long.
My suggestion would be take another pass at it with that in mind and do some measurements between major reference points to get more practice with proportions.
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4mo
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Hi all, I've been trying to get get in reps of measurements, resisting details. Initially, I had been using the methods prescribed in the course and while it had been accurate, I found the process fairly laborious when my goal also was to get a better eye for proportions.
I watched the Dorian Iten's Accuracy Guide that @Jesper Axelsson posted below and started feeling a lot better about the process. It feels looser and feels more intuitive. I think it might be a little less accurate but I try to still use my pen as a guide to sort of mix the methods. I will say that in both methods I have the same issues. That being the head size always being too small, same with the hands/feet.
My goal is to do probably a dozen more before moving forward. Also as an aside, while I know I'm still learning, the 5th measurement is pretty rough, which I attribute to being very tired and distracted when I did that one.
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5mo
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Having a really hard time adapting this to a digital environment. My big PC broke so now I can only use a small laptop screen or Ipad tablet for viewing pose photos. It's very hard to get good measurements from a small screen. Does anyone have any tips? Unfortunately, I don't have access to a printer that can print A3 images.
4mo
@kotka Since you listed A3 as a paper size, I'm going to assume you don't reside in the US, however, are there places you can send files to print easily? In the US, you can email/upload images to be printed and picked up within a few hours to drug stores like Walgreens/CVS or shipping stores like Fedex. That being said I also might assume those companies are meaningless to you :/
5mo
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Posting some warmup gestures to procrastinate the Richer Proportion homework and I got to say, after really struggling with gestures at the start of this course, I feel like I've made progress and it feels pretty good. Excuse the very light lines, I think I choose a brush size much smaller than I thought, then scaled things down to fit everything....
5mo
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Finished the last three poses, and I am mostly happy with them, though one of them I feel like I may have not quite finished around the chest.
Going to move on to proportions....errr after I watch the step by step
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5mo
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Alright, I did 8 of the 11 examples for the assignment, with plans to finish the last 3 mid-next week. I looked at the un-exaggerated first, went through my studies, and then looked at the exaggerated after. I also tried not to get too hung up if I matched the same type of exaggerated pose found in the example.
I do feel like I have some trouble figuring out how areas around the exaggeration will be affected. For instance, if the model pushes her pelvis forward, how should her legs be changed to compensate? I don't think it was a major problem, but something I noticed.
Going through the reps repeatedly felt pretty good, going through and comparing the various poses was pretty educational.
6mo
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Did 5 balance studies and 2 unbalanced. I probably have a few too many cross section lines the more I look at it, but you know when its a larger drawing it doesn't seem that bad.
I really tried to build a good foundation of the gesture up front, but not sure if that really comes through in the final product.
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Ok I swear this is the last time I'll post here, I've really got to move on to the next lesson, even if I'm really enjoying this one.
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2023/3/19. Good morning everybody. I draw objects from reality at least three times a week. Even though for 30 mins only I have to say that among the several and different exercises I do to improve my drawing skills this is the most effective way to enhance my ability to “see” things the way they are. Thanks and have a good Sunday.
6mo
@Marco Sordi I like your approach of drawing items from reality a few times a week. I would however recommend you try to at least apply some of the concepts from this lesson. I mean this on two levels.
1. To define more of an actual person's anatomy and flesh out where muscles and major parts of the body are. This helps you build a good foundation for figure drawing.
2. That being said if you are not looking to draw realistic figures as a goal I think at least applying some of the foreshadowing or volume lines could do you good as well. This helps the viewer understand better the shapes they are looking at, what directions they are facing and helps with things like shading/rendering later.
Attached is what I mean.
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If anyone has any advice or tips they can give to me I’d appreciate it!
6mo
Hi @Low Horvath, I love the number of different types of angles and attempts at the assignment.
Something I am noticing is you are using a sort of horizontal line to define the tube/organic shapes when I think you could benefit from also using vertical lines. I'm not 100% sure that my vertical/horizontal description is helping, but I also attached an image of what I was meaning. Overall I think it would better define the shapes, I'd also recommend watching the critique video of this section which goes over the same advice.
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Still getting back into Mannequinization, up to 10 at this point, probably will do at least 5 more before hitting balance.
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After a 3 month hiatus I'm picking back up where I left off last time. The rust is coming off but it maybe a few days before I get back to where I was.
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After finishing the video examples, I moved onto other references. I think at times I have a little trouble with joints and using them effectively to show the planes of certain points, ie the knee and elbow. I also find the top shoulder hard to understand, whether its a block shape or more of a curve.
Overall I think I'll be moving on from Mannequinization lessons, I still think at times my line quality is a little messy, but its just something I have to work on.
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my first attempt at manaqiunization. Gonna keep following along and getting better. But I wanted to share my first mannequin. It ain’t much but it’s honest work.
9mo
@Low Horvath Looking forward to seeing more work. I think its a good start.
I think the core pose is working, its just a few of the components around it that need a little work.
I'd say that the hips could have been softened a little, and the arms look foreshortened at parts, but the only thing telling me that is the shorter length on the left arm. In those cases and some of the thighs, 1-2 cross contour lines would have helped sell what direction, either towards or away from the camera.
The abdominal area has a strange unbalanced look that feels off like it thins out and widens at parts that feel off.
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9mo
Hello, @Dre Torres looking at your work I see a few things.
A. the overall gesture could use some work, specifically capturing the sort of unbalanced lurch forward in the image. With yours, he's a little more upright. His right leg also should be sticking out more as well.
B. I'm not seeing you capture some of the shapes, specifically with the chest, ribs, and hip area, that seem underdeveloped. From this angle, I feel like I should see more definition of the side lat, as well as the figure's hips, and rib cage. Instead, I see more boxy forms more like in the last lesson.
C. Some additional cross lines could give some of the forms a more defined and 3-d look, you do it a little in the right leg and left arm but this could be used elsewhere as well.
Thanks for posting!
Did my normal, screen cap the references and figure out the forms on my own, then go back and compare to the video using red lines to show the major differences.
Overall I think my line quality still needs some work, a few of the mannequins had maybe too many cross lines, but boy am I feeling good about my work overall.
I'll come back later this week to post the last references from the video.
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feels like gesture but with extra steps. I'm following along and i really appreciate how similar it is to gesture. seems like its just adding more plane changes and anatomy.
10mo
It definitely is a build on gesture and the robo bean, I've been thinking about it as, robo as the core area to start and building limbs/details out from there
I wrapped the last of the references, did a little cross referencing after I finished but overall really liked my progression. Still have issues with the chest for both genders.
I will say, and maybe it comes across, that I was really feeling example 11, outside of maybe the leg that is bent backwards, and the ribcage simplicity, I feel like I mostly nailed it.