Lai Yu-Hsuan
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I'v got some questions on this one!
1) What's the valleys below shoulder blades (blue lines)? Are they serratus anterior under lats? And why Proko chose to not draw them at all, even when they're very visible on the photo?
2) What's the protrusion between right lat and flank fat (red line)? Is it 10th rib? If so, is what we see a part of external oblique?
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Real-time search and favorite lessons4yr
I've got two ideas on how to make it easier to navigate this site:
1) Real-time search. Display the most relevant results under the search bar while the user is typing. It can introduce some extra loading on the server-side, but I think it's not that bad considering the number of lessons are rather manageable (even if Proko turns into the biggest art education site in the world, I doubt there will be more than a hundred thousand lessons).
2) Favorite lessons. Let users save a lesson into a "favorite" tab (probably accessible from the dashboard). Some lessons are more likely to be re-watched than others. I personally watched the gesture lesson for about 10 times.
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Before talking about future courses... my biggest wish is Proko completing the leg muscle ebooks :)
I got some questions!
1) Do you think old masters' works more worth studying than modern ones?
2) How does one ensure he actually learned something from the masterpieces, instead of just mindlessly copying them?
3) Should a beginner focus more on studying reality (still life, models, photos) or masters' works?
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I tried to mannequinize some figures. I got the idea of using boxes and cylinders, but I found it extra difficult to connect those boxes together (like at deltoid, glutes, etc). I marked some parts that I specifically struggled with on the picture. Please share your critiques :)
Another question: Proko stated one should always draw the gesture first before the mannequin. Does it hold true in the case of, say that I'm using a reference, but drawing the pose at a different angle than the reference shows? I know how to rotate a box in perspective, but it seems unbelievably difficult to "rotate a gesture" in perspective.
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What's a "help request"?4yr
When posting at discussion section one can mark the post as a "help request". But what does it actually mean? I think most people'd post for 1) clarification on the course content 2) critiques for their assignments. So almost every post would be, in some sense, a help request..?
Ya that's something that's been on my mind. Not sure how to prevent people from abusing it. The reason this is even a question is because we have some gamification features that are currently hidden (need to test with real data before launching). As you use the site, you get points for most actions and possibly awarded with badges. If people can manually mark things as done, some will abuse it to try to get more badges. Students who are actually here to study and keep track of progress shouldn't have a worse experience just because some might abuse it. So I think we'll be able to figure it out. Just have to give it some thought.
Lai Yu-Hsuan
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But if someone wants to cheat what prevents them? They can just quickly skip the videos right? Unless one has to submit assignments (and get peer-reviewed or instructor-reviewed) to mark a lesson completed? "Video watched" doesn't seem to be a good way to track progress anyway.
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I'm a bit scared of giving away the obj files of our anatomy model. The time and money I've spent creating them is crazy... I think if I do decide to release them, they would be a separate purchase from the anatomy course, and with a few license options.
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Yeah, that's understandable. I think many people would be willing to buy them if sold for a reasonable price.
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"1. Regarding the lessons"
Not sure exactly what you mean by 3D models and ebooks are buried. If you select a course and click on the lessons tab, you'll see all the lessons related to any specific topic. For example see my image below of the biceps lessons.
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On the old site all the 3D models are embedded in one single page, so one can load them with a single click. Now it's two clicks. The same goes with ebooks.
It doesn't personally bother me, but he's got a point.
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(I asked this in Facebook group before but I found myself confused again...)
Now I understand the "centerline" isn't actually spine, and it's more like the plane change between back plane and side plane (if I understand it correctly?)
But what I don't get is that the other drawings in this video all show their twists with lines like either A or B. What makes this pose special?
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Suggestion: Downloadable 3D models4yr
As title. It would be very nice if we can download the 3D models from anatomy lessons like this one: https://prokolab.com/course-lesson/3d-model-of-robo-skelly/discussions.
I know I can already manipulate those models on web, but downloadable files have some advantages over Sketchfab:
1) Loading time. Sketchfab isn't always so fast with my internet connection. It's frustrating that I want to get a quick reference but it just doesn't load.
2) Lighting study. It's much easier to change light sources in a real 3D program like Blender. One can have any kind of lighting, like only diffuse light, or multiple direct light, etc. I don't think it's possible in Sketchfab.
3) Comparison to other models. For example one can find a high-poly model and compare it to the Proko model, to get a better grasp on which structure is simplified to which.
And probably more. It shouldn't cost too much bandwidth (compared to the downloadable videos) either.
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Hello, I have a hard time trying to figure out what this particular line (red one) represents. Is it the line between quads and hamstring muscles? But it's mostly back view, are we supposed to see that much of quads? How would this line look like on the reference photo?
Any insight helps. Thanks!
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> 2) Forums :
They look very clean and easy to use but regarding lessons, everything is stacked into the same category. Maybe it would be easier to navigate into separated sub-categories : gestures, figure drawing, anatomy, podcasts an so on
You can discuss the lesson in the "Discussions" section, right below the lesson video. The forum posts just link to there. Frankly I think they should simply remove the lesson forum (or significant overhaul the UI) and only keep the Discussions section. For now all it does is to confuse people: there are more than 800 posts so it's not really navigable, and there isn't any visual hint implying the forum post and the Discussions section are the same thing.
Also the forum seems too plain. There isn't rich text editor. I don't know how to quote someone's post or add hyperlinks.
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