Michael Hampton
Los Osos
Educator, painter, writer, and art historian. Author of Figure Drawing: Design and Invention.
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ahmet yavuz
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2d
added comment inHead Drawing and Construction
Hello,
My focus is digital sculpting, and I have a solid understanding of facial anatomy. I’m currently following a course specifically aimed at improving my portrait sculpting skills.
What I’d like to ask is this: Although the content of this course seems primarily designed for painters, would it still be beneficial for a sculptor like me? I'm trying to assess whether the information presented would contribute meaningfully—especially in terms of 3D thinking and form construction.
Since I’m trying to manage my time efficiently, I’m unsure whether I should incorporate this course into my weekly routine right now. I’d truly appreciate your thoughts on this.
Thank you in advance.
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1d
Man, that's a really hard question to answer. It sounds like your looking for something very specific. I'm not a sculptor so don't feel comfortable answering. I wouldn't want to lead you astray. Apologies
@paka
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3d
Felt like getting a bit more practice before moving on. The first one is a revision of everything new from this lesson, in the second I attempted to make a similar chart without an explicit grid. Still not perfect obviously (I still don't really get how the frontveiw legs work) but I think it's good eniught to move on.
Maia
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5d
Hi! I have been drawing since i was little but i never had any kind of tecnique. Can i start with this course straight away or should I do the "drawing basics" course by Proko before this?
Thieum
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6d
Asked for help
2 attempts at designing value groups. This exercise was an opportunity for me to put @Michael Hampton 's Head Drawing and Construction course into practice 😉. So I started by studying the structure of the head, then I related that to the light direction and the shading. And I tried to design all of this with today's lesson in mind. I first separated the shadows from the light, then I went into the details and nuances. I didn't have the courage to work on a whole page (for fear that it would take too long), but it is true that it bothered me a little in the details
@xsamhainx
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8d
All i gotta say is the constant blinking back and forth between zoom levels on the video whenever he's on camera, very distracting and annoying. Pick a zoom level and stick with it already, Proko :)
Ari a
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11d
That was a lot of information. But I'm glad I took the course. It really helped me A LOT. This is how I started 31. December when I wanted to learn how to draw. I only did the outlines and wonderd why it looks bad lol (3rd pic) and this is my latest one (from yesterday - 4th pic) Ofc it's far from good but I think I did learn a lot of things in this course. The best course ever. I hope with the 2nd one I can improve more. Thank you!!
Maria Bygrove
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13d
I’m so glad I took this course – especially alongside the figure construction one – they really tie together well. @Michael Hampton's clear, step-by-step approach, with each stage building on the last, helped remove the mystique and took the fear out of tackling figures for me. Thank you!