Michael Hampton
Los Osos
Educator, painter, writer, and art historian. Author of Figure Drawing: Design and Invention.
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That's all I had time to do today, plus about 10 pages or so of warm-ups and other miscellaneous exercises. Would contour lines here help? Thoughts?
1d
Lines look really clean. Nicely done.
4d
Will this course also be teaching how to shade the head as well? I would really love to learn that from you. I will be buying this one anyways tho.
3d
There is a short section at the end where I address the addition of light and shadow. It's not the emphasis but there is a demo :)
3d
Hello! Before purchasing the course, do you think this course would be better to be taken before stan's portrait drawing course? Since it's more about learning the forms first?
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Not too sure. But yes, it definitely puts an emphasis on form and structure. Less so in lighting/rendering.
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Rough go at the form intersections, gonna work harder on the line quality and the perspective on some of the lines.
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Nice starts though.
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Any feedback is welcomed thanks
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These are great starts! Just keep at it and now focus on how this carries over into the lessons on figures.
7d
Rough attempts at dynamic poses. Used to find these to be so difficult! Happy with my progress. Thank you!
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Great job. These look awesome
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Thank you so much for this course! Your book and YouTube content has helped me and taught me so much and Im realy looking forward to starting this course! Just a small question: Could you please share if facial expressions are going to be covered, and if not, do you have any recommendations about useful resources or ways of studying them?
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That's awesome! I'm so happy to hear that 😊
Unfortunately, no. This course focuses more on the structure and not on anatomy and expression. Hmm. Have you checked out the Anatomy 4 Sculptors book on the face and expressions. I really like that one.
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Look forward to this. Head construction is something I've been hoping to get better at; ideally this means moving away from being at the mercy of reference images while at the same time not simplifying too much from lack of understanding and being stuck at a limited range of angles.
8d
Definitely! I try to keep it as simple as possible and very process oriented. That always helped me the most when trying to invent heads and unique angles.
10d
Hello, I know your course description says it's for beginners and intermediate students, But I was wondering if it'd be manageable for someone who's currently going through Stan's Drwaing Basics. I do have some knowledge of perspective from drawing boxes and stuff (still can't rotate them freely in my mind though!).
Do you recommend taking other basic portrait classes like Stan's Portrait Fundamentals before tackling yours? Let me know your thoughts. Thanks!
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I think so. I mostly visualize the head/skull out of basic perspective forms so it might help encourage/reinforce what you're currently learning.
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I've never taken a course here before. Are these taken on your own time and how are the assignments handled?
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Yes, everything is at your own pace. You can also return to assignments and lecture videos as much as needed.
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Clear and concise info! Excited to tackle the rest of the course
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Yay! So glad to hear it.
11d
will all the lessons have Protuguês (Brasil) subtitles?
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Not 100% sure. I need to check
12d
Love the course and fell down the rabbit hole of acquiring an iPad to explore digital art!
Question - is there any interest in teaching how to render these figures in a manga style?
Thank you for all you do!
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Hey! That's awesome to hear! So so glad. Definitely! I think manga style is super interesting. Unfortunately, I don't know step one on how to do it.
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hi Michael, can you tell me about your digital set up ie what package and brushes you use. thanks
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Sure thing. Here's a screenshot of my brush. It's pretty basic, just a photoshop stock round with pressure sensitivity. Hope this helps.
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I see this is a presale. There are assignments. Will there be student critiques provided as the course is released? Similar to how Stan does with his courses as he rolls them out.
15d
Yes!
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Hi @Michael Hampton, will there be a section in this course that will tackle on getting the likeness of the model or reference?
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Honestly, I'd say this focuses more on construction and perspective and less on likeness.
16d
Excited to start this new course. I've already purchased it! Do you recommend taking your courses before or after studying anatomy?
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I think these courses are best to take prior to an anatomy course. They primarily help with visualizing form and getting a sense of the structure above which the anatomy sits on :)
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Michael Hampton
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Wish we had a little more time on hands. Overall the straight hands are quite straightforward. As they interact with objects or become more dynamic it gets complicated.
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Nicely done!
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