Steve Lenze
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2mo
Hey toph,
Your proportions look pretty good and your poses are good. The issue I am seeing is that you need to focus more on the gesture of the pose. You do this by finding a gestural "S" or "C" curve that describes the pose from top to bottom as well as the limbs. I did a quick sketch to show you what I mean, I hope it helps :)
@toph
2mo
@Steve Lenze I see, get a little too focused on the details, how did you get the figure to have things like an elbow and calf while still making the lines fluid a continuous? (I hope my tone doesn’t come off defensively or anything! If it does I apologize I tend to write on the more formal side)
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2mo
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I was hoping that anyone who sees this post could tell me what I’m doing wrong? I can’t tell if I’ve improved…at all, but I’m biased so. On the left are my earliest attempts and on the right are my most current gesture drawings. Btw feel free to be totally honest, I won’t be discouraged or upset.
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8mo
Day 2. Struggling with drawing confident lines, both straight and curvy. Also with making sure I have an even tone. But I will keep chugging on.
7mo
I think it looks pretty good! Drawing circles is tough though since you can’t measure it the way you would with a straight line. My approach is to create a box that the circle can then sit inside of. I do this by mesuring out the “verticle” and “horizontal” of whatever round object I’m observing.I hope this made sense
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8mo
The shapes are good, darken the value of shadows to solidify the form, some cast shadows seem missing.
8mo
I noticed the missing shadows right after I had posted haha. But for the darken value should it be everywhere?
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10mo
It looks pretty good, but the bottom half of the shape doesn’t seem totally accurate and that lines of the shadows seem really harsh. However the harsh lines of the shading look like they could be intentional so if that’s the case ignore my last statement!
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