can anyone help me fix the errors and give me some advice
8mo
@pasqualed
hi all guys I don't know if this is the right section sorry if I'm wrong, I made this drawing to practice drawing from my imagination without using references, and I must say it's quite difficult, apart from the anatomy I'm studying I feel that there are errors especially in the part of the pelvis and legs, someone expert could help me understand and correct these errors thank you very much to all
8mo
Hey pasqualed,
The biggest thing I see is that this pose is pretty impossible. There is no way someone can twist their body that much.
I'm not sure what your concept for this pose is, that would help determine what you are trying to do. But, going off the pose you have, I did a quick sketch to show you a way to make the pose more believable and dynamic, I hope it helps :)
@pasqualed
8mo
yes actually it was just what I had in mind in particular the small one below, but it didn't come out like this hahaha. Sometimes what I draw is never as accurate as I imagine it and I have to say this is a bit frustrating. Thanks a lot for the correction if you have any other advice on this I would be very grateful.
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sorry I forgot to attach the gesture and the mannequin I'll post them here because it won't let me edit thanks again for the feedback
8mo
First, thanks for being brave and posting here, especially when drawing from imagination. I don't know if I would be ready to do that myself. I am not an expert here at drawing the anatomy from reference or imagination, but here are my thoughts. I will also refer to your other post as well with the finished drawing. To begin with, your first sketch wasn't too bad for a basic sketch from imagination. You skipped hands and feet because I am guessing you are not confident with those yet. But as you refined the drawing, you pushed the pose further and further until you started to miss the perspective and the anatomy started to look off. My first bit of advice is to try and get in the pose you are trying to draw. I've even take a selfie to see how it looks when I am trying to do this. I think you will find you can't get into the pose you are trying to draw in the final picture. The body doesn't move that way. You could almost copy that first sketch however. As you refined your drawing, the right hip went way up while the legs basically stayed the same. The angle of the calf and heel is out of alignment with the thigh on the left and the whole leg out of alignment with the right glute. As you move up into the torso, there is an extreme twist and you need to make sure that twist is clearly shown. Right now I think the first sketch conveys that twist better than the final which would have an strong pinch on the side in order to twist that way. The difficulty here as described by Stan and other artists here is adding structure to your gesture without losing the gesture. I think your initial gesture had promise and then you tried to refine it and then some perspective and anatomy issues crept in. Try going back to that initial sketch and see if you can keep that gesture and refine the drawing from there. I'm new to this too however, so these are just observations. Other people may have different thoughts.
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8mo
Hi pasqualed. I am far from an “expert” at drawing, but I may be able to offer some help whilst you wait for advice from a more experienced artist.
Yep, drawing from imagination is really hard! I wish I could just put pen to paper and smash out a figure from imagination in 10 or so minutes, but because you and I are not at that level yet, we should try to construct our figures with simple shapes before going into anatomical detail.
I think this may have contributed to why your drawing has some “errors”. For example, your torso is rotated at a very severe angle compared to your hips. It looks like a whole 90-degree rotation compared to the hips, and this seems a bit too strong. By rotating your torso clockwise a bit it might look more natural (shown on image 1)
The legs look a little wonky, but they are not too bad. I think the angle of the front foot is too inwards (image 2). As far as I know, the feet approximately follow the angle of the thigh. Also, the right leg seems to be a bit too inwards compared to the centre line of the hips. It should ideally be closer or on the other side of the hips’ centre line (image 3)
Apart from those points, this is a good effort. I really like the face and some of the lines you have used to indicate anatomy, such as the indication of the collarbones.
To help with future drawings, I recommend first drawing a simple mannequin (I like to use Andrew Loomis’ mannequin). This will help to put things in the somewhat “correct” place before you commit to the rest of the drawing.
Good luck,
- imshenanigans
8mo
sorry my mistake that I didn't post them together with the final result but before this I made a drawing of the gesture and then the mannequin anyway thanks for the advice now I will post them together with the final result
8mo
if it's about anatomy, try thinking of the head as a cylinder, if it's about hands, just practice, and if it's about inking, use line language
