Feedback please: body-construction with boxes and cylinders
3yr
Eli
Hey Community,
I tried to practice some body-construction in the right perspective using boxes and cylinders.
I always drew bodys more "intuitive" (maybe with some ellipses and some landmarks) and was quiet happy with that, however i noticed when it comes to more extreme angles and perspective i start to struggle.
So i tried to approach the body with more geometry and perspective (like a lot of pro's seem to recommend) HOWEVER, i kind of struggle with those c-curves on the cylinders.
Maybe someone want to check my drawings and look over my vague assumptes and guesses i wrote in :D
Also i would like to know if i did that exercise even correclty and if its useful at all, since i find it queit challenging to switch the method from intivutive/memory-like to gemotry...
Im excited for any feedback!
(Also sorry for my poor english, and sorry i wrote Cylinders with Z - its the german word it...^^)
3yr
Hey eli_e,
The last drawing is pretty cool, it's the best of the three. Your idea of looking at perspective is right on, and I can see that you struggled a little. I did some draw overs to show you how you can design the shapes in perspective. I hope you find it helpful :)
Eli
3yr
Hey Steve,
thanks a lot for the feedback and your draw-overs. This is very helpful!
I will try to think more about the position of the cylinders (limbs) in space, aswell as the overall perspective. And the tip with the underware-shape is very useful, i will try to apply that.
Thanks again for your time! :)
3yr
These are great! The one thing I found was that, for the second image, you payed attention to the overall perspective (which is great), but since the cylinder for the front leg isn’t facing completely down, you’d see part of the bottom plane. I think you did the same thing in the first image (with the front leg also). I drew over the second one, hope it helps!
Also, I believe you’ve mixed up the C-curve with cross contour lines. The lines you’ve drawn on the form to show its direction and shape are cross contour lines and C-curve is usually to describe a gesture. You’ve got the right idea though! The cross contour lines, in this case because you drawn cylinders, are ellipses. So your observation about how open or how wide they are, depending on the horizon line, are correct! Great drawings! I hope this helps.
3yr
Hey Gabi, thanks for the feedback and your draw-over! it helps a lot!
Thank you for the clarification about c-curves and cross contour lines. I just called them c-curves because of their shape.... haha
