Second Set of Eyes (2min Pose Critique)
2yr
Tom Donovan
Hey everyone, so I am tired of studying in a vacuum. If someone could please critique the crap out of these - that would be awesome (pleasepleaseplease).
2 min poses. Gesture/figure studies.
Side note **Do you ever find you're just going through the motions as opposed to feeling alive and interested in what you are drawing? This post is an attempt to keep the "awake and intentional" study part of my brain sharp.?**
2yr
First, Thanks everyone it really helps getting all the comments and feedback. It keeps the fire burning.
Second, 30 seconds felt ridiculously fast. I recognised I waste some time by not doing those longer strokes and I was able to 'push' my mental snapshot to use a longer line. I think it tightened up my drawing and there was generally a sense of less mess. Thanks Dan and Joakim.
Im gonna do some larger stuff as the day gets on but thought I'd share and say thankyou.
Keep up the good work everyone- Thankyou.
Oh - I tried to include more feet Izak.
Tom Donovan
2yr
Thankyou, yes, feet are a struggle still ahah
2yr
Definitely get the 'going through the motions' feeling a lot. Generally when I'm lacking bigger 'goals' and end up practicing for its own sake. It's a rollercoaster :p
Great gestures, proportions and shape/light demonstration is really strong. For these, I would be interested to see your shorter gesture drawings (i.e. 30 secs - 1 min) as a lot of these have a lot of 'shapes' but not clear gesture in terms of long lines/energy. See how clearly you can represent the pose in as few lines as possible. Then exaggerate a bit, push the poses, that's always a good way to find out problem areas and also make them a bit more exciting to do.
2yr
Thankyou, I will. I do 60's, but Its been a quite a while since I tried some 30secs.
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2yr
These look awesome and I love how flowing and dynamic they feel.
I don't have any critique for them, but you could perhaps try to simplifying them a bit, using less detail around the contour of the figure and instead trying push for longer strokes that describe the overall movement of the pose (not saying these drawings don't) and then see what happens.
Perhaps you could also consider working bigger? There's nothing wrong with drawing in a smaller format, but going bigger gives you more room for using your arm and shoulder which is pretty nice for drawing gestures :)
Keep up the good work!
2yr
Thankyou :), yeah, i've just started another sketchbook with larger studies. changes the game for sure :) im gonna try some 30'secs get that flow happening.
2yr
Really cool, gestural and also explains the figure really well. Dont have any critique to offer :D Maybe the last from the top row is quite messy?
2yr
Hi, I just signed up for this program and so I'm new to this, but your quick gesture studies convey a lot of motion/emotion with economy. They looks great. you nailed it!
