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LESSON NOTES
Become a designer of anatomy, not just a copyist. I'll translate a chaotic Bridgman drawing into a clean version to reveal the powerful forms.
COMMENTS
It’s hard when you’re working from the photo to get a Bridgman- or Frazetta- like result.
Simplify simplify, I hear in my head (sigh)…
After a few attempts with bad results I decided to analyse Bridgman's drawing, see which muscle goes where. I think i can understand a bit more now.
The two areas with the ? are not clear to me.
Hopefully I can come up with my own drawing next time. Otherwise copying Bridgman might be helpful in this study.
I think you should study anatomy from a biological perspective; it might help you. One more thing, usually most artists have developed shortcuts to simplify a lot of things, like Proko and Jeff Watts usually simplify a lot of things with respect to shape and straight lines, likewise George Bridgman mostly simplifies sketches with S lines and value with respect to contrast. Like Rembrandt usually uses soft edges and high contrast, or name any artist. As a beginner, you should focus on learning all the basic principles and fundamentals, then use them to your liking and make a style. If you are unhappy about something not looking the same as an artist, I believe at your level only difference is style. Style is just another name for design. How well you can design your principles with fundamentals usually makes a difference between a good style and a bad style. There is no good and bad in the arts; the art is diverse, but designs are for sure good and bad, because design is problem-solving, and putting anything intentionally where it doesn't belong might not solve your problem and make it an incomplete design or usually people say it is bad design.
This took way too long. I've gone back to a few drawing classes and will be back, hopefully better equipped to draw from these wonderful classes.
