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This was such a good course for me to do at this time. The timing was excellent. Both approaches speak to me and in particular the second approach I find to be critical to developing a more complete thought process when studying and when inventing. If I combine them with what I learned from Mike Mattesi and Drawing with Force, I get a third approach that unifies them all by focusing on function of the pose.
I am particularly appreciative of the shape based approach for it's ability to be more character driven, allowing us to modify what we understand about a piece of reference. In this crit video, when you discussed the pros of sticking with the given perspective on the first pass of modifying the pose to avoid introducing new problems to solve while you're inventing. I can really see how that just increases the opportunity to confuse the objectives, and create more headaches while working.
I want to acknowledge your excellent ability to clearly explain what you are doing as you are doing it (I know there are cuts and edits). There is a lot of value to see it done IRT as opposed to a voice over or narration that may end up with digressions that don't serve the lesson.
Here are some mostly legible notes from the video. The first pose top left, was invented as you were talking through the first crit.
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Explore The Shape Method for gesture drawing as an alternative to line-based approaches. This lesson covers:
- Maintaining Fluidity: Learn techniques to prevent your drawings from feeling static, such as carrying through center lines and finding connecting rhythms.
- Emphasizing Tilt and Weight: Understand how to capture the body's natural movement by exaggerating tilts and identifying weight-bearing sides.
- Avoiding Symmetry: Discover how to introduce asymmetry to add dynamism and realism to your figures.
- Building Connections: Use relational rhythms and anatomical landmarks to create smooth transitions between shapes.
- Integrating Anatomy and Design: Incorporate anatomical details into your shapes for enhanced design and realism.
- Progressing to Light and Shadow: Learn how the shape method leads into mapping light and shadow, understanding form shadows and cast shadows, and developing surface effects.
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In our final critique, I'll be looking over your Shape Method project submissions and giving feedback on how to improve flow, rhythm, and rendering.
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Hey! Thanks so much for this feedback. I'm really grateful to hear the content has been helpful to you. Makes all the work of putting it together feel worth it!