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Hey Proko-sians! I just finished watching this and well, something dropped in for me as I was making notes on the PDF he speaks to at the end. Most of us are newish to drawing. Many others are not. If you are familiar with figure drawing at all, you've probably heard of Loomis and Reilly and other's I'm sure. They all present systems. I'm a student at drawingFORCE as well and Mike as the Forceful Method.
What I'm trying to say is, there are so many ways artists think of "gesture" and "flow" and "connection" and they all present their way of thinking.
If you are just starting out, this way of thinking might feel a bit magical, and seeing the natural rhythms of things feels elusive. Remember, Stan has built up years of knowhow, intuition through practice and teaching. It isn't always easy to convey this deep knowing, so the rationalizations for why he "indicates" things the way he does are the important parts to focus on here. Study (reproduce) the examples and indications he provides in the video/PDF and speak aloud the rationalizations. Internalize.
At the end of the day, it's easy to say but hard to do:
Slow down. Look. Think. Understand. Practice the mark. Make the mark. Accept the mark. Move on.
That's quick-sketch.
And of course, try to have fun! It will make it that much easier. I heard it takes about 200 repetitions of a thing to master it. But make it fun and it will only take 30 or so.
Good luck out there!
LESSON NOTES
Struggling with drawing dynamic figures? In this lesson, I unravel the "secret sauce" to capturing any pose, from any angle…Rhythms. Inspired by my journey from failed CalArts applications to teaching at Pixar, this lesson dives into mastering the rhythms of the human figure.
I'll teach you how to start your sketches and make every part of the body feel connected. We’ll focus on visual alignments and flow between the forms, helping you move beyond disjointed and stiff figure drawings.
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Introducing Rhythms! A system to help you capture any dynamic pose from any angle. With rhythms we find visual alignments that capture a flow between the forms, making the pose feel more connected and convincing.
We've kind of been doing similar things to this in other lessons in this course. But now I specifically want to apply these concepts to figure drawing. Most of us will want to include some kind of people or humanoid-like characters in our art. I think it's really important to start applying a lot of these fundamental concepts to draw people.
It might feel harder for some of you, but thats only because you're very good at seeing mistakes in drawings of people. I mention some anatomy in the video, but very little anatomy knowledge is needed to use rhythms as a concept. Initially it's about learning to see visual connections.
I'll go over head, torso, and limbs, one at a time to give you a template of sorts.. to make this as approachable as possible for you.