Figure Drawing Fundamentals
Gesture
The Bean
Structure
Landmarks
Robo Bean
Mannequinization
Balance
Exaggeration
Proportions
Measuring
Shading
Figure Drawing Demo
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Figure Drawing Critiques – Structure Basics
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Critiques of students' drawings based on the Structure Basics Video
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michael gilbert
6d

herilie
1mo
First f i n i s h e d attempt. I think it turned out pretty good but still it took way more time than it should have. It’s like I’m afraid to make a wrong line and it’ll ruin a drawing so I spend hours doing a simple sketch. Any exercises recomendation to fix that? Meanwhile I’m gonna draw some more animals from different angles. (Maybe with a time limit?)
sikcool
5d
You could try to draw with ink pen, that way you can't erase your mistakes. I believe it better to embrace your mistakes since that's how you get better :)

Tony Jung
2mo
first time doing this. any critiques are welcome :)
Jean-Nicolas Bouchard
3mo
Hi all, here are some drawings for the Structure basic assignment I have done over the last 10 days. I do realize these lack the boxy, cylindrical and spherical shapes more defined, which was the intent of the exercise. I am still working on that. Would appreciate some feedback if you have some! @Jesper Axelsson
3mo
Hi @Jean-Nicolas Bouchard, I can tell that you've been thinking about form when doing these. There are some lines in your drawings that suggest threedimensionality, such as the crosscontours in the owl's brow, or the overlaps and crosscontours on the cameleon.
- I think you need to do some where you make the boxes and geometric forms really clear. I mentioned that some of the lines you put down suggested form, but I also sense that some of them are curving the wrong way. You don't want form to be ambigous. Building the creatures with clear geometric forms help with that. I think clarity is key for you to improve. It will reveal what you don't know, and strengthen your successes.
As a mantra for this exercise,you could have: Rather clear and bad construction, than good but ambigous.
This might require spending more time on each drawing. Analyzing form is not an easy thing.
It might help to start with a very light underdrawing, that focuses on gesture and the major shapes and round forms. Then on top of that you can commit to boxes and clear geometry.
Or you could start with gestural lines, then stack forms on top of it. The joints might be complex so you could leave those out in the beginning.
And remember, you can construct in whatever way you want. You can construct a single animal in a variety of ways. There are constructions more efficient than others, but for this exercise I would be in and exploration mindset.
As a last note, remember that this in an exercise to practice certain concepts. In your other drawings, you might want to use more organic forms.
Rayne Sinclair
4mo
I wish there were more examples for structure. I feel like I'm being thrown into the deep end for this one.
Eveline Rupenko
5mo
Hi! Here is My submission after watching the critique videos

nusso
6mo
This is a lot more difficult than it looks... some more practice is needed.

harry030530
7mo
I have practiced some animal structure!!! I can see you guys doing so well. Feel free to give me some feedback:)
uppy
7mo
My first attempts at this assignment! It took a while for me to figure out what shapes to use. I am going to do more practice just drawing shapes in perspective, since I still feel that’s a struggle itself sometimes. Feel free to leave a comment with any critiques:)
lele
8mo
Would really appreciate some feedback ^^
squeen
8mo
More neck! :)

Raiman Bowker
10mo
My attempts with this exercise. Struggled a bit with a tendency to overcomplicate the forms and lose sight of what the actual purpose of this lesson was, if I was to do more of theses I'd probably try to capture more of the larger underlying basic 3D shapes.
Nyla Lee
10mo
forgot to post these together. Any critique is welcome (:
Zainab Sher
6mo
These look great! I can't seem to this structure thing at all.

Philipp Gersing
10mo
awsome!
liontracks
10mo
Just getting started in my art journey, so I don't have any critique to give but I just wanted to say that these are wonderful
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Nyla Lee
10mo
this one was so hard. I think I am having a hard time simplifying the shapes and the perspective.
Zainab Sher
6mo
wow

vicentevvga
7mo
If you're struggling with the overall perspective you could try starting your draw with a simple 3D cube to set the boundaries of the animal and setting the mail vanishing points. Check for Kim Jung Gi box drawings

kangtabuda
11mo
My drawing maybe not simplify :(. Here is my work.

ileon
8mo
awesome

Luke Ng
10mo
Inspiring 🙌 Great work!!
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Alexis Riviere
11mo
It seriously looks awesome. Despite being all 3D and blocky, your animals feel alive and full of gesture. Really good balance there.
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vukbo
1yr
Here is my second take on structure basics on animals.
Gesture wise I think I did a good job. At some points I felt like not adding enough structure elements/I didn't know where to add more complexity/less.
Lia Serrano
1yr
Hi, everyone! These are my first two structure studies. Not sure if I'm doing it correctly? I'd appreciate some feedback. I struggle with figuring out if a certain part should be a box or another shape (like with the top part of the deer's torso connected to the front leg) and also "seeing" through the fur like with the abdomen in the owl. Any tips? Thanks!

CJ
6mo
I would probably simplify the owl into just a cylinder for the body and a cube for the head.

Ruth O'Connell
1yr
Hi everyone! Really struggling with this twisted torso pose….trying to imagine the muscular structure of the model. I don’t want to render it and find that something fundamental is wrong 😑 I know something is off but I just can’t tell what it is! Advice very welcome 🙏

winterwebb
11mo
im still learning but I can say for the man's pec muscle could be less flat to his chest maybe just a bit puffing out and maybe even half of his pec showing (side angle) and it looks like his right leg is facing more right then his hip if that makes but so far that is rather amazing!!! i hope this helps!
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Demitri Hernandez
1yr
Hey there, unsure if I have simplified these TOO much especially in the face areas. any tips appreciated!
Octavivs
1yr
I don't think you simplified too much. The deer looks great and I'd say whatever mindset you had while drawing that one is probably your best bet to understanding how to manipulate structure.
I do suggest to try to tier your lines though. Keep your cross contours lighter and your contour lines thicker. Any important lines like gestural lines (even if their "arbitrary") or cross contour could stay thick as well. Kind of like your deer drawing. This just helps with readability for both you and others.
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Christopher Lebreault
1yr
Meant to post this some time ago. On to Landmarks next.
Isaiah
1yr
These are great!
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S. Grace
1yr
Last structure studies before moving on to the next lesson.
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