Gesture Tracing
Gesture Tracing
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Gesture Tracing
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A lesson demonstrating how gesture and rhythm flow through the body.
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Rembert Montald
Gesture Tracing.
Hugo Schittly
Hello ! I think I understood something. I went from hard beginnings but it’s like a block dissolved at some point. Now I try to exaggerate the poses ! The sentence of Bruce Lee helps « be water my friend » !
@wokka22
1mo
A couple I did today, feedback appreciated!
@masch
3mo
Gave it a go - I can't quite intuit where to put the energy lines, they are not quite lines of force for compression working up from the ground, eventually I bounced them between straight and curved lines.
Philippe Tremblay
Today's session. I'm finding this very helpful to find de pressure points of a gesture drawing.
@rdpman
4mo
All my drawings
@na_talie
4mo
Here are my first attempts. I am doing this all on paper, so it is quite hard for me, to see all the bumps, but I think the overall gesture is OK. The envelope helps, but my big problem is, that I tend to draw the legs too short. Is there any way to get rid of that, or do I just continue with the gesture drawings until this issue evaporates on its own?
@andreaszenau
Hi! I just started your course and I really love it! But I have one question: for the energy flow within the body, you say often „I feel“ - but are there any rules or anatomic reasons for this? thanks a lot for your response!!
Sam H
4mo
Tried a few, this was very tough! I keep using too many lines, and I'm not sure if I'm finding the energy of the pose or its outline.
Rajdeep Chatterjee
Tried to capture the gesture and the soul of the figures. Just starting out this course and it's really amazing. Would love to get some feedback.
Sam H
4mo
These look amazing!
Brayden Copley
I need to be better about looking at the overall shape.
DreamMist
5mo
i always have issues with proportions so this is a great way to contain my gestures study
Jay Nightshade
Working on these. Not very good but I can improve! This is a cool exercise, because it seems like common sense, but when you force your brain to really ask the question "where is the energy going?" it makes you think and pay more attention for sure.
Jay Nightshade
dangit i forgot the lines to represent the hip/shoulder contrapposto. :/ Here's a couple more making sure to include it. I have to burn it into my brain lol.
@butimnotanartist
Oooh. This helped me understand what people mean by rhythm tremendously. Unlocked another brain cell. Thank you.
Juan Carlos Sanchez
Hello dear Rembert, or if anyone else could help clarify this for me. I get the energy bouncing through the curves, but I don’t understand why the energy also bounces through the hips (since they’re straight and not curved). Is it because they’re bones? What other cases does this apply to—like knees or elbows, maybe?
Rembert Montald
Correct, its a straight against curves principle! The hips are bones so the stop it, usually the glutes are the curves against the straight in the front
@drew61
5mo
is there anything diffreint i should do if im doing this traditionally?
Rembert Montald
Should be the same!
B0B
5mo
did 10 more!
Tai Lang
10d
Hey, just curious what kinda brush is this?
Jay Nightshade
These are awesome!
Rembert Montald
SO good
ybm
5mo
I feel like mine are pretty bad, and my energy is coming out super fat :(
Jay Nightshade
Great job!
Kristian Nee
These aren't bad! Really good start, just keep going
B0B
5mo
tried doing 5 today! it's not up to me to rate them but i hope i got the energy thing right. thanks for the lesson! I will do another 5 tomorrow.
Kernel
5mo
It was really fun to do! Tracing is much easier than actual drawing lol. But I don't know if I was doing it correctly tho. So if someone could give me some critique it would be perfect. Thanks!
@julienf
5mo
I'm having some trouble understanding the material in the video. When you says "straights against curves" do you mean the lines bouncing inside the energy flow against the curves of the body (muscle bulging and bones sticking out)? Also, how do you know where to place to straight lines? Most of the time when I look at a picture and try to guess where you'll put those lines I get it wrong. It seems like guess work for me. Is there a way to dig deeper into this and understand where those lines should go?
Rembert Montald
Yes it's about which muscles are tense and which muscles are relaxed. There is always a contrast within the shape. Also when choosing the straight lines try to look for tangent points on the body that can hit those straight lines for measuring proportions
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