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Sketching from Animal Footage

by David Colman in Drawing Dynamic Creatures

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I was practicing my gestures while watching live footage from the San Diego Zoo. It took me awhile to get the hang of it but I think some of them turned out great. If anyone has any pointers please let me know I really want to improve

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The goal of studying from life is to get the fundamentals of the source material and translate it into a more dynamic and believable design. Studying from life can be challenging, but it helps you understand the skeletal structure and basic forms of anatomy to make sense of what is being observed. Paying attention to the subtlety of natural movements and energy can make creatures more dynamic and believable. In this lesson, David Colman shows you how to capture this dynamic energy with a series of sketches done from video footage of apes.

Tip: When you try this exercise don't worry about making a pretty drawing, focus on learning and understanding the natural movements and poses of the source material.

Watch the Ape Reference Videos Below!

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David Colman

Let's take what we've learned from our skeletal and muscle studies and apply it to sketching apes from live footage.

Andrei Kladov

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4mo

I really liked this exercise, fun to draw, 0 worries about the end result actually gives better results it seems,