Figure Drawing Fundamentals
Gesture
The Bean
Structure
Landmarks
Robo Bean
Mannequinization
Balance
Exaggeration
Proportions
Measuring
Shading
Figure Drawing Demo
Closing Thoughts
Newest
Marco Sordi
6d
2025/10/11. Good morning everybody. Here's my latest oil painting dedicated to the first end only evil queen of my heart. "Grimhilde" (oil on gesso board, 41x32 cm).
Thanks for any comment or critique.
Have a good weekend!!
Marco Sordi
12d
2025/10/5. Good evening everybody. Here's my Halloween illustration for this year. Thanks for any comment or critique.
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10d
Wow. This one really got my attention!
Super spooky stuff. It’s awesome!
Marco Sordi
15d
2025/10/2. Good morning everybody. Here's another illustration I made a couple of month ago and forgot to upload. Thanks for any comment or critique.
@draft_al
14d
Hi @Marco Sordi It's been a while since i commented here. I think the foreshortening came out pretty well done. The construction is pretty solid.
Rosanna Fox
15d
Do you ever draw men in this highly sexualised manner ?
Marco Sordi
17d
2025/09/30. Good morning everybody. Here's an illustration I made two or three months ago and forget to upload. thanks for your comment or critique. Have a god day.
Marco Sordi
18d
2025/9/29. Hi everybody. Here's another figure digital drawing. Thanks for any comment or critique. Have a good week.
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17d
amazing cross-hatching, Marco!
Marco Sordi
20d
2025/9/27. Good morning everybody. Here's a figure drawing a made a couple of days before. I don't usually go digitally for this kind of work but I'm trying to bring my digital illustration to a higher level and I need to test brushes and tools on different subject. Thanks for any comment or critique. Have a good weekend!
Marco Sordi
21d
2025/9/26. Hi everyone. Here's two illustrations I made for the "2025 Year Artworks Collection" that contains my graduating students works. The "CLIP STUDIO PAINT Fundamentals Course" has been my first professional course I held as digital illustration teacher. Thanks for any comment or critique. Have a good weekend!!
Tommy Pinedo
1mo
Just finished the final assignment for Proko’s Figure Drawing Fundamentals course! This one took me about 7 hours to complete. It was definitely challenging,especially shading the anatomical details, but I learned so much along the way.
I didn’t have charcoal, so I had to figure out how to make it work with what I had: graphite pencils, blending stumps, and a mechanical pencil. I used lessons from the Drawing Basics course, especially organizing values, and even did a quick thumbnail study before starting. If this assignment was supposed to be strictly in charcoal, then that’s my bad, but I made the most of my sketchbook and graphite.
It’s my first attempt, and while it’s not perfect, I’m okay with it. I’m proud of the effort I put in and excited to keep improving from here. This is only the beginning of my art journey, and I can’t wait to see where it goes next!
@brimarie
1mo
Wow! Your hard work is paying off—your project has turned out amazing!
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1mo
This looks amazing @Tommy Pinedo!! The hard work paid off 💪
Tommy Pinedo
1mo
Here is my studies I did before attempting the assignment. I did a proportion study, value thumbnail study and shading practice. Also I like listening to draftmen when I draw lol.
Materials:
- Artsmith sketchbook for exercises
- canson universal sketchbook where the assignment was done.
- H,2b, 4B, 6b
- HB mechanical pencil 0.5 mm
- blending stumps
Marco Sordi
5mo
2025/5/20. Hi everybody! Here's my latest long drawing: "Madonna of the Lilies" (graphite pencils on Kent paper, 29.7 x 42 cm). Thanks for any comment or critique. Have a good week.
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5mo
The hands are gorgeous! Beautiful work, Marco.
Marco Sordi
6mo
2025/4/5. Good afternoon everybody. Here's the first fantasy illustration of this year. It's a mix of acrylics and oil colors on gesso panel.
"Flame of Argentha" (41×31.8 cm).
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6mo
Love her face. It’s all awesome
Tommy Pinedo
6mo
Pretty cool! :D
@alexmolaver
8mo
Tried this to see how much I learned. Thanks for a great class! I refused to draw the head until after I take Stan's portrait fundamentals class lol. Also looking forward to the anatomy class so I can learn that better.
Marco Sordi
9mo
2025/1/31. Good morning everybody. This is a series of illustrations a friend of mine commissioned to me for his language school. Student are supposed to look at the scenes and try to tell the story. I didn't use references pics. The characters are from my imagination. Thanks for any comment or critique. Have a good week end.
Benjamin Roseman
8mo
Amazing
onigi *pronunce [on-ie-gee]*
9mo
It's amazing. Every piece clearly shows what people are doing, where they are, and their emotions. My only critique is that it took me a few seconds to realize that what the dog snatched was a roasted chicken in the 8th picture.
Love Byström
9mo
This is probably the best over all figure drawing I've done. Did it last week during three 20 minute sessions. The head defenetly got the least attention so dont judge the forehead and all too harshly :)
@furti
9mo
Very impressive! I like the expressive lines. I can not put my finger on it but the right leg locks a litte disconnected from the figure. For how long have you been studying figure drawing?
Linette
9mo
I'm not good with critiques, but I just wanted to say that this looks awesome!! Great work!
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9mo
Truly great work. Nice jobwith the rhythms in this figure. The only thing I could really suggest is you could push this further by thinking about less important areas that could maybe be faded back or darkened. I really like the directional lines you're using here so maybe incorporate those more into the figure. Overall, excellent work!
Marco Sordi
9mo
2025/1/7. Good morning everybody. Here's a second version of a graphite pencils illustration I made some months ago. "Warm Hugs 2", oil on tondo canvas, 50 cm.
Thanks and have a good day.
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9mo
Love the texture on the hair
Marco Sordi
9mo
2025/1/1. Hi everybody. Here's my last digital illustration for 2024. I hope you to have a great New Year. Thanks for any comment or critique.
Marco Sordi
10mo
2024/12/23. Good evening everybody. Here's my latest digital illustration. Thanks for any comment or critique.
Jacob Granillo
10mo
(0 o 0) Amazing! How long did this take you?
Marco Sordi
10mo
2024/12/12. Good morning everybody. Here's a digital postcard for Christmas greetings. Thanks for any comment or critique. Have a good day!!
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10mo
Awesome work Marco! I especially love the stylization, it feels very lively and cheerful! :)
Marco Sordi
10mo
2024/12/8. Good morning everybody. Here's a new illustration I painted last week. Thanks for any comment or critique! Have a good Sunday!
"Last Line of Defense" (acrylics and acrylic gouache on Fabriano watercolor paper, 12" x 18")
Dave S
11mo
This is my long study for the figure drawing course. Made some critical errors, mainly I worked way too small, he’s like 7” tall. But learned a lot and was good to work traditional for a change. Critiques would be super helpful. Thanks!
Marco Sordi
11mo
2024/11/2. Good morning everybody. Here's my latest illustration: "The Showdown" (acrylics on Fabriano watercolors paper, 30.5x 45.5 cm). Thanks for any comment or critique. Have a nice weekend!!
Kelly
11mo
Love the atmospheric quality and the depths you have worked on, only thing I would perhaps finesse is the buttocks, I think anatomically the cheeks may be more pronounced. Perhaps just the shading as the underside of them looks a bit contrasted. Great work!
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11mo
Really love how you mapped out the values, great composition!
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11mo
That’s a really cool demon!
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