Nicole Guz
Nicole Guz
Canada
March 2024. My drawings suck but I'm working on it!
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Nicole Guz
These are really fun. But I struggle to understand the value or lesson i should get out of it? Is it to attune the eyes to simpler values?
Rachel Dawn Owens
The point of this lesson is to be able to ignore details to see the big picture. It looks like you’re understanding it because these are all awesome little studies. Even the page layout is nice.
Nicole Guz
100 Heads Challenge By Ahmed Aldoori Process: *20 minutes per head *10 a day for 10 days (not strictly followed as I have a toddler 😄) * I used Loomis Head Method as that is the only method I know for now(I will learn the other 2 methods in the future) I did this as a challenge to get better and faster at making heads and it proves to be very challenging as I am bad at proportions and shading but I am willing to get better. # tips, advices or critiques are very welcome
Jim H
30d
@Nicole Guz if I could give you the persistence award, I would! Do you have any favorite heads? Did you try something out and it worked well that you'd like to repeat in the future?
Nicole Guz
Figure drawing practice: Jeff Watts study
Nicole Guz
Nicole Guz
2nd week after watching figure drawing class: More practice! What are my obvious mistakes that can make figure drawing better? Any tips or advice?
Nicole Guz
1st Week of Practice(after watching the whole figure drawing course) # I have to remember to keep stepping away to check proportion. Is there a way to be better at shading? I am not sure I understood it to well? Ill probably try to study other masters too
Nicole Guz
Steps I did: 1 Layin 2 Measurement check by putting the drawing above reference image 3 Applying Corrections 4 add details Trying to study proportion and I was wondering if this is the way? Let me know if there are alternatives
Rachel Dawn Owens
These look great! Here’s another way you can double check your proportions. Especially if there’s any photo distortion in the reference. Put down the reference and step back from your drawing for a moment to notice how the whole figure fits together. This will help you as you move along in your drawing journey. Keep it up! Thanks for sharing!
Nicole Guz
I usually use traditional but I dont have a transparent paper so i thought id do it in digital which prove to be very different and difficult for me. But let me know how I did!
Rachel Dawn Owens
Wow, these are great studies! I like how far you pushed some of these poses. Your boxes look really nice. They bring a solid 3d form to the drawing that gets lost in some of the others. I think you could use more straight lines to balance this out. Heres a quick demo to show you what I mean- Keep it up! I like your drawings!!
Nicole Guz
More mannequin practice! My gestures look very stiff but keep working at it with gesture drawings. Aside from that which of my practice help to become better with gesture and perspective more efficiently? the first four or the last four. Any critiques or feedbacks are also welcome!
Jonatan
2mo
I think you're doing pretty good! Especially on those last 4, the gesture and the constructions is looking pretty great, and your lines are pretty clean! Cross contour lines properly indicating direction, and the pieces all seem to connect well! I'm no expert but if I had any advice to give is to doing more!
Nicole Guz
Did this before watching the example assignment just to challenge myself and so I could check where I went wrong. But even without checking it yet I can already see most if not all of my gestures are wrong or I ve made it too plain. And I am struggling to wrap my head around mannequinizing the erector spinae, lattisimus and shoulder blades. So I know i definitely need to practice all those. Let me know if theres anything else I didnt notice! Also if there is any tricks or tips on how you learned this. Thank you!
Melanie Scearce
Simplification really helps in Mannequinization. Learning/developing shortform shapes for specific muscle groups will be beneficial in the long run. For example, here is an example of a simplified shape for the erector spinae muscle group. This is the muscle group at rest, so once you learn the shortform, you need to figure out how it moves with the body. There's a lot to learn, but it's all super interesting! I applied the shortform shape over your drawings. Hope this helps :)
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