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Continuing with the hand

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Gotta learn hands

All from quickposes
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Mixture of observation and imagination
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Really nice work here :) the hand construction stuff will really be helpful when working purely off of imagination.

Some portrait practice
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(06-14-2016, 06:51 PM)yangdaniel027 Wrote: [ -> ]Really nice work here :) the hand construction stuff will really be helpful when working purely off of imagination.

Thanks man, hopefully all the studying and practice pays off at some point!

I think you are rushing those hand studies a bit too much to get the most out of them. Portrait is nice, but a bit lopsided.

(06-15-2016, 12:27 AM)OtherMuzz Wrote: [ -> ]I think you are rushing those hand studies a bit too much to get the most out of them. Portrait is nice, but a bit lopsided.

Possibly, they're only one minute each so the draftsmanship isn't great. It might be a good idea to balance the quick gesture hands with some slower, more accurate drawings.

Quickposes 1 minute sketches
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Imagination
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From reference
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A pose from imagination
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And a character to finish the week off. I really need to add costumes and armor back into my study sessions
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Some value practice

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Really solid stuff, that knight is really nice.

Also Butts.

Nick! That's one delicious value practice! Love the texture, they are well placed!

(06-20-2016, 07:22 PM)John Wrote: [ -> ]Nick! That's one delicious value practice! Love the texture, they are well placed!

You're damn right John

My current strategy is to take one subject at a time (in this case the hand),  and to focus intensely on it through a high volume of repetitive training for a period of weeks. I'm trying to tackle it from every angle, using a variety of references and methods to force the shapes into my brain. So far so good!

Quickposes 90 seconds
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Photo studies
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Imagine FX Anatomy Issue
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Combination of memory and imagination
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I meant memory and life (looking at my own hand) in the last post

Quickposes 2 minute gestures with details added after
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Life studies and imagination
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Memory Studies from Loomis. The drawings in black are from reference, blue from imagination, red are the follow-up correction drawings. An effective but very time-consuming way to memorize shapes and proportions. It's definitely worth it though, I need to do more of these.
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A bunch of memory studies from Loomis and some hands with values 
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Notes on Hampton's construction process and some life studies
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Great studies, you have a powerful and effective approach to attaining the understanding. Really good job on the faces and hands. Your rendering will need a bit more work - values/lighting and materials. Employing the notan method should help you make a leap in that aspect.

Awesome studies and sketches! What resources did you use to study casting shadows?

(07-04-2016, 10:55 PM)Piotr Jasielski Wrote: [ -> ]Great studies, you have a powerful and effective approach to attaining the understanding. Really good job on the faces and hands. Your rendering will need a bit more work - values/lighting and materials. Employing the notan method should help you make a leap in that aspect.

Thank you for the feedback Piotr, I agree that my rendering could be considerably better. I think more time studying form and construction would help with that, but sure I'm curious to see what I can learn from the notan method