09-29-2024, 09:03 PM
I think some of the final touch on the feet destroyed the shape of it .It not a good idea to simplify the silhouette sometime it happen because we loose the shape by painting over the line art that why i like to keep the line art on it own layer instead of the layer being paint on.
Why it important to keep the silhouette is because it in my opinion help make thing feel dimensional and proper the silhouette often help show subtle detail of bone structure underneath which help realism.
I would advise you try to stir away from referencing pose so much i know anatomy require a lot of study to get right but i feel it just weaken the range of what you could be doing and it also weaken the way you think about what underneath the skin because it possible that when you draw you enter ''copying mode'' rather then analyzing what going on.The thing with pose is that sometime you might add detail that will throw the balance off if it was added to the real thing. That why being able to pose your own subject will always make thing feel more natural once you get the hang of it.(Obviously this not a scenario that related to the current piece it just to illustrate why it add to your creative freedom to learn how to pose your own character from a imaginative stand point using reference as a creative jump point rather then as a template)
This why i think it would be nice to see you do more figure from imagination as i think it would benefit you on the long run. I think the reference are great because they help you get quicker to a result and help people giving a feedback to have something to relate to instead of rough sketch which can sometime be confusing to give feedback on.It the issue of W.I.P you often get obvious critic that are just due to the state of the work itself and not because of actualy short coming. But i think regardless of that you get more freedom by being able to thumbnail and imagine the pose using reference as the ''mood'' rather then as the template. I think we talk about this before i think you like a straight forward approach would that be right? But let me ask you how much creative freedom does it rob you off and how much more dynamic your pose would be if you choose to stir away from what already exist.I think you can't answers this without trying but that a question you might not now have time for so it up to you.
I think as the years close it could be a good new years resolution to include time returning to studying in a more classical approach instead of finish piece because i think it important to avoid the rot of doing the same approach over and over again that how we continuously sharpen were skill if that a road you feel is necessary and i also understand that you might be dealing with stuff i can't understand or that you don't want to share right now so i think i should totally mention i totally understand if i am out of line.
Why it important to keep the silhouette is because it in my opinion help make thing feel dimensional and proper the silhouette often help show subtle detail of bone structure underneath which help realism.
I would advise you try to stir away from referencing pose so much i know anatomy require a lot of study to get right but i feel it just weaken the range of what you could be doing and it also weaken the way you think about what underneath the skin because it possible that when you draw you enter ''copying mode'' rather then analyzing what going on.The thing with pose is that sometime you might add detail that will throw the balance off if it was added to the real thing. That why being able to pose your own subject will always make thing feel more natural once you get the hang of it.(Obviously this not a scenario that related to the current piece it just to illustrate why it add to your creative freedom to learn how to pose your own character from a imaginative stand point using reference as a creative jump point rather then as a template)
This why i think it would be nice to see you do more figure from imagination as i think it would benefit you on the long run. I think the reference are great because they help you get quicker to a result and help people giving a feedback to have something to relate to instead of rough sketch which can sometime be confusing to give feedback on.It the issue of W.I.P you often get obvious critic that are just due to the state of the work itself and not because of actualy short coming. But i think regardless of that you get more freedom by being able to thumbnail and imagine the pose using reference as the ''mood'' rather then as the template. I think we talk about this before i think you like a straight forward approach would that be right? But let me ask you how much creative freedom does it rob you off and how much more dynamic your pose would be if you choose to stir away from what already exist.I think you can't answers this without trying but that a question you might not now have time for so it up to you.
I think as the years close it could be a good new years resolution to include time returning to studying in a more classical approach instead of finish piece because i think it important to avoid the rot of doing the same approach over and over again that how we continuously sharpen were skill if that a road you feel is necessary and i also understand that you might be dealing with stuff i can't understand or that you don't want to share right now so i think i should totally mention i totally understand if i am out of line.