Jaik's Sketches & Thoughts

[dracken]

Good anatomy studies, I'd say try to apply it by drawing from life if possible. I saw in the previous page you went to life drawing, but it's closed for a while. Try to draw people at a coffee shop in the meantime (I sit in the window and draw people chatting across the street) That way you can get groups of people and learn how humans actually balance themselves out in the "wild." You need to know the muscles, but with people being all shapes and sizes it's helpful to know how to apply the "ideal" proportions.

"..see if I can work out some way to do digital work while I am there, on my ipad, or take a laptop or something."

A cheap laptop with an extra battery and a medium Wacom are pretty much perfect for traveling/ doing digital figure drawings from life. You don't really need a dedicated graphic card or fancy tablets, just some Ram and battery life, if you're interested I'll look up the exact specs of my ancient laptop.