01-29-2014, 07:46 AM
crackedskull: Thanks! My quick gestures change all the time, never satisfied and always trying to make them more alive, better, quicker... :D
Blewzen: Yeah unfortunately rest is important, I've already learnt that >_< I should do more focused studies like the weather thing more often...!
alexfreitas: Thank you! Let me know if you find a different/better way to study from the (old) masters!
Samszym: Good point, I've sometimes done the 'do a small gesture first' approach, but not recently it seems. Basically, I try to very roughly sketch in the proportions (torso, leg, hip direction, like a huge gesture)... and then... well, resizing hips, waist, limbs and adding or substracting fat/muscle... in what manner I think might look appealing. Which ends up sexed up. But at the moment I am trying to work on your suggestions of more threatening poses and introducing mood to the poses. Thank you so much for all your advice! It helps tremendously to get pointed into new directions as I tend to get stuck in the same patterns of thought if I'm on my own.
Jaik: Hah, I know that page - just didn't really put it to use. Which I changed as soon as I read your post, and did some experimentation. Thanks <3
rioriorio: Thank you! Will do that next :) I think I'm quite far away from my limits at the moment... need to sloowly see how far I can go next.
pnate: Thank you, jagged-eye was new for me! No worries about me burning out, I'm just hyper-motivated atm :D
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Here's just a mini-update for now - but I am happy to say that I am now done with moving out (and also mostly with moving in - and didn't throw anything down in the process!). Last week I was returning THREE keys to their owners - the key to my lab/university, my apartment keys to the landlady, and (finally) my exes apartment key. This feels all very symbolical and meaningful and also painful and sad and exciting and confusing and... many things.
(ref only used for the hand - wanted to put last week's portrait practice to use)
dull (?) cloth from life
Blewzen: Yeah unfortunately rest is important, I've already learnt that >_< I should do more focused studies like the weather thing more often...!
alexfreitas: Thank you! Let me know if you find a different/better way to study from the (old) masters!
Samszym: Good point, I've sometimes done the 'do a small gesture first' approach, but not recently it seems. Basically, I try to very roughly sketch in the proportions (torso, leg, hip direction, like a huge gesture)... and then... well, resizing hips, waist, limbs and adding or substracting fat/muscle... in what manner I think might look appealing. Which ends up sexed up. But at the moment I am trying to work on your suggestions of more threatening poses and introducing mood to the poses. Thank you so much for all your advice! It helps tremendously to get pointed into new directions as I tend to get stuck in the same patterns of thought if I'm on my own.
Jaik: Hah, I know that page - just didn't really put it to use. Which I changed as soon as I read your post, and did some experimentation. Thanks <3
rioriorio: Thank you! Will do that next :) I think I'm quite far away from my limits at the moment... need to sloowly see how far I can go next.
pnate: Thank you, jagged-eye was new for me! No worries about me burning out, I'm just hyper-motivated atm :D
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Here's just a mini-update for now - but I am happy to say that I am now done with moving out (and also mostly with moving in - and didn't throw anything down in the process!). Last week I was returning THREE keys to their owners - the key to my lab/university, my apartment keys to the landlady, and (finally) my exes apartment key. This feels all very symbolical and meaningful and also painful and sad and exciting and confusing and... many things.
(ref only used for the hand - wanted to put last week's portrait practice to use)
dull (?) cloth from life