09-03-2014, 08:09 PM
Hey man! You're making great progress, it's a tough journey, especially in the beginning but keep doing what you're doing and it will all click into place. I think your muscles are looking pretty good in the last post, definitely the clavical, pecs, sternomastoid and abdominus - maybe what's making it look off is the delts and traps - from the almost front on angle with the first two images you wouldn't see the split in the deltoids, you'd just see the front piece; then with the traps remember that they connect along the spine of the scapula, the don't curve over and join to the clavical in front. (also the deltoid is split in three pieces and connects like this: http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/co...e_top8.png. The front part of it attachs further in along the clavical and overlaps the pec muscle: https://secure.familyhealthtracker.com/C...0B8%7D.jpg
It looks like you're studying from Hampton? If you don't do it already, do the exercises on page 50, I do them once a day if I can - if I don't get to do any other drawing in a day I always make sure to do those exercises; just anytime I have 5 minutes and a bit of paper.
Sounds like you're really serious about getting better - this is great! you need that passion to keep going, just make sure to do stuff for fun too! Take a sketchbook out somewhere and draw from life (meaning drawing something real in front of you, not from a picture or imagination). You find so much beauty in places you wouldn't expect it, and get great ideas and practice done - and you can surprise yourself with how much of it you can capture!
Good luck man! I'm no great artist but anytime you need help or advice or critique on something specific PM me, anytime ^^
It looks like you're studying from Hampton? If you don't do it already, do the exercises on page 50, I do them once a day if I can - if I don't get to do any other drawing in a day I always make sure to do those exercises; just anytime I have 5 minutes and a bit of paper.
Sounds like you're really serious about getting better - this is great! you need that passion to keep going, just make sure to do stuff for fun too! Take a sketchbook out somewhere and draw from life (meaning drawing something real in front of you, not from a picture or imagination). You find so much beauty in places you wouldn't expect it, and get great ideas and practice done - and you can surprise yourself with how much of it you can capture!
Good luck man! I'm no great artist but anytime you need help or advice or critique on something specific PM me, anytime ^^