03-19-2014, 06:33 AM
Samszym: Yeah, I'll try to construct more next time. I can't deny that I am obsessed with pretty lines... but balance and loosening up to get a more natural feeling is really something I need to work on.
Warburton: So now we just need a way to combine the "work hard on something specific" with the skill of the autopilot-mode :p Glad you like the life drawings. I was actually quite relived that they didn't turn out completely horrible, I was sooo nercous :p Especially since we have to bring them with us next time and everybody gets to see each other's work. My main problem is that I seem to have different ways to approach figure drawing, sometimes I focus on pretty lines, sometimes on building everything out of boxes, sometimes I measure exactly to get proportions and foreshortening right. Sometimes I freehand everything and just go with the flow (those don't get scanned :p) Don't know which of those are best for drawing from life, with limited time etc. But I guess I'll just have to experiment :D Don't apologize for commenting in my sketchbook, I love to hear other people's thoughts! :)
Some more photo figures for warmup:
Here is the bloodsport final. Although I keep tweaking details...
Also decided to throw some colors on the character sheet, to try out workflow etc. I wish I knew at which stage something like this would be give to a client, and how polished it would have to be. Anyway, I call this the "lazy and sloppy approach of extracting lines from thumbnails"-technique
Warburton: So now we just need a way to combine the "work hard on something specific" with the skill of the autopilot-mode :p Glad you like the life drawings. I was actually quite relived that they didn't turn out completely horrible, I was sooo nercous :p Especially since we have to bring them with us next time and everybody gets to see each other's work. My main problem is that I seem to have different ways to approach figure drawing, sometimes I focus on pretty lines, sometimes on building everything out of boxes, sometimes I measure exactly to get proportions and foreshortening right. Sometimes I freehand everything and just go with the flow (those don't get scanned :p) Don't know which of those are best for drawing from life, with limited time etc. But I guess I'll just have to experiment :D Don't apologize for commenting in my sketchbook, I love to hear other people's thoughts! :)
Some more photo figures for warmup:
Here is the bloodsport final. Although I keep tweaking details...
Also decided to throw some colors on the character sheet, to try out workflow etc. I wish I knew at which stage something like this would be give to a client, and how polished it would have to be. Anyway, I call this the "lazy and sloppy approach of extracting lines from thumbnails"-technique