04-12-2015, 09:36 AM
Minsky, thanks a lot! :)
Mostly working on stuff I can't show right now ... so, just some sketches.
Still trying to figure out how to push and exaggerate poses without just sexing them up, or objectifying them. I feel like I’m improving on the females, still very clueless about male figures.
One interesting thing I discovered while painting the LoL fanart a while ago is that it can help me to redraw the same pose over and over and over again (after deciding on a pose, and maybe shot some reference), each time trying to enhance and push some element of the pose. Proportions, line of action, squash and stretch, muscle groups getting pushed, or affected by gravity… until I get something that feels right. Maybe even tracing some of these sketches again, pushing them further. Certainly not a ground-breaking or new method of working, but something I seem to have neglected so far.
Also, as much as I love digital painting - this kind of sketching still works better in pencil or pen, on real paper. Would be nice to eventually learn doing it in digital, too!
Mostly working on stuff I can't show right now ... so, just some sketches.
Still trying to figure out how to push and exaggerate poses without just sexing them up, or objectifying them. I feel like I’m improving on the females, still very clueless about male figures.
One interesting thing I discovered while painting the LoL fanart a while ago is that it can help me to redraw the same pose over and over and over again (after deciding on a pose, and maybe shot some reference), each time trying to enhance and push some element of the pose. Proportions, line of action, squash and stretch, muscle groups getting pushed, or affected by gravity… until I get something that feels right. Maybe even tracing some of these sketches again, pushing them further. Certainly not a ground-breaking or new method of working, but something I seem to have neglected so far.
Also, as much as I love digital painting - this kind of sketching still works better in pencil or pen, on real paper. Would be nice to eventually learn doing it in digital, too!