07-10-2015, 12:32 AM
Thanks Kurt :)
I'm going to school for animation at the moment (I'd rather not mention the name ><). Unfortunately, while I love watching animated movies, and even enjoy animating, I found that the whole 3d process wasn't exactly for me.
I would recommend tons of life drawing. If you can't attend an actual workshop, you can always just go outside and draw what you see. Going to a zoo and drawing animals is always a bunch of fun too :)
I found a video a while back that was really good at talking about form, unfortunately I tried to find it for you and failed. This is the closest I could get.
http://www.ctrlpaint.com/videos/form-not-shape
Also, what I did a lot when I was trying to nail down form was draw boxes, cylinders, etc in perspective. I would look at objects around me, simplify them down to the most basic forms and draw that. I would also draw objects, and try to draw the form lines that would wrap around those objects. I would practice perspective alongside form, because they go hand and hand.
If you need more resources, I would recommend taking a look at some of the books listed here.
http://www.conceptart.org/forums/showthr...ading-List
I'm going to school for animation at the moment (I'd rather not mention the name ><). Unfortunately, while I love watching animated movies, and even enjoy animating, I found that the whole 3d process wasn't exactly for me.
I would recommend tons of life drawing. If you can't attend an actual workshop, you can always just go outside and draw what you see. Going to a zoo and drawing animals is always a bunch of fun too :)
I found a video a while back that was really good at talking about form, unfortunately I tried to find it for you and failed. This is the closest I could get.
http://www.ctrlpaint.com/videos/form-not-shape
Also, what I did a lot when I was trying to nail down form was draw boxes, cylinders, etc in perspective. I would look at objects around me, simplify them down to the most basic forms and draw that. I would also draw objects, and try to draw the form lines that would wrap around those objects. I would practice perspective alongside form, because they go hand and hand.
If you need more resources, I would recommend taking a look at some of the books listed here.
http://www.conceptart.org/forums/showthr...ading-List