07-18-2016, 06:58 AM
Hey Art! :-) I'm glad my that pen stuff is helpful to you. Keep up with the pen practice! You have to draw hundreds of boxes (over time, not all at once, of course) to really get the hang of it. I think you'll find that it is fun to vary the mediums you use.
That perspective and anatomy study you are working on is kind of interesting. I think you made a mistake with the proportions, though. His head looks a bit too small. Now I'm not figure expert, but one of the things I notice is that your figures tend to be quite stiff and almost blocky. I think that is because of the way you practice constructing them–you emphasize geometric forms over fluidity and organic curves, and while those forms are helpful, having them alone tends to stiffen figures into mannequin like figures.
BTW, when you do what you call "gestures", you are really drawing constructions, not gestures. This may be why you are frustrated with them! Gestures are all about the movement, not the form. Proko explains it here. If we are drawing, say, a woman undressing, the gesture isn't her head being a sphere and her arms cylinders. Nor is it the proportions. It's that movement that connects all those forms as she undoes her dress straps or whatever. It sounds weird but Proko explains it far better than I can.
This reminds me that I must get into gestures again myself. LOL Hope that helps!
That perspective and anatomy study you are working on is kind of interesting. I think you made a mistake with the proportions, though. His head looks a bit too small. Now I'm not figure expert, but one of the things I notice is that your figures tend to be quite stiff and almost blocky. I think that is because of the way you practice constructing them–you emphasize geometric forms over fluidity and organic curves, and while those forms are helpful, having them alone tends to stiffen figures into mannequin like figures.
BTW, when you do what you call "gestures", you are really drawing constructions, not gestures. This may be why you are frustrated with them! Gestures are all about the movement, not the form. Proko explains it here. If we are drawing, say, a woman undressing, the gesture isn't her head being a sphere and her arms cylinders. Nor is it the proportions. It's that movement that connects all those forms as she undoes her dress straps or whatever. It sounds weird but Proko explains it far better than I can.
This reminds me that I must get into gestures again myself. LOL Hope that helps!
"Drawing is a skill like hammering a nail. You might not be great at it yet, but there is nothing stopping you from gettin' down and hammering away." -Irshad Karim
Sketchbook!
Sketchbook!