drifter93's sketchbook

[Fedodika]

Hey drifter! welcome to crimson daggers; I think you have the right idea about building figures with boxes and understanding those forms... Over my time ive put together a list of things i think would help me the most had i been trying to improve, i'll include it here and youre free to critique or tell me what you think.

I think youd benefit most by taking like a muscle a day and trying to locate it on the body, try to build that knowledge base. Im wiling to be you dont know the insertions or the bones where say, all the tendons in the leg hook up, or say the forearm, all the names and shapes of those small complex muscles. knowing what the muscle is, then building a 3d idea of the muscle, then being able to shade it like any basic rendering exercise like a ball or cube, to show form, thats how you improve. 

As for proportions, do long studies that are focused efforts with lots of erasing and trying your best to get every shape right as you possibly can. That and having someone who is more knowledgeable critiquing your progress, a better set of eyes so to speak. Combine that with quick gesture efforts, and use those gestures to look for your muscles of the day, all while doing basic gesture line, bean etc. fundamental exercises , doing lots of em!