one_two's sketchbook

[darktiste]

The character with the lance is hand holding the lance i find it hard to believe that it holding the lance.To me it Look as if the lance goes through the hand like in a video game of the old day instead of sitting inside the palm of the hand.

I notice the improve on proportion going up so cheer to that.The guy with the lance proportion are hard to determine for me due to the high collar and helmet but they seem to be off or he a giant with 9 1/2 head proportion .Of course no character have to be always of average size but the more your able to give your character the feeling of intentional proportion the better. A trick when it come to proportion and making them clear is to pair two character of different size to indicate a contrast a door frame is also always a good way to indicate proportion in a scene.At tip to make something hulkish is thicker neck such as a gorilla for example you can also look at dinosaur for example for creature you realize that leg get thick due to the weight necessary to support it. You can for example compare the leg of a cheetah and the one of an elephant and make somewhat accurate prediction about how they behave .By comparing different type of character and creature you can find out what make them interesting in term of there proportion.

If you not into fantasy proportion you can always just pick different body type and people of different age.For example a basket player vs a gymnast what make there proportion so different from one an other you can find that sometime proportion follow the function of whatever you try to achieve physically.For example arm wrestler might have a bigger arm than the other one.This add visual interest just enough to create something out of the ordinary.

You can try to find a story behind there individual proportion so that you can remind yourself at the start of a drawing and it also make you want to explore in that realm possibily not just always the same physic not that there anything wrong with preference... but you will thank yourself for step out of the usual i would like to believe.