01-08-2023, 06:07 AM
@Lege1 i think you have a terrific start there and, like Darktiste called out, your natural ability to create very readable and lively gesture thumbnails is on point and I find them all great, this is a skill not many artist have and i would let it drive your art more. I would personally not move too far away from them and use them as a closer fountain for your piece.
What i mean by that is, at times a method i take to my characters is i like to build on a very rough gesture, then use that to create an interesting silhouette, from that i put in the structure and a few element i want to include ( things like hair, face angle, muscle and breast size) and try to fix some of the obvious anatomy and pose concerns ( some issues are ok at an early stage as you can correct in shading and coloring later, the key is to keep it loose.) Sometimes if i focus too much on anatomy at this stage that i can flatten and stiffen my characters. Then after im happy with the overall shape i start to add to it and wrap elements around the character. I hope you dont mind but i did a quick process sketch of how i might have take one of your gesture drawings that spoke to me the most. I tried to keep as close to the original shape as possible as that is what i liked about it originally.
But very nice work and i cant wait to see where you go with this :)
What i mean by that is, at times a method i take to my characters is i like to build on a very rough gesture, then use that to create an interesting silhouette, from that i put in the structure and a few element i want to include ( things like hair, face angle, muscle and breast size) and try to fix some of the obvious anatomy and pose concerns ( some issues are ok at an early stage as you can correct in shading and coloring later, the key is to keep it loose.) Sometimes if i focus too much on anatomy at this stage that i can flatten and stiffen my characters. Then after im happy with the overall shape i start to add to it and wrap elements around the character. I hope you dont mind but i did a quick process sketch of how i might have take one of your gesture drawings that spoke to me the most. I tried to keep as close to the original shape as possible as that is what i liked about it originally.
But very nice work and i cant wait to see where you go with this :)