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[pugsloth]

Hey Einver thanks for the comment, by volume studies you mean like Bridgman's figure drawing where he converts parts of the body into geometric shapes?

I'll be posting more studies later, I'm hoping to start working through Michael Hampton's book on figure drawing, it seems to be pretty good :)

Ah, let me clarify! Volumetric shapes are helpful to study, but what I meant were masses of studies! For example you might do 100 gestures, then 10 more refined poses from ref.

Take good breaks, don't hurt your grips.

Finally, hit up 10 figures with no ref whatsoever, to see where you improved and where you keep making mistakes/struggling. Then logically, focus on the weak spots next time!

After 120 figures, you make some serious neural connections with them, enabling your conscious and subconscious to reproduce them more accurately.

Bridgeman is great to study for people who need help breaking down seemingly complex shapes into more digestible (and stylized) forms though.

Ahhh right I understand, yes that seems like a good practice to do, thank you for explaining, I have a lot of time so hopefully I'll start making them connections sooner rather than later :)

Yeah I have the Complete Bridgman book but I find them drawings a bit gestural to copy, so I took some advice from a few others and ordered the Stephen Rogers Peck book on anatomy to aid in learning from the Bridgman book :)