Olooriel's Practice Blog

[Olooriel]

@fauxfresh
Thank you! :)
Yes, as cesartalves and others elsewhere have pointed out, the proportions are off (I tend to make the legs a tad too long), but I wasn't even aware of that until it was pointed out to me... what I meant when I said that I don't know what I'm doing with these are indeed the contour lines... I knew that they flatten the form, but I didn't know how else to construct a figure, so I tried to combat the flatness with shading (needless to say, it didn't really work).

@cesartalves
Thank you for the feedback, I know that I focus too much on the contours, but I find it very hard to get away from that (years of doing it wrong I guess). Any tips on how to combat that?

@smrr
Thank you! :)
Well... I _try_ to think of the structure, but I have a hard time with that, so I always end up putting emphasis on the outline anyway. Thanks for the tips, I'll give them a try!

After the last figure drawing attempts I showed, I tried to learn it from the bottom up by following an online course. I'm still not sure whether it's helpful or not, but here's the simplified skeletons I started with: