09-10-2014, 12:14 AM
Adrian: Check out this video on folds, it will give you a good starting point: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MHRSPNkG...yIy6zK4ZCg
Also, draw drapery still life every day for a week and really analyze the forms of the folds and where the source of those forms are, the tension points. Folds are kind of simple in concept but the variety of shapes they can take can get pretty complex, so learning to simplify them based on how they work is something you can learn just by studying drapery from life and from master paintings.
See how people like Sargent or Velasquez handled folds. Also, Wesley Burt does a great job at simplifying folds in his concept art. Sometimes you can just use triangle-shaped shadows to give the suggestion of folds, especially in the pants at the bottom.
Hope that helps!
Also, draw drapery still life every day for a week and really analyze the forms of the folds and where the source of those forms are, the tension points. Folds are kind of simple in concept but the variety of shapes they can take can get pretty complex, so learning to simplify them based on how they work is something you can learn just by studying drapery from life and from master paintings.
See how people like Sargent or Velasquez handled folds. Also, Wesley Burt does a great job at simplifying folds in his concept art. Sometimes you can just use triangle-shaped shadows to give the suggestion of folds, especially in the pants at the bottom.
Hope that helps!