TX's Sketchbook

[txchris]

Update!

I decided to show a bit of my process when drawing from "imagination". Technically, you could say I'm using photos as positional reference.

Anyway, I usually start with drawing blocks for the torso and the hips, and begin to analyze how they relate each other in space. It's not pictured because the drawings were really really poor. Then, I draw a few mannequins, until a decent prospect appears. In this case, The one outlined with a marker.

Based on that pose, I proceed with drawing a gesture, in order to make it a bit more alive.
Since I now have the volumes defined, I simply develop them further, using contours to create that 3d feel.


I kind of decided to do this at the last minute, sorry about the rushed explanation. I'm planning to do a more in-depth "tutorial" for future updates.

A few more drawings then. Here's a slightly modified copy of a drawing from Andras Szunyoghy's book, Anatomy drawing school.


And my attempt to capture the values of this piece, minus DK (digital)