01-26-2014, 03:28 AM
Thanks for the tips man:)
The reason I go for an "s" when I draw legs is simple - Hampton does it like that and I'm going through his book at the moment:D It might not be the best way, but for now I'm utilizing his approach.
The underlying reasoning for that is that it enhances the gesture and makes the drawing less stiff (which is something I have to work on). It should be the first phase in making a drawing, it's basically an inaccurate representation of a pose that focuses on gesture entirely. And after that you would add rib cage, landmarks, cylinders for legs and arms, bones etc. and you might change all of the proportions or even whole positions of stuff... so, I think the idea is to gradually get to the finished drawing and not lose that flow you had in the beginning. And that first croquis stage should be made to show the flow and exaggerate movement, without regard to bones, muscles or silhouette (except the spine as the spine pretty much governs the gesture).
So, basically, it doesn't show neither bone nor muscle, it's more of a "ooh look at me, I'm doing this action and oh boy am I doing it" :)
And that would be his method in short. Of course, I wont be blindly following Hampton for the rest of my life, but at this point, I think it could be good to stick to it and then refine my own approach through a-constant practice and b-picking up stuff from bunch of books and artists, which would hopefully form some authentic Doolio approach. And since it could be said that this is the first book of many, I mostly do it "by the book":D
On the other hand, I see your method works really well for you, as your stylized characters are awesome:)
On the third hand(?) I try to exaggerate every curve and tendency I can, because I have a "mental block" when it comes to dynamics and stylization, my waists are always average, my legs can't be ultra thin without looking anorexic etc. So I try to loosen up and go a bit outside the box, even if it means I make mistakes in some other way. And lol, even with all that, my drawings are still stiff as boards and my stylization attempts are as tame as they can be:) So, I'll simply attribute it to practice.
Of course, partly because I've yet to learn the anatomy.
And thanks for nice whishes:)
Ah, I think it's getting better actually, we'll see if that's the case or it's actually a calm before the storm lol:)
The reason I go for an "s" when I draw legs is simple - Hampton does it like that and I'm going through his book at the moment:D It might not be the best way, but for now I'm utilizing his approach.
The underlying reasoning for that is that it enhances the gesture and makes the drawing less stiff (which is something I have to work on). It should be the first phase in making a drawing, it's basically an inaccurate representation of a pose that focuses on gesture entirely. And after that you would add rib cage, landmarks, cylinders for legs and arms, bones etc. and you might change all of the proportions or even whole positions of stuff... so, I think the idea is to gradually get to the finished drawing and not lose that flow you had in the beginning. And that first croquis stage should be made to show the flow and exaggerate movement, without regard to bones, muscles or silhouette (except the spine as the spine pretty much governs the gesture).
So, basically, it doesn't show neither bone nor muscle, it's more of a "ooh look at me, I'm doing this action and oh boy am I doing it" :)
And that would be his method in short. Of course, I wont be blindly following Hampton for the rest of my life, but at this point, I think it could be good to stick to it and then refine my own approach through a-constant practice and b-picking up stuff from bunch of books and artists, which would hopefully form some authentic Doolio approach. And since it could be said that this is the first book of many, I mostly do it "by the book":D
On the other hand, I see your method works really well for you, as your stylized characters are awesome:)
On the third hand(?) I try to exaggerate every curve and tendency I can, because I have a "mental block" when it comes to dynamics and stylization, my waists are always average, my legs can't be ultra thin without looking anorexic etc. So I try to loosen up and go a bit outside the box, even if it means I make mistakes in some other way. And lol, even with all that, my drawings are still stiff as boards and my stylization attempts are as tame as they can be:) So, I'll simply attribute it to practice.
Quote:Might also be worth drawing the entire leg as a single simple shape, one line from the hips to the outer heel and one from the crotch to the inner heelThis might help me with a 3/4 static standing pose, as that pose seem to be magically elusive to me:) I never get the line of balance right, I always draw one foot closer to the body, I always spend like forever trying to figure out the facing of the legs and fail in the end, I always screw up connecting the upper thighs and leg in general etc.
Of course, partly because I've yet to learn the anatomy.
And thanks for nice whishes:)
Ah, I think it's getting better actually, we'll see if that's the case or it's actually a calm before the storm lol:)