01-26-2014, 10:34 AM
Thanks, I'll check him out. I watched the linked video, it actually a bit strange of approach at a first glance:)
What do I mean by "suspension of disbelief". We can see that the cartoon or anime girls often have longer shins, even in minimally stylized styles, like the korean character desings. It creates aesthetically pleasing figure with slender legs and all that stuff. But then, there's a problem when it comes to creating a kneeling pose or similar, because instead of sitting on her heels, she would wind up sitting on her calves with heels being like 30cm behind her, which would certainly create an unsettling image, which is opposite of intended effect:)
So, they simply retain the overall leg length and adjust the shin-thigh ratio to be realistic while being in that pose. And then they get up and they have the long shins again:) And it works, we buy it spontaneously:)
Or the "anime chin" syndrome which I've mentioned before in this thread. So in a lot of animes, they choose a-either not to show the head from a very low angle ever (the most usual decision) or b-when they do, they have to break the style and go for the "charlie brown looking straight up" stylization.
That stuff is extremely interesting, especially when you start to analyze it. It's how you said, deciding between different aspects and priorities.
Ok, today's update... A bit skinny, because I'm still pretty sick and on top of that, my hand hurts again. I have somewhat adjusted my drawing position hand-wise and the pain actually went away, but this is some new stuff lol:) I hope I'll find the middle ground or solution or whatever, because I am going to need my hand if I'm going to practice every day:D
Today, some apparel sketches, starting with schoolgirl uniforms (how very original!)... just trying to get to know and remember design variations and get to draw while at it...
Quote:What i meant with the big chest guy is you gotta be able to identify what the goal of the drawing is so you can make it more important and other things less, like how people who draw eyes big decided that it's important to have one eye's space between the eyes, so to compensate the eyes are closer to the side of the head than in real life. Or how the eyes cause eyebrows are pushed up so cartoon people wind up with smaller foreheads, since the range of expression the space between the eyes and brows gives you is more important than having a human-sized forehead.Yes, I see what you mean. I see it as a mix of studying others and gaining experience from practice. And, maybe the most importantly, what you're trying to accomplish and whether it maintains the appeal and, let's call it, suspension of disbelief.
What do I mean by "suspension of disbelief". We can see that the cartoon or anime girls often have longer shins, even in minimally stylized styles, like the korean character desings. It creates aesthetically pleasing figure with slender legs and all that stuff. But then, there's a problem when it comes to creating a kneeling pose or similar, because instead of sitting on her heels, she would wind up sitting on her calves with heels being like 30cm behind her, which would certainly create an unsettling image, which is opposite of intended effect:)
So, they simply retain the overall leg length and adjust the shin-thigh ratio to be realistic while being in that pose. And then they get up and they have the long shins again:) And it works, we buy it spontaneously:)
Or the "anime chin" syndrome which I've mentioned before in this thread. So in a lot of animes, they choose a-either not to show the head from a very low angle ever (the most usual decision) or b-when they do, they have to break the style and go for the "charlie brown looking straight up" stylization.
That stuff is extremely interesting, especially when you start to analyze it. It's how you said, deciding between different aspects and priorities.
Ok, today's update... A bit skinny, because I'm still pretty sick and on top of that, my hand hurts again. I have somewhat adjusted my drawing position hand-wise and the pain actually went away, but this is some new stuff lol:) I hope I'll find the middle ground or solution or whatever, because I am going to need my hand if I'm going to practice every day:D
Today, some apparel sketches, starting with schoolgirl uniforms (how very original!)... just trying to get to know and remember design variations and get to draw while at it...