03-18-2023, 06:01 AM
To wrap up my posting rage, I picked a sketchbook from 2012-2018 with leftover blank pages to do gestures (biased towards anatomy, not just flow lines) because I'm desperate need of it. Too much of my time currently goes into unfucking full body illustrations.
And let me tell you, I still hate gestures.
The way it's taught, or was in that one semester I took the only serious drawing class in my life, doesn't grok. I don't have the natural sense of balance that's somehow supposed to flourish through repeated speedrun-like practices. I suck at lines and angles, and the only thing bubbling up after 10 x 2 min gestures is anger.
Still, I took that approach to understand where I struggle most. The right page below was the first, the left last in this batch. Anything not a gesture is years old stuff.
1) Curved torsos are the easiest. People put a lot of emphasis on learning to use the spine, but that's not quite my issue.
2) I fuck up legs. They're weird sticks and sometimes I deform everything to attach them. Straight legs, men's legs, they're the worst. Maybe I should give everyone lady legs, lmao.
Bonus) Lizards are fun. I'm sorry, but if I want to loosen up instead of going stiffer I better do animal gestures.
So now I'm focusing on getting used to pogo sticks legs. No rush, just legs. First how better approach them (topologically, it seems), then repletion to drill silhouette and proportion. Arms will come next, and once I'm more comfortable with them, necks.
I've got more pages now, but it's more of the same. I'm taking suggestions of sketchbooks with cool gestures and anatomy studies to lurk in!
Oh, and palate cleanse from sketchbook page I'm currently working on. Accidental smudges can be fun!
And let me tell you, I still hate gestures.
The way it's taught, or was in that one semester I took the only serious drawing class in my life, doesn't grok. I don't have the natural sense of balance that's somehow supposed to flourish through repeated speedrun-like practices. I suck at lines and angles, and the only thing bubbling up after 10 x 2 min gestures is anger.
Still, I took that approach to understand where I struggle most. The right page below was the first, the left last in this batch. Anything not a gesture is years old stuff.
1) Curved torsos are the easiest. People put a lot of emphasis on learning to use the spine, but that's not quite my issue.
2) I fuck up legs. They're weird sticks and sometimes I deform everything to attach them. Straight legs, men's legs, they're the worst. Maybe I should give everyone lady legs, lmao.
Bonus) Lizards are fun. I'm sorry, but if I want to loosen up instead of going stiffer I better do animal gestures.
So now I'm focusing on getting used to pogo sticks legs. No rush, just legs. First how better approach them (topologically, it seems), then repletion to drill silhouette and proportion. Arms will come next, and once I'm more comfortable with them, necks.
I've got more pages now, but it's more of the same. I'm taking suggestions of sketchbooks with cool gestures and anatomy studies to lurk in!
Oh, and palate cleanse from sketchbook page I'm currently working on. Accidental smudges can be fun!