Week 26 - Figure drawing

[opal tusk]

Welcome to Study groups!!
weekly study challenge to practice art fundamentals

for anyone who wants to join - here's reference!
Try to observe simple shapes, proportions and focus on drawing the reference accurately

WHEN POSTING INTO GALLERIES PLEASE ALWAYS ATTACH ORIGINAL REFERENCE WITH IT

general rules: use any technique, any medium and don't trace or over paint the reference!

this week study ends : <t:1759611600:f>

I will be here to help so feel free to ping me anytime
Have fun!

Reference photo source : JookpubStock, credit on ref photo as well

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old work, can't wait to redraw this one

take this as opportunity to work on full rendered work, challenge yourself you got full week

[strong vector]

Ouuuhhh

[grim sorrel]

wowie

[knotty marsh]

ooo quick question am I able to do a gesture drawing w this?? im a lil busy rn but I wanna do this hehe 😻

[opal tusk]

Sure thing

[versed laurel]

Imma try dis with one of my ocs

Ty ngl

[sour flax]

Oh im cooked with this one

[knotty marsh]

this one was fun! Js a lil more improvements I guess 😋

[broken vector]

Lets goo! New week

[slow haven]

Can I start here?

i'm just doing a gesture drawing of it

[vernal anchor]

Ah i see you're here too

[slow haven]

I didn't do the first 25 weeks

Am I gonna fail this class?

Nah

This is not the school system

This is art practice

It will help me create comics and graphic novels

Failure is an opportunity to grow, not a punishment for poor performance

I have my sketch here, but no camera rn

I think I succeded

[sand socket]

Didn't have much time this week, so posting last weeks study a little late. Thanks for the advice yor koi, it helped me quite some. Will try to post this weeks study in time :p

[slow haven]

Don't worry, I'm half a year late on #1

[sand socket]

Same, I joined the studies like 2 weeks ago :p

[slow haven]

You're on good pace

[narrow yew]

Might do it once im done with vegas

[solid steppe]

I did this with my OC since the last time I tried drawing a person didn’t go so well

I’m able to draw hands, but for some reason drawing them in a cartoon style really gets me.

[granite glacier]

i dont know how to render

[tepid grail]

Mine here !!

[rare heron]

Yayy this is perfect I was thinking of doing some figure drawing

[swift leaf]

Figure is anatomy pose ?

[unreal tundra]

kind of that

[swift leaf]

okay i think i see

[orchid river]

I tried🥀 my artstyle isn't built for this

My artstyle BTW, I use bases so I put them here

[broken vector]

😤

[broken vector]

Hey bro , which software do you use? I might try digital @opal tusk

[opal tusk]

hello, I use clip studio paint but it is paid software, from free ones I can recommend krita I've used that one before csp!

[broken vector]

Oh Ok, thanks

[strange grove]

YESSSS I need this NowwwwWwwwwwwwWWW

[spark arch]

I'm so bad

It's like this

[rare heron]

https://youtu.be/gpH8T2CRlLI?feature=shared this video helped me

id reccomend starting with an even simpler pose

[frigid cairn]

spray and pray ahh sketch

[severe bramble]

Thanks for sharing it

[rare heron]

No problem Kira

I mean Kawajiri

[severe bramble]

Lol

[severe bramble]

I am haveing problems in drawing hands any advice?

[rare heron]

You missed it sadly

[severe bramble]

?? Missed what?

Ah I see

Well I acn see the chat log atlest it show me some references I wilk try it tomorrow

[chrome basalt]

I do a ton of gesture and figure drawing so I challenged myself to turn the model without checking any other references. Holy cow was this a great exercise. It made my brain cry and made me face that I'm infinatly better at copying what I see then actually constructing. I need to keep self-studying value, I'll definatly come back to this project to line and paint it

[broken vector]

Damn thats crazy 💯

[spark arch]

Drawing final boss

Crazy

[spark arch]

Thanks

[tawny dune]

That is cool!! And a good exersize aswell. Just want to point out that length from knee to fot is a bit short on the bended legg (rotation piece). Like when you bend your own knee, where does your foot align with the hip/thigh. Keep up the good work!!

[chrome basalt]

Thank you! That was the part melting my brain. This morning I can see the leg is crossing in front of her in the reference and in the rotation I didn't point the knee into the distance enough. I need to flip my canvas! I always forget

[broken vector]

Guys how can I improve any tips?

[chrome basalt]

im looking at it, one sec

[chrome basalt]

did you "eyeball it" in one go or did you draw and erase construction lines as you went?

[broken vector]

What does eyeballing mean 😭 sorry my english is weak

This is the guide I first drew

[chrome basalt]

I drew a bit and overlayed the reference over your drawing, may I post it for you?

[broken vector]

Yeahh

[chrome basalt]

You did great! There are artist "tools/tricks" that help you layout your drawing more effectivly. If you draw a perfectly straight line from the top to the bottom of a page you can use a plumb bob to look at your reference (a weight tied to a string). If you put that line through a subject it can help you align your drawing vertically and improve the spacing of your features!

using a grid of lines, or atleast a couple of key lines like i used to rotate my drawing, help you catch subtle errors. Droping a straight line from the crest of the collar bone generally helps you sense the movement and weight of a subject

[broken vector]

Oh I see, thanks mate I will try to use key lines from now on
And overlaying like that is also great way to see mistakes!

[chrome basalt]

Glad to help! Its important to check our work! if you overlay the reference over my sketches you'll find all my mistakes, too!

[broken vector]

Ig these small mistakes are fine no drawing is ever perfect anyways haha

[chrome basalt]

EXACTLY! Its important to try our best, and to understand, but we have camera's to make perfect copies. Drawing should reflect the world as humans see it

[broken vector]

Yeah fr

[chrome basalt]

Nowa, I absolutely adore your painting. The skin is beautiful, your line work is bold and expressive. I love your exaggeration. Goals for sure

[open yew]

I'm really glad to hear that. Thank you.

[steady delta]

I really struggle with perspective 💀🤣

[warm stag]

I'm rlly new I started like last week so could you give some feedback?

[chrome basalt]

@steady delta @warm stag your new super power just dropped!

You can also use a metric ruler (mm) with the same technique and move from the world of drawing to the world of technical drafting.

Combine this technique with a plumb line and then all you need is practice!

[chrome basalt]

In the beginning: YOU DONT KNOW HOW TO DRAW. Like, your body doesnt physically know how to move your hand. Your eye doesnt know shapes and values. So, like, the more time you spend on a piece it tends to get worse instead of better. At the start.

Do lots and lots of gesture drawings. Look at a feature (torso) try to "see" the simplest outline you can make of it (think drawing a stick man out of crooked boxes). Circle for the head, dash a line through the circle that would run down the back of the head, spine, and down through a leg, then quickly (sloppily even) and lightly start drawing boxes that fit the shapes you see. Draw boxes and shapes until it's just recognizable and then start over again. Try to do three gestures before you start any drawing for real and you will see quick improvement

[warm stag]

@chrome basalt ty

[chrome basalt]

Np dudes. Grow, become powerful

[ancient idol]

yooo, those angles are so cool

stuf I happened to be drawing when I saw the theme for the week

[chrome basalt]

Ahhhhh, im freaking jealous. I'm gonna try harder
Edit: just understood the triangle, much thanks dude. That's gonna change things for me

[ornate frost]

Hell yeah, I want to see how you're gonna do !

[thin iris]

Actually, I have no idea about the triangle thing. But when I look at the reference properly I slowly see the pattern.

[chrome basalt]

Oh, the way you did the first gesture from the reference in the scale series of drawings. You have a line from each hand to the low foot. You used those reference lines in all the rotated positions, too. It looks like they really helped control the perspective

I kinda visualized it like turning a flat plane in perspective (easy) placing three landmark features on the triangle in perspective (easy) and then mapping the body between them.

I like, drew a rotated torso and agonized while eyeballing my features in and checking against my grid lines (hard, feels dumb now)

[quasi cairn]

Been a while since I've last drawn humans (excluding a perseus sculpture I drew for fun a few weeks ago)

[broken vector]

I drew them from famous artist's work 2 3 weeks ago

[upbeat ore]

Any ideas on how to do the proportions or is it just

Study more

And do more gestured than structured

Augh I'll try this again-

[kind mist]

Got problems with finger and posture 😭

[valid siren]

Here's mine ❤️

[stable fable]

My try

[upbeat ore]

Attempt #2