Week 35 - Figure drawing

[undone ledge]

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:1765058700:f>

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

Reference photo source : The pose archives

you can turn on ping for studies here id:customize

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NAY5N76VP8M

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tSyGOZjTs5A

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gpH8T2CRlLI

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MKi3-fe1GC4

Here are some resources, I will pin them all
some of them are longer videos but I find them incredibly useful so if you are serious with learning, watch them!

[ebon leaf]

Yo guys if you need help on something about gesture I'm a master on it I work like 2 or 3 years for figures drawings

[undone ledge]

apply for mentor with portfolio

[placid hatch]

U got me with this. Quick timed drawings are my weak point.

Still gonna do my best tho

Can I use line of action ?

The website

[undone ledge]

Study examples :

• Gesture drawing - find at least 10 ref photos and draw them all, 10min each. If it feels too long, make the time shorter I usually treat it as warm up and draw around 20 1-2mins each!

• Focus on simple shapes and break down the figure into simple shapes like cubes and cylinders, helps with perspective practice and 3d space drawing

• Full rendered piece

You can combine them, start with gesture and then focus on render or do whatever you want ✨

[undone ledge]

yup definitely

I love line of action

[placid hatch]

How long shoud a gesture drawing be ? Is it 1-5 min or 10 min ?

[undone ledge]

depends, as warm up anything under 5min will be fine, 10min would be for something a bit more detailed

[placid hatch]

Ok !

[undone ledge]

one of my figure drawing sheets - the quick ones are around 2 mins, sketches around 5-10 and the detailed one 1h. I treat the quick ones as warm up before something more detailed!

or these, 2min vs 30s ones!

*I did these like 2years ago pls don't judge them too much

another example, 5min max each

[placid hatch]

It’s actually soo cool to see !! I. Super slow so anything under 10 min looks really bad and sketchy. Somthing I’m trying to get better at examples form a cuppel weeks ago.

The better ones are 10 min I think and the sketchy ones were 3 min

[mint comet]

I was just doing some gesture warmup the other day, first set 15-30s, second set was 2m, love any excuse to do more gestures though

[placid hatch]

I don’t understand how ppl are this fast. lol it’s incredible

3 min before I go to bed. Will do more of them tomorrow and with longer time

[mint comet]

I feel so slow when I'm doing them "Ahhh the timer's going down, work faster!!"

[placid hatch]

SAAME !!! Except I’m actually soo slow, without time I can get a pose pretty well but it will take me like 20 min. It’s wen it’s timed it just looks soo bad

Sketches form 2 months ago that are not timed

I do think my sketchy ness has improved a bit on thes 3 min ones

Red is form 3 weeks ago

Maby 2 not shure

[mint comet]

For the really quick ones (<1 min), often I try not to stress too much about accuracy and more use them as hand warmup or hand-eye coordination practice if that helps, they're gonna be a lil messy given their nature

[placid hatch]

Yea and I try and not feel too bad about my lines looking messy cus I do thes with my finger cus my Appel pencil is broken so I don’t have penpreshure and I cent be that precise with my movements quickly. Tho that is not a excuse

[quasi drift]

now this

is what i do

hopefully properly

[ebon leaf]

Do you want a portfolio ?

[undone ledge]

You will have to reach out to owners and see if you meet the requirements, probably in #📩・support ticket

[ebon leaf]

But Which I pick up

[undone ledge]

Info one

[ebon leaf]

I wanted to claim a ticket and that happened

[undone ledge]

You have to only open one and write your question, claiming part is for the person who answers to u

[placid hatch]

This is the best I can do in a bit under 10 min. @undone ledge how can I get faster at doing Thea’s ?

[undone ledge]

You are doing great, it gets faster with more practice I think at least 20-30 quick ones and it will get a bit easier. Once u built habit of doing them as warm up it will be even faster/easier

Challenge yourself and set the timer to around 3min

[placid hatch]

I have a question, it always seems like my sketches suck so mutch more than my rendering. Is this somthing to do with my lack of penpreshure? Or is sketching a skill in it self I need to practice sepret form rendered art?

[placid hatch]

I do ! But wen I do the anatomy tends to suffer cus of it here are some I just did

[undone ledge]

Yup it's definitely skill on itself. I have opposite problem I practiced sketching so much that now I have to put extra learning into render:D it could be about pen pressure too tho, to test this I would grab a sketchbook and try some traditionally too. Could be the line quality that is throwing you off instead

[undone ledge]

Yeah sometimes I stop after few, spot the mistakes and keep them in mind for other gestures. For example "head too small" so now I can give it extra attention during 10 next

[placid hatch]

I gave up on line art and proper sketches when I Appel pencils broke. And focused only on colors and rendering with is fine it looks good at the end but it takes alot more time wen my sketches don’t look as good right away and I need to do multiple of them

[placid hatch]

Yea getting the proportions right is realy hard when it’s so quick!! I always mess up on the length of the limbs

@undone ledge how do u practice sketching.?

[sage trellis]

Can I do traditional for these? I'm new and scrolling through what's already in here I'm only seeing digital

[placid hatch]

I think a lot of ppl use traditional!

[sage trellis]

Okay good to know!!

[undone ledge]

Yeah without pen pressure it will take some more time to look good but I know people who prefer it more are practice like that to build line confidence!
My sketch practice wasn't really intentional I didn't have enough patience to render full pieces so I did lots of sketches, thumbnails and doodles before every project:D then I locked in for few finished pieces but always enjoyed lots or sketches before that

[placid hatch]

I’m the opposite! I looove rending and colouring and woud rather skip the sketch and lineart face as much as possible to get to the good part. With is probably way murky sketvhes suck. But I don’t mind doing it the hard way if no penpreshure means building more line confidence faster imma continue doing that! Tho I might still wish for a Appel pencil for Christmas cus my hand cramps lol

I see my sketches use a lot of straight lines and not to many curved lines ? Shoud I try and incopoprate more curved line into my sketches so it dosent look so choppy ?

[undone ledge]

Yup definitely, quick sketches are great for trying new ways so experiment as much as u want!!

[placid hatch]

Ok thanks !! I will do so in the morning!! I need to get up in 4 hours so I got to go to bed. I really need to stop thinking about art fundamentals at night lol

[remote violet]

does this count

[vapid tangle]

might do a value study too but havnt decided if i can be bothered yet

[uneven holly]

Ís this ok?

[placid frost]

Should I fix anything with these?

[undone ledge]

check the body proportions, head is a bit too small!

[undone ledge]

I think it's better to draw more and then spot your mistakes after, don't 'fix' quick sketches

[undone ledge]

it counts but try to be more intentional with your lines!
here are some examples of simple gesture drawings using line of action

[remote violet]

tried making some more

i still dont fully understand the concept but im trying lol

[undone ledge]

examples :

[undone ledge]

and that's great! ❤️
I think it's good to establish what are we using for line of action. this one is probably the most understandable one so keep it simple for yourself at first. rn you are trying to work with leg forms but those should be added only in gestures with longer time

[remote violet]

ok

[uneven holly]

Alright, thanks

[placid frost]

Ty!

[wooden trench]

About 5 minutes. Happy with the torso, struggled to connect the head to the torso

[sonic merlin]

any advice on what I can do better?

...nevermind I clearly haven't paid enough attention to the proportions

Anything else?

Hmmmmm

-# idk please help TwT

[ivory aurora]

I added some guideline, maybe it could help. Study the curves and how limbs are lined up to eachother. Keep it up! You have nailed some on the previous drawing, but on the newest sketch they seem to be forgotten a bit

[light lodge]

Please sorry if my upcoming words may sound odd
But please I'm looking for a server that architectural drawings are being posted there

Please can someone help me out

[placid hatch]

Did some more 3 min ones traditionaly

I ways feel like the first ones I do when I start for the day are horrible and the last ones I do are less horrible

I’m going to do more 3 min ones maby tonight but also tomorrow than I’m going to move on to 10 min and 30 min ones

[shadow lotus]

The trick is to not focus on the timer and just let yourself flow free lol the more you focus on the timer the worse it gets. It isn't your finals that you need to focus on the timer. Just draw and don't bother about time. You will exceed the time limit sure but as you continue to do it you'll get more accustomed to it

[shadow lotus]

I usually start with cylinders so that way the head and torso and everything else is connected on a more basic level so don't need to panic when I start carving shapes. Try it and maybe you'll be able to do it too

[tawdry nymph]

this is how i know that my oc 'shape' kinda sucks lol

[placid hatch]

Did some more… changed my brush. Think it’s better now.

[placid hatch]

I forgot one .. 3 min sketches, I’m going to do the 10 min and 30 min ones tomorrow

[ebon leaf]

I love the melange of study you have do

[tawdry nymph]

Ty !!

[primal scaffold]

does this count? i referenced my 3d model

[rustic minnow]

gesture drawings are such a fun exercise. also a good way to build up that confidence when you take the undo button out of the picture. i think the thing i like the most about it is its literally just vibes

[spare gust]

I was gonna do a head study

Body it is then

[wooden trench]

Mep.

[undone ledge]

30min each 🫡

[rustic minnow]

uhm EXCUSE me the you're supposed to GESTURE draw not fully RENDER

[small surge]

there, took one hour which is really good time for me

[tropic moat]

this is my weakest point NOOOOOOOOOOOOO

[spare gust]

drawing from memory

[sonic merlin]

Just sliiiiightly off on everything

Might just be a practice thing ngl

[vapid tangle]

*censored nudity

[hearty lance]

nice expression

[celest flume]

I tried this🥹 I gave myself 4- 5 minutes for each. I’m kind of happy with the results though I feel like they are far from perfect

[shrewd rover]

nice

[wooden trench]

Redid these to be a lot more gestural

[placid hatch]

@undone ledge is it ok if I ask u a art question that's not about this weeks prompt ? Iv been thinking about it since fabic studdy week

[undone ledge]

sure! ping me in #978708583090892830 or #🎨・art-chat anytime!

[placid hatch]

Ok ! Thanks !!

[molten sage]

https://files.catbox.moe/hze415.jpeg

A 30 min sketch before adding value! I fear it will only get worse once I add value so I'm sharing it at this stage.

Open to all kinds of criticism and feedback, thanks

[undone ledge]

hii nice work!
before u start adding values definitely check all the measurements, legs seem to be a bit too short + check the foot construction (here are some examples 🫡 )

[placid hatch]

How long will this group be up ? Do I still have time to do a 1 h figure drawing ? @undone ledge

I kinda got caught up in a drawing instead of figure drawing a cupel days ago and completely forgot that I was suported to do a more detailed version.

[undone ledge]

I was about to close it but I can give u like 20 min xdd

[placid hatch]

THANKS I WILL TRY MY BEST

[molten sage]

thanks for the feedback. I tried to elongate the legs a little bit and worked a bit more on the ankles 😅

https://files.catbox.moe/ylwrcg.jpeg

[undone ledge]

yees great job!!

[molten sage]

ty ty

[placid hatch]

Ok this is what I can do in 20 min lol

O f I flipped it sorry

@undone ledge thank u for the extended deadline lol I did my best

[undone ledge]

omg hell yeah

love the values

[placid hatch]

Thanks !!! Been practicing heheh I’m still slow tho lol

I’ll probably refine it on my own time !!

[undone ledge]

great job everyone see ya in next study week!!