Jul '23

Hi, I'm Giang, I'm 28 years old. I just quit my job as a content editor to pursue a new career - 2D Game Artist. I really like Brunet's videos on YouTube, so I bought his Art School Course to start my new journey. I really appreciate constructive criticism, thank you. Please excuse me for my bad English :smiley:

This is my cylinder exercise for Figure Drawing.

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Jul '23

Those are some neet cylinders! Welcome to the forums!

Jul '23

Thank you, I'm glad to be a part of this amazing community

Jul '23

Yo, amazing cylinders . Please go through the course in the order given. Upload the assignments and your progress regularly. This is an amazing comunity and everyone here is rooting for eachother and will help everyone. It makes me happy when i upload something and someone likes or replies. I would like to see more of your work.
I would like to recomend you some of the sources that helped me improve :smile: . (Please check them out atleast once).
1. drawabox.com (amazing basic fundamentals)
2. Michael Hamptons book on figures ( you can download the free PDF online).
Have fun learning and I would love to see you go pro one day.

Jul '23

Thank you so much! This is indeed one of the most active and amazing art community that I've ever joined. I also really appreciate your recommendation, and I will definately check them out.

Jul '23

Figure drawing practice. This is my first time drawing figure, and it felt like it took me forever to complete one pose. There are so many things that I need to pay attention to, from proportion, shapes to pen control. So I really appreciate constructive criticism and some advice to better at figure drawing. Thanks in advance.

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Jul '23

Yo that's some good work, seems yo are getting the hang of extracting gesutures from references! I noticed you moved from circles to boxes for torsos and hips, which is a good idea. It's a good basis for when you move into the anatomy terms.

Jul '23
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Thank you! I saw some other artists placing the hip sockets under the hip-box, while master Brunet said that they should be on the side of the box. What is the correct way? It's a little confused.

Jul '23

Good question!
The box is intended to be a simplified version of the hips, and the cricles represent where the bone legs attach to the hips.
Knowing this, it depends on how big your box is, but usually they should go near the lower corners, right in the middle.

Here's what I mean:

Of course it's just inteded to be a guide, and as such, to simplify some people simply place them higher at the side of the box, or some on the lower side.

Techincally, the right position is as above, but this will mainly come into play the more you get into anatomy.

At the moment, in term 1, just getting a general idea of the dynamics of body gesture is good enough, since gesture plays such an important role at posing.

Accuracy on their positon will come into play once you start dressing up the gesture with muscles and bones.

Edit: I should have added that you seem to have them in the right place in the last excercics you posted! So great job at that!

Jul '23

I've a question. Do you guys usually drawing from your shoulder, elbow or wrist? I've practicing the pen control exercises for a while now, and I notice that it is really difficult to draw from elbow or shoulder on a small drawing tablet. I can do it if I draw fast, but drawing fast feels like less control of the pen.

Jul '23

Today figure drawing practice. I've a question about the pelvis-box. Does it start from the bellybutton to the crotch, or from below the bellybutton to the crotch? Thanks in advance!

Jul '23

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giang.sofl.k58

Use your whole arm, every part has it purpose. Usually wrist is for details and rest is for longer more stable strokes. It takes time to get used to draw from elbow/shoulder but it is worth. And it works on small tablets and paper. Drawing only with wrist can be hurtful for a long run so it is just better to use whole arm.