Jan '22

Reply to

Gordon003

Nice work! I love the sci fi feel. I have been working on one point perspective a lot recently so I thought this may be helpful. If you draw an X in between the rectangle you are working in you can find the halfway point. Then you can repeat this as many times as needed. This is pretty simple if you are working on just the horizontal and vertical planes as the lines are straight. However if you are working at an angle, the lines must be parallel to the other angular lines on the side. I don't know how to divide the cushions into thirds but here is an example of how to divide it into fourths. You can also use this to find the halfway point on other objects such as the circles and checker pattern on the ceiling. Take this advice with a grain of salt please as I am very new and it may not be correct it just seems to work for me. I hope this is helpful. Also love this style!

@leeireo

Jan '22

aha yes! I think that's the method I was thinking of. Thanks for clarifying it for the both of us

Jan '22
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Thanks for explaining your view on my Chinese couch (random inspiration), @leeireo. I was trying to indicate equal distribution. But yeah, I should used @Lockenheim solution to draw the couch in equal distribution.

Jan '22

Reply to

Lockenheim

Thanks for your awesome explanation on how to split the couch equally. That's something I and @leeireo didn't know but should have due to mathematics knowledge lmao. And no, the advice makes absolute good sense.

Btw, the orange and blue lines you draw are not parallel if I'm assuming correctly. That's the case, that's me doing work at 1am - brings out the worst accuracy out of me. XD

But I do appreciate that you read my blogs, @Lockenheim . :smile:

Jan '22

:laughing: Ive been grinding perspective so much the past few weeks these problems are fresh in my mind and very dear to me :joy:

Jan '22
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Nude Figure Drawing

Now, this is where the interesting bits is coming in. Drawing people is never my strength (excluding cartoon lmao) so this took some considerable times in comparison to other courses in term 1. But this is very beneficial as it strengthens my observation out on what to look for.

NOTE - There are a lot of good examples on Discord chat. Go have a look for more reference on there. My Discord is Gordon003#7031 if interested to chat to.

Part 1 - Line of Action

  • Imaginary Line running from neck to tailbone.

  • First Line ever.

  • Always start with LOA when drawing figure.

  • Avoid S-Curve - our spine can only do much.

  • Can have secondary LOA to complement - in particular, the leg.

    • Part 2 - Head, Ribcage & Pelvis

  • Key parts of human body - each rotate independently of each other.

  • Can use (sphere or circle)/(box or square) to represent each part.

  • Use LOA to help the placement of those parts.

    • Part 3 - Joints

  • More mobile part of the skeleton

  • Represented as a circle which is connected by a line (simple) or cylinder (advanced)

  • Shoulder -> Elbow -> Wrist

  • Hips (at end of pelvis) -> Knee (Bottom Level) -> Ankle

    Part 4 - Cylinders

  • A better representation of joints connection.

  • Cylinder is better to show perspective and foreshortening.

  • Cylinder shows which joint is front/back of each other.

    • Full Process Combined


    Part 5 - Proportion

  • Use head measurement to measure out other key parts.

  • Have reference points to allow you position each body parts accurately.

  • Place your key body parts (head, ribcage, pelvis) and the joints as the first step.

  • Set up skeleton before you add detail.

    • Part 6 - Gesture Drawing

    Most challenging but also the most rewarding. I have done Gesture Drawing before but I don't see the main goal/point of doing it every day until Marc and other Youtubers videos recommended by other artist on Discord explained it.

    Basically, it helps me refine my observation skill in detecting key body parts quickly and find the flow of action since it's meant to be quick. In summary, this one took some considerable time and will continue to do as warmup activity.

    Initial Gesture Drawing

    Current Gesture Drawing

    Overall

    This is the hardest course in Term 1. But it's the most rewarding as it forces to work on my fundamental skill which was one of my art goal and reason to join this art school. And I'm happy to notice that I'm less rigid in my drawing and more fluent.

    Jan '22
    1

    I like the improvement on your gesture drawings! The planes on the faces add a lot in my opinion. I try to do that myself but run out of time! :blush: Gesture drawing is also the hardest part for me as well. I also feel like it improves my speed considerably when working on other practice. Keep up the good work!

    Jan '22

    These are looking great and you had some difficult poses too. You really capture the attitude of the people!