Couple more Term 1 assignments done! I've decided to post my first shot at these as well as my thoughts, and after a few months of practicing them in the background I'll compare my results!
The first picture was a drawover. It was easy enough to do, but to be honest it was a pretty solid introduction into constructing bodies.
Second image is poses based off of references, no tracing. If I were to have a goal in mind with these courses, it's to become a character designer of some sort. Even if it's just making my own creations, I have a wealth of ideas I want to put onto paper. I felt like this exercise was a great way to push me a bit further towards that goal! Looking at it, I'm still very iffy on proportions (Especially the size of limbs compared to the body), anatomy, and foreshortening. But to be fair, prior to this if you asked me to draw a stick figure it'd look pretty off so. This is a fantastic improvement already!
Forcing myself to post this one because I simply did not have an easy time following the instructions for it. (Told myself I would post my first attempts at the homework, regardless of quality) Something about following step by step exactly makes the whole thing fall apart for me. I'll have to re-watch the video a few more times and take several more cracks at this, but at the very least I learned where certain landmarks are on the body so that's a start.
I've learned a lot so far, but still feel very new and kind of lost. For right now, the thing I'm trying to establish is consistency and repetition. The more I regularly practice, and the more things I stick into my practice rotation, the better. Within reason of course, not going to kill my hand over it. But for now, my goal is to peek my head into Term 2, while trying to finish a Term 1 assignment or two a day if possible.
