Mau - Art School Journey

[mau.wamp]

Today I tried to mannequinize the human figure from reference. I think I did a decent job on those, however in my next sessions I‘ll have to make sure to think more about the bodyparts and their position in space (they got kinda sloppy as the session went on)...
Have a good start into the new week, everybody!

[Frygidal]

The structure is SOLID, especially on the last woman drawing, keep them coming!

[mau.wamp]

Quick update on my figure drawing practise. Those two were the best I could do today all other figures were trash😂

Forgot to save the references, AGAIN🤦‍♂️
Have a great friday and weekend!

[mau.wamp]

After around 10days of practising Mannequinization I decided to do a full figure. Took me about 30mins. And today I also saved the ref for you guys😁😅
Though I took measurements, I still think that the proportions look off...

I am going to dedicate another 10days to figure drawing with my focus on proportion and giving real volume to the figures!
Have a great sunday!

[LesleyCarol]

I made an overlay for you!

Be careful with the calf muscles, the head should be a little bigger, and the back should be a little wider on the top.
Hope this helps!

[mau.wamp]

Oh thank you so much Lesley!
Thats super helpful! 👍 I really tend to struggle with the proportions of the head compared to the body, I will put more emphasis on that👍🙏

[dangras-almeida]

These are turning out great! How are you finding keeping the shapes so they all don't turn out too muscular? (I often struggle with that part).

[mau.wamp]

Thanks for your kind words, Danilo!
I‘ve had this problem too when I first went through the Anatomy module in Term 3+4, when I did figures there was always too much muscle on my character‘s frames.
The answer to your question is simple: I measure. A LOT.
I am also trying to keep my focus on portraying correct form, instead of drawing the muscles themselves. (On the Proko YT channel you can find a great video about „Mannequinization“, which helps a lot)

Keeping the Anatomy in mind, but having the main focus on correct proportions and bringing a 3D object onto a 2D canvas is an approach that works well for me.

Hope that helps!

[dangras-almeida]

It definitely does help! Thanks a lot for the reply.
I've seen the mannequinization videos, but at the time, I guess they didn't made much sense, as my knowledge of the figure (and the 3D shapes that build them) was lacking. But know I think I can understand the idea better. I like what you said about bringing 3D objects onto a 2D canvas. My brain is getting more fixated into this concept and it's been "slightly easier" to approach things with this perspective in mind.

Thanks again!

[mau.wamp]

Finally made it through Term 1 of Art school for the second time. This time I worked a lot more diligently on the necessary skills.
I did a little personal piece at the end, and I must say I enjoyed the process of this piece a lot.
Did a fan art of one of my favourite Magic: The Gathering Cards: Elesh Norn.
The process from thumbnailing, to taking my own references for the pose, to doing the final piece was so much fun! I think I have to do more of these in the future

What do you think? I especially want to know what kind of story u come up with by seeing this picture, so I know if I could transfer my ideas behind it to the work itself!
Have a great weekend!

[megpol19]

This is great! It was an amazing idea to do a fanart piece with all the skills you learned from Term 1, and I can really see them all applied here excellently. When I look at this piece I think of growth or a plant growing towards the sun

[Da_Bingus]

yo that looks good :o

[mau.wamp]

After a really sloppy week 1 in Term 2, I kinda got back on track again
The next ten days will be focused on the structure and planes of the head, which I already practised for some months earlier this year. But there is still a lot to improve and learn structure-wise.
For this session my main focus was on a reoccurring problem: correctly drawing the planes of the cheek bone.
Do you guys have any strategies to correctly place the cheecbones onto the head? I can't seem to figure it out somehow...
The eye area is kind of a problem-child as well.
Wish you guys a great day!

[mau.wamp]

Today's practise turned out a lot better than yesterdays! I am pretty content with it. Except the eye area is off...
What do you guys think? Do I correctly show the structure and 3dimensionality?

[LesleyCarol]

These look really solid!
This is nit-picky, but the front rectangle and center are a little off and it's making the jaw shift to the right.

Regardless, looking good!

[mau.wamp]

@LesleyCarol Thank you so much for your feedback. That was a fundamental mistake, thanks for taking a thorough look at my practise

Here is today's practise... Have a great day, everybody!

[dangras-almeida]

Really nailing this head constructions @mau.wamp, congrats!

Do you start with the box in perspective or with the circles and planes?

[Frygidal]

Great structure, especially black one, the blue one on the photo has some slight issues, like too little circular side plane of the skull. Black one looks perfect, good job!

[mau.wamp]

Thank you @dangras-almeida and @Frygidal for your kind words and feedback!

Danilo, I do start with the box and then I try to fit the ball/circle for the cranium into it. Later I add the nose and eyebrow lines to get an overview about the basic proportions of the reference and lastly I draw the planes of the head.

[mau.wamp]

Heyho everyone!
I need your help regarding my further Art school study:
I am going to tackle the BIG chapter of shading in the coming weeks. Therefore I wanted to ask you if you have experiences with resources apart from Marcs class about that topic? I am looking for sth that covers the very basics of shading and it should be easy to understand and to apply
If sth comes to your mind, please share it with me, it would be very helpful!
Have a great day, everyone!