Feb 11

Figured I may as well render this one as I already started outlining shadows, lol don't even look at that face as is XD

cheers

Feb 11

Well, it's getting late, gonna go to bed. Here's today's progress WIP

any comments, critique is welcome

cheers

Feb 11

Reply to

snakker

I like the elephant study. The front right leg is straight, but the reference leg is bent. The fire Hydrant looks good.
The gesture drawings are good. For the studies, the render needs a darker color for the skin or a little more red. And the skin around the left foot needs to be colored too. That's all I can find.

Feb 11

Thanks mate, i appreciate your feedback. That elephant leg was indeed bent in the pic 🤣

Feb 11

Some progress

quickish study

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Couple study

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Anyone have any tips on how to draw heads when drawing the entire figure? For some reason, probably size, i struggle with figures when I get to faces. I think I try doing what I do when drawing portraits, but I don't do it as carefully and when I try simplifying it , turns out pretty bad XD
Any advice appreciated

cheers

Feb 13

I have some problems with that. But one thing I can think of is to figure out the proportions of the sketch. You can also adjust the if you don't like it. Another idea is figure drawing or gesture drawing. I hope that helps.
Nice work on the studies.

Feb 14

@snakker Very cool lines and values. Its nice to look at with the lighter values and lines
Thats just my preference though

28d

Reply to

snakker

It depends on the pose. Usually if the model is standing, I can measure the figure in terms of his/her/their heads and establish proportions of the figure first before laying down the rough draft of the figure. Sitting poses are easier since there are less heads to count. Measuring is a bit tedious, but it's one way to set up your figure drawing. For more complicated poses like the ones above, after blocking out the poses, I usually do a guesstimate on how the head looks, but, before putting any details, I think looking at the shape and size of the head in relation to the other body parts of the figure helps me see how the head needs to be fixed or edited so that the pose looks accurate to the whole model.

Also, Iin Michael Hampton's book, at least for figures who are 8 heads tall, the pelvis is approximately one head, while the rib cage is approximately 1.5 heads. So that's another guideline to follow if you wanted to check to see if your head looks right on the figure.

27d

Thanks for the kind remarks! @SamuraiSingh @gregorya And for the valuable feedback @phamster345 I'll keep those in mind for sure

Here's a digital painting I did today on krita, any critique always appreciated

cheers!

And Process collage with the reference photo

26d

That looks pretty good so far. My critique would be to darken the shadows around her arms to help separate the arms from the vase more. and some shading on her hair around her face.

26d

And a pencil drawing so as not to lose the habit of

Cheers

24d

That's pretty good.

21d

I really love that snail.
And the look on the face of the figure on Feb 13 is great!

15d

OMG I read through all your posts and your progressis amazing! I'm 13
And I wanna barn thank art so thanks for the motivation'