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by Aheading, October 9th 2020 © 2020 Aheading

Conte crayon and charcoal attempting some basic shading in this 25 min pose.

Soft Circles

Great work! The proportions feel right and I think you captured the drama of the pose.

Some things to consider:

* Line weight: The line weights of the arms is pretty heavy and uniform. Varying the line weights where muscle groups meet and diverge will give the figure more life and dynamism.

* Hands: The hands seem incomplete. I think you got the general curvature of the fingers correct, you just need to define the forms a little more. Remember that each finger joint is a curved cylinder essentially, alternating "C" curves.

* Dimples of venus: I like that you defined where the venus of dimples are on the model's body, but they seem to "bulge" out unnaturally from the form. I feel that the shading around the area has too much contrast making that part seem to extrude dramatically from the rest of the back. I would suggest lowering the shading contrast in that area next time.

Hope that's helpful!

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Tx Williep

Nice figure. Hands need a little work and feet look a little small. Good, you are dating your work. You are progressing nicely. Keep going.

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Aliencommando

Very nicely-drawn figure, good shading. Some small things to consider:

- Perhaps the model was turned slightly to the left, but the back is asymmetrical (her right side is narrower than her left). You could either make the two sides the same width or add more of a twist to the spine to make it clear that the model is turning.

-Others have pointed it out but the hands being nonexistent/sketchy looks very out-of-place and detracts from how nice the rest of the drawing looks.

I hope it's helpful! :)

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Polyvios Animations

Nicest work on your figure's, hands', feet's' and head's shapes, spaces, and forms. Please keep on pushing yourself farther and then push farthest. But, these all don't feel too expressive enough to me. Why don't you please loosen and and lighten up your lines on the figures with 11 minutes of 27 second poses, (660/27≈24 scribbliest attitudes) followed by 5 minutes of 30 second faces, expressions, hands and feet?

The reason why you could and should do this littlest trick is because you can make your poses and body parts the least rigidest and totally dynamic, energetic, fluid, spontaneous, and completely alive. Therefore, if you wanna learn more about quick sketching for life drawing, I recommend a PDF of any Andrew Loomis book like Heads and Hands, and Fun With a Pencil. And they're also available at your local or online bookstore. So, my hat's off to you.

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