Forum posts by Phillustration

That's a good shout too!

I've always looked at the 'Basic Shapes and Still Life' option of Line of Action and thought "Hahaahha no way! I'm drawing cool stuff..." - but clearly there's benefits of going back to basics now and then.

Hope you manage to get yourself back into the animation industry soon, it seems to be in a somewhat uncertain state in a lot of studios I know...

I personally listen to video game soundtracks as long as they don't get too distracting. The soundtrack to Final Fantasy 8 is the flavour of the month so far :)

The art drawing class I attend have also put together a pretty relaxing and chilled playlist here: https://open.spotify.com/playlist/3YIhIKZ4SK8t3lrRbuHTVs?si=UM3nsqZoTQizM_jIzOLECQ&pi=wVzZxbviTGa0z

Wow, thanks so much for taking the time to put that feedback together, Zaccrim! Super appreciated!

There's some really helpful stuff in there that I'll put into my practice this week, and will post a follow up :)

Like you mentioned, I often struggle with time management so the simplified guides will definitely help. I also suck at distance management (the amount of hands and feet that have been lost to page edges is shocking...) so that'll help me judge my range also.

The goal for the next couple of weeks is to think about volumes with 3D spaces, and I think I'll incorporate more volume lines to help understand flow and perspective.

Also I have to say, your 30 second and 1 minute gestures are great! So much expression is captured in a few details!

Thanks again :)

Thanks Pragmantic - it was a helpful grain of salt!

Good point with the head landmark, I'll start incorporating an ear shape and maybe a nose to indicate direction. Flatness is an issue I've had previously too, and I think you're right that more overlap will help there!

I've just purchased Michael Hampton's brilliant book on figure drawing, so will start digesting his muscle diagrams and introduce them slowly!

Thanks again!

Hello line of Action'ers!

Have been using the site for just over a year now and figured I'd share some sketches to get some feedback. I work in the animation industry so started up sketching after a long layoff with the aim to improve weight distribution, movement and overall drawing abilities.

I've been watching some Stan Prokopenko videos lately too, so am trying to introduce the concept of rhythm into my work to make things seem a little more fluid/alive.

Any feedback and critique would be awesome!

https://imgur.com/a/7EleUCL