Around 30/40 minutes drawing

by Saburton33, February 14th 2019 © 2019 Saburton33

I paused the class and forgot so I’m not sure how long this took, I feel that I emphasized the curve of the spine too much and this affected the rest of the composition. Do you agree? Any other advice would be very welcome, thank yo

Pochik

Hi Saburton!

I too have fallen prey to pausing and forgetting. I guess it just shows how easy it is to get immersed in these drawings! :D

You do a great job at defining the feet in this piece, which is something I find often gets pushed to the side when people are on a time limit. The fact that you have spent time working in the extremities like this makes the drawing feel more like a finished piece.

As you said on the spine, it is a little exaggerated. It's not necessarily always bad to exaggerate features for the sake of impact, but in this case, I think it is compounded by the fact that the bum-to waist ratio is pretty wild. I didn't see the original so I obviously can't say how accurate it is. It's just that for me, the super thin waist that bends in at the spine jumped out as slightly off in a 'Rob Liefeld's Goddessy' sort of way.

But other than that, I think this is a really lovely piece. The profile of the face is well defined and you do a great job of communicating the strain of the pose by using heavy contrast towards the bottom of the figure.

You're doing so well - keep it up!

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Saburton33

Wow, thank you so much! That is such a detailed and encouraging comment, I agree with you about the waist to bum ratio but thank you for all the positive words!