Forum posts by Jttheallison

Hey everyone!
Its been a bit over a month since my last post, which was just asking for critique. I got some great tips from it, specifically trying out charcoal and drawing my heads a bit larger. Overall, I feel my linework has been growing much more confident, and I am happy with the progress! This was my second month of figure drawing, and the imgur link has drawings I selected over the last month (in order from first time using charcoal, to most recent last). I'd like some critique on charcoal usage, specifically with shading. I think I've got the basic understandings of the medium, but any resources would be appreciated. I labled my favorite one in there, which was just a short 5 minute sketch. I ended up taking a break over the last week, which I regret because I've fallen in love with drawing. Last one I did in the link is a pencil one from tonight, which I haven't used graphite much for shading or any technical work. If anyone has some good reccomendations for resources with graphite shading, it would be appreciated.


https://imgur.com/a/zcszXo6

Thanks everyone, this is such a great community to have!

Hey all!

I've been drawing figures for a month and thought it would be time to get some critique on my work.

For context, I've been using Drawabox on and off for about a year, but I've really wanted to get into human/figure work, and so I started actively reading and drawing for the last month. I've been reading through Michael Hampton's Figure Drawing: Design and Invention the last week or so and have been actively copying the work from the book to get a sense of the flow/gesture and how I should approach figure drawing. Any critique, even harsh, is appreciated. If you also have any resources you would reccomend, please let me know.

My critique on myself is that I still struggle to draw proportionately. I find that my torsos are too long, and the legs also get stretched. I also struggle to do hands/feet and the head, but I am fairly happy with how things are starting to look overall. I also think I need to toss the fineliner as my choice, and use pencils. Drawabox explicitly wants to use a fineliner, so it's what I've been using exclusively for a while. In this class I did, only the last one (marked 10 min) was with a pencil, the rest were a fineliner.

Imgur Link: https://imgur.com/a/critique1-xxyxOsY

Any critique, even harsh, is appreciated. If you also have any resources you would recommend, please let me know.

Thanks,
- J