Forum posts by Scribs

Hello Rain,

Overall your poses all have really good movement to them. And you've obviously got a really good understanding of lighting and the foundations of the poses.

I think the one area to work a little bit more on would be the foreshortening. A lot of these, while there is some dymentionality to them, they do end up being a bit too "narrow". Maybe think about further expressing the dynamics of the figures and really see how far you can push it. I'll also mention that, while the squares do give us some limitations, make sure you're not limiting yourself too much. Some of your figures are compressing as they run up against the squares you've drawn. If you're to continue doing that, maybe focus on the limitations and really plan out where the extremities are and work from the outside in.

For example, on the second page, your last image has the figure's legs being rather short in comparison to the torso. You could also potentialy benefit from working a bit bigger rather than smaller. You could do this same practice but have only 4 pieces per page. It's a bit more work admittedly but could prove benefitial. (Something I also have to do tbh haha)

Anyway, there's a lot of dynamics and flow to your pieces and I really do like them. Good job. The lighting is also great, especially on the middle bottom on page 1 of your longer studies.

Hope it helps,

Scribs

Hello Nedistanman,

These are pretty well done for someone who just started really practicing for a week at them. I think starting out with a quick line of action will really help you find the flow of your studies. The furthest right figure on your 30 sec page has some of this flow going on, but if you'd placed a quick line showing the movement of the body, I feel that you'd be able to see a lot more of the life in the sketch.

Also, it's important to know where the hands and arms are in relation to the rest of the body. I usually draw the head, the line of action, then if I notice there are hands attached or close to the body, I'll draw those. That way I know where they are and I can get my arms and hands to be more accurate in relation to the body. This can be as easy as just drawing a quick circle for the hands and for the elbows as well. The same could be said for the legs and feet if they are closer to the body.

I think that Rain is also right in that you're focusing too much on the smaller strokes. Go ahead and make larger lines and just let the pencil flow on the paper. Worst case you'll make a mistake right? But we're learning so that's perfectly fine and actually required to progress. But what's happening when we make all the tiny strokes is that we're limiting our ability to accept the mistake, or learn from it as we're constantly adjusting.

Lastly, for your 10-minute sketch I would've used the whole page just so you could really get those big lines in there and feel out the form better. Also keep in mind that while an object goes further from us, it gets smaller yes, but it also can be rather close to the figure still. You did a good job with the foreshortening with the left arm and hand, but the right hand appears as though it's sticking straight up. I would again, place that hand in relation to the head, and then really focus on how the muslces/fabric look to make the illusion of depth more accurate.

I didn't realize how long this was getting so I'll leave it here! Again you're doing some good work and I see a lot of great stuff in here.

-Scribs