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Once you have established the line of action (See Gesture basics #1) you are ready to place the three major ovals of the body: The head, ribcage and pelvis. Noting their locations should take you 5 to 10 seconds. When viewed from the outside, it's harder to see the underlying skeletal structure, and beginners are often tricked into thinking of the human trunk as being one shape like so: But... 继续阅读 →

Whether from life or from imagination, the first mark made in most figure drawings is the line of action. You can think of the line of action as an imaginary line that runs down the spine. The more curve you put into that line, the more attitude, force and/or movement the image will communicate to your viewers. When drawing from life, begin by finding the line of action and noting it down. If you wish,... 继续阅读 →

While taking my first vacation in many years, I've completely overhauled the entire site. I have wanted to give the tools a more fitting home since I created them, and I finally, finally found a little time. Here's a taste of what's new: A critique forum A lessons & tips area where I can post the best ideas and anatomical information that is sent to me. Some of you are pros with much advice... 继续阅读 →

If you're looking for a book of high-energy poses a real live model couldn't provide you with, this book could be the spice that you're looking for. 继续阅读 →

Anatomy For the Artist by Sarah Simblet is not an exhaustive encyclopedia of anatomy. You can certainly get more complete books. It chooses instead to explore a few foundational areas of anatomy, and does an excellent job of it. It gives just enough depth to help obtain a more intuitive understanding of underlying anatomical structures and how they are useful for artists without overwhelming. 继续阅读 →

Simply sitting down and banging out a few gesture drawings every day is a great way to stay in drawing shape, but it will rarely propel you to a new level of artistic achievement. If your goal is to simply "get better," your progress is likely to be slow and demoralizing. Studies show that people who get to be top in their field, from artists to computer programmers to Olympians, nearly all... 继续阅读 →

Fixed a bug that caused the buttons to distort in size when using the tools in Internet Explorer.... 继续阅读 →

Thanks to all of you who sent concerned messages during the downtime of the last few days. I didn't take the gesture drawing tool down willingly. My host had some kind of server melt down and absolutely everything was lost. While this was annoying for the gesture drawing tool, it was a disaster for my business. I've spent the last several days moving to a new host, recovering what I can from backup,... 继续阅读 →

Apologies for the downtime today. I just transferred this site to a new server, and there were a few messes that had to be cleaned up after the move.... 继续阅读 →

10 photos of the stunning models Jude Hart and Sarah Lynn Dewey being photographed by Juan Stevens 8 new photos from Markus J Ranum, including 7 new male photos.... 继续阅读 →