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#101

yea I mean, I told you I am german. Things have to be neat, tidy and clean. Everything to its place… a.s.o. (that assignment of yours cost me a full decision making process without a police officer near to tell me wether it’s 2-5-10 or 2-5-15, because you know, in your assignment both figure triplets are given…:eek: )

'f course, me nono wanna be outsida. Me wnna be jus like teh rest of u. So, me post looking betta now?

Ah, I think I will just stick to what I can
starts cleaning keyboard with a q-tip

#102

(that assignment of yours cost me a full decision making process without a police officer near to tell me wether it’s 2-5-10 or 2-5-15, because you know, in your assignment both figure triplets are given…:eek: )

LMAO! Do you know that I actually thought about that today? About whether or not this would actually throw you off, and you would just sit there, befuddled?

Hehe…whether snarfs :scream:

#103

Evevrybody thanks for the encouragement.
I read the whole thread so far and decided to throw some light on my background as everybody else did.
Since of this year I started Computer Systems and Technologies, a software (programming)/hardware oriented specialty (that means no art at all). I gained interest in drawing this summer when I got my tablet. I started (partially) with Rebecca’s anatomy threads and after a while I kind of dropped it… Recently I’ve started doodling at the breaks at university and at home when I have time to spare. Generaly I’m interested in portraits by I also want to improve my drawing skills, or I sholuld say to build them up from the ground. I forgot to mention that I’m also into 3d, but I decided that if I learn to draw it will help me with my 3d. Since I find modeling really hard and learning anatomy (I hope) will make a big difference.
I really appreciate the help everybody’s giving to me and I’ll try to return the favor, although I don’t feel confident enough to give pointers yet. This thread is already helpinig me a lot. Thanks again.

[i]Rebecca[/i], I have a friend who has a scanner so I'll see what I can do to scan my most recent drawings (mainly studies of my own hands, eye and faces from photographs and anatomy books, particularly: Bames - Human Anatomy).
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Mr. Mu[/i], I think you’re right. I’ll try to put those parts in my next eye (I think everybody will get sick of my greish eyes ;)).

Thanks go Kencho to as well :).

#104

lunat1k,

Great to hear about your background! :slight_smile: I’m happy you’re back following the Anatomy Reviews. There are lots of people I wonder what happened to. :slight_smile:

Great news about the scanner! Looking forward to seeing your traditional pieces as well. :slight_smile:

I very much agree that 2D will do nothing but help your 3D abilities. There are countless models of people and creatures that I see and think would benefit from even just a smidge of anatomy and 2D knowledge.

Cheers,

~Rk

#105

hope you enjoyed your mischief. I did a very german thing to solve the problem: I just followed a previous order. Stick to what you know… But I could not help feeling illegal all the way:scream:

no man, don’t you say that. you should look at the crap I’d post when I tried to draw an eye. In fact I am really looking forward to what a full-blown face will look like from you.

#106

great work guys, keep em coming. I noticed that most of you have a 3d background :thumbsup:, I’m working on 3d field and recenly realized the importance of traditional skill. just want to share a bit, i was having dificulties with a model that i built, i have no understanding of human anatomy -at all- back then, and i gave it up because i thought how in the world should i built all that muscles, it’s impossible. now that i get a better understanding of human anatomy, and learn how to draw - i get back to my project and everything start to make sense:). in my humble opinion, if you can draw it, it’s not hard to make the model. thats my 2 cent hehehe :scream:. great work guys, i’m still working on mine - been out all day with my friends :rolleyes:. i think i should wake up early tomorrow and start drawing:)

I’m still working on my speed, becca, do you have any in depth input or tips for 2 min drawing. i have no problem with 15 min , but 2 min …ack:scream:. thanks :slight_smile:

if i have some free time , i’ll try to scan and put together some things that might be useful to build a figure ( at least it has been for me )and post it, loomis’s manequin, walt reed’s manequin, - sorry i dont have vilppu’s book.

                                                                                              cheers
#107

here’s mine

Kencho, I was after a face like that :sad:
this anatomy work is really getting interested. now I can’t wait to do the other poses

I tried to do the pose Mr. Mu did, the muscle guy but failed, now I have unfinished business :slight_smile:

#108

Dreamy kid, Hellboy,

as Rebecca said, try to find the essence. I’ve found extremely useful to skip as much details as you can. Doing the 2 min drawing helps a lot to skip those details (or you won’t get a “complete” drawing finished in that time). Something that helps me much is to unfocus/blur (?) the sight when looking at the pic so you only see the rough shapes. The silhouette, the main lines… all them drawn using simple curves and straight lines. For instance, the lady of Ruben’s study has 3 main lines I can see at first when unfocusing my sight. If you try, you’ll notice that the shape can be enveloped inside of an upper-right quarter of circle :slight_smile: Use that kind of information in your advantage :thumbsup:

Now I’ll try the next one :smiley:

#109

Next one :slight_smile:

I drew it in the back of the Rubens’ study exercise, as you can see in this picture :scream:
I’m afraid I did something wrong while doing this exercise: Thinking in doing it correctly :frowning: but I’m not disappointed with it at all :confused:

#110

Kencho - this is looking great!:applause:

I’m afraid I did something wrong while doing this exercise: Thinking in doing it correctly :frowning: but I’m not disappointed with it at all :confused:

what do you mean by that?:shrug:

#111

Thanks :slight_smile:

Yup, I focused too much in the details and such, instead of visualizing only the shape, movement…

#112

Ah, I see - yea one always wants to do more details. For that matter I think the 5min drawing is stronger than the 10min one.

#113

In the life drawing classes I took, they made us do the 2 minute gesture drawings with a large brush or a thick stick of charcoal. It’s akward in the beginning, but it helps a great deal concentrating on the essential lines, simply because it’s impossible to draw details.
Something like this (not that this is the perfect example of a gesture drawing, but you get the idea, I hope).

#114

Hi guys,

I know that the issue of different approaches to take in Drawing can be confusing.

I have just posted some comments attempting to address these questions in the Anatomy Thread of Erich Schreiner, here:

http://forums.cgsociety.org/showthread.php?t=297560&page=3

I hope this helps to clarify how I think about combining various approaches when learning how to draw. I think of this as “Synthesizing” various drawing methods, and it is not an easy process ~ it does take hard work. And it is not a process that takes place “after” you’ve learned different approaches to drawing ~ it takes place during your learning process.

At any rate, check out Erich’s thread (both for the work there and for the thoughts) and I hope that they prove useful. :slight_smile:

Cheers,

~Rebeccak

#115

Just one more to go… :smiley:

#116

[b]Dreamy Kid,

[/b]Will try to post something later tonight…will be out most of today. :slight_smile: Do the best you can ~ the 2 minute drawings are hardest at first, but will, with practice, become your favorite. :slight_smile: Jump in ~ as the Nike logo goes, “Just do it!” :slight_smile:

HellBoy,

I think the key here is to simplify. You can represent the head a circle, and the torso (ribcage/pelvis) as a peanut shape. I’ll post drawings later, I can’t atm as I’m out the door shortly. :slight_smile:

Kencho,

Nice work! Keep working ~ the key is to do as many of these as you can tolerate. I like the 5 and 10 min. poses. Keep at 'em!

That last set looks good! Let’s see a few more! :slight_smile:

Margie,

Great to see you here, and great suggestion! I agree, using difficult materials often helps to see the big picture when drawing.

Cheers, :slight_smile:

~Rebeccak

#117

here comes another gesture drawing from exercise 1, sorry for the slow post from me- work and college been crazy this week. i think i’ll do another 1 or 2 gesture drawing for exercise 1 then i’ll move to the second one. anyway, great reference picture there bec & thanks for the input :thumbsup:

I woke up early today and did some head study from hogart’s dynamic anatomy book, it was interesting - i love how he break things apart into simple geometric shape , interesting

#118

Dreamy Kid,

Perfect! You’re definitely on the right track with these. :thumbsup: You have a nice sense of rhythm and gesture going in these ~ do many more, and you will have the method down pat. :slight_smile:

The one thing I notice is that you tend to make the head a bit small for the body. Double~check yourself in Photoshop by overlaying the original on top of your version, scaling them to size, and seeing where you’re off. This will help you to make judgements in future freehand drawings. :slight_smile:

Looking forward to seeing more of your work. :slight_smile:

Cheers,

~Rk

#119

thanks for the input bec, thats why i need other people to spot my mistakes :scream:, it’s hard for me since my own eyes are sometimes getting comfortable with it. i will surely keep them in mind… it’s sleepy time for me now, i’m beat - been out all day. have a good evening bec:)

#120

No prob. :wink: Night. :slight_smile: