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#421

First off, thank you all for your encouraging comments on the dancer pic I’ve been working on. It feels good to have pushed myself into something like that and do better than I expected. It also helps to have Rebecca cracking that whip on me too! Ha ha! (that’s a good thing Rebecca, no offense meant)

Secondly, I’m sorry there have been no updates lately. looks around her desk Hmmm…let’s see, I’ve booked the florist, the cake, the minister…started writing the wedding ceremony…hmm yes yes…now what don’t I have done? Oh wait…ahem…that would be MORE UPDATES ON MY DRAWING!! CRIES A LOT

I haven’t had any time lately to work on these pictures!! WAAAHHH! :sad: I’ve only been able to do some reading on Bougureau (which I admit, I am REALLY enjoying :buttrock:)
Oh well…tonight I’ve managed to squeeze in some drawing time…so without further ado…
takes a deep breath and plugs nose before plunging in Commencing drawing Captain Rebecca K!! salutes

Cheers!
Meredith

#422

Originally posted by Meredith: Secondly, I’m sorry there have been no updates lately. looks around her desk Hmmm…let’s see, I’ve booked the florist, the cake, the minister…started writing the wedding ceremony…hmm yes yes…now what don’t I have done? Oh wait…ahem…that would be MORE UPDATES ON MY DRAWING!! CRIES A LOT

I haven’t had any time lately to work on these pictures!! WAAAHHH! :sad: I’ve only been able to do some reading on Bougureau (which I admit, I am REALLY enjoying :buttrock:)
Oh well…tonight I’ve managed to squeeze in some drawing time…so without further ado…
takes a deep breath and plugs nose before plunging in Commencing drawing Captain Rebecca K!! salutes

Marriage jitters, honey? :slight_smile: sympathetically :smiley:

#423

HAHA! Thanks Rebecca. :slight_smile: I appreciate the sympathy. Nah, don’t let me do that, I’m just whining. I don’t think I’ve been able to touch my wacom for a week now. pouts

I’m good though. :scream: I’ve just been very busy. big grin
So, as rusty as I feel, here’s what I got through tonight. I’m looking at this and thinking that her legs look too short… I also think her right arm is too short. I am planning to expand the canvas though, as a couple of you guys suggested. I think the dancer would appreciate having two hands, don’t you? hee hee!

Laters!
Meredith

#424

Rebeccak, you asked for it!! j/k, I was going to do it anyway. As I said, unpretty things happen when I work quickly. :wink: Still trying to get the hang of drawing with my wacom. I actually did them as three seperate drawings…interesting to see the differences between them. Though, I’d thought I’d have something better with 10 mins, but it’s amazing how the times flies when I’m trying for find the shape of things.

I finally figured out why photoshop was sucking the color right out of my drawings when I saved them. All three were done with the same color scheme…too bad I didn’t save psd files of the other two versions. I want to fix the anatomy and turn this into a painting since I really love the pose. Maybe I can get started on it this weekend.

Congratulations on your upcoming wedding Elaeria!! Oooh, shading. :smiley: You’re softening it up quite nicely. I think you’re right…the upper part of her left (viewer’s right) arm needs to be lengthened a bit, though the lower half is perfecto! The legs could use a little lengthening as well, but the rest is rocking. Glad you got to pick up your wacom tonight.

#425

Sketched from a nice B&W photo found on the net…

Rebecca: thanks for the comments… yes, I intend to get a wacom one of these days. Speaking of which, does anybody here knows the Trust TB 3100 ? Is it any good ? (http://www.trust.com/products/product.aspx?artnr=12579)

#426

[b]Meredith,

[/b]Looking good! I think the arms just need to be a bit more elongated and ‘flowy’, if that makes sense. :slight_smile: Keep up the good work! :thumbsup:

mystikaal,

Great to see your sketches! :wip: I’m particularly partial to your 10 minute sketch. :slight_smile: I would recommend trying to get the whole figure on the page ~ with PS, you can easily resize the canvas, so no excuses not to get the hands in there! :smiley:

I do hope you decide to work on this to a more finished level ~ if you’re inspired to do so, go for it! :thumbsup:

tizianoadmirer,

Looking good! Especially considering you are working with a mouse ~ that makes it understandably much more difficult, so I admire you for getting such a nice result! :thumbsup:

With respect to the tablet you mention ~ I ran a search and can find nothing about it on the boards. You may want to post your question in a thread here:

General Discussion:
http://forums.cgsociety.org/forumdisplay.php?f=2

But beware, probably the first thing that people will say in response is, ‘run a search!’ It’s a bit of a nutty crew, but if you explain that you’ve already run a search and didn’t find anything, then likely someone will be able to help. Once you’ve created your thread, just asking if anyone can offer advice and that you’ve not found anything on these boards related to that particular tablet, then I suggest subscribing to the thread so that you’ll know when someone has replied.

Hope this helps! :slight_smile:

Cheers,

~Rebeccak

#427

i’m back :scream:, it’s a nice feeling to finally back & spending some quality time with my pencil. for some reason my hands are kind of stiff becuase i havent drawn for a while. dont know if you guys ever felt the same way, when i havent drawn for quite a while i alaways have an ubearable itch to draw whatever i saw hehe. I was in the church on sunday and i made a quick gesture sketch of people who sits around me lol …bad…bad. Anyhow i manage to do some warming up sketch today, just to get my hands get used again.

ah yeah i’ve been telling you guys that i’ve been working on my 3d model of human anatomy lately, well here goes. it’s not perfect, a lot of parts still need to be touched/ sculpted, but i think i got the major shape. the whole process laying down geometries and keeping them flowing like the real muscles has been a great learning process for me.

Becca, hows the cg workshop going on? :slight_smile: i know you’ve been busy but yet you’re still here checking the forum. thanks :slight_smile:

first attempts,

second attempt, i think it’s slightly better after my hand been warmed up :slight_smile:

and here are the 3d models


#428

Dreamy Kid,

Welcome back, and it’s good to see your new work! :slight_smile: I totally agree that it’s tough to get back into the swing of things if you’ve been away from drawing for a while…but you’re doing fine, and I hope to see more of your drawings. :slight_smile:

One thing to note on the last drawing is the relative shortness of the arms vs. the rest of the body. Take a step back and consider their size ~ they should be significantly lengthened, I think. :slight_smile:

The Workshop is going great, a lot of talented and friendly folks, so I am really excited! :slight_smile: Thanks for asking. :slight_smile:

Checking back later…:wink:

Cheers,

~Rebeccak

#429

Hey guys/gals,

HAvent been here for a while too . . also see that it’s been quiet here lately heh. I thought i would have some more free time after the test . . but the thew semester started, and it is getting worse lol. always till 7 pm at school, and back home i’ve to do homework and stuff . . . after that it’s sleeping time lol. I’ve been sculpting lately in Maya and Zbrush, so i did do some study on the human anatomy . . hope it will help me next time i start drawin again :slight_smile:

Well, just wanted to say hi to the new people joined, and u guys/gals are doing some nice drawings :slight_smile: Hope to post soon again.

ciao~

#430

Questions about cheating on anatomy.

Hi. I’m working on some 3d figures that I want to use for rapid prototyping which will stand about 30-32mm tall. I have the basic shape of a male figure done, but here is the problem. If he were that tall, his wrist and ankles would be too slim and fragile (as well there are other difficulties).

So I have to cheat and thicken them, and then other parts of the body too so it looks a bit more natural, and I don’t have enough knowlege about “the rules” to break them.

I have a sample of him in that matches a more natural size, and also a sample of him in a thickened state (which is still in progress). Is this a good place to post pictures of them and ask for advice? I don’t want to misuse this great forum.

Thanks

#431

Calvin_C,

Looking forward to when you can post here again! :wink: Thanks for checking in. :slight_smile:

billrobertson42,

That would absolutely not be a ‘misuse’ of this forum! :slight_smile: Please feel free to post your work here.

Cheers, :slight_smile:

~Rebeccak

#432

Thanks. I will prepare a few images. Should I start a new thread or use this one?

#433

billrobertson42,

Hey there, :slight_smile: given the nature of your images ~ 3D ~ I would recommend creating a new thread, Anatomy Thread of billrobertson42.

I’m shortly off to dinner, but will try to take a look at your work as soon as I can. :slight_smile:

Cheers, :slight_smile:

~Rebeccak

#434

Hi… newbie

 (sorry about my english)

I must say, that all of your work are so good, wish I could be able to do anything like those. Please take a look at drawings and tell me if I have any chances in drawing. :shrug:

 These are some quick sketches
 [[img]http://www.shrani.si/pics/quickskxng23_thumb.jpg[/img]](http://www.shrani.si/pics/quickskxng23.jpg)
 
 drawing...:rolleyes:
 
 [[img]http://www.shrani.si/pics/femaleak166351_thumb.jpg[/img]](http://www.shrani.si/pics/femaleak166351.jpg)

Any chances?? Well I don’t like any of my drawing painting whatever…help me please.:sad:

#435

1uka,

I quite like your drawings, and firmly believe that anyone who puts in time and practice into drawing and painting has ‘a chance’. :slight_smile: Really, getting better is a simple formula, which goes, time + practice = greater skills. :slight_smile:

I would encourage you to try some of the exercises posted at the beginning of this thread. :slight_smile: I think that they can be enormously helpful, and really, the purpose here is to learn, so don’t be shy about posting any of your work. :slight_smile:

Looking forward to seeing your exercises! :slight_smile:

Cheers,

~Rebeccak

#436

hi, i’m from singapore. will be joining an arts school in japan next year. these are some stuff i’ve recently done.

this was sometime last week. was practising drawing of male faces, referenced off a magazine.
http://img141.imageshack.us/img141/7412/guy012nj.jpg
http://img141.imageshack.us/img141/1091/guy022ql.jpg
http://img141.imageshack.us/img141/8324/guy035qp.jpg

this was about a month back, also off a magazine.


this was done in december.


and some simple animations.

#437

ah.heng,

I’ve just seen your posts! Welcome aboard! :slight_smile:

Nice to see your work! The thing that I recommend is to go to EDIT POST, and copy and paste the URLs of each individual image into the small yellow square sun / moutain icon in the Text Editor ~ that way, we can see your images, instead of links to your images. :slight_smile:

I also recommend trying some of the exercises posted at the very beginning of this thread. I think they are highly useful for getting warmed up and practicing Gesture! :slight_smile:

Looking forward to seeing more of your work!

Cheers, :slight_smile:

~Rebeccak

#438

rebecca, i tried doing what you said, but they still remained as links. but isn’t that what everyone else is doing?

oh nevermind, i just didn’t enable picture viewing in my options. but my pictures are rather large, i hope i won’t be much of a nuisance.

#439

[left]my name is kevin, im new to this, happened to run into the forum…so i decided to jump in on the fun. im not even sure if this is an active topic anymore or not. so heres a little about me… i go to school at the art institute of houston, in march i should graduate with an associates degree in computer animation. ive loved to draw all my life, at the school i had 3 drawing classes which helped me out alot,… but i still have alot of trouble capturing the faces and hands, for some reason i can never draw them very well. maybe if i keep up with this i will get better. so here are some of my drawings…looking forward to hearing critiques…so fire away.[/left]

[left]http://i31.photobucket.com/albums/c369/metacom/drawingforum/nude2.jpg[/left]

[left]http://i31.photobucket.com/albums/c369/metacom/drawingforum/life1.jpg[/left]
[left]http://i31.photobucket.com/albums/c369/metacom/drawingforum/life2.jpg http://i31.photobucket.com/albums/c369/metacom/drawingforum/nude1.jpg[/left]

#440

metacom,

Welcome to CGTalk, the Anatomy Forum, and the Beginner’s Lounge! :slight_smile: My apologies ~ I’m going to be a bit slow on the draw these days because I’m in the midst of teaching my CGWorkshop ~ but I am always happy to see new people here, and hope that you will benefit from the Exercises in this thread, and the other threads in this Forum! :slight_smile:

I recommend poking about here:

Tutorials, Workshops, Anatomy Reviews & More … [links within]

I think you might like participating in our bi~weekly free Workshops:

Open Figure Drawing Workshops with Hong Ly and Rebecca Kimmel

We are currently at the tail end of OFDW 012, and should be launching a new one in a week or so. :slight_smile:

With respect to posting your work, try copying and pasting the URL of your image into the EDIT POST sun / mountain icon ~ this way, your images will appear instead of links. :slight_smile:

Glad to see you here, and hope that you will enjoy looking around and participating in the Anatomy Forum!

Cheers, :slight_smile:

~Rebeccak