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#861

normanfreak,

Welcome aboard. :slight_smile: I’ve already chatted with you a bit, but I should say that I really recommend trying the exercises posted to the beginning of this thread (post #1) ~ the main thing that I encourage people to do here are series of 2-5-10 or 15 minute gesture drawings from Master Drawings. There are several Master Drawings posted along with the exercises at the beginning of this thread, however, additional reference resources can be found linked here:

Master Copy Resources

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

Starrydance,

Good to see you here. :slight_smile:

I would encourage you to work from Master Drawings and not from fantasy or manga characters. The reason is because fantasy / comic / manga characters are already vastly simplified, and you can’t really delve into anatomy by studying them. As I mentioned to normanfreak, try the exercises using Master Drawings as your resource. It’s also helpful if you post whatever reference you are using / have used along with your exercises.

Cheers, :slight_smile:

~Rebeccak

#862

Ah! I see whatcha mean now, I found that link in the Favorite Figure artists list. Sorry, my “mistake”. =) Didnt quite know whatcha meant by Master Copies!

Yeah I shouldnt have chosen one so covered up, didnt realize it would make it harder to a degree. :slight_smile:

Should I link the reference first? Or show it in the image? Its kinda hidden there at the bottom. =[

#863

Starrydance,

No worries! :slight_smile: It’s not a mistake, really just a suggestion on my part. :wink:

Feel free to either link the reference or show a small picture in the corner of one of your images ~ up to you. :slight_smile:

Cheers,

~Rebeccak

#864

Like Rebeccak said, I attempted my first Master Copy. You can probably tell which one is 2, 8, and 15 minutes…

I seriously don’t think I could get even 10% of the original with just 15 minutes… honestly.

#865

Originally posted by MasterPete: I seriously don’t think I could get even 10% of the original with just 15 minutes… honestly.

Hi there, frankly you are more advanced than a beginner, and the 2-5-10 minute rule is certainly not absolute ~ you are of course more than free to do a longer study, in fact, ultimately the goal of doing these shorter, timed studies is to get people to the point where they are ready to do longer, more extended studies. However, when artists are first starting out, the tendency is to render so tightly that they lose sight of the bigger, gestural picture. I would say that you’ve got a good grasp of the gesture and I would be happy to see you do a longer, more extended study in the medium / media of your choice. :slight_smile:

Cheers,

~Rebeccak

#866

hogarth study, spent about 1hr 30mins…

#867

@ RebeccaK: Roger that!
This time it’s 2-8-15 minutes stydy of Da Vinci. Next time I’ll try 20 mins.

#868

i had another go, just couldn’t do the side view

#869

I am pretty much a beginner but I thought i’d give a go… so here is this.




Ref - 10 min - 3 min - 2 min

#870

2dartist,

Lovely work with this piece! :slight_smile: You should definitely check out this thread:

Anatomy Thread of Fl3wk

Where he is also doing copies of Hogarth. I look forward to seeing more of your work! :slight_smile:

MasterPete,

Lovely studies, particularly the large upper left one. Keep up the good work! :slight_smile:

wonkydonk,

I will post a drawover in a little bit. :slight_smile:

Lempface,

Welcome aboard!

I’ve done a review to show a basic method I like to use for doing Gesture Studies:

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~Rebeccak
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#871

Thank you Rebeccak, I’ll give that shot and repost a little later, I’m working on a painting in Painter IX right now though, which I will most likely post aswell.

#872

Lempface,

No problem! Feel free to post your other work here as well. :slight_smile:

Cheers,

~Rebeccak

#873

Wow, that helps me too a lot Rebeccak! <3

#874

The 2-5-10 of the pics over at http://forums.cgsociety.org/showpost.php?p=2876945&postcount=85



#875

Sorry about the sizes.

#876

Hi everyone. There’s some awesome & inspiring stuff in here. This is my first post on CGtalk. Im generally way too nervous to join message boards like these but since everyone here seems so helpful I think it will be worth it. :slight_smile: I’m not exactly a beginner artist, been drawing for nearly 10 years. But I haven’t really been taking it seriously until a few years ago and I’ve just now started to get serious about studying anatomy and life because I’d like to go to school for it and also just to improve my personal art. Right now my art still has a pretty strong toony influence because for so long that’s how i drew.

So here’s some of my studies I did yesterday (and this morning). These are resized versions and you can click them to see the full size.

A master copy with the ref attatched. Drawn in Art Rage.

Here’s a painting from photo ref. My goal was an hour and a half but it ended up being around 2 hours. Also done in Art Rage. Ref’d photo here: (Link). Lots of problems but I didn’t want to get too perfectionist about it (like i do).

And here’s some sketchy, gesturey things from a ref on the gestures thread -i think-. Pencil. Probably 1-2 mins each. Probably too long :c

I am not very confident with my lines and im horrible at porportions but i’m working on it. Hoping to get in some serious “mileage” here. :3 Maybe i ought to start my own anatomy thread…

#877

[left]Starrydance,

Good to hear! That’s definitely the purpose of reviews such as these. :slight_smile:

Chantyloc,

Welcome aboard! It’s best to keep images to 800 pixels wide or less, but it’s not a big deal. :slight_smile:

It’s good to see your exercises ~ I have reviewed one of your drawings to show some basic steps which I think is a good way (though not the only) way to approach a gesture drawing. The technique demonstrated below is called the ‘Lay~In’:
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[left]Hope this helps! :slight_smile:

darkdarkroom,

Welcome aboard! It’s great to see you’ve posted here, and I would agree that you are not a beginner, though you are certainly welcome to post here ~ you’re also free to start your own Anatomy Thread if you like (as is anyone). :slight_smile:

It would be great to see you develop this piece further:

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[left]The woman in the reference is taller ~ but I think you can really make this piece work by really going after the value structure.

Check out this Tutorial if you get the chance: :slight_smile:

TUTORIAL SUMMARY - Anatomy Review 003 Shading Tutorial - Tutorial Material Only

And also it’s accompanying SPOTLIGHT thread for inspiration:

TUTORIAL SUMMARY - Anatomy Review 003 Shading Tutorial - Tutorial Material Only

Looking forward to seeing more of your work!

Cheers, :slight_smile:

~Rebeccak
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#878

Rebeccak, thank you and you tips are being applied. I’m just warming up, feels good to know someones watching. Anyway I plan to infect these forums with my enthusiasm for art.

#879

Thanks, Rebeccak :slight_smile: I guess I just feel like a beginner since this is all new to me.

And yeah, I knew something was off about the picture. Porportion’s probably the hardest thing for me right now. Besides faces. I need to work on that.

Thanks for the links to the tutorials I will definately check them out.

#880

at last my exams are over… me back!!.. anyway i decided to start from scratch again … from the first tutorial … and a new anatomy thread :)… great to be back