Rebecca Kimmel's Anatomy Review 002: OPPOSING CURVES

#281

Desp#2/Rog,

NICE. :applause:
I don’t mind that you go further with your work on this thread since you’ve clearly followed the steps. And I am happy to be playing a part (if small) in helping you to rebuild your portolio. :slight_smile:

~Rebeccak

#282

ashrumm,

I think you posted a lovely drawing and are quite advanced in your drawing skill ~ thank you for posting. As you are rather advanced, I am going to take this opportunity to delve a bit deeper into a review so that you and others may get something out of it. So here it is :slight_smile:

I thoroughly enjoy the sensitivity of your line and shading ~ I think that these are both strong suits for you.

what I would recommend for you is to work on STRUCTURE ~ as line and shading cannot do without this overarching CORE PRINCIPLE.

As such, I have focused on the arm, and shown a METHOD by which you may wish to introduce more STRUCTURE into your drawing.

The Method I’ve outlined above is:

  1. Draw Gestural / Boxy and Cylindrical Shapes for the Limbs (in this case, an arm)

  2. Find the CORNERS of forms ~ where form is at its highest point, after which light is either hit by the light source or is cast into shadow by it.

  3. Use these Gestural lines and Boxy and Cylindrical Shape Constructions as a GUIDE for placing OPPOSING CURVES.

This METHOD will be the basis for subsequent lessons in this thread ~ however, I find it necessary to introduce here this overarching concept of STRUCTURE here as well.

Hope this helps, and doesn’t confuse! Thank you for posting your work! :slight_smile:

~Rebeccak

#283

mystikalyx!!! 7th grade best friends!!! :scream:

Thanks for all your help AA!

~Rebeccak P2 the Revenge…

#284

Rebecca,
Thanks for reviewing my humble drawing and these precious advices.:love: Day by day, this forum becomes an art school for us uneducated noobs. Now if you excuse me, I’ll go and work on those.

#285

Thanks for the critique scorpion007. Your drawover does have some failures itself, but they are fewer that the valid points about my gesture/opossed curves thingy. So thanks for the effort. :thumbsup: For some reason I make legs skinny and forearms too long all the time.

And the pose, well. It is really awkward, I know. The guy was supposed to be streching the butt muscles by bringing his knee up. That is why it is so up, he is actualy pulling with the arm. Can’t tell if its too up. Why is he also holding on to a pole??? Nope, he is no stripper, he simply was off balance when i drew his head, body, legs and I thought he would fall on his face if i didn’t make him hold on to something. :slight_smile:

Again, if anybody feels like going over my work, please do so. But, will i get lucky and get a review by a pro?? :shrug:

–kaspaxl

#286

creativefx aka hong,

Heya! I didn’t see your original post because your text is in black, but thanks for writing! It’s awesome that I get to hear from an old ACCD friend as a direct result of this thread, so thank you! ~ and I absolutely did email you, so hope to hear from you soon. Ah…LA…I do so miss the smog and traffic :).

augustus,

You’re so welcome, and I appreciate your comments! :slight_smile:

kaspaxl, kaspaxl…I’m getting there… :slight_smile:

#287

Oh, you have no idea how wonderful it is to hear you say that. ^.^

>If anyone should ever fancy doing a colour theory teaching thread along the same lines, that would be just amazing.

And that has really made my day, of all the things I’ve ever wanted to study, it’s colour theory, thank you so so much, you really are a darling!

#288

Hey, Rebecca! First of all, these threads of yours are a great idea. I follow them whenever I have time, and do some practice on my own. Might post some stuff someday, if I bring my drawings home and scan them.

Anyway, I just wanted to tell you that you can read your friend’s black-text post, if you try and select the text. It’ll make it white and you can read it fine. :slight_smile:

NEway, keep it up, everyone! And thanks, Rebecca. :slight_smile:

#289

lol how come when i think of artist anatomy and i usaully think of men?!?!

i don’t wanna be too much like mike!! if u know what i mean.lol

i prefer raphael newayz,this thread is going great,i like ur advanced crit on ashrumm rebecca.

#290

Thanks so much for these fantastic threads!
I had found both the lessons and the critiques extremely useful and enlightning.
I have learned more reading these posts than in some payed art classes
I’m amazed by Rebbeca’s dedication to help us to improve our drawing skills.
Still a newbie, but i’ll post my doddles as soon as i’m authorized
Kuddos

#291

Another one:

Is this gesture a little bit too feminine? :curious:

:smiley:

#292

Wow this thread has grown!

I have been stupidly busy all week, but when I am home tonight or tomorrow I am going to get some more stuff posted. I will need to read up on whats been going on then.

Later all

#293

lastest curvation attempt.

heh,sorry bout the face,cudn’t be bothered to draw it.

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ref: http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v408/noobeene/BodyBuilder.jpg

#294

NOOB,

That is just about the funniest thing ever…what a fantastic way to start the morning! It is again in situations like these that I think, “What Would Michelangelo Do?” ~Ha! Great to see you are back in good spirits :slight_smile:

~Rebeccak

#295

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#296

NOOB,

I actually like this drawing a bit better than the first ~ do me a favor, and go back into this drawing, find and draw, clearly but elegantly, the major axes ~ the center axis of the body, the shoulder axes, the axes of the face, and draw more gestural arms.

Also ~ refine your linework ~ SLOW DOWN ~ think “DRAWING” and not “SKETCH”.

Use a less opaque paintbrush and build up more elegant lines. Then re-post this if you please. ~Same thing with the previous post! And actually try on the face.

Thanks :),

~Rebeccak

#297

alright

but more gestural arms? how do u mean?

#298

See Lesson 1, GESTURE :wink:

No, create simple, flowing directional lines FIRST ~ indicating only the GENERAL DIRECTION in which the limbs (in this case, arms) are going ~ this forces your arm / hand when drawing to be more loose and free ~ this is what you want before going in to add details, even general “details” like Opposing Curves. THINK: Elegance.

:slight_smile:

~Rebeccak

#299

franzboas,

Thanks for your posts and patience ~ here is your review :slight_smile:

I like your drawing style, but think you need to focus on the BIG PICTURE ~ GESTURE, AXES, PROPORTIONS, OPPOSING CURVES ~ before rendering final details. In the above review, I have outlined the major steps which I would recommend following to establish the BIG PICTURE FIRST ~ this, I believe, will be a major help to you in improving your drawing.

I hope this helps, and that you continue to post! :slight_smile:

~Rebeccak

#300

muchas gracias seniorita
i ll get on it. whatever anatomy i learnt i learnt from comic books. so its really great to be criti- qued by a pro.
the best part about this thread is it gives me context. i see all this great work put up , i know where i stand and i know where i need to go. complete hitchiker’s guide or what.
now if i am not wrong aren’t there certain guidelines that are followed in anatomy
you know the ones like:
the length from one acromion to another is the lenght of the upper body the length of the palm is the leght of the face.
please it could be cool if you could post these as well.
the reason is , apparently there are slight differences in these proportions across ethnic groups . is this true? question is open to all.

TRIANGLEKID :
HEY i hear you man . i haven t had fine art training either, i don’t have a scanner at home either. man we could be long lost brothers or something. but hey you did put up good work. how long have you been sketching?

shreyas