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Figure drawing is a fun and good way to get better at drawing humans.

Some free resources:

https://quickposes.com/en/gestures/timed
https://www.quickposes.com/en
http://reference.sketchdaily.net/en
https://quickposes.com/en/gestures/random
https://www.characterdesigns.com/non-nude-photo-index
https://www.lovelifedrawing.com/tutorials/
https://app.posemy.art/
https://line-of-action.com/practice-tools/hands-feet-practice
https://www.rkgk.org/

Might as well check the archives and active /ic/ threads for references:

https://warosu.org/ic/thread/7019067#p7019080
https://warosu.org/ic/thread/2015637
https://warosu.org/ic/thread/6864584
https://warosu.org/ic/thread/2023233
https://4chanarchives.com/board/ic/thread/2015637

Previous thread >>7354452
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What's wrong with the day I draw legs?
I've never liked it, and they've always been my weakest point, anatomically.
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>>7388482
no hips? it creates a shape that does not match what you see day to day in normal observation of people, so it sticks out
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>>7388510
Could you elaborate on that?
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muscles newbie
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>>7388516
>>7388482

your silhouette is probably not communicating the human body in the way you might want, what are some artists you enjoy that have body shapes that you do like and you can compare them to what you dont like about your own
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i have no idea what im doing pls help
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>>7388544
I don't know. It just looks pretty formless to me; maybe I need to put more focus on the musculature?
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Did some trad stuff, and some digital stuff today as well. feet / shoes have always been tough to get right - need more practice!

>>7388249
woo, thanks for making a new thread!
>>7388337
nice man, good job!
>>7388437
fun stylization
>>7388482
are you studying from reference?
>>7388525
keep it up, don't forget to study your basic 3d forms.
>>7388694
seems fine. looks like you're drawing really small, try drawing larger.
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>>7388740
>are you studying from reference
Yes, right now I'm working from some Disney and Don Bluth sheets. Trying to get that look down.
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>>7388482
Study the bones, anon. The patella is almost non-existent
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>>7388249
looking at this made me understand the deltoid/biceps connection on the upper arm bone. what anatomy book is this guy using
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2 min gestures
>>7388740
Thanks anon, you too
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>>7388740
Digi+Trad today

>>7388833
try to break it down into base forms to understand his shape language.
>>7388988
the middle legs look pretty good!
>>7389339
2 hours well spent. Those titty girls are going to have back problems later in life.
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this guy is a god at painting holy fuck highkey
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pnOH_YZgLNA
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>>7389815
Letting go of shit like this finally made me happy. Good for him, Ill do cartoons :)
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>>7388847
>The patella is almost non-existent
what did he mean by this
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some cooling down figgies
Lately, I've been often been doing figgies late into the day when my mind cant handle more complex drawing tasks just to make sure I have something done by the end of the day and it's started to become somewhat of a signal for my brain that its time to sleep lol. I guess I am now forced to draw figgies before sleeping everyday. Lets see what the gains will be in a year
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>>7388249
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>>7388437
beautiful i love your shape language
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>>7389339
>>7389794
both of y'all are huge inspirations to me,, how much mileage do you think until i get to being able to draw believable figures from imagination? and do you have any immediate critiques?
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>>7390041
Avoid refs with forced perspective like this. You'll learn bad.

Memorize the skeleton, bone by bone. Treat ribs as one and spine as one.
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>>7389794

Thanks, I'll take what I can get.
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>>7388437

>>7388740
>>7390017
ty,
>>7389945
great figs
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>>7389945
todays figs

>>7390727
thank you
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>>7388249
the holidays take a lot of drawing time away

>>7389988
i like the glasses
>>7390727
cool shapes, so nice
>>7391127
nice, i love the full body poses
>>7389339
love the right, those things are huge, shes got crazy balance and strength
>>7389794
so cool, love all of it
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>>7388833
>Holli Would
muh dick
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>>7390727

bro I know what refs you're copying. The jig is up.
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>>7389794
a bit of drawing today

>>7389945
>>7391127
looks like hide-channel, nice
>>7389988
nice
>>7390040
thanks for the kind words, anon. I couldn't speak to how long it'll take, main thing is to stay consistent. Get a solid understanding of putting together the body with basic 3d shapes, study basic anatomy, and practice drawing from imagination.
>>7390438
breddy good. the mouth on the left head is a little too flat. the mouth has a slight arc to it, wrapping around the teeth.
>>7390727
good stuff
>>7391163
eating an ice cream cone? nice shapes.
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>>7390228
holy crab
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>>7391170
That's exactly the vibe I'm going for. This sort of femme fatale type character is just mostly absent from modern comics and cartoons.
Not doing the best job of it right now.
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>>7391457
>looks like hide-channel, nice

The first set of figgies and the first figure on the next, yes. The others are from photos on pinterest. And thank you!
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>>7390727

>>7391163
ty, great sexy faces
>>7391457
ty dude, you as well, that leftmost one is insane
>>7391175
nice detective work
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A bunch of sketches from imagination
>>7390040
Thank you for your kind words.
Personally I believe for drawing from imagination you need a few things.
1. Practice, yes you need to practice drawing from imagination cause it's a very difficult skill, being a xerox machine won't teach you how to create something from nothing, but it helps with observation and trains your eye. I've been trying to draw from imagination from the very beginning, tho my results were quite obviously horrible and flat. Just don't let that stop you but don't just draw imaginary figures, think of it as a way to test your knowledge, drawing from imagination is pretty much the process of working with what you already know instead of acquiring new information from drawing with refs.
2. Studying, specifically anatomy, simplification, and perspective.
3. Gesture and construction are your best friends.
4. Finding a workflow that works for you the best is quite a challenge by itself. Also if some method doesn't really feel good feel free to try another one.
5. A good idea is to grab a ref and try to play with it, maybe change the direction of a leg, tilt the head, etc. Instead of jumping straight up to full imaginary figgies. Build up some confidence.
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>>7391457
busy day today, but wanted to get some drawling in. imagination+ref studies.

>>7391549
good way to break down the overall shapes. I think your "K" perspective might be a little off.
>>7391766
forms look good.
>>7391898
good practice! girl with big sword is strongest. Kneeling girl is nice too. perspective on the boxes is a bit off. Big sword girl could use a little more cranium, imo.
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>>7388249
is there anything to actively teach anatomy? like an app that tests you or anything like that?
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I have upped my leg game.

>>7392066
Noted. I was never great at lettering; it's an underappreciated skill.
I also need to change those awful pants.
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I suck at this
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I kind of fucked the layers up
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>>7392407
i liked your fig and used it as reference
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>>7393459
Oh wow, thanks. That's some good shit
Though this was the reference image
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>>7391163
some more fun quick sketching
>>7391457
>eating an ice cream cone? nice shapes.
ice cream for sure, every time, its fun
>>7391766
>ty, great sexy faces
thank you, love the way you did the connections throughout the body
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>>7393841

SEXY SHIT GOIN ON MEOW GR8 EXPRESSSIONS 10/10 ON THE LEFT 1 INSTA B0NER actually they all gr8 nice nice nice

CAPTCHA: NHKXX

CAN YOU OR I TURN IT INTO LASS?
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Spent a while on this and tried new brushes.
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>>7393852
face is nice body is aids
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>>7392066
Got some of Josh Black's vids on in the background while drawing. Warm up doodles + some studies.

>>7392407
nice. on the ball kicker, I feel like the crotch comes down too far. you might want to grind out some hip studies, looks like much of the structure is getting lost in that section.
>>7392774
nah, it's good
>>7393367
good stuff, I like the shadow study
>>7393459
practice cylinders receding in space
>>7393841
smooth
>>7393852
might want to start your drawings with gesture, then block in the big shapes like head/chest hips. there's detail, but it's not all placed correctly.
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More crap. Need to focus on gestures for an organic feel.
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>>7390228
there’s really not that many bones that need to be well defined, aside from hands and feet, which i’ve yet to approach constructively .. so i try to work them in as i go. i at least have the major ones worked out, more or less.
>>7391127
10/10 would love to see more of your work
>>7391457
i’ve been kinda doing gesture to develop a way to see a 3D figure, and then using the CSI lines to do a rough shaping of it, and then details when i feel comfortable ,, though i doubt it would hurt for me to use more firm shapes, instead of everything being so fluid.
>>7391766
10/10 i have no notes. i like your style
>>7391898
oooo thank you for all the great advice! a lot of this is stuff that i feel like ive been working hard toward already, so i feel like theres a chance im still gmi :’) ill definitely try the last bit you mentioned, i feel like as soon as i get a drawing tablet, it’ll be a lot easier to do more figure studies instead of just the 2-3 a day that ive been doing..

no one in the /beg/ thread drew this reference, and i thought with the mirror, that it might be fun to try ¯\_(ツ)_/¯
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for those of you who copy books, how many pages a day do you aim for?
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>>7394639
>>7392774
Really? I feel like i don't get better at this. I watched so many videos on gesture, any advice to improve?
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>>7394639
Thank you, nice shapes.
>>7394950
You're only ngmi if you give up in my opinion
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>>7394996
I'd say try to focus on construction for now, leave gesture for later
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>>7394639
felt like an anatomy kind of day, some ref some memory - Asuka with no ref felt pretty good, decent foreshortened hand for having no reference.

>>7394941
on the right track
>>7394950
learning the bones can be super helpful, esp. a stylized version of them. then when you learn the insertion points for the muscles it'll make alot more sense.
>>7394958
very nice! including a rough in for the traps would help fill out the shoulder area, imo.
>>7394996
Gesture is a bit advanced even if it appears to be the "simplest" version of fig drawing. The other anon is right you might want to work on construction, and pepper in gesture as you go. I always recommend "Hide Channel" on youtube - his "croquis" series really helped me understand how to plot down a pose using simple forms. (I set the playback to like 0.25 and just drew along with him stroke for stroke.)
looks like your proportions are pretty good, but it doesn't look like you are really finding the "rhythms" - finding the pattens that form as the parts of the body flow into each other. You'd prolly benefit from doing the "progressive" timed studies. start with like 10 30sec -> 10 1min -> 5 3min -> 2 5min -> 1 15min.
Everyone learns things their own way, but that's some of the stuff that's helped me.
>>7395251
some good stuff today, I like the sword lady.
the head tilted back pose is so tough
>https://x.com/EtheringtonBros/status/1569331067877834752
>https://i.pinimg.com/736x/f7/99/7d/f7997da2249a5038d6737e001af4ff07.jpg
this one seems closer to the style you like.
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>>7395720
some more
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lemme shitpost a bit
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>>7396403

bro, I know which thread this drawing came from. The jig is up.
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>>7396416
what does bro mean "the jig is up"?
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>>7396403
Sick
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>>7395866
what do you referene? Anatomy pictures, or photographs, or do you do those from imagination?
The leftmost looks like out of an anatomy book while the rightmost seems like it's from imagination.

My references suck. Woman standing #3452
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>>7395720
Can I get a big isolated version of your Asuka for sharing on /c/?
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>>7396798
fo sho
I cleaned it up slightly
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>>7396832
King shit
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>>7396798
>>7396883
decided to hit it with a bit o' lineart
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>>7395720
I watched hide's croquis series up to the lvl 1 for beginners video and tired the method on some of my gesture references.

I wanted to play around with this for a day or two before I continue the series. I have issues if the character is twisted or just in sideview in general
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>>7395866
>>7396890
Todays figs, some imagination some ref. playing with shapes

>>7396403
quack
>>7396420
nice fig
>>7396422
I use everything for reference. Photos, anatomy refs, other artists studies, random stuff I found online, I've used videos and paused on interesting poses.
I use a program called QuickDraw! to randomize my refs. You can also use Pinterest, they don't allow nudes, but they have a bunch of good anatomy references.
>>7396923
nice man, I think it's good to change things up if you hit a rut. try to get the basic shapes down of the chest and the hips. Pause the vid and really try to understand the 3D shapes.
Keep it up!
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>>7396982
Solid as usual

>>7396890
Funny how a little attention can motivate, huh?

>>7396923
Twists are tough. You can cheat it though bydrawing like a 3-line 'fish hook' for the block in front, and then for the one in back one line into the long outer line of the hook.
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>>7397064
Forgot i wanted to say: it's interesting how different successful construction drawing is from observation drawing. Getting a sense of volume in observation drawings where i can use value and shadow shapes is basically just 'how fast can i copy what I see', assuming the lighting is decent.

But for construction I gotta invent like 30-70% based on what I know should be there. Like the ankles, knees & hips in these two had barely any info and the lines I drew are all executive decisions.
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>>7396982
pen figs today. permanence definitely changes the brain.

>>7397064
>>7397393
the subtle shadow indicators are nice. the invented parts look good, nice job. Something about the one on the right seems like her legs are a little short. not sure.
>attention
a little confirmation now and then is always nice. I wanted to clean that one up anyways, so it was a good excuse, hah.
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Does anybody here use the Reilly method? I really enjoy it but I want to know if it has any limitations, particularly when drawing from imagination.
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I think I'm gonna watch the next video tomorrow

>>7397064
I don't really understand what you mean by that.
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>>7397643
What refs do you use?
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getting some longer practice in took me around 4 hours
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>>7397860
IMO it's too based on 2d shapes, it's not good for understanding form. Like you'll get really good at 5 standard poses then say 'well fuck'.

Bridgeman is king.
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>>7397954
nice job, how do you like it?
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>>7397643
started as a quick doodle of an elf, ended up having to figure out how to draw an armpit, lol.

>>7397873
lookin good! grinding out some cylinders/boxes along with your studies will help.
>>7397921
I have a folder that has 200k references. Photos/books/art/etc. I just set it to random.
>>7397954
nice work
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>>7397954
Great work
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Some hot garbage from today. I gotta focus on making each of my lines more meaningful, it's too easy to get lazy and place them by instinct instead of thinking about what relationship they should communicate.

>>7398235
where/how did you learn anatomy? And how long did you spend on those sketches?
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I think the line drawing on the right with her fingers touching her neck is the only one I like
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>>7391766
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The arms just don't feel right
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>>7399133
You have a great style, keep it up!
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>>7399133
Live model?

>>7399140
Are you the guy I was schizo-yell-posting about boxes at? You have improved a little. You still have a long way to go until you are one with the box, but your stuff is a notch or two up from where I remember it. There's a little more patience and care for your marks.
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Started Vilppu Renaissance Course yesterday. A very humbling experience.
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My brain just cant ignore the contours, the whole thing will take a wile to understand, for sure.
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>>7399133
ass study

>>7399208
Ty for the support
>>7399395
Nope.
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>>7395720
Thanks, nice shapes once again.
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>>7400135
Anon, I…
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>>7399610
Funny how years later I still remember the exact Vilppu video some of these came from
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>>7400135
pure soul
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>>7400135
I would suggest focusing on construction instead
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>>7400361
You're right, I got a bit worse compared to last time.
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>>7393841
quick sketch figures during busy holidays
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>>7400249
Have you learned to feel the form after all this years?
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>>7399572
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>>7400718
a..
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>>7399395
Actually that's me. I haven't posted here much since because boxes aren't figures.
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>>7398235
doodle figs.

>>7399020
>anatomy
when I decided I wanted to learn I took the free Proko videos, then other random youtube stuff that popped up + self study, still learning.
>>7399023
I like the angles
>>7400719
nice consistency
>>7399608
pretty solid, the weakest fig is the lower left on your pen page.
>>7400133
putting figs im boxes is a good exercise. TenTen's course has a pretty good method of breaking things down to help with thinking spatially.
>>7400746
take your time. don't rush. work on cylinders next.
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>>7400792
moar

>>7400693
I like the shape of the skirts, gesture of the poses is nice as well
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>>7398235
I love this. Basically my style, but in good. This goes straight into my inspiration folder.
Great stuff.
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>>7401093
figured a good next step would be to start putting clothes on the figs. doing it from imagination is a brain teaser. back to being bad at things for a while, lol. I think I have one of those "how to draw clothes" books floating around somewhere.

>>7401562
do you have the reference for the top fig? I'm wondering how her scap/trap area is compressed on her right side if her arm is stretched forward.
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>>7401810
I think its this one.
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Do the ribs twist a lot?
I usually use a box or an ovoid shape to represent the ribcage in my figure drawings, but I find a box more helpful for understanding perspective, identifying the planes I'm looking at, and better managing proportions. However, I've noticed that the ribs twist quite a lot—much more than they seem at first glance.
from the first two ribs at the top to the last two ribs that stick out more, you can't always draw two parallel lines because the ribs twist significantly in some poses, at least based on my observations
How do you approach this when constructing the ribcage?
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>>7402312
No, ribs are almost totally static, but stuff around ribs twist a LOT: clavicles, scapulae, abs, obliques, etc.
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a few days off turned into 3 weeks no drawing, oops. left from ref

>>7391127
nice back views

>>7400693
lovely gesture as always

>>7400133
i like pawlina

>>7390727
bottom left sitting girl looks great and i like how you do connections in general, also re: last thread ive been drawing for way too many years. i only started taking fundies seriously late 2023 though which has helped me tremendously. everything from before then is infinitely worse

>>7402312
do you mean the individual ribs? because i dont think they do that
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>>7396982
the middle girl is really cute
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>>7402312
Try twisting yours and see what happens
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I could learn a thing or two. Maybe I should be copying bridgman or something instead of looking at models.
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>>7400792
Das true...
>>7402674
Haha thanks, I think I need to try drawing her.
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>>7403389
you should continue to do both! combine life drawing and master copies
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>>7400693

>>7401093
love the scapula and origins
>I like the shape of the skirts, gesture of the poses is nice as well
thank you

>>7402674
really cute
>lovely gesture as always
thank you

>>7401562
love the shape and contour

>>7403389
copy art and life, check out some video lessons too, mix different ways absorbing information

>>7403561
love top left, she is so twisted up

>>7400705
>>7400706
nice variety, love the coat figure
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Continue to follow Villppus course.
Right now my biggest problem is how to place the paper. Vertical on an easel feels shaky, its harder to draw round forms, the damn gravity is in the way. But when im drawing on the table, i fuck up the proportions more than its necessary.
The other really big problem is the lack of real models. Im living on the country side, we dont have here any drawing live courses. The next big city is over 80km away.
Maybe i can draw some horses or cows. We have even lamas in the neighbor village. But i dont think they will stand still long enough.
>>7400792
>pretty solid, the weakest fig is the lower left on your pen page.
Thx. Yeah, tried to push the gesture more with those, but everything else fall apart.
>>7404124
>nice variety, love the coat figure
Thank you anon. Its from a movie.
If you want to study it yourself.
https://www.imdb.com/title/tt1403865/mediaviewer/rm1015514112/?ref_=tt_ph_1_1
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Im doing a masters study rn and and now i wonder whats the thing under his left leg, a big shlong or what?
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>>7404284
looks like it's spose to be his big toe
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>>7404186
how big is your sketchbook? you could get one of those laptop stands to prop it up so it's a combo of both and you can rest your elbow on the table when needed. i use one for my 9 x 12 sketchbook. i dont have any other sizes to compare though
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A little bit of cheating with cg.
>>7404294
Yeah, i saw it in the end as well. I changed it up a little bit.
>>7404297
Im still searching what materials are best to use for gestures. Most of the time im using a4 format.
Not sure about a table stand. Drawing from photography is just a preparation for live drawing. I want to have something im more flexible with. As i sad, i want to draw some farm animals this week.
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>>7396479

recently realized that i can only draw semi-decent when i have particularly good posture, otherwise it all looks like slop,, also, i can’t draw faces small..
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Gonna do cleanup in a bit. Idk about color
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>>7404124
Thanks, it was a timed gesture
Nice figs as usual
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Guys, can you recommend some top tier figure drawings, collected in one place, an art book or a blog and in high quality?
Mostly interested in mannerism but not exclusively.
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>>7405395
The figure drawings in figure drawing for artists by Steve Huston are great
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>>7405395
I like François Boucher and François Lemoyne figure drawings

I have some here if you want the full res pic you can click the link under the image

https://idlecanvas-wagmi.web.app/?mode=images
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>>7404124
quicksketch

>>7404186
what if you get a flat board at an incline for your desk

>>7404462
like the Pontormo eyes


>>7404588
nice arm cylinders

>>7404593
trad color or digital?

>>7405033
single sphere in bottom left is peak soul, also nice core shadow on figure above
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>>7405510
>like the Pontormo eyes
Thx. I found out about him couple days ago, never heard the name before. His drawings are crazy good.
>>7405510
>what if you get a flat board at an incline for your desk
You mean like a big a3 or a2 clip board?
>>7405415
Thank you, i will check it out.
>>7405457
>I like François Boucher and François Lemoyne figure drawings
Yeah, i like them, especially the first guy has the qualitys im looking for.
The link contains old photos, or maybe i do something wrong.
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>>7405526
use the dropdowns and select, male + drawings or female + drawings
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>>7405510
probably trad, I kinda hate digital coloring
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>>7404593
is this digital? i’ve been looking at transitioning to a tablet instead of just graphite, but i’ve been thinking about how i’ve kinda gotten a good feel for how to use a pencil finally, and i wonder if i couldn’t get a similar feel digitally.. anyhow, nice work, keep it up
>>7405033
how do you get so much volume out of one sheet? i figure it’s easier with digital, but any time i try to draw small on paper it looks horrid, so i can usually only get 2-3 figures out of a 9”x12” sheet, and i know that doing only 2-3 figures daily really isnt much.. also your figures are getting really good, so props.
>>7405510
aaaaaa, these cylinders aren’t shit lmao,, but thanks :)

the portrait thread hit the bump limit, so i’m just gonna post this here.. took some mushrooms and used a nifty carpenters pencil to draw. not great, needs improvement, but i learned a lot from it.
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>>7405793
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>>7405793
are you using a sketchbook? ngl i find drawing figures on small sketchbooks hard because the spiral gets in the way and blocks my hand. i also find myself drawing slightly too large and having the edges of the figure cut off. you could either rip the paper out or get a bigger sketchbook
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>>7405796
i do use a sketchbook, but the spiral never bothers me much.. i also find that i don’t use the entire sheet, and that i can practice drawing in any open negative spaces, so i should start trying to do that.
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>>7405793
(first one)
Nope, all on bristol paper.
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>>7405811
oh no kidding! very well done! do you use construction lines? the paper looks very clean, so i’m curious as to what your process is.
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>>7401562
Fig from earlier I wanted to post.

>>7402674
Noice faces. Not the usual shovel face anime.
Naked figure needs more work, feels a bit blobby now. It will come with understanding of large anatomy chunks such as pelvis and ribcage. Respect for making the belly stand out.

>>7404462
Noice. Thanks for artist names, I dont remember any.

>>7405415
>>7405457
Thanks for this.

>>7404186
Very nice butt and back arch.
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>>7405529
Ah, thank you, very nice.
>>7405908
>I dont remember any
I struggle a lot with French but Italians aren't easy as well.
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am i still beg? or am i doing any better?
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>>7406024
Still beg because I think your perspective knowledge is lacking. Anatomy is good tho
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>>7405821
>the paper looks very clean
not in the slightest, I have to do tons of cleanup and redrawing, finishing this is largely an exercise in not fucking it up while I refine lines and trying to gently erase things
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Im very frustrated with trad, still couldnt found a good position. One of my fountain paints died, the other run out of ink.
So im continue to draw nonsense in sai.
>>7406024
I would say high beg. The hair looks very off though.
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Found a parallel pen with some ink in it, will not last for long.
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Trying to apply what i learned from master studys on a photo study
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>>7401810
been a little too busy to post

nice figs everyone!
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>>7406597
Cool, this are from imagination?
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>>7405510

>>7405908
love the connection and twist

>>7406024
love how rock solid the legs look

>>7406597
amazing power stance
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I've been studying Dynamic Life Drawing for Animators by Matessi lately. Is there anything missing from my approach? I've been trying to get into videos since you can see the subject move in and out of the pose.
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>>7407194
I think the right leg is on backwards
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>>7407831
Here’s the reference video. He twists his foot near the apex.
youtube.com/watch?v=KobDaedXfuI&t=230s
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>>7407831
>>7407878
Here's a frame.
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>>7407882
His toes are pointed at the camera at the apex, the foot would be best foreshortened. I'm not a doctor but nobody's foot can do that kind of 180 degree turn, but that's really my only clue because the video and pic is blurry.
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>>7407882
That foot is coming towards the camera, homie. Don't use blurry reference please.
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>>7407885
Here's his foot just before the above frame, pointing away from the camera. Is there a way to reduce motion blur?
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>>7407882
Pardon my work notebook and checking pencil but this is what I meant, just with rudimentary anatomy you can interpolate between the pose you want and the anatomy that should allow it to happen and then invent a pose on the paper that is close enough to capture the gesture of your reference
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>>7407889
I really think it's a foreshortened foot, the foot just wouldn't do that without disintegrating the ankle bones
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>>7407890
>>7407894
I see. I know ankle joints are hinged synovial joints, but was trying to capture the perspective along with the gesture. Is there a way to make videos clearer doesn't involve just changing the video's resolution?
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>>7407898
>Is there a way to make videos clearer doesn't involve just changing the video's resolution?
None that I know of. I also use bodies in motion sometimes, which is probably what you're looking for if you're watching videos for animated poses. The only thing that helps with unclear reference (imho) is knowledge of the skeleton and muscles that construct a body, their proportion, and what it can and can't do, so that you can make your own informed decisions where the reference falls short.
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>>7407899
I got it. Thanks.
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>>7407904
It was an honest mistake?
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>>7407912
Yea, I did it late at night.
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>>7407917
It happens.
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Trying to make sure I extract some value from studying some figures with Michael Hampton's book, some are better than others
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>>7408222
Trips but no picture
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A bunch of doodles
>>7405510
Thanks!
>>7405793
It's way easier digitally, yea. I also draw on an equivalent of an A4 sheet.
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>>7406597
some studies

>>7406885
that one was a mix of drawing the base figure from ref, then putting clothes on top from imagination, and just ref studies
>>7407059
nice compressions
>>7407194
I like studies from videos
>>7407872
fun!
>>7408224
lookin good. the head tilted backwards is a tricky thing to get right
>>7408265
I like the value study
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>>7408295
>lookin good. the head tilted backwards is a tricky thing to get right
Thank you, but yeah it is. I'll save heads for another stretch of practice. Tried some from imagination rather than reference, this is gonna take some time to really sink in. Then hands, heads, and an infinite amount of drapery...
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>>7408388
Me again lmao
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40 minutes each

:|
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>>7408497
How did you mark the facial features?
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>>7408519
1. I made broad strokes and hit them with a brush to get a big soft area.
2. then I used a stump to model out more of the form.
3. in steps 1 & 2 I was mentally planning where I would want to lift out with a kneaded eraser, do this before step 4
4. I go in and mark sharp details (nostril, eyebrow, eyelashes & pupil, etc.) with a sharpened tip of charcoal
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>>7407059
more

>>7407872
i love the expressions
>>7408224
>>7408389
i like the way you did the under side of the heads
>>7408497
love the mark making and the expression, so cool
>>7408295
>nice compressions
thank you, great legs on the right page, love those shapes
>>7408265
love the squatter in top left
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It's only been a few days of drawing and imagining figs on my own but I think I'm just spinning wheels at my humble beginning, gonna go back and actually finish the book I'm reading. Wish I had more kind things to say about the work itt but I don't have enough experience to say anything other than "looks good."
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trying out different perspective
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>>7406024
you have very little understanding of the forms youre drawing. draw to understand instead of trying to make polished portfolio pieces.



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