It’s definitely been a bit since I last posted, mainly because work is becoming more and more execrable by the day – but also because I was having a colossal fit trying to figure out how to draw TORSOS by themselves. It rapidly became the bane of my existence – until I have a minor…
Different Strokes for Different Folks
Today was definitely a bit of a bleak one, all things considered…! Through some horrible twist of fate, my chronic knee pain has prevented me from standing, sitting, walking, climbing, or really existing in any comfortable position that isn’t totally limp. The remaining postures that don’t stimulate said pain aren’t really comfortable to draw in,…
Once More, With FEELING!
By no means have I mastered proportion, but the construction I’ve worked to implement over the past few days has allowed me to see the body for what it can be – a simplified series of organic solids that can be translated into a 2D space through knowledge of 3D contours. But it was in…
Pick Up the Pace!
As one merchandisable blue hedgehog once said, “Must achieve haste!” Or maybe it was simply, “SPEED.” Either way, I wanted to take a break from feeling out anatomy and start referencing poses in a more ornamental fashion through what’s known as the armature stick figure. The armature, for the uninitiated (myself included, until about three…
With a Flick of the Wrist
Today is a bit of a milestone, even if it doesn’t feel like one. I’ve gone from not really understanding anything about the human figure to at least having a strong enough grasp that I can pencil down some quick sketches and call it good, despite work driving me up and down a wall. And…
Not a Waist of Time
Today was rather incredibly dense. In fact, as I type this, I’m still in the midst of a project, but I wanted to get at least some work done before exhaustion catches up to me and I’m forced to call it a night right on the dot. This time around, I tried my hand at…
Necks in Line
So, from now until I start posting finish sketches, it’s fair to assume that most of my techniques are a combination of Proko’s YouTube series on figure drawing and Akihito’s deconstruction of figure and musculature. To say that both sources have helped tremendously when it comes to figuring out what goes where on the body…
Trying to Get Something Off My Chest
Torsos… You know, when I began this whole art shebang, I didn’t realize something so integral to the figure would be this difficult to wrap my head around. Usually, people recommend rendering boxes in space first and then sort of carving the chest and hips out like they’re blocks of cheese and somehow that makes…
Models are Everywhere
Oh, don’t get me started on those sites that are all like, “Pay $50/mo and you’ll get access to all of our 1000 models!” HA. Not only do I not have that sort of money, but.it neglects something very fundamental to the ‘learning from life’ advice you hear from channels like Love Life Drawing and…
Getting the Motor Running
I’m sure you’ve seen artists talk about warm up exercise and I’m here to be the obnoxious nerd to reiterate their point! Before every piece, even if it’s just me doing splines or skeletons or what not, I do at least a few dozen circles in a row with very low or no stabilization to…
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