Forum posts by Akirazin

It's a minor detail but your flow feels different from the 30s sketches to the rest of the class study. And what points to me is that you know 30s isn't enough to capture the gesture. But remember that the objective is to sketch the gesture ("C" or "S" line of the pose) and, if you have time left, you can draw parts of the body.

Don't be worried with the overall anatomy unless you have more time. (think of this as what kind of training of sketch am i doing right now: 30s mean i just need to do the spinal line and more time means i can refine the basic anatomy)

Anyway, all these sketches are great: they are objective, the lines are not confusing or overdrawn, you can capture the essence of the gesture.

I'd say these means good news: You're ready for more complex and difficult anatomy. It can be seen that longer duration of sketches are not a problem anymore - You know what must be drawn.

Start practicing more foreshortening/perspective and human anatomy :)

See ya, friend! :3

Your perception of flow is what first can be seeing from the sketches.

It can also be seeing that you're practicing foreshortening which it levels up the drawing to a more complex level. Keep practicing more of this.

The advice i'd give is to start practicing human anatomy and its isolated elements (arms, legs, ears, mouth, eyes, hair, etc), for a whole month or 2. You can either just focus or sketch both the basic and anatomy.

And finally, if you don't feel like having an own style, i'd say you're prepared to begin this. Start grabbing examples from artstyles and artist you love (and feel envious :3), make notes such as "why i love this artstyle" and "which first details grab my attention from this" and try to understand how can you aggregate to yourself.

You said you transitioned from digital to traditional. Were you kinda "lost" or confused on how to start with the digital format? If you are not feeling comfortable, I'd recommend using and training with both, but just because both of them has their advantages and disadvantages. Either way, you could just grab a few brushsets from famous digital artists and practice the basic sketches.

Kudos, friend! :3

The evolution is superb! Your commitment and perception are very good.

I really loved the 2min and 5min sketches, specially for the different sizes (and, thus, the use good use of the page) and the clean lines/contours.

I'd say to use the same principle of the clean lines when drawing the 30s or 60s sketches - in other words, be bold and make the curved or straight lines in a single movement of the hand. Try warming up before training sketches, to loosen up and be less worried about the quality. Mistakes will happen, it's normal.

The feet and hands from the 5min sketches are also very good!

Furthermore, start practing foreshortening and other perspectives. I know you will like this challenge :)

Keep going, friend! :3

The timer is good for 2 things:

1 - By not having all the time in the world (and it's humanely impossible to 'recreate' 100% perfectly the reference), you must focus on the important things, and since it’s gesture drawing, you need to capture the essence: the movement, pose or action – Easier said than done, right?

But 2 - depending on the time limit, it forces you to re-adjust the way you draw or think, like when drawing a leg, and arm, a finger or curved person, sometimes you’ll need to make a single (straight or curved) line as fast as possible. That’s just one technique, if you can say it.

With practice, comes the experience to be less and less fatigued since you’re constantly drawing the same ‘ideas’, y’now?

Now about your drawings:

I really liked 1, 6 and 7 (from left to right, top to bottom). But I noticed 2 things with your sketches:

a) The sketches have a part of the limb ‘missing’ or out of the page. It could mean either the time ran out, or you’re not familiar with said missing limb, or it could also mean your spacial sense is not very keen. Try to visualize your sketch inside its space before drawing. Furthermore, This’ll help when drawing characters inside environments. (if done digitally, layers are magic ^-^)

b) In contrast to the above, it seems every sketch you made is inside a square dividing the page equally. There’s nothing wrong with this, but it seems a ‘cage’ and you shouldn’t worry about how the page will look. However, as a way to help get loosen up with this is to make bigger and smaller drawings.

A way to help with this is the following:

-Set 30 gestures for you to sketch in a single page or 30 gestures in 2 pages.

-Remember that everytime you make a big character, it’ll use a lot of space. But that’s okay. The important thing is you’re practicing and filling you sketchbook with lots of things. Always stop and go to the next page when you feel there’s no more room.

Feel free to reply to my commentary!

Kudos, friend! :3

There's a technique i like to do is that you draw the face and expression first, and then, if you want, finish the contour of the head. With that, you focus on the isolated elements.

I know that depending on the time of the exercise there's not much time left, but the human expression is so complex that it uses almost all face muscles, and thus, it may need to shade a little bit the following areas: cheeks, nose, mouth expressions (by itself!), eyebrows... Heck, i think mouth, nose and eyebrows can make expressions on their own!

So, try and find different expressions out there and don't be hasty about doing them with little time. The important thing is to catch the feeling of the human face and give some more time and attention to it.

Kudos, friend! :3

I see you're giving emphasis to the first arc line (the back spine) when drawing. That's good.

I'd say you should both use shorter and longer times, but, initially and gradually, focus on drawing with less and less time, always paying attention to the gesture the being is on. It's like a quick glance to remember the movement or action.

When you start feeling you got the idea of the gesture, start practicing together with drawings of isolated elements (like head, hands, feet, etc... = anatomy) and its different perspectives.

I know it s*cks, but for me personally, i used to hate drawing hands, but now i love doing them, since a person can hold, grab and use an inumerable amount of things.

Kudos, friend :3

The lines are very fluid. Good work

When you draw circles for ribcage and pelvis areas, you don't need to force too much since they are also sketch guidelines.

And if you think those areas are "too simple", draw both the ribcage and pelvis using a perspective to position their geometries.

the same applies to basic everything: head and faces, arms and legs, live creatures.