The guy with the spoon is the best drawing in my opinion, since you can see the twisting of his form, which adds more believable depth. The way we see the side of his head - with the ear and the glasses, and the way his legs/shoulders are sitting shows nice perspective. I saw you already posted the homework studies - keep those "blocks"/"skeletons" in mind when you are drawing like this and you should see a lot more perspective and believability. Also, I'm glad you paid attention to what everyone was wearing and where they were - that's something I struggled with.
Just like everyone else, I like seeing the people and their surroundings. Also, I like seeing more than one figure in one drawing, that's tough. I think what might help is to be a little more fluid with your pen marks. I like seeing details like facial hair and clothing, but that should be later. Try thinking of the figure more abstractly to get down the pose first?
Alex, Your classmates make some good points. There are some successful aspects to all of these drawings, though I think overall you should continue to develop your work. The seated subject eating the food is, indeed, one of the stronger ones - you've got a lot of variety in the positions and angles of the head, torso, hands and lower body. Try to look to this in all of your subjects. It requires a little planning and forethought but once you commit to it, you will create strong gestures. Having your characters in their surroundings definitely works - they are more grounded and have context. Try not to use line fills or shade in shapes... Vary your line weights to emphasize your weight shift and overlap - only use shading in small areas.
Its nice to see how you have incorporated your figures with their environments. Nice Work!
ReplyDeleteThe guy with the spoon is the best drawing in my opinion, since you can see the twisting of his form, which adds more believable depth. The way we see the side of his head - with the ear and the glasses, and the way his legs/shoulders are sitting shows nice perspective. I saw you already posted the homework studies - keep those "blocks"/"skeletons" in mind when you are drawing like this and you should see a lot more perspective and believability. Also, I'm glad you paid attention to what everyone was wearing and where they were - that's something I struggled with.
ReplyDeleteGood poses and use of environments. Id say work more anatomical in the future though, don't worry about their clothing.
ReplyDeleteJust like everyone else, I like seeing the people and their surroundings. Also, I like seeing more than one figure in one drawing, that's tough. I think what might help is to be a little more fluid with your pen marks. I like seeing details like facial hair and clothing, but that should be later. Try thinking of the figure more abstractly to get down the pose first?
ReplyDeleteAlex,
ReplyDeleteYour classmates make some good points. There are some successful aspects to all of these drawings, though I think overall you should continue to develop your work.
The seated subject eating the food is, indeed, one of the stronger ones - you've got a lot of variety in the positions and angles of the head, torso, hands and lower body.
Try to look to this in all of your subjects. It requires a little planning and forethought but once you commit to it, you will create strong gestures.
Having your characters in their surroundings definitely works - they are more grounded and have context.
Try not to use line fills or shade in shapes... Vary your line weights to emphasize your weight shift and overlap - only use shading in small areas.