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More art progress!! So, anyway...human bodies scared the shit out of me but I reckoned it was time to suck it up and stop being such a wimp and go for it. So I started up Posemaniacs (I can't even remember where I first heard of and bookmarked it), and attempted my first set of gesture sketches using the random pose generator.
This was the result
I know. I may have cried a little. But I am stubborn, and I was determined I was going to crack the code. I started by sucking up everything I could on the underlying construction and shapes of the human body. And then for days and days I did several things. I practiced those shapes, I went through google looking at random images of people and did my best to identify the shapes in my head and how they went together, and I filled page after page after page with doodles in which I practiced making curved lines over and over and over attempting to get some kind of control over my pencil. When I felt slightly more confident that I had a (very basic) understanding of how the human body goes together and that I could make a curve (mostly) go where I wanted it to go, I pulled up Posemaniacs again fired up the random pose generator and started to draw. And draw. And draw. I alternated between only drawing the underlying construction, putting in the construction and then putting contour lines over it, and just drawing the contour while attempting to keep the construction firmly in mind. I did this over and over and over and over and over and over. With my morning coffee. When I was watching tv, the pose generator would be open on my laptop and sketchbook in my lap. Whenever. I killed several forests. I drew so many bodies that looked like alien experiments gone wrong I can't even tell you. At one point my fingers actually went numb for real (I am left handed so I draw with my wonky arm).
These are the gesture sketches I did today
Yeah, that's right human body. BITE ME, I've got your number now. I mean, I still have a lot to work on, particularly in terms of foreshortening and the related perspective/proportion stuff. And I need a lot more practice. But I absolutely can do this. Ha.
This was the result
I know. I may have cried a little. But I am stubborn, and I was determined I was going to crack the code. I started by sucking up everything I could on the underlying construction and shapes of the human body. And then for days and days I did several things. I practiced those shapes, I went through google looking at random images of people and did my best to identify the shapes in my head and how they went together, and I filled page after page after page with doodles in which I practiced making curved lines over and over and over attempting to get some kind of control over my pencil. When I felt slightly more confident that I had a (very basic) understanding of how the human body goes together and that I could make a curve (mostly) go where I wanted it to go, I pulled up Posemaniacs again fired up the random pose generator and started to draw. And draw. And draw. I alternated between only drawing the underlying construction, putting in the construction and then putting contour lines over it, and just drawing the contour while attempting to keep the construction firmly in mind. I did this over and over and over and over and over and over. With my morning coffee. When I was watching tv, the pose generator would be open on my laptop and sketchbook in my lap. Whenever. I killed several forests. I drew so many bodies that looked like alien experiments gone wrong I can't even tell you. At one point my fingers actually went numb for real (I am left handed so I draw with my wonky arm).
These are the gesture sketches I did today
Yeah, that's right human body. BITE ME, I've got your number now. I mean, I still have a lot to work on, particularly in terms of foreshortening and the related perspective/proportion stuff. And I need a lot more practice. But I absolutely can do this. Ha.
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But there's nothing like looking at a finished piece of art and thinking "holy goodness, this is actually pretty awesome and I made it!"
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Human bodies are amazing! All the things they can do, they make so many cool shapes and lines. What I've also noticed is that my still life has taken a leap forward as well since I started on the figures. A coffee mug seems like gravy after puzzling out a body stretching and twisting to the side on one foot, heh.
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Do you have anything bookmarked publicaly at, like, a delicious or a pinboard, by any chance?
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I don't have any public bookmarks. I jump from site to site to tutorial to tutorial to book to book because my learning style is really scattered (if I try to follow one guide/tutorial/book for 'how to do x' I end up getting frustrated and discouraged and I'm never quite sure what kind of explanation will lead to the AHA, THAT IS HOW YOU DO IT moment)
I think I mentioned this before, but if there's *one* book you should absolutely without a doubt get it's Drawing on the Right Side of the Brain. It will change how you think about what you see and how you see it in ways that will blow your mind.
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No, seriously, I know it's actually hard work and dedication on your part, and I'm so impressed at your progress. But I am doubly impressed and amazed because as far as I'm concerned it may as well be witchcraft.
I can't wait to see what comes next. :)
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