Studies for a pouting character
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@kathrynadebayo By hyper-extended knees, do you mean like the legs in the second sketch I just posted? Because I might like those better myself! I had gotten out a pair of Hunter boots to work out the details of the boots in the most recent sketch, but my real boots are pretty straight. Maybe the point is that I should curve the inside contour of her right leg a little more. And even if it's unrealistically exaggerated, maybe I can turn the left one in just a hair more.
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Here are a new sketch and a silhouette, taking your considerations into account. Note that the hand is farther down in the silhouette, which I thought looked better in silhouette, but it didn't look that believable from a pose point of view. And there's still something bothering me about the legs:
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Nice. That face. Reminds me of my daughter's when she doesn't get her way. XD
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I asked my daughter, who loves to draw too, if she'd like to help with your art and she was very enthusiastic. We had fun.
Hopefully this is helpful - sorry my description before wasn't very clear...
I think that the way you have the legs is believable as they are, but maybe this might help if you're wanting to push the pose further.
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@kathrynadebayo Thanks! You're right, that's quite a hyper-extension! Nice that you have a model in the house, too
Tell her thanks for me.
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@tessaw said in Studies for a pouting character:
Without any other context, and just viewing this as a single illustration, I think she could perhaps be mistaken as just sad or apprehensive instead of pouting. If you'd like it to be even more clear, I think enhancing her furrowed brow to look more angry would sell it more as pouting.
I concur with this assessment. She needs a little more attitude in her expression.
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@jaepereira Are you referring to the first drawing in the thread, or the corrected one? Just trying to get a feeling for whether it needs to be pushed even further. Thanks.
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Thanks so much for your critiques and your patience, guys! I think this poor child has had several different head tilts, and about a dozen arm and leg poses. No wonder she's so cross! But here's the latest version I'm posting for you to help me get a fresh eye. At least next time I have to draw someone pouting I will have thought it through!
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Update: What do you think, guys? Does this get across the idea of the sketch? Do you see errors? Thanks!
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@lauraa I think it looks great, you can really feel the emotion in it.