Body type practice
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So i might not do the contest this month. It depends on how much free time i have. Ive been wanting to do this exercise/challenge. I wanted to use this tutorial in the “how to think when you draw” books that i just got in the mail:
http://theetheringtonbrothers.blogspot.com/2018/01/how-to-think-when-you-draw-3-shape.html?m=1Combined with the draw 100 things challenge. To draw little demons of various shapes and sizes.
What i did was made a bunch of these (72 to be exact) with varying widths and divisions. Making sure none are repeated. Im going to go through all of them and draw a demon character for each body type. Then ink it. After the 72, the remaining 28 will just be random just to get to 100.
So far i got this guy:
Just thought I’d share my process. You’re welcome to critique it or try it yourself!
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Great idea, or @JerrySketchyArt ?
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I think you're going to have a LOT of fun with that idea!! Such a great opportunity to such variety and yet have them all linked together.
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@Aleksey
In have seen and tried these however my character creations are a struggle and so not in 3d like yours. I also kept them all as star fleet officers since I was watching while I drew them. I will see if I can find them and post them here later.
*Also do you know anyone who teaches drawing characters in perspective as in not head on, rotated like you have here?
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@Heather-Boyd that's tough, i learned from reading anatomy books and drawing from anatomy books.
The book i used was:
https://www.barnesandnoble.com/p/drawing-the-head-and-figure-jack-hamm/1102478263/2661299829017?st=PLA&sid=BNB_ADL+Marketplace+Good+Used+Textbooks+-+Desktop+Low&sourceId=PLAGoNA&dpid=tdtve346c&2sid=Google_c&gclid=EAIaIQobChMI7tK65b_44wIVF4TICh3W5wWeEAQYAiABEgIVQvD_BwEAnd Also the "How to Draw Everything" class helped be on svs because @Jake-Parker explains how to think about things in shapes. You end up having to stop and think about what something would look like if you turn it.
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Here are the first 3
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Those are so cool! I love the inked ones. The way you describe volumes with lines is pretty dang cool, especially on that kangaroo looking guy.
Just a quick idea here...have you considered using different shapes than rectangles and squares? I know that those shapes are just illustrative and the final ones are very different, but I think that using other shapes, like triangles for example, could help you expand your horizons a bit. Give it a thought
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@IgorWoznicki i have thought about it. Good points. I wanna see if I could do it by skipping that step. It’s very hard
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@Aleksey Looks like a great exercise. Along with the “Draw 100 Things”, to really push past an initial batch of ideas and explore all possibilities. I have a habit of settling on ideas earlier, when I could probably do more exploration.
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@drawnbyshawn i have the same issue! Which is something i need to address. I skip thumbnails usually and that’s not a good habit to have.
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I feel ready for inktober
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@Heather-Boyd the posing characters class by Will and Jake I found really helpful for exactly that. I did it months ago but just this week am re-doing the exercises and suddenly it's really making sense and I made a big step forward from where I was with the 3d understanding and drawing it.
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@Aleksey these are really fantastic. ️
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@Coley thanks! I also did the posing characters class! It was fun but i think i was stuck up in my approach and found something that encouraged my laziness
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@Aleksey these are awesome! Looks like such a fun exercise. Baby the end of the 100 you’re going to be the master at drawing little demons!
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@Bricz-Art haha thanks i hope so
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