/ic/ - Artwork/Critique

>>5044446
He has a near psychotic need to draw all the time. It comes down to mileage. KJG is what happens when you draw for hours upon hours every day for 30+ years. He probably blew past the 10K hours mark in his early 20's. He didn't take any shortcuts, he just really draws that much.
>>5044472
It's pleasing because his lines are so confident and accurate. When you watch him work, each line he makes is the final mark. He doesn't need to scratch it in lightly or ever erase. It's just perfect the first time because there is no type of line he hasn't drawn a million times before.

Do not map things out with a ruler. Your goal is to be able to freehand a body with reasonably accurate proportions. You do this by practicing quick gestures over and over and over. 30 sec - 2 min drills using a site like quickposes. Focus on the distance between landmarks. The head, clavicle, bottom of sternum, bottom of ribs, top of hips, top of femur, knee, then ankle. People underestimate how long it can take to develop that intuition. When you make a particularly bad one, examine what went wrong and redo, without using the original reference.

>>4258040
This is the first thing that came to mind. I think his work is way more creative than a lot of people give him credit for. He just does his murals as he goes, hence the poor composition