/ic/ - Artwork/Critique

>>2170953
>how can i apply drawing poses from reference to drawing them from imagination

understand how to construct the pose from reference. basically understand how to draw those figures as a series of boxes. if you can do that, then it will be easier to visualize and then recreate a similar pose without looking at reference later. beginners (myself included) get caught up in the contours and bumps and everything that makes up the details of a human being and a pose. but to truly understand what's going on and to draw from imagination you have to understand how to construct. this means understanding how to simplify the pose and body into a simple series of forms and geometry which you can then later go over and add all those details of anatomy and shading.

also, once you get done drawing the image from reference, try to draw it again from imagination without looking at it. that's another way to practice it and strengthen your ability to remember. have a pic related of my beginning attempts at what i am talking about

Trying to see figures as forms... pic related. Also have decided that I will not give up on something. If I make it and it turns out like crap I'm gonna do it again until it turns out slightly better (see top right corner... vs larger figure).

"This was recommended to me by a much better artist "Don't settle for your first attempt at a drawing. EVER. Always sketch it out multiple times, do preliminary sketches. Once you get a lot of skill then you can start considering doing things in one go, but for now repetition and never settling for your first attempt will go a long way to making you progress."

Also a bit of research has shown me that a lot of the pros and old masters do "preliminary sketches" before getting down to a final product as a way to explore and test ideas....so seems legit.

>>2143457
Thank you, I didn't receive any messages yet though so I think it might have been the wrong person. My skype name is Crayne.. with two periods after it. Like so:

Crayne..

My profile pic is a drawing of an old man done in ballpoint.

>>2143710
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