/ic/ - Artwork/Critique

Not at all. It's not as good, but it's still very useful.

I've heard from several classically trained artists that studying figures from photographs/videos isn't necessarily a hindrance to your development. As long as you study the structure and movement, instead of focusing on detail and rendering. Don't be a slave to your reference photo, just use to better understand the form. I often draw people from photo refs but make sure to do it an a loose way, and nobody can ever tell the difference between those and my life drawings.

>>1919499
*use IT to better understand

Warm up drawing something from reality before drawing stuff from screen.

Just remember not to slavishly copy, try to construct and keep gesture in mind.

>>1919696
so the goal isn't to copy the figure exactly, but to use the figure as a reference?

>>1922186
I wouldn't say just use as a reference. I think what really makes the difference is how you look at it. Study the human body, not copy. Don't get too stuck up in details, try to understand the form. The flow. The spaces. Gravity working on the fat and the muscles, movement. Anyway, everything you'd do in a real life class, but using photos. Shit, I guess I haven't been really helpful haha...

Where can I even find nude people who let me draw them?

>>1922333
Life drawing classes and websites like Modelmayhem

>>1922333
Life drawing classes...

Or your girlfriend/boyfriend if any

NO RULES JUST TOOLS
YOU'RE ALL FUCKING TOOLS

NEVER COPY

ANALYZE

Isn't life drawing only helpful for those who have a grasp of the fundamentals? It's not recommended for beginners right?

>>1919496
drawing a still life will cover you, just calm down and draw what you can.

tehmeh is a rich guy he can do whatever we wants, but we in these streets, we hongry, we gotta use photos

>>1922677
G H E T T O B O Y S

>>1922374
I am not sure if there's any set science to the learning of artistic skill. Nobody is really sure, it's why people just say "Keep drawing." Everyone figures it out on their own as long as you're serious about it.

>>1922374
Figuratively, yes.
But you should test yourself, despite it.

yo I'm gonna post some of my sketches from a figure drawing meetup I went to this morning. I'd like for you guys to give me some criticism, tips or whatever.

>>1922755
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>>1922765

Next time you take a photo on your phone, open it in your gallery and take a screenshot, then upload the screenshot instead of huge image files.

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>>1922783
sorry, just got this phone. didn't realize it would make the image so large.

>>1922755
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>>1922763
why are amatuer nude drawings a turn on for me

>>1922333
Yeah, I suffer the same thing too, nothing like that in my city or anywhere nearby

>>1919496
Drawing from photos instead of life is like masturbating vs having straight up sex.

Both get you off, sex simply has the higher ceiling for effect.

>>1925756
This, life drawing allows you to collect more data, but photos can get you adequate gains if you know how to approach them

After a week full of practce and hard work is it possible to see the progression?
Serious question

>>1926143
If you work hard and if you arent a sack of shit

>>1926143
Depends on how much you sucked when you started - the gains are easier if you start the week as a total noob

>>1926143
Yes, if you apply yourself and use your brain to study well and not zone out and draw things in a stupid trance.

Mind you, that will give you progress as well, but thinking about it, analyzing what you draw yields better results faster.

So "OnaAirVideo" (who is responsible for the cafe croquis series) just made all their stuff private. Checked their site, doesnt work there either, anyone knows what happened?

>>1926143
you can improve just by making a drawing analize it, see what you did wrong and do it again better. do that for anything you draw and you will improve in a day or two by, for example, knowing where the skin folds here and there. and even if your hands do not follow, you still have the knowledge (if you're serious though) so just keep working, let alone a full week worth of work.

Photos are fine, just don't fall into the habit of straight copying the photos contour for contour. Being a human Xerox isn't much use unless your sole artistic goal is impressing Imgur with overworked copies of Bryan Cranston's face.

You want to 'build' your figure on the paper using the photo as a reference, mostly just paying attention to the spatial relationship between the various anatomical landmarks and what bits stretch, twist and bulge in that particular pose.

At least that's what I do.