/ic/ - Artwork/Critique

>>3658090
The "appealing limit" on simplification depends entirely on design and audience context. As long as the simplification can deliver the intended 'message' to the audience, there is no limit.
Let's consider pic related. It's a very simplified representation of a human woman.
If you're specifically making an image to titillate a straight male audience (for example) then yes, there's a feasible limit that you can hit. Once you've simplified away second sex characteristics, hair, the face, etc. the drawing doesn't "say" enough to provide a sexual message to the viewer. The simplified woman drawing, thus, would be unsuccessful in the design context of a porn image.
However, this design can be very successful in a different design context--and it is, considering it's the nearly universal 'women's bathroom' symbol. The most important thing to remember with simplification, I think, is that as you simplify more and more the amount of detail you can put in your message becomes less and less.

You can't get any less than this and still be sexy.

>>3658194

>>3658194
cowboy boots?

>>3658194
Two squiggly lines

Is there any shame sticking with a simplified body only? And never rendering any realistic forms?

>>3659430
If you drew this can you answer me a few questions.
I get the idea that if you have the front line of something; you have the back. for the legs.

The line from the armpit to waist tho, what is it for/ to signify?

Also is this how you do your figure drawing?
Simplicity to the max vs shading forms?

>>3659618
>The line from the armpit to waist tho, what is it for/ to signify?

Not him but it's the latissimus dorsi

>>3659680
hmm, interesting.

a convenient line indeed.

>>3658194
you can go way more simplified than that

>>3658194
the goat

>>3659736
funny story, i started drawing with the goal of doing bruce timm style work.
Read loomis etc, learning anatomy get the impression BT works is toony crap, clasical is where it's at.
Kept drawing and learning the importance of construction and while figure drawing i continued to simplify the forms until i looked up and realized BT and allot of these cartoon shows; simpsons-futurama etc were all at the apex of simplification to a large degree.

MFW i went in a huge circle and now getting to grips drawing simplified forms.
Why even classical anymore i wonder.

>>3660312
google the word "simplification".

>>3659430
This is delicious.

>>3660441
Yes, the goal is drawing the human form.
BT etc have already done it and i'm learning from their thought process on the subject.

Was your point different?

I always forget how ignorant and just straight up ridiculous people who post on this board are.

>>3660484
your image shows even those people consider to be greats struggled with the same issue.

>>3660484
and pretentious

>>3660587
>>3660484
and don't forget those who are always projecting.