/ic/ - Artwork/Critique

good op. thanks for making this

>>6522869
200/280 getting close i can almost taste it

>>6523123
I was feeling the burn out today. Not my best if i am to be honest

>>6523438
Well when you put it that way… most of your time would be spent on 20min drawings as opposed to 30s which takes 1/40 of the time… ha ha

>>6523458
Figure drawing and gesture are hard to distinguish. Lots of figure drawing ends up very stiff because the poses can be stiff, to get nice dynamic figures and gesture you have to hunt for the right poses to copy. Yoga poses, volleyball girls, figure skaters, and ballerinas are really good for gesture. Also, copying anime action scenes frame by frame is helpful.

Some of the sites like quick poses and line of action have the worst / stiffest / most static / awkward poses ive ever seen. I really hate drawing from those sets, and will only do it begrudgingly if i am drawing along with some other anons.

Also, you can gesture just about anything, it doesnt have to be a figure.

Some practice. Each one took me 10-25 minutes.

Im trying to work on getting faster. Any tips?

Took a stab at some clothing

>>6523637
Unfortunately, faces are not exactly one of my strong suits.

>>6524170
timed gesture drawings help you get faster. Also better knowledge of the anatomy will help.

>>6524149
I want to participate but I'm so god awful at anatomy. I made these and then decided that I wasn't getting anywhere and went back to drawing whatever was fun for me. Even if I allowed myself more time on each figure, they would still be riddled with glaring issues at the end of it.

>>6524581
You are on the right track, I can tell.
Keep drawing and learn anatomy. You need to draw so you can spot your weakness after learning anatomy.

>>6524149
stupid question incoming
how do i know if i'm doing this right? should i overlay the reference over my drawing and check what's wrong?

>>6524149
Any way to download the galleries from imagefap

>>6523645

>>6525530
jdownload seems to work

>>6525597
how you use that shit?

>>6525619
jdownload is a download manger. You copy the link of what you want to download and put it in jdownload and it downloads all of them for you.

trad today, played puzzle trying to fit all 10 figures into a single page
>>6524149
oh those are my drawings, neat!
>>6524163
>I was feeling the burn out today.
take it easy man, i can only imagine how that feels drawing as much as you do. you know best
>>6524192
>Unfortunately, faces are not exactly one of my strong suits.
you can do like me and ignore faces completely lololol
>>6524581
>Even if I allowed myself more time on each figure, they would still be riddled with glaring issues at the end of it.
i find that's the whole point of doing this. figure drawing shows you clearly what's your weakest point and then you're allowed to tackle that specifically. is it construction, flow, balance; are the heads fucked up; or is it something more concrete like the back muscles or the shape of the feet; it's all in front of you. see it more as an opportunity rather than a deturrent anon.
>>6524839
>stupid question incoming
how do i know if i'm doing this right?
not stupid at all anon, that's a very important question.
you know you're doing it right if it's fulfilling your goal. your goal with this might be to get you to draw at all, it might be to become more confident with your strokes or maybe you just want to draw cool poses.
>should i overlay the reference over my drawing and check what's wrong?
if you're trying to accurately replicate a pose, if that's your goal then i think that's a way to check if you're doing it right.

>>6524149
You should do some life drawing instead of from photograph. lol

>>6525912
thanks for answering anon! i think my goal is to generally just draw more
or build up a visual library of sorts
sometimes i'll do the overlay thing if it looks really off

>>6525912
How long does it take you to draw one figure like that? Do you erase a lot?

Did some more difficult figures today. #68 was especially hard.

>>6524163
220/280 Wasn’t expecting to be able to draw today. Got a neat little haunter out of it.

>>6524170
Mileage makes you faster. And do the timed figure drawings. Do all the times 30s, 1 min, 2 min, 5 min and 10 min you should be frantically trying to throw down lines.

>>6525912
Mmmmm pencil yum. Love me some hairy hatched ginas

>>6526537
Keep trying if it doesn’t look right to you. Don’t erase it, just redraw it. After like 10 tries you’ll get it.

good thread
>>6522869
thanks

>>6526603
You obviously got skills but jesus christ on a stick, some (most) of these are nightmare fuel portrayed as bodily horror

Asorted poses. dunno where they're all from but i drew them anyway
>>6526383
that sounds great, keep it up :)
>>6526527
It takes me a slightly shorter time compared to digital, im generally quicker with trad, and i do erase a bunch.
>>6526537
keep going
>>6526603
would hit that haunter
>>6526807
very nice, i like these.

good job keeping it going, anons

a skelly study from life then did some figures from imagination

>>6525557
fuckin hellish session today, 45, 30 and even 10 second poses
not even going to try to label these

Do you tradbros ever use mechanical pencils? Not sure if I can find a regular one around the house.

>>6527337
yup I use a clutch pencil.

>>6524149

>>6527256
hey, see your stuff on /alt/ sometimes, good shit

>>6527337
I usually use 2mm lead for figures

>>6524149

>>6527256
Figures from ref

>>6527625
Thanks, anon
Good work keeping at it

a bit over the place today.
>>6527337
0.7 mech pencil for me, forever
>>6527256
>>6528728
i really like these, i like how you use the big brush and shape with an eraser on the inside
>>6528648
neat

>>6528746
creepo

>>6528746
where do you get your references anon?

>>6523644
Anyone got some dude ref packs? Drawing this guys hairy ass today.

>>6528770
i think the set is in the op

>>6528791
there are some male refs on cgpeers if you have an account

>>6529211
goddamnit, it got flipped

alright done no more studies for a year god bless

>>6529267
i guess it almost fits but this was the wrong image. i'm not must waiting 10000 hours or longer before deleting this post tho sorry

>>6527283
prregante xdd

just done for today, didnt quite feel it. used these refs again
>>6511679

>>6530097
Still nice man. Saved some of your stuff.

>>6528791
Getting back to women soon idk.

>>6528807
>on cgpeers if you have an account
no sir

>>6530142
here is a pack of a male model https://gofile.io/d/44FYjh

>>6530167
ty m8

>>6526603
240/280 this set was pretty fun to draw, but the last 40 Pokémon are like the best ones in series.

>>6526898
Draw what you like I guess?

quick 3 min digital figures

>>6530179
np, just trying to help this thread.

>>6528728
Figures from imagination

>>6528746
Thanks v much. Yeah, If I’m having trouble understanding a shape, being able to quickly block it in with a big brush and then carve out the lines can be very helpful.
Big brush also forces you to simplify, can’t get caught up noodling in one spot for too long cus it all goes to black. Sped up my drawing process quite a bit as a result

It’s been cool seeing your stuff throughout these threads, I like your stylisation of the figure

>>6530883
Pinterest ballerina

>>6530142
Slowed down a lot. When february is over Im going back to doodling qhenever I want and finding myself.

>>6530090
yucky proportions today but w/e

done for the day
>>6530883
i might try that tech for my own stuff, it looks like good fun. And thank you, i've neglected figure drawing for a while and it's been good for mileage and just drawing pretty women.
>>6530139
woah, im glad you like em anon :)
>>6531374
very important that last one, best of luck

>>6524149
hey op, do you have any advice on having the time to draw when you have a day job?

>>6530491
260/280 So many water pokemon. I think I only have pokemon 16 left. Gyarados and magikarp were very difficult to draw.

>>6527337
Ive been using a 0.5mm mechanical pencil with normal HB lead for every set. I have some 0.7 erasable colored mechanical pencils that i used for splashes of color, but its mostly the 0.5 for everything

>>6531798
Draw at night, you should be able to get 4 hrs of draw time in for your leisure time each night. I used to work 8hrs and commute 5 hrs a day and i drew for 4-6 hours at night. That still leaves 7-5 hrs a day for sleeping, eating, and hygiene.

>>6531118
Hell yea! Ballerinas are great refs. Figure skaters are also good if you havent discovered them yet. The ice type ballerinas.

Some more 3 min figures

>>6531861
That's pretty good for 3 minutes

these were a struggle.
tried to do decompositions of the figures but i have trouble orienting the torso and pelvis shapes. also fucked up all the faces.
>>6527183
thanks

So many great contributions to this thread. We're a GMI island in the middle of an NGMI ocean, bros.

>>6531378
even more meh results
feel like the burnout is finally here

how the fuck do I draw the entire leg and hips section for fucks sake

>>6532516
Richard Smitheman on youtube has some good videos that might help.

>>6532516
Hogarth's material presents the muscles most clearly, imo. Then you can give them a better shape with Bridgman or Morpho.

>>6532485
lazy!=burnout

>>6531374
These are brutal.
>>6531458
Thanks bro, I wish the same to you.

>>6532531
you're right but also a retard for calling people lazy without posting your work

quickie
>>6532485
take it easy bro. find some refs that really interest you or draw something relaxing, and if you feel the burnout real close take a breather, it's not worth going thru it
>>6532178
at the end the actions speak for themselves
>>6532516
start with more simplified forms and shapes anon, and as you get more used to them you'll slowly develop a more nuanced understanding which comes with time and lots of drawing
>>6532558
ah yes, the kinky gymnasts. as hard as they are fun to draw and see. and thank you too, at the end this is about the joy obtained from drawing :)

im struggling to improve just by forcing myself, i dont have a technique i just start drawing it and trying to fix my mistakes. do i have to grow up and start using blocking or something?

>>6532844
i think experimenting helps, try those other techniques you've heard about so you can feel out what parts are working for you, what you're bad at.

finally made it to 100

>>6531894
thank you for the kind words, anon

>>6531814
277/280 i got 3 more to do, I think i might just do the rest of the eevees. I’m not sure what other 3 pokemon to choose

>>6532558
Nice boobs

>>6532844
If it looks bad and you think you could do better, then draw it again. No shame in doing it twice. If you decided that the pose just wasn’t resonating with you, it’s ok the move on until you find something you want to nail.

>>6533028
are you a wacom enjoyer?

>>6533028
Your women are really nice, why you have to go full reddit with the whole pokemon shit?

man i was not prepared for males

ran out of patience

>>6532485

>>6532531
hey just because you're right doesn't mean you're not correct
>>6532709
haha thanks but nah I was really overdramatizing
I'm only doing croquis shit anyway which is already way chiller than other people's formats here
I guess it just has to do more with doing the same thing everyday aspect of it, not really used to that sort of thing yet :^)
>>6533690
CHONKY
very good

>>6533690
looks great anon

>>6533690
oh don't worry, it shows

mmmmamma.

trying to use all the things i've been studying to make these one work, I feel like i'm not there yet...

>>6533028
282/280 finished with all the eevees

>>6533171
I dunno, was doing it with some discord ic people. It was fun.

>>6534440
>>6534028
These are nice

>>6533690
Only 279 more to go!

>>6531458
>>6531458
What reference pack did you draw these from

>>6534592
here https://www.imagefap.com/pictures/9230002

Warmups, top left is a copy of a will weston demo, rest are photo ref

>>6534624
Thank you

>>6534475
Love your drawings

>>6534869
i fuckin hate them

>>6534882
You don't draw

Last pose of the month.

>>6524170
It's counterintuitive, but you will get faster just by being better at art. And if you want to improve, you have to get more accurate; and if you want to get more accurate, you have to go slower.

>>6533773

>>6534882
don't be so hard on yourself

the finish line is cloose
>>6535321
you've been keeping up pretty well, great job
>>6533278
i like that volley girl
>>6534475
ah yes, long girls...
>>6534490
your lines have become way cleaner

Some short 3 minute figures today.

>>6535622
Thank you for the kind words. It's genuinely surprising how much I've improved at figures just over the course of this month

I made a collage because collages are fun. You can see the slow descent into degeneracy.

Favorite page 78-82 or 270-272
Favorite Pokémon #038 (164), #106 (232), #137 (263)

>>6535622
Your legs are so short they might as well be short stacks

>>6536089
Glad you got some good gains anon! Hope you found a new love for figure drawing.

>>6534649
I feel like I’ve seen that first pose as a meme pose

>>6536135
Actual visible progress, well done lad

>>6536135
love all of these anon
did you study any artists in particular for figures, or just drawing from life/pictures?

>>6535622
thanks, but man lack of anatomy knowledge is really biting my ass
tried like 2 more volleyball references but gave up on both
>>6536135
nice!

sowrds

>>6535321

>>6535622
thanks!!!
I think it's fair to say you and >>6536135 have been the poster boys of these threads :>

are you guys doing this from memory? no refs at all? does drawing without ref make you improve?

I didn't know Figuary was a thing, but here's some stuff I did this month. Mostly figures anyways. Took a break from drawing, trying to pick it up again.

>>6536135
Your style is always easy to spot. I like the energy you get out of your poses.

>>6531118
figures from today

>>6531814
yeah, love ballerinas. I can see how they'ed influence your style

>>6537359
not really figures - figures adjacent, i guess. but I've been spending the bulk of my time the past couple days trying to improve my faces. particularly eyes.

some stuff from ref , then the 3 cartoonier ones from imagination.imagination

>>6524149
inspired by clean lines anon, got off my ass and did some studies

two days until the end of february...

>>6537055

>>6532558
botching heads even harder than usual tonight

>>6537450
more, decided to add some values to a couple

tomorrow is the last day anons, we're currently at 114 replies out of which 72 are images of pure drawing. that's something to be proud of imo. great job everyone, keep on drawing
>>6537450
>>6538918
very very nice drawings anon. im glad my drawings were able to fuel your drawing fire
>>6538730
i know that feel
>>6537359
that bikini girl with the phone got me interested, great stuff
>>6537055
those are very kind words, thank you
>>6537273
very cool stuff anon
>>6536368
anatomy is def quite complicated.. take it with patience and time
>>6536135
even when taking care of another human being you managed to draw all of that, respect.
also
>Your legs are so short they might as well be short stacks
you know that's not a problem for me
>>6537791
it went by quicker than i thought

>>6537359


>>6537450
ooo nice and gestural

>>6539002
good job doing 10 a day, it looks like.
i don't expect everyone to keep up with the pace they've been on this month. but I'd post in a rolling figure drawing thread for the foreseeable future.

I did these a few weeks ago trying to sketch from camgirls in the minute or so before they would move or change positions lmao, it was an interesting exercise and I'm not very good but w/e
I was trying to be less scratchy/sketchy
feel free to roast, I actually just want to draw buildings but I'm too horny all the time

>>6537273

thought I would torture myself and do some 2 minute figures today

>>6539374
some longer ones, 20-25 minutes each

>>6524149
https://youtu.be/jXxWvcX32v0

>>6539374
>>6539427
What program are you using? Can you share the brush/paper texture please?

>>6539750
Krita.
The SK-V1 brushes here:
https://files.kde.org/krita/extras/
I used the charcoal ones, the ones with the dark blue pencil icons. There's a v2 but I haven't tried those yet.
The creator explains how to use them in this video:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g6_K_Fb-rYs
These ones are good too.
https://files.kde.org/krita/extras/charcoal/

The paper texture is from Envato - White Vintage Paper Textures. I used 14.jpg
aHR0cHM6Ly9tZWdhLm56L2ZvbGRlci94ekprZ0pyQiNkVzZCc25rQ2ZMal9MTnE2YTJxRUNn

do you draw the gesture with the person naked first or do it all at once?

the magic number. here's a timelapse of this page, i dont think it's too useful but i find it fun to watch:
https://files.catbox.moe/ruktn5.mp4
>>6539031
i probably will too but not as often
>>6539776
very nice
>>6540251
i often do it all at once, the clothes usually describes enough of the figure to not have to make a full naked figure before drawing the clothes

Last of the month. Well done everryone!

>>6540452

Studying Hampton and the goal is to draw at least 50-100 figures in March.

Figuary bros... it's over

>>6540177
cute

Don't really know if this fits here, but want some thoughts if I'm on the right track with these. Recently picked up and started Hampton's book.
These are some ~2 min gesture after reading through the first two chapters

>>6538721
I'M FREEEEEE

>>6540905
quality is bit shit but it's the best that I could do :>

>>6540862
its more like gesture, the first step to drawing a figure.
the figure in the bottom right looks kinda stiff because the curve that goes from the neck to the hips repeat it self on the thinghs and screw up the rythm. which is funny because you did it right on the drawing from the left

>>6524149

>>6541494
bro the left side of her neck has completley dissappeared and her boobs look like hard boiled eggs
i would strongly reconsider the shapes you are using

>>6541564
Oh no

>>6539031

>>6540742
lets roll on figarch, then after that, figpril...

>>6541494
>>6541627
go fuck yourself

>>6541730

>>6542209
Oi, if you want to say go fuck yourself, i suggest you do it in the form of a drawing, like they did

>>6541730
figarch it is then

Might as well post some of my figures.
Honestly the biggest issue for me is probably drawing waists, not sure why.

>>6543780
a longer one, about 50 minutes

>>6543386
You really shouldn't be so quick to suck someones dick bruv, oi oi.

>>6543792
your waists seem decently constructed to me. Head shapes could use some work tho. (not my refs)

>>6544092
Tough angle to me, not gonna lie. I draw a lot of portraits but as you can imagine most of them have pretty common angles.

>>6544092
Tough angle for me, not gonna lie. I draw a lot of portraits but as you can imagine most of them have pretty common angles.

>>6544092
And right, about waists. They might look normal but ONLY when I draw from references, if I just try to reconstruct a pose from imagination my brain shits itself. Maybe I shouldn't be so hard on myself but it still makes me mad from time to time.

>>6542209
>>6543822
Are you going to actually draw anything this month, anon?

>>6544111
Yeah definitely one of the hardest angles, I always have trouble with it as well. Gave it a go.
>>6544122
I like the way Hide Channel simplifies his hips, or are you talking more stomach area?

>>6544133
rkgk

>>6544203

>>6544236
She finally said something remotely nice, good job.

>>6544163
Mostly obliques. I think.

>>6544163
Mostly obliques. I think. How they are connected to the pelvis in particular.

>>6543386
frazetta studies. love how he drew women

>>6543822
you hurling abuse at an anon harmlessly posting their figure drawings in the post your figure drawings thread was an annoyance.
no one's under any obligation to take on board and incorporate the advice of some random crit. some anons will take it graciously, others will have no interest. not up to you to police people's attitudes and drawing practices.

>>6544741
Blah blah hurl abuse at these nuts, faggot autist.

>>6543822
>>6542209
>>6544945
Are you sad that we are all in here having fun drawing in this thread? You can join us. Don’t be shy. You probably think you suck at drawing and you’re too scared to post with us because you’re afraid we will make fun of you.

Don’t worry anon, this is a safe space for people who draw.

>>6544982
Thanks.
>>6544203

>>6544995
I really do like your drawing, anon. You should really leverage your sense of humor with your drawings more often. Brings them to life. Jump in and post some derpy sketches like the rest of us. It’s fun and we would love to have you.

>>6545466
>Jump in and post some derpy sketches like the rest of us
Watch it pal, don't be calling my friends figuary drawings "derpy sketches" or I'll have to cuss at you again.

how do i fix the hip area. the tummy is just too small right

https://youtu.be/m7xARFMtgHo

Look at all of these drawmen. Love you guys

>>6547768
this is amazing

5x5

>>6547783
Thanks buddy

>>6539812
Thank you!

>>6550295
don't waste bumps, upload all your drawings in one picture dude

>>6550296
I would but I don’t draw small enough for multiple to fill a page so I post them one at a time. The most I can do is post one page that usually has two. What’s the big deal anyways? It’s just a thread. I don’t see how posting multiple pictures is “wasting” anything

>>6540280
your lines are so smooth as you lay them. is there a training you've done to achieve that high level of quality?

>>6550300
are you going to waste 280 bumps just to show your drawings? 300 is the limit bump other pople wouldn't be able to share their drawings and no one is going to see yours if you kill the thread

>>6550327
Okay Anon, whatever. I’ll post it in one big picture. Don’t get your panties in a twist

>>6550330
thanks

>>6541730
Love these, so much soul

Trying to be a little quicker with the figures, less time refining

>>6548803
*holds up spork*

>>6551544
love the hands

Mikuday drawing, I think I pushed proportions too far this time

>>6552409
Ty fellow hand enjoyer

>>6529268
very studious work

>>6553675

>>6536135
blog?

>>6555775
oops pasted in the wrong day

what's ic thoughts on 10,000 hrs of deliberate practice?

>>6556738
tried some in color for a change.

tried some from imagination

>>6556806
Really liking your figures, can feel a good construction beneath them. This will go a long way for any drawings you do, keep it up!

>>6556733
My thoughts are you should be drawing

Moar

moar

I will complete this challenge no matter how long it takes me.

>>6558022
how many are you trying to do total?

>>6558036
I'm going to try to reach 280, I don't know how long it will take me, I'm very slow at drawing.

>>6558022
can you share the bunny reference?
i pretty sure i saw her somewhere

>>6559613
sure
>https://cosplayporn.online/dragonball/momokun-bunny-bulma/

>>6558022
nice forms

>>6556806
tried cleaning these up >>6560377
>>6557324
thanks, still trying to figure it out

I'm gearing up to do a bridgeman copy but I'm not sure what kind of pencil to use.

I'm leaning towards mechanical since I like it (and it handles similarly to digital/pen) but a lot of people seem to encourage overhand grip for that kind of work so should I use a 2mm clutch instead? Probably doesn't matter I guess.

>>6530097
your figures are lovely, how long per pose are you taking, and what figure drawing courses would you recommend?

>>6524149
I wanna git gud

>>6524149
Line of action has timed facial expression drawings just like they have for figures; does anyone know if this approach is anywhere near as beneficial as figure drawing? I want to be comfortable drawing appealing heads and exaggerated expressions

>"draw the contour in one confident stroke"
>"draw the contour with multiple lines and add thickness"

>"use thick lines for outline and thin lines for detail"
>"use thin lines to show light/shadow and weight of the object"

which is it? someone just tell me what to do I'm tired of this soul searching mystical bullshit. I want to draw beautiful sketches with no intention of finishing them to impress people. HOW.

>>6563756
there are no hard rules, it just depends on the artist

curvy extra
>>6550326
thank you anon,9 days late answer. looking back i think it came down to taking my time with each pose, finding how much time i usually take per figure which turns out is ~15min per pose for me; paying attention to what the pose is doing, which for me often turns out as a kind of copy...paying attention to my lines, im not trying to rush anything and im trying to make it clean, and finally just getting a lot of practice in, lots of drawing
>>6562904
very kind words anon, thank. i take usually 15min per pose, that's just the tendency as i haven't timed any of my poses for this figuary. the most course course i've taken for figures is Deconstructed by viktor kalvachev and i think it's preetty nice so i'd recommend that. i also remembered this vid which i find useful
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ST9lPQhnQPY&

>>6565215
tysm!! im gonna look for the deconstructed course and take it, thanks again!

>>6565215
god damn my pp loves this hoe so much

>>6567166
she does porn

>>6567174
not anon but you really just gonna say that and not drop a source

>>6567176
I forget her name but she’s got crazy unbelievable cleavage. Don’t look her it up it’ll drive you crazy. I had to lose her name just to be normal again. Trust, some things are best left a mystery.

>>6567174
i know but its barely porn, she doesnt even flick her bean
>>6567176
name's lillias right

>>6567181
man those are some great tetas
I must be a very ungrateful man. everytime I date a girl with big tetas, I am incredibly bored by them, and crave abs. every time I date a girl with abs, I crave bunda, and you can already guess what happens when I date a girl with nice bunda. I wonder if dating a girl who owns all three will either be a blessing or a curse that will turn me gay

Good sesh today

>>6559511
Love this

>>6567166
sum more
>>6567156
have fun drawing :)

no thoughts.. just fig

Anyone ever use posable anime figures for gesture ref?

>>6563783
Im so tired of this shit. There are no rules? Yet some pictures look better than others? Its just magic?

>>6570306
how long did it take you to get at this level?

Grafit made some free reference videos
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J_qoev93J9k
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6PkePvtdDtk

compo
>>6572376
i might do that pirate girl, looks cool
>>6571531
i've always had figure drawing as a constant in my practice so that's about 7 years for me
>>6571258
all the rules are made up, none of them are of COMPLETE necessity to draw the figure at all. loomis, vilppu, bridgman, the reilly method, the force method, they all stick around just because they utilize a particular 'consistent' process and produce a particular result often linked to an 'objective' parameter: proportions, likeness, anatomy... but the thing is: you really dont need them to fucking draw if you dont want to use them. There's a lot of value to obtain from those rules, because people dont talk about them and classes about those methods aren't taught for no reason.
My point is: choose one you like and run with it. Assuming you're >>6563756 you clearly aren't interested in
>this soul searching mystical bullshit
so don't think about it too much and start drawing. Just know that if you end up sticking to a method you can, at any point in time, drop it and do whatever you want, because what matters at the end of the day is you enjoying the process and further in the future enjoying the result. good luck

>>6573327

>>6573330

>>6573327
>>6573330
>>6573331
would love critique, been trying to practice consistently with gesture. it kind of looks schizo but id like to know if there's some better methods

Daily reference

>>6573331
>>6573335
When you do gestures and quick sketches, I suggest taking them to the basic forms phase. If you're just starting out, feel free to use very geometric forms, straight cylinders and boxes if you have to, but do draw forms. Don't just etch around the contours of the figure. With forms, focus on proportions, especially the thicknesses of forms. I suggest copying from Morpho: Simplified forms, or "how to draw comics the marvel way", to learn about basic forms

>>6577558
these are the best drawings you've posted so far

>>6577558
man, that sounded like a backhanded comment. All your work is great, but this is especially incredible. Great work!

couple figs from ref

>>6577558
Do you use HRB? For some reason it feels pretty strange when I try to sketch with it.

Today's pose

>>6573139
Do you use stabilization? Got a blog or something? I like your weird nosed girls

>>6577852
figs from ref

>>6579502
recent stuff from imagination

>>6579502
>>6579505
do you have any advice on improving?

>>6579508
y'know, the usual. doing lots of figure drawing. assuming you're already doing that, lately I went through a bit of a block, I think. by not actually figure drawing. I've been filling up pages at the start of each drawing session with all flowy shapes and that. by abstracting the shapes I like out of figure drawing, I think it forced me to interrogate why I choose the shapes I do, and if I even like the shapes I use. you kind of let intuition take over for a second and then either reward yourself for drawing a line or shape you like, or admonish yourself if you draw something bad. kind of like natural selection for shapes you want to keep, and the bad shapes get culled.
then when I come to do figure drawing, I find I spot shapes I like much easier and make sure to try and get them down and then try and remember them for when I'm ideating again.

anyway, I've been finding that pretty useful. kinda hyper-specific and not something I've been doing for too long. and I don't know why I'm drawn to such jizzy shapes...

>>6579527
how much figure drawing do you do per day? (1 hour, 2 hours?) Also, love your shapes man, reminds me of Hokusai and that whole Asian art look

>>6579527
>I don't know why I'm drawn to such jizzy shapes
A simple explanation comes to mind anon

>>6579725
a longer one, 45 minutes

used the big maned girl references from >>6559576
>>6577674
>>6577676
thank you for the kind words anon and don't worry about it, the costuming really added a lot more to the drawings.. i might do sum more clothed figures.. thank you again
>>6578657
i use a softround brush with opacity, density and size set to pressure with varying curves so that i dont hate it. i really think that finding a brush that doesnt feel weird as fuck comes down to messing with the curves of pressure until it feels somewhat good
>>6579136
i have stab set to like 2 out of 100 on CSP.. i'm not sure if it's doing anything but it's there. my handle is @AltyD_ on twitter, though none of this figure drawing stuff is posted there. you'll find some sketches of no-nosed girls and coom stuff if that still interests you

>>6579502
fig from ref

>>6579533
thanks very much, never studied hokusai, but certainly admire his art. got a cool t shirt with a bunch of his figure drawings on it.

I maybe draw between 5 and 8 hours a day depending on how free I am. and that's pretty much all stuff geared towards figure drawing. figures from ref, from imagination, anatomy study, studying artists I like who draw good figures. depends on the day how much of each of those I'll do. like today I only drew one figure from ref.

>>6579745
the body is derived from the jizz, makes sense that the essence of drawing the figure would be found in the jizz

>>6581083
>5 and 8 hours a day
Amazing. gmi!

new grafit video
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T6dwjrIB0n8

>>6571258
>some pictures look better than others
then do what the better looking pictures do

>>6581184

>>6558022
fucking awesome

>>6581083
figs from ref.
past couple days it feels like I'm starting to leverage what anatomical knowledge and sense of form I have to draw shadow shapes. kind of been bullshitting them until now, i realise.
feels like I'm on the fist rung of another impossibly long ladder

>>6581099
thanks anon

>>6583332
nice rendering

>>6584423
figs from ref. nearing the end of figarch and the thread

>>6573139
Doth thou have a blog anon? :)

I wish that figure drawing wasnt a near offasion of sin for me.

Is this a decent way to get started with figure drawing or should I be focusing more on gesture and traditional construction? I just did these off of 2 minute poses

>>6536135
very clean sketches. i love it

>>6594607
Not too bad of a start for a beginner, mine were worse. I found gesture drawing more fun. I would recommend the LoveLifeDrawing YouTube channel.
https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLXkHosWORUv7upSk7NWEqK3fe5gkek9Zl

You could also try an approach like Vilppu's or Michael Hampton's which uses gesture and construction. You've gotta experiment a bit and find instructors you like.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pa_2rL1K1mg
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sSzB3ESpfE0

>>6596288
Thanks anon, yeah I usually do Hampton's style for gesture but I was trying that to capture the general contour a little more. I'm just starting on Hampton's book so I'm not really into his construction yet.

Here's some I did today, seems like this is helping me grasp foreshortening better too

reference imgs
https://www.youtube.com/@idolschooltakeshoboofficia8512/videos

>>6588289
This is why the old academies only used old men as models.

I feel like I'm doing this really wrong but I don't know what.
90 secs are really too short for adding shades / some sort of hatching.

Is this the good path or not?

My first try. That was fun.