/ic/ - Artwork/Critique

was going to go over these with a darker line, but procrastinated.

>>7036740
very nice figgos, and figgettes

I was group drawing 5 min figgies and they made me draw fatties. I was so disgusted. I’d rather draw men than draw fat people. Then they didnt want to draw my weird obstetrician m models because the anatomy was too extreme.

>>7037393
Lol i thought you made the thread. Are you going to do figuary in feb?

>>7036740
>>7037696
Nice thread buddy. Let’s draw

>>7037393
A couple longer studies today.

>>7037696
I think these are looking about as good as fat can look. I like the way you stylized buff Stanta in the bottom left. The energy is nice throughout.
What were the refs they didn't want to draw? lol.
I always forget about the monthly challenges. what's Figuray? Draw figures every day of the month?

>>7037711
Draaw!

>>7037696
Well can't let the thread die.
I like drawing figures.

>>7038168
Nice linework and musculature!

>>7038187
Your construction has improved since I last was here

I'm going to try and contribute more to these threads from now.

>>7038168

>>7038580
new fountain pen ink came in today. wanted to test it out. torsos, s8ers, some imagination.
>>7038187
thanks for making a new thread.
>>7038256
pinku
>>7038268
I think your forms are looking good, but some of your heads are a little small, imo.

How do I do this better? I still think in shapes, not form. Picrel took like 2.5 hours. I usually avoid 4chan now, but this thread has some strong work.

>>7038168
>>7037696
>>7038580
>>7038591
These look like whoever drew the, really ‘felt’ the form as if it were a sculpture in their hand. How do I make this my natural approach?

>>7037696
Used my references of choice this time. I got stuck on 141’s face for 1.5 hours and the paper was tearing so bad I just had to stop drawing it. Not sure if i will have time to paint. I’ll see you guys next week, dont let the thread die while i am out!

>>7038256
I have seen the nipple upon your soul

>>7038168
> What were the refs they didn't want to draw?
These are from the figure refs that i picked https://obstetrician-m.booth.pm/items

Yeah draw figures everyday of the month. I think croquis cafe has videos for it, but they are paywalled now

>>7038187
Man why cant i jsut take your faces and put them on my drawings.

>>7038268
Cool, join the parade

>>7038639
I drew mine pretty fast. I am a much slower figure drawer. so maybe that is what kept the looseness. 2.5 hours is long for me. I mean, i spend that long on a face, but i spend like 8 minutes on the rest of teh figure.

>>7039045
Where do you get your poses from? Or imagination????

color studies, 20 minutes each.

>>7039083
>Where do you get your poses from? Or imagination????
Yeah all from ref. Mostly from ref packs people have shared and images from the reference sharing threads. Reverse image searching with Yandex is good too.
This Anon shared a nice collection.
>>/ic/thread/7019067#p7019080

>>7039128
What kind of link format is that

>>7039216
it's encoded in base64, so use a base64 decoder

>>7039217
Thank you.

>>7039216
https://www.base64decode.org/

>>7038256
You think so? I guess Huston is also paying off. Thanks! Also very nice stylisation.
>>7038268
That's the spirit! Keep it up bro, I think you've got it.
>>7038591
Don't mention it. Also cool shapes, very inspirational.
>>7039045
I like that you are making more finished figures now.
>>7039083
Bro that's one the best compliments I've ever received. I think your own faces are not bad at all, and your figures are much more gestural and alive. Very cool.
>>7039095
Off to a good start

>>7039083
So that pic is from references?

A tower clown girl figure for discord event

>>7039083
HOW COME I DIDNT GET A CHRISTMAS CARD? EVERYBODY ELSE GOT ONE! I thought we were good friends. I don’t get a Christmas card… I don’t get it.

>>7039720
Yea man, the forms are coming out a lot cleaner than before.

>>7038591
started off with some animu studies, then some normal figs. I messed up the mouth on the first girl so I opened it in Krita and fixed a few things.

I like how everyone who has been posting is showing improvement!

>>7038639
looks like you're doing pretty well to me. Maybe do some form studies? I know 4chan shits on boxes for whatever reason, but try turning a box on the page (that's how I imagine the different objects in 3d space, at least). maybe break out some individual elements and do a deeper study on those. like the head/titty/shoulder, etc. Maybe try using something like Sketchfab to draw/shade a subject from multi angles

>>7039045
>>7039128
Dang, you're getting really good.
the first color study looks like she's eating a molten hot grilled cheese... I'm all about that!

>>7039083
I would have never guessed you were using some models as ref, but it makes sense! I think the faces turned out nice. you make your comfort zone stuff look effortless, really fun to look at your shapes.
Figurary sounds fun, I'm up for the challenge!

>>7039720
looks like you are getting more comfortable with the different forms.

>>7039095
nice job filling up the pages!

>>7039944
she looks like she's down to clown aroun'

>>7040022
These don’t look like tower girls…

>>7040112
hey buddy i think you got the wrong door

>>7039083
Colored. I started laying single colors on 142-144. Just permanent carmine and burnt sienna with a touch of blue or yellow. Also i discovered the direction of your brush strokes makes a huge difference when blending an edge. I was jsut spamming it and it would go everywhere. But you can make strokes into the edge to make it smaller or away from the edge to make it larger

Mind blown

See you guys next week

>>7039855
Yeah i havent done any imagination stuff this year

>>7039944
Eric the clown put it out with his big shoe

>>7040022
Jesus Christ that anime study is fucking superb.

>>7040877
Shhhh just let him play with us. He’s cool.

From quickposes

From quickposes
Forgot to resize

I want to try being more active in this thread. Here are some quick gestures/shape block ins. I'll follow up with some longer figures and Bridgman studies

>>7041587
Follow up

Tried hatching as a way to give the last figure more form, but it looks a bit haphazard.

>>7038591
>some of your heads are a little small, imo.
I tend to have that happen, yeah.

>>7039720
Seems like the boxing glove chick caught both our eyes.

this is fun, but I need to be faster
what timer do you guys usually go for when doing timed figures?

I always run out of space. How do I improve on this.
Also, head to torso ratio, if I start by the head I get good proportions but it looks too stiff, if I start by the spine, I get the line of action but I struggle to figure the proportions.
One would normally say proportions aren't as important on a figure drawing as it is in an anatomical sketch, but they look way off.

some two minute sketches (did about ~20). i was trying to teach myself the landmarks of the human figure (huston) but geez it was tough. does anyone have tips?

Which of these reference sites have the least ugly people?

>>7042892
ic beautiful women thread

>>7040112
I'm building a tower of figs

>>7040877
you got a longer study in there as well, good job.

>>7040955
very nice as always. the vibrant colors really stand out against the skin tones.

>>7041587
>>7041591
looking good, keep it up

>>7041157
well since middle one is my favorite, feels quite natural.

>>7042133
the proportions on 2,3, and 4 look better!

>>7042263
your mannequins look familiar. are you studying sometime, or is that your own style?
if I'm doing times I'll do a progression. like 5 30 sec figs, then 5 1 min, then 4 3, then 2 5, then like 1 15 min. something like that.

>>7042643
more practice is the simple answer, but you might try to do a light sketch of the outline of the fig, but not a contour, more like a polygon shape that encompasses the main parts of the figure, then filling it in. but I think you'll get more out of mileage.

>>7042864
best tip I know is to just keep at it. it's like learning a new language, takes time. you might try taking smaller bits at a time if you're struggling. like, just the torso, or hips, etc

>>7043102
>well since middle one is my favorite, feels quite natural.
Thank you!
Yeah sometimes the lines just connect idk

>>7043102
Yeah they're loosely based on hitokaku mannequins from when I went over the books a long time ago. https://www.asahi-net.or.jp/~zm5s-nkmr/hitoFiles/zenshin2.html
I might have to actually go back and do a refresher, they feel kind of wrong sometimes, but they're serviceable when doing figure studies.

>>7043102
todays drawing. wanted to draw fabric.

>>7043244
nice

>>7043743
very nice. clean work.

Today's drawings. I should really stop slacking and keep going through Hampton and Morpho

>>7036740
how long should it be taking me to draw a full body figure as a beg? I'm extremely slow at them and want to get much faster and accurate to the refs. these are 10 minutes. I've tried 2, 3, and 5 minute gesture/fig drawings but wasted an entire month because I didn't know what I was doing. I've made good pieces before for my skill level with tons of refs, but it literally took me ~52 hours of work for my first piece with 2 figures and 16 hours for my latest single fig piece.

i feel like i forget how to draw the human body every now and then

>>7043747
>nice
Y-you too
Nice sweeping motion

Was going through some gesture drawings from references after doing some copies from the M.Hampton figure drawing book.
I feel like the best one out of the few was the 4th one, and overall I feel like I'm getting a hang off this book after bouncing on and off it a few times.
(also, here are the reference images for 3&4. Forgot where I put the 1st and 2nd ones)
>3
https://files.catbox.moe/xvn2m1.jpg
>4
https://files.catbox.moe/1kmner.jpg

>>7043863
When I was starting out I could spend a LOT of time on actual garbage, proportions, trying to figure out where landmarks are, construction, etc. I'm not even going to talk about things like lineart or rendering!
It's all very time consuming and I'll be honest might get tiresome because you have to think a lot.

Top four are from imagination

>>7043872
Me every time I draw.
>>7043977
Tried number 4. You managed to capture the torso better than I did.

havent drawn for 3 months so rusty

>>7043747
some imagination doodles, and a study.

>>7043791
looks like you have a good foundation.
>>7043863
I wouldn't really worry about how long things are taking at this stage. maybe try setting a timer and do different lengths, 1min, 5min, 10min. The most important thing is building the habit and sticking with it.
>>7043872
seems good to me
>>7043977
nice sweeping lines
>>7045317
nice. you might want to start doing some focused studies at some point (hands/feet/head/etc) alongside your normal studies.
>>7045466
nice, just be mindful of your proportions.
>>7045779
not bad for taking a 3 month break

>>7045798

What’s wrong with these? I’d really appreciate any criticism; I am lost.

>>7043747
>>7045798
Did you study or follow any book/course in particular to get your figures to look this nice?

anyone got them pose packs haha...

tried to do 2 min figures and ended up doing 4 min figures

>>7046958
It looks like you were just drawing the contour (edges) of the figures; lines look "bland" and uniform (try some varied strokes); Basic anatomy would help; Rendering looks kind of haphazard; Proportions are pretty good; Gesture of the figures is alright. You're moving in the right direction.

As an aside: Not a fan of the guy waiting for the lady to take a dump, or blow a fart into his hand.

I feel like doing 2 minute or less figures just makes me mad
Maybe I'll go for 5 minute ones for a while.

a few five minute figures. when i draw, i find i have a hard time figuring out what i'm seeing -- i have a vague understanding of the muscles, but id'ing them on the figure is tough. like the area between the hip box and the ribs: that confuses me. anyone have tips?

>>7045798
>looks like you have a good foundation

Thanks! I still lack a lot of confidence with my drawings so that's good to hear.
I actually felt pretty good about these after not being able to draw much over the weekend. On to Hampton/Morpho studies

>>7036740
Here’s a bunch of 2-5 minute figures.
What am I consistently fucking up here? Where can I level up?

do gesture drawings count as figures?

>>7048369
it helps figure, but they focus on different things

regression while trying out some different approaches
i think slowing down on the legs helps

>>7046674
only got around to doing some imagination doodles today.
I don't really like them, but you gotta embrace the good and the bad!

>>7047092
not one thing in particular. I just try to draw alot. I've learned from Proko, and watts, Hide-channel, akihito yoshitomi, random youtubers, random tutorials online, and then just observational studies. it just takes time, and deliberate practice.
>>7047440
breddy gud! keep it up!
>>7047535
it's okay to be frustrated sometimes, I guess there was a study that showed that being frustrated makes your brain more plastic (in a state more ready to learn)
>>7047583
have you gone through any anatomy courses? proko's is free, and pretty decent. you don't need to be a master, but knowing the basics helps a ton.
>>7047606
nice
>>7048241
you have decent line control, and you're not all sloppy. I think you'll do well if you keep practicing.
>>7048272
I dunno, these look pretty good to me. You might start to take out a few of your fave poses and detailing them out. or maybe do some feet/hands/face studies.
>>7048369
I think so
>>7048887
nice consistency!

Today's work...

>>7049308
Second part of the exercise of the day. It's really difficult but I want to work on my perspective and figures at the same time. I'm learning a lot tho.

>>7049449
Forgot the pic.

>>7049066
some warm up doodles, and some fig studies.

>>7049308
>>7049450
these look great, nice job.

Felt pretty good today. Wish I was a bit faster though. Did the 20 minute one last, the others felt more like warmups, but I'm out of steam now.
Does doing timed figures help with getting faster? I've never really bothered with those.

>>7049066
>not one thing in particular
Figured as much. Maybe I should watch masters draw more often.

>>7049450
These are very nice. Keep the center of gravity in mind with some of those planted legs.

>>7043977
Is this using Michael Hampton gesture? I started reading his book so it looked similar to me

>>7049902
Thank you ! I knew something was off but couldn't remember what was the problem. I'll keep that in mind for next time.

Still trying to figure out which brush and technique to use for shadow mapping. The charcoal brushes just aren’t very controllable. Kinda feels like maybe the soft airbrush worked better. Like the knee shows decent form shadow, I think. But I’m hesitant to use soft airbrushes because of all the “hard round” propaganda.
>>7049066
Thanks, senpai

>>7049954
Yeah, been going through the hampton figure drawing book and I feel like I've been progressing pretty well. Would recommend it

>>7050690
Soft round/airbrush is the most efficient brush.

From sketchdaily.

Just wondering, could anybody give me feedback on how this looks?

>>7051047

>>7048241
Haven't had that much motivation to draw lately, so I decided to try out my tablet for once. I am very surprised how these came out

>>7049066
Thanks! Seeing your lines has inspired me to be more aware of mine when sketching.

>>7049611
little bit of everything today, I'll try to stick to fig-centric stuff for this thread.

>>7049902
don't sleep on the shorter time constraints, at least for a warm up, they will look like dogshit at first, but that's okay, it'll loosen you up.
>>7050640
nice feeling of movement, you got alot down in 1 min. maybe do like 5 at 1min, then 5 at 3min, then 1 at 10min to get a variety.
>>7050690
this looks cool with the harsh terminator lines.
>>7050941
nice
>>7051048
a little early to give specific advice. Just draw a bunch more. try to fill up pages. mileage is important.
>>7051498
nice job, the 3 on the left look especially nice. looks like you tend to make your lower legs a little short, so just keep that in mind.

Just one real life problem and all of your drawing schedules go to shit.

>>7051569
>nice
Thanks man, love all your facial expressions in the thread.
You use reference or just from memory?

>>7050895
Aight thanks for recommending, i picked it up too. Not much for now just copying from him before i apply it to actual gesture studies

>>7051709
mostly memory, but I'll copy new ones I find, and I'll try to stylize from rl reference as well.

Been doing figures every day for a month. Still very little improvement

>>7051786
Looking pretty good to me anon
Biggest problem in the picture is imo the woman's arm (her left arm) on the left figure
The face doesn't matter because it's clearly underdeveloped, there is nothing wrong with just positioning the head and scribbling in the impression of a face and hair and leaving it at that
But her left arm is all sorts of wrong, too short, shoulder connects to her back, it's just a literal cylinder with no impression of the underlying forms of bicep and triceps, etc etc etc
I think you should
A: watch a bunch of videos about drawing and constructing the upper arm and shoulder and fill a page or two of sketchbook with practice and notes about the videos you watched, I have no recommendations but there are billions on yt
B: go on sketchfab https://sketchfab.com/ and find anatomical models of the upper arm/shoulder joint in various poses, like flayed anatomy figures that expose the muscle and bones, and then take screenshots of those models at various angles and rotations and draw from those
You need to jam your head deep into the shapes and mechanics of the upper arm to really build a mental 3D model of them so you can draw them however the fuck you want and know what the problem is and how to unfuck it when things go wrong
You might also immediately feel that your work looks better if you start using darker pencil to create bolder lines, most drawings look kinda shit when they're a super-mild gray graphite color and they start looking much better instantly if you use ink or a very dark graphite that has a lot of contrast with the paper tone

>>7052006
Thanks anon. Shoulders are hard and learning construction is definitely the way to go forward. I’ll keep in mind what you recommended.

Posting these sketches here before i paint them and drop them into the towergirls thread

I am too lazy to look up poses that Tetris together into the optimal use of space on the page, so i drew these poses from memory / imagination. I can only remember like 4 poses and i already used them all up.

>>7051569
i'm not warmed up on a 3min process so these kind of ended up all over the place
i think my first reaction was add more contour detail instead of doing global measurements or proper gesture

This is my favorite thread so many nice figgies

>>7048961
The legs are the most important part of the figure. Dont let anyone tell you otherwise

>>7048272
You may already do it, but dont erase and dont undo, it just wastes time

>>7047583
Fake it till you make it. Find some landmarks that help you set the proportions.

>>7052285
Painting these tomorrow

Finally found a lifedrawing group again, excited about getting back into it after a few years of only working from photographs. First session is this Sunday.

These look pretty proportionate for 2 min drawings. I am trying to focus on not compressing the upper body too much.

Even though I haven't done that much grinding I keep getting images I've already seen before on these practice websites for the "nude, female" option, sometimes getting the same pic twice in one session. It's mildly annoying. But I am still grateful for these convenient free resources.

I also did 30s and 1 min and I was pleasantly surprised that my proportions were decent there too.

Maybe I should start grabbing my pencil again and trying to "do a complete drawing", but I have one half-rendered figure in one of my sketchbooks and feel bad about not completing it while at the same time not really wanting to touch it.

Beg here. I am following the Brent Eviston figure drawing course and I am currently up to centre lines.

The problem I still have with gesture is how to start. Eviston strongly suggests a primary action line, but I'm not sure I can get my head around it. Do you guys start with one or do you employ other methods?

Slowly but surely trying to recover.
>>7045798
>you might want to start doing some focused studies at some point (hands/feet/head/etc) alongside your normal studies.
I do from time to time, I just don't usually post them because technically they are not figures.

>>7052517
Not too good at gestures myself, but looking at the center lines you've drawn, I can see that you're not simplifying enough. For example, in the rightmost figure, you're doing a double-S curve, where a simple C curve from the top of the back to the bottom of the foot would be more convincing. For the time being, try having the spine be one C curve or one S curve... You can also peek at some Michael Hampton figures to get a good idea of what they mean when they say "Line of Action"
Think of where the movement is going... Top to bottom, left to right, and draw one line that represents that basic gesture. This will inform you of where things are.

another beg here, when am I supposed to use boxes and when am I supposed to use simple shapes like an oval for the rib cage? feels like tutorials i watch on figure drawing always tell me to do one of the 2

>>7038591
Man this is dope, especially the large figure on the left - love how the hatching conveys movement

>>7052517
>Do you guys start with one or do you employ other methods?
Yes, but only after drawing figures for several years. IMO it's one of those things that can only sensibly be utilized after you've got a decent grounding in anatomy

>>7052805
it's preference
for me i prefer box when i need to emphasize orientation in space

how am i doing

how detailed should longer gestures be?

>>7052285
>>7052292
these look cool. they remind me of Street Fighter for some reason.
>>7052289
These look good to me. I don't think you lost too much compared to the 1 min. Trying a new technique usually feels awkward at first.
>>7052498
overall proportions aren't too bad. Yeah getting the repeat stuff can get annoying. I now have 37k refs I use in QuckDraw, lol. My mindset on my first few sketchbooks was "I don't care how any of this looks, no page is precious, I'm going to fill every page."
>>7052517
I tend to start with the head, then prolly shoulder/hip tilt lines. kind of depends on the pose in question.
>>7052752
oh, right on. it's good to practice everything. I find it helps to do a few sessions in a row focusing on something specific. Feels like it helps solidify it in my brain better.
>>7052816
Thanks, ink is a fun medium to play with.
>>7053039
lookin' good to me, proportions look good, actions are pretty clear, and not too stiff. good job.
>>7053130
however detailed you want/can get.
>>7053291
nice!

>>7050930
>most efficient
What do you mean?
>>7051498
The arms (upper arms mostly) look a bit skinny on some of these
>>7051569
>looks cool
Th-thanks, you too. You legit draw really well.
>>7052805
Use whichever one makes sense for the specific pose and model. It varies from drawing to drawing. I always try to “think” the box even when I don’t literally draw it, because torsos have a front, back, and sides just like a box does. You can do an egg to place the mass of the ribcage and then draw a box on top to place it in perspective and better define it.
>>7053130
These are aesthetically pleasing as fuck
>>7052292
You know, as weird as some of the stuff you’ve drawn is, I don’t think I’ve ever seen you draw anything I didn’t think was awesome.
>no erase or undo
I’ll try harder not to. I’ll have to do more thinking and probably slow down and be more deliberate. Which, I guess, is maybe the point.

>>7052292
I spent all day moving the legs around and just didnt have it in me to draw a proper face

>>7053363
Thanks buddy, you draw hot dudes.

>>7053349
Fuck your faces are so cute. I hate you

>>7053130
There is no such thing as a long gesture, it’s all just figure drawing, and you keep making every line a gesture. There is no line of action. They are all lines of action. Sometimes i find these quick pages of “gestures” annoying. Like this probably took you like 4 minutes to draw. What did you do with the other 56 minutes. Warm up with some gestures, pick a pose then go deep on it or something. Or draw it for 30s, then restart and draw it for 1 min, restart draw it for 2 min, restart draw it for 5 min, restart draw it for 10 min. Then you can figure out how to balance your time and level of detail.

>>7052517
Same goes for you, the action line / gesture is like the first 4s of a drawing. It means nothing. It’s one of the first things that you drop. I think of it like the little arrow that you sketch so that you remember what direction the light source is. There is so much more left to draw jsut keep going. It’s going to suck and look horrible, but there is no point in tuning up and practicing your first stroke 1000 times and never making the other 1000 strokes that you need to finish the figure

>>7053039
You picked some nice poses, jsut do like 1000 more…

>>7052498
Dont get too attached to any one drawing. The more time you spend with it the more scared you will be to fuck it up. Just fuck it up, it’s ok, you can draw another one and fuck that shit up too. It’s like free practice.

>>7052311
Post the results! I used to go to one that was like $5 for 3 hours. I was easily the worst person in class, i would flip my paper over between poses because i was so embarrassed. Show up early to get a good seat with good lighting.

I've switched to a fine liner to try to force myself to slow down and think about my lines more.

>>7053363
>The arms (upper arms mostly) look a bit skinny on some of these
Yeah I haven't studied the limbs too much. I feel like I've hit some sort of mental block with Hampton. I can't seem to draw in perspective enough to copy his drawings so I end up not even trying.

>>7053365
>Just fuck it up, it’s ok, you can draw another one and fuck that shit up too
I've been trying to adopt more of this mindset but it feels impossible sometimes. Any tips?

So I gave 'shorter' figures a try to get my speed up. And am pretty happy with the results. Adding the line of action first seriously helped keeping the figure from getting stiff. Also found out that my feet and hands come out better with quicker strokes.

>>7052285
>>7052292
>>7053365
Seriously jelly of these.
>>7053130
Those are some strong ass lines. Nice.

muscular lady is my bane
adding some light construction to the 3mins seems to help
not sure what to do about heads

>>7053349
could have did better on the accuracy of the big one, but still a fun session today.

>>7053363
these look great!
>>7053365
Thanks man! Faces are definitely my favorite thing to draw. I don't know what you're talking about though, your faces look great, too. I wish I had some of your creativity.
>>7053816
very nice.
>>7054109
yeah getting those initial guidelines down can really keep the overall pose on the right track.
>>7054225
some nice stuff in here. I particularly like the stick guy, and the laying down guy on your 3m poses. good job.
>>7054477
bulky bros.

>>7053365
>>7054545
oh, and that mimic is baddass. I'm imagining the faces of my friends if I pulled that out and was like, "and now you're fighting this. roll for initiative."

>>7053365
Speed ran these, i have to work faster

>>7053816
If you keep drawing then there is no way that the one you just made could possibly be your best drawing. I think my favorite part of drawing is redrawing the same content again. Maybe i draw it again the next day or in a month or in a year, but you will always have new fresh ideas to enhance an old drawing. So look forward to the future drawings and fuck the drawings of yesterday and today.

>>7054109
Don’t be jelly, be angry and use it to make more drawings

>>7054545
> Faces are definitely my favorite thing to draw
Damn it, i was hoping you wouldnt say that. Faces are my least favorite thing to draw, it pains me to draw them so much. Like 90% of my figure drawing time is spent on the face. It’s such a grind.

>mimic
One of the guys i draw with really likes mimics, I kind of drew it with him in mind.

Spent longer on these, as long as 15 minutes each, trying to be more deliberate.
>>7053365
>you draw hot dudes
That’s the most unexpected praise I’ve ever received. Never would have occurred to me that anyone would think I draw appealing dudes, it’s not remotely a focus of mine. You’ve made my fucking week lol
>>7053816
These look pretty damn good to me.

If your observation is good enough, you don’t have to know perspective to copy his drawings. To apply his teachings to your own studies, yeah, you kinda have to construct reasonably well. But it looks like you can do that. You don’t really need hardcore perspective to construct stuff, just gotta draw boxes and tubes decently. Maybe watch Marshal Vandruff’s perspective course just to brush up. Just keep drawing desu
>>7054109
Breddy gud
>>7054225
I too have a weakness for buff women
>>7054477
Good muscles. Keep an eye on proportions, tho
>>7054545
Thank you. I agree, you make nice faces. I’m gonna have to study heads soon. I also like that girl’s lats, good job with the perspective on her belly.
>>7054580
I’m gonna guess that your favorite thing to draw is legs. Legs and nipples, maybe. Oh, that explains all the spider girls, kek

>>7054623
>Vandruff
Not that anon, I've been going through his course but the part where he goes over ellipses/cylinders always kicks my ass. I've moved on now but I was wondering how you dealt with it.

Drawing more refs that I normally would skip.

>>7054545
warm up doodles and a study. my sketchbook is kinda small, which can feel a little cramped. might try drawing less figures per page, so I can make them bigger.

>>7054580
these are dope.
>>7054623
really nice stuff here! that first one has a really nice sense of movement.
>>7055427
nice job taking on the ones you wouldn't usually do.

are these good/useful at all? any immediate mistakes i could fix for fast gains? anyone in particular i should study that might fix some of my stuff? i really tried to get some hands down thats honestly where a lot of the minutes went. the 45min was supposed to have big fat milk but nothing looked right probably because of the tummy/belly button. should i just grind a bunch of 15min?

spending way to much time on these

felt like my hands were shaking during the first set so i slept for a few hours and redid it
the 3mins felt worse, i think my poor leg shapes are coming back to haunt me, both form and proportion
>>7054545
>>7053349
thanks
>>7052292
true

>>7054580
Trying to go faster, but i took 2 days off an i am super slow now

>>7055994
These are nice, your musculature is on point, the heads looks a little big, but im no expert on the matter

>>7055955
Why do all of them look like you took 3-5 minutes?

>>7056778
because I'm bad? crazy right.

>>7056665
Sexo, I will read your porn comic.

>>7055955
use a ref bozo

I almost skipped this image but then I decided to do it. Feels like a nice metaphor / symbolic representation of what we're all doing here

>>7057275
i did use refs lol. guess im too shit for this thread

>>7057283
try starting with easier poses, like standing figures instead of crouching or crawling. for example try looking for full body refs like the middle two standing figures in >>7054623
most importantly you just need more practice. i like alternating between short and long figures but do whatever you feel most comfortable with and get mileage in. ganbare anon

>>7057297
that's sort of what i was asking about. i know i just need to draw 1k more figures. should I spend more time on the ones I drew? less time? volume over quality? also most of the poses i draw are front facing with a focus on the torso, kinda wanted to see if i could do the squatting pose but realized it was beyond me.

>>7056665
Thanks. Yeah, some of these head look off.

where to find hot people too draw. tired of getting only old and flabby people in sites like line of action

>>7057598
for women I use this: nsfwalbum com

>>7055427
draw.

>>7055955
you might try to find any of the free "getting started" type lessons out there, just to get the ball rolling. 45m is quite a bit of time, which might be be better spent going through more of the basics so you have a better foundation, but if you enjoy doing the figures, keep them in the rotation.
>>7055994
>>7057452
looks like you have a talent for reproducing what you see.
>>7056665
>witch, vagina flower being pollenated by dildo fairy, dat galloping nipple doe.
>>7057210
I recognize some of these models, lol. good job with the consistency! you might benefit from at least one longer form study, per session. lookin good tho.
>>7057280
interesting technique
>>7057598
ref sharing threads in the archives

>>7055994
Nice
>>7056033
Good practice
>>7056665
Amazing stuff as usual.
>>7057280
Huh.
>>7057737
Lovely.

Pls some crit. And advice.

>>7057737
yeah i wanted some variety outside of line of action
>longer study
maybe sometime
>>7057775
thanks, you too

yesterday was (some) drapery. i focused on it a little more today, but mostly i did gesture. i have a few layers full of these. tomorrow i'm going to either
1.) go through morpho's skeleton and bone reference points
or
2.) finally sit down and draw through a guide on heads, hands, and feet

>>7056665
Man i keep getting stuck. The cat girl got me today

>>7056788
I’d have to draw backgrounds to make a comic

>>7057452
Holy shit these are nice. I love the pencil rendering.

>>7057737
I also enjoy drawing the line from the belly button to the vagina and making it do that subtle inflection around the vagina bones.

>>7058389
Draw bigger. Dont use the 8 heads thing just draw the negative spaces around the figure. Your reference image may have odd camera angles which make measuring 8 heads for landmarks kind of a useless endeavor.

>>7058403
Line of action sucks. I have this rant i make about looking at the top of bald dudes curled up into a ball. They have some of the stiffest poses, id rather just draw from imagination than use that shit.

>>7058524
You can do what you want, but those things are useless in my opinion. It’s like drawing a bunch of floating eyes. At some point that eye needs to go into a face, that face needs to go onto a head, that head needs to go onto some shoulders, those shoulders will need to go onto a bust, that bust will need a buttocks, the buttocks needs thighs, those thighs need shins, those shins will need feet etc etc. If you isolate each individual component then when you have to combine them together you will have 0 experience merging the parts. Study the parts when you need them, otherwise i feel like doing the whole figure gets you experience with every part of the body all the time at all different angles.

It’s very hard to frankenstein a model together, proportion to the other body parts, orientation to the other body parts, occlusion from the other body parts etc. Those things are more useful to train your eye for than a skeleton that you never see.

>>7057737
>looks like you have a talent for reproducing what you see.

I'm aware that I'm sticking too much to the reference. Sometimes I practice drawing more loosely but that shit goes straight into the bin.

>>7056665
how do i draw like this? seems so loose and flowy

>life drawing teachers ask me if I also draw at home
>I'd wanna show them but even my most tame sketchbook has pinup poses at the very least

Sad.

>>7058627
I always love the way you fill up each page. Hope you'll paint some more soon.

>>7058403
I feel like your gestures would feel right at home in a storyboard. Also you could make some cool rough hand-drawn animation just with this style. Do you have an "endgame" in sight?

>>7058627
holy dunning kruger

>>7057737
wanted to be cool like TG today, tried drawing long legs and big nipples. head on the right is too small.

>>7057775
nice
>>7058389
I second the advice to draw bigger. And I'd practice making the basic shapes with longer, sweeping strokes. try not to move from the wrist/fingers unless doing detail work.
>>7058403
looking good! good job giving yourself notes.
>>7058524
good amount
looks like Hide-channel (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iSW1GI-RST0)) and Michael Hampton just posted some head videos. Haven't watched yet, but they are usually pretty good.
>>7058627
love it, nice faces I really like the back of 178
>cat girl took too long
maybe, but it looks cool. very dynamic, I like the squash/stretch, and the shape of the head. did you draw upside down, or flip the page? :P
oh, and I remembered that I thought of a term for the stuff you post that grosses me out, but I can't but be impressed by. like your bug women. "wúnderbarf"
>>7058689
I don't think it's a bad thing, it's a great skill to have!
>>7058839
was this the life drawing class? did you have fun?
>>7059014
post your figs

>>7036740
https://discord.gg/8Fzsy5VH
For those who seek socializing and artistic pursuit
We accept all styles.

>>7059077
>was this the life drawing class? did you have fun?
No, we don't have female models. I always have fun at life drawing, it's a major part in keeping myself motivated.

>>7037696
your drawings have great energy, anon

>>7036740
so I've been doing alright when taking my time on longer pieces to get things down with figure drawing, but as soon as I try to do anything timed or gestural, I fall apart. I have a hard time finding what I need to draw and I sometimes freeze up because there's so much information, then when I draw it quickly it looks terrible or has bad proportions. Any advice to get over this?

>>7059472
what worked for me was planning, having a target level of fidelity for the timer.
someone posted a simple torso mannequin from hide ch in this thread or last where he puts down in like 20 seconds, i found that a good place to start.

>>7036740
Trying my best to draw some figures. Not entirely happy with how the legs/arms look.

How does this look?

Fuck getting refs
I will just copy drawings from you and get better that way

I feel like I've lost all gains over the last few days and it's really getting to me. I keep doubting my way of doing things and don't know how to progress.

took a day off and regressed a bit, i like some of the 3mins in this set at least
>>7058839
they could be better but thanks
my goal is to get faster at capturing poses
>>7059077
thanks

>>7060119
real hotsy totsy

>>7058627
I took the day off for Valentine’s Day. I am so far behind now

>>7058839
Oh i posted the painted ones in towergirls thread
>>7050659
>>7052272
>>7054696
>>7054697
>>7058635

>>7059077
Those legs are the fucking best

>flip the page
Yeah i spin my paper around a lot when i do upside down stuff. It’s really fun. I feel so cool when i do it.

>>7059323
Spanks buddy, you too.

>>7059902
You number in hex? You have my blessings

>>7060119
The balls on the arms and shoulders are kind of useless. But if you feel good drawing them then dont let me stop you.

>>7058692
Mmm maybe draw fast and make long lines? I try not to draw boxes and circles in any of my drawings…

Anyone know what pack this guy is from? (and where to get it?)

>>7061155
Where did you get a picture of me

>>7059077
was too lazy to get my sketchbook. little bit of everything today, warm up doodles, studies, memory skulls. my proportions get all funky when I try to draw big. gotta work on that. not my favorite page, but it's all part of the grind.

>>7059323
looks nice
>>7059902
keep it up
>>7060119
good start
>>7060523
I wouldn't worry about the day-to-day changes. the important thing is to keep drawing. if you want to try a different method, go for it. see if something else clicks better. frustration is normal.
>>7060857
I wouldn't worry about regression. the legs look nice on that first 3 min, nice work.
>>7061042
very energetic!
>butt nipples

Feeling better today. Been thinking of trying out traditional.

>>7059323
Really dig the bottom one. Nice shoulders and hips.
>>7061469
>frustration is normal.
I guess so. Just got baffled by how hard I was struggling out of nowhere.

>>7061155
i saw a link in another thread, don't remember which but they were talking about foreskin

Tried doing some sort of figure drawing after around a week of drawing studies since I felt like I started to improve and understand what I was supposed to do, but I just completely choked and learn anything from my studies. Just couldn't apply what I studied into this thing and I just feel really frustrated.

>>7062210
>learn anything from my studies
Fuck sake, I meant "didn't learn anything from my studies."

>>7061155
Go to catalogue and search for sexy male general (/smg/) or w/e. It's might be there. Or wait for a new /smg/ thread and ask there.

man i really need to grind more figures

>>7060857
I really like the way you do figures... it's messy but very appealing

>>7059902
>>7062210
Perspective is construction's best friend, bro.
I always recommend at least finishing Perspective made easy first.
>>7060119
Sex
>>7060407
It would make me really happy if someone copied even one of my drawings
>>7060523
Don't worry about gains, just keep drawing, you're making progress even if you don't see it.
>>7060857
Warming up helps, but yea shit happens sometimes.
>>7061042
Great legs, love them.
>>7061469
Very nice!
>>7062573
It's never enough haha.

refferences from quick poses and sketch daily. I started reading Michael Hampton's figure drawing, design and imagination and have been trying to implement what i learned although i'm still in the early parts of the book.

>>7061042
Your style makes me want to draw harder. Keep up the good work. Any reff in specific you used to develop this style?

>>7059077
I love how you manage to mix the anime'ish style with this soft and life-like volume for the body. Chef's kiss

>>7062606
Nice construction, anon. The chubby chick looks really hot.

>>7061155
Borrowing your post to ask does anyone have any good photo packs with good, hard cast shadow like this in general, I'm sick of the soft form shadow of generic photos just to make the model smooth and pretty.

Going to try for 2 a day

>>7061469
warm up doodles, some stuff I found interesting on my twatter feed, and then some studies.

>>7061601
lookin good today
>>7062208
good set
>>7062210
without knowing specifics it's tough to give advice, but keep going, keep learning, try to draw at least a little every day. learning to draw is just like learning most things, takes time, and you only get better at the things you practice.
>>7062573
some nice shapes in here
>>7062606
lookin good. I like the bottom left, box lady, the shading on top right one in.
>>7062631
>style
thanks man, I like trying to find a good balance. you look like you are absorbing alot of the lessons, nice.
>>7062765
I like the cartoon style, depending on what you are going for, you could exaggerate the poses more, that might be fun.

Went through some figure copies again and the moment I attempt to apply what I learnt to reference images my quality just does a nose dive. I feel like I must have fell into some sort of trap of either (or and)
> Doing only studies/ non-recreational drawings
> Not fully understanding what I learn in the studies and then ending up only applying the most surface level things I did.
Just really irritating myself since I know I can do better and I feel like I understand the lessons that I being told but when I'm supposed to execute on what I learnt I just choke.
Want to do some finished drawings too since I heard that helps, but every time I attempt to do a more chilled out/ recreational drawing, I immediately notice the things I'm doing wrong, how I'm not applying what I learnt in my studies properly, and then I just end up trashing the drawing before I get anything meaningful out of it.
>>7062606
I guess I'll read through it, but I'm not too sure how helpful it'll be in this situation. I understand that the book is good but still.
>>7062782
I understand I guess, just been drawing for a little while now and I feel like I've been doing nothing but spinning my wheels. Been tempted to go through a video course but I'm kind of stumped in terms of which courses would be best to go through.

>>7062784
looks like learning to me. How long is a while?
I always recommend Hide-channel. following along to his "croquis" vids is is right around when I started to see a marked improvement in my stuff. I would just slow the playback speed so I could copy what he was doing stroke for stroke. Looked like dogshit to start. I was trying to learn anatomy stuff at the same time, so those lessons combined worked well for me. Hide has simple shapes, and then I could visualize where the anatomy slotted in as I learned.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v-Ej9EIlfoc

I never went through any video courses, maybe some other anons could recommend something.

I went through my sketchbooks and picked some random samples, 2020-2023. we all start somewhere.

>>7062853
First time I can say I was drawing was 3-2-ish years ago, but it wasn't really consistent, I only really started drawing consistently (and actually making an effort to study) around July of last year.
Been watching and drawing along hide's 10 minute poses videos for a while and I do remember feeling like I improved a bit while going through those, although I never really watch any of his other coquis vids which I'll make sure to do with both the one you posted and this one I just remembered existed.
https://youtu.be/MUtH6v8k0BY?si=gcT4K8fvYe6J4Cym
I also just got morpho's simplified forms book recently and I'm kind of tempted to stop my Hampton studies for the time being and do a mix of both Hide and morpho instead with the hopes that would help ease me into doing more chilled out non-study related drawing.
Might as well post some old ass drawing too since you posted yours, thanks for the help.

>>7062784
>Been tempted to go through a video course but I'm kind of stumped in terms of which courses would be best to go through
You can never go wrong with Hampton, Huston and Vilppu.

so happy that this is a general on this board now. figure drawing is good for the soul

maybe i should retire the fineliner for these
feels like i'm fighting the tool
>>7062782
>>7062580
thanks, i need to clean it up but my nerves get the better of me
>>7063114
cleeean

I don't understand how Sora can be that much more capable doing animation than past models of just a few months earlier. I'm specifically thinking of on-model consistency consecutive images. Is that because doing stills is a completely different algorithmic process compared to doing animated works?

>>7063225
Hey buddy I think you've got the wrong thread.
The slop containment is two blocks down.

horses

>>7063218
I switched to ballpoint pens after almost ruining a fineliner by not paying attention to being gentle during 30s gestures. The smooth gliding lends itself well to quick gestural sketches I feel

>>7063114
holy fuck this is great. Do you have a blog?

>>7063114
fantastic. do you have any advice on how to learn anatomy or construction? you seem incredibly efficient with your lines.

>>7063114
Impressive

Remembered I had a bunch of Frazetta art saved.

>>7063276
Awesome stuff.
>>7063114
I wanna squeeze those legs. God damn.

>>7064122
Sticking to shorter figures, roughly 5-10 minutes.
>>7064337
I don't know how you do it bro. I tried doing 1 minutes today and it's crazy hard.

>>7062782
time crunch sketch before friends come over, but wanted to get a session in.

>>7062890
I think you're progressing just fine, maybe try to do a focused study, then immediately do another one trying to incorporate some of the stuff you learned.
>>7063114
wow these are great! love the bg characters too.
>>7063218
>>7064337
lookin' good
>>7063276
nice shading
>>7063288
cute, I like the top right
>>7064100
Frazetta rocks
>>7065402
nice work, hands might be a little small on some.

First time poster, started with Hampton per sticky but got stuck. Did the fresh eyes course and now trying out the hide channel approach to try and work on visualizing 3d space

2-5 min poses, trying to get some more volume in to get back into the groove after not doing figures for a couple days
>>7063114
This is the ideal female body. This is what peak performance looks like. And I fucking love it. Great scenes in the last two, also!
>>7062853
Sick gains brah
>>7057452
>>7063276
Man, these are top tier
>>7055380
It was a while ago, so I don’t really remember. I didn’t think it was that bad. The fucked part was wrapping letters around spheres. But I just dried my tears and kept going lol.
>>7055551
>nice sense of movement
Thanks. It’s weird, though — it’s purely the drapery, not the pose itself. I think maybe hair and drapery are a cheat code for dynamism.
>>7059077
Upper right has a great ass
>>7061601
Getting down with the thickness. Nice job
>>7062606
The two leftmost figures are excellent, especially bottom left.
>>7063218
>>7064337
Man, the consistent quality at such speeds is mindblowing to me
>>7064122
Based
>>7065616
I’m gonna make not of how you wove together the pec/delt, bicep, lat, and tricep in that armpit.
>>7065402
>>7064122
I think I recognize you from posting gestures in the /beg/ threads. You’ve made incredible progress, fren.
>>7062631
Yeah, looks great, impressive foreshortening for such quick poses
>>7061042
>>7058627
These are so much fun
>>7065755
These are looking quite good, anon. I’d draw full bodies though, and not cut them off at the knees. How’s the fresh eyes course?

Drawing some males for a change.

>>7061042
I need to paint these, too much sketching and not enough finishing

>>7062631
Nothing too specific, i study a lot of obstetrician_m figures for anatomy

>>7066195
>>7063276
Your rendering is fucking insane. I still cant get over it. It’s just a pencil?

>>7065616
Smug girl is so smug

>>7065402
>1 min
Draw small and make every stroke count. Also practice. I think he has probably drawn thousands of figures..

>>7063114
Welcome to the party saw you post on dad and forgot to comment. Nice line economy

>>7066209
>Your rendering is fucking insane. I still cant get over it. It’s just a pencil?

Yes, it's just a 2B pencil and a lot of erasing. I actually don't like rendering at all (too tedious and time consuming) but it's the only way for me to convey some kind of depth. Your figures are very vivid and three-dimensional without much rendering. I would like to improve in this regard, too.

>>7065616
>>7066116
thanks, i like how well you guys hold the form
>>7065402
i think building a system for yourself really helps, low-timer feels more like a performance than a piece. so when i am making adjustments to improve it's to my process instead of the drawing itself. but then it comes time to execute and 80% of my planning is destroyed by nerves and rushing but it is what it is. like >>7066209 says practice is necessary, and these are drawn quite small (my sketchbook is 8.5 in. tall).
if it helps motivate you, i only started doing these again because someone much better than me showed me their 60s warmups progress over 100 days. i don't think i'm even at 50% of the quality he achieved and his starting ones were closer to stickmen.

60s figures

2min

>>7065616
did a study, then wanted to be cool like >>7064337 so I did some 1 min quick sketches. man, I forget how hard it is to do 1min poses, so I went back and filled them in after a couple pages.

>>7065755
keep up the good work!
>>7066116
very nice shapes, I like where you put your darker lines. your control seems quick nice as well, I need to get sum-o-dat.
>>7066195
nicely done, as usual
>>7066209
some nice stuff here. I like the broken line of the boobs in the first one, implying softness/squishing together.
>>7066293
looks like you're already improving>>7066378
>>7066378
>>7066400
nice.

Male figures are hard.

>>7066116
Loving the movement some of these depict.
>You’ve made incredible progress, fren.
Thanks man, that means a lot.
>>7066209
>>7066293
I'll try drawing smaller when doing those then.

Went to life drawing, was unsatisfied with my work, came home and did 30 minutes of "class drawing" on line of action.

I have to say my 1 minute drawings are not so different from my 30 second drawings, they are even worse at times and my technique is basically the same but I go slower with the 1 min poses.

Doing 5 and 10 minures after is weird because I still lay down a crude gesture with freer strokes but then I have time to hone in on parts, but my brain is still in "gotta rush there is no time" mode.

With ten minutes I drew slowly from the get-go. So for me the different timeframes are not so connected yet. I feel like my 30s skill is pretty decent for now so I should focus my efforts on longer drawings.

Thank you all for posting, this thread is a great motivation. Let's keep enjoying the sound and feel of pencil on paper.

i should focus more on contours

>>7066116
Fresh Eyes worked for what it was meant to be I think. Helped me to know what I was trying to visualize and kind of beat out all the noise I'd collected learning and set to 0. I don't know how useful it'd be if you've already got a grasp but it's only a week so like, why not

>>7066807
grabbed the surface today, and did some digital stuff. (was just lazy and didn't want to get out of bed) had horrible posture and did some repetition poses. I liked it, I'll do more.

>>7066994
looking pretty good! I think your heads lack a bit of structure is all.
>>7067061
30sec to me is more about just trying to get the general flow of the body, takes a while to get the shape language. (not that I have it yet). Keep up the good work! sprinkle in some fundies as well.
>>7067309
stuff is lookin' real good man
>>7067974
sounds like an interesting course.

>>7066209
Do you have a page I can follow? I love your artwork, it's very inspirational.

Was finally able to get going with some drawings today, went through those hide videos and drew along side them, felt like I understood what they were trying to teach (like how the line closest to the head indicated the top of the torso and the lines bellow meant where the bottom of the pelvis was) and saw that my drawing's were turning out alright, but as soon as I get to the reference I still seem to choke and everything turns out really weirdly, I know I'm getting something wrong in terms of actually drawing the pelvis and ribcage and it's relationship with each other but I can't seem to click to what it is and I'm sure there's a few more problems that I know exist but not registering/ don't know at the moment.
>>7065616
Yeah, might continue to do those above the leg drawings and get started going through the Morpho book, wanted to go through it today but a mixture of getting tired out by drawing so much and getting bummed out by the reference drawings makes me want to put a pin in it for at least today.

>>7066209
Next page, snake princesses and such

>>7068174
Blog is here https://twitter.com/tableguyart

>>7066807
Your girls always look so happy and lively

>>7066994
Thats why i dont draw dudes

>>7067309
Why contours? These look fine

>try to be make a gestural figure
>end up turning the guy into a nazi symbol
:')

>>7068538
>kek
Really great gesture tho, do you have a blog? or other work?

>>7068024
two more sessions today, good day for drawing!

>>7068435
sometimes I'll just do studies of just the chest/hip connections using the simple 3D forms (I do boxes). lookin' good tho.
>>7068451
wow, when you do these comps it's fun to just let your eyes wander, since there is so much going on. very cool. I like the way you do your shocked expressions. the snakes are cool too.
>>7068538
nice and flowy, appealing shapes too.

>>7068560
>>7068654
glad you like it frens. I'm still a beg, so I don't really have a blog or anything like that, but I did do a few more. just trying to grind out gesture since I was told my old stuff was really stiff

my figures always end up so 2 dimensional. with shorter time limits i end up rushing and doing only contours. this shit is hard

>>7068024
>>7068654
great work today
>>7068976
i can feel the form on most of these with the lines you did put down, do you have an example of what you're trying to achieve?
>>7068451
nice snakes
i was thinking about what i could try to change, the method i've been doing so far draws a lot of segments, almost a light construction, but the proportions and line quality get really bad when i rush. so one approach might be to eliminate unnecessary lines, i'm hoping that the contour + a limited number of internal landmarks is enough, plus i am forced to think of the overall proportions instead of segments. i think a couple of the ones from today (with that mindset) were successful so it's worth pursuing further.
>>7068684
you look like you're on the right track man keep it up

reminder to study poses that match your interests for when you want to draw from imagination; drawing stiff art poses if you want to draw characters in action would be pointless, for example

any guesses on what I was trying to focus on?

the art in this thread is so good it inspired me to start drawing again

i wish i could make art that looks good

worked on poses from imagination as a warm-up today, needs a lot more targeted practice but it was fun

Feeling a little unmotivated. I've been drawing for 7 months continuously and not feeling like I'm progressing.

>>7069741
It will take years.

>>7069754
I'm looking to become good enough to apply to school for animation.

>>7069643
i like this drawing, great shadows.
but i also like how her face is all "duh hnnng hrrrm!"

My favorite part about art is learning something and feeling like you had a breakthrough then immediately feeling like you forgot it all the next day, kek

how the fuck does gesture even work, no matter what i do its SO stiff

>>7069971
you NEED vilppu my nigga

need to find a method to measure when i'm using pen

Some of these didn't turn out that good but I now try to force myself to stop at some point and draw something else.

great work everyone! also, what a great thread

>>7068451
Moth girl and sphinx riddle. I was going to make her pulling her brains out of her anus, but it was kind of graphic so i put some sunglasses on her butt instead

>>7070955
Hot, but i wish his penis was more than a cylinder…

>>7070923
Chumbo model, life drawing class?

>>7070660
You got some nice boobs in there, not all is lost

>>7070450
You take the time to measure????

>>7069971
It’s not bad, sometimes its as easy as drawing an ellipse on the floor so the figure doesnt look like its randomly floating in a void with disjointed feet

>>7069951
That is definitely not my favorite part of drawing

>>7069127
Uhhh bald women?

>>7069108
Yoga poses, ballerinas, and volleyball girls got it

Wasn't able to do much today but I feel like I'm slowly understanding how to do this whole figure drawing thing using Hide's method, or at the very least I know I did way better than I did last time trying to draw from a reference.

>>7068654
some Hide follow-alongs, then went back and filled them in a bit. Then some studies. felt nice and loose today for whatever reason.

>>7068684
lines lookin' real good for a beg
>>7068976
looks good to me, forms feel 3 dimensional, but if you wanted to add some details that would help flesh it out more. depends on what you are going for.
>>7069031
>>7070450
nice progress
>>7069127
was gonna say bbw (beautiful bald women) but TG beat me to it. line weight, maybe?
>>7069643
nice shading
>>7069682
gotta do the fun stuff!
>>7069741
you might need some targeted practice, or you can change things up and try another method. but yeah, progress comes slowly.
>animation
are you practicing simplified forms/characters?
>>7069951
based Hide enjoyer
>>7069971
gesture can be tough, whose method are you trying out?
>>7070450
I've used dots to plop down rough measurements before, using pen is definitely a different mindset.
>>7070660
nice job filling up the page!
>>7070923
these look nice. good job.
>>7070955
the shading reminds me of silver surfer
>>7071136
>bug
wúnderbarf!
I was confused until I saw the little pick thing in her hand, and I remembered that's how they prepped the bodies for embalming. clever. I like the line weight/torso on the chick who cut her skirt with the blade between her booty cheeks.
>>7071199
Hide rocks
>>7071220
nice use of color, I like the single strands of hair popping out. the forms look pretty good, the only thing I'd say is her arm looks a little bit too long (pretty sure the elbow would be about 3/4 foreheads width further down the arm.

i am once asking asking for figure packs

>>7071320
>>/ic/thread/2015637
>>/ic/thread/6864584
>>/ic/thread/2023233
https://4chanarchives.com/board/ic/thread/2015637

I just can't get proportions right...and heads scare me...

>>7071448
idk mate, looks like you got pretty close to me

>>7071461
Lmao.
>>7071448
Proportions can be quite a problem for a beginner.
Personally I don't measure, used to overlay my reference to see if my proportions were off(they usually were).
>>7071220
Very nice.
>>7071295
Cute heads!

>>7070955
Why would you make his dick so small?
Stop being a feminized little shit and practice basic bro code, add at least half an inch to his dick. At least.

how 2 draw the booba

>>7052285
>>7052292
These are awesome, well done

Lots of excellent stuff ITT

>>7071295
another round

>>7071448
don't neglect the fundies, and try to draw from your elbow/shoulder when making the larger, sweeping lines.
>>7071583
I dig the box people
>>7071723
nice
>>7071751
welcome back! wow, looks like you've been leveling up, great job all around. I like some of the darker lines you peppered in your renders.

>>7071136
no, that was from a life drawing session I attended irl a couple of days ago.
who's chumbo?

some stuff from today. my proportions kinda suck dick, but it feels like i'm getting looser? which is nice

>>7071751
This is good
Guy on the left in particular shows immense promise, his forms are all over the place but the rendering is so splendid it still looks good to me
Well done anon

Felt like I very quickly got worse the more reference drawings I did and there's still problems with the best looking one (especially the upper torso and not knowing how to handle the shoulders/ neck) but I'm doing alright I guess.

>>7072204
round 2, cause drawing is fun

>>7072287
looks good to me, strong lines. proportions look fine to my eyes, nothing stands out as bad.
>>7072326
keep at it. I'd say try and find similar reference poses to the ones you learn from Hide that day, so you can try an apply his shape language to your studies.

Keep up the good work frens

>>7071382
Not the anon who requested it, but very Based. Thanks a bunch. Should be included in stickies going forward imo.

stuff. fat people are my kryptonite
>>7072508
glad to hear then. was worried i was getting too loose or somethin

>>7072508
more figs

>>7072893
nice
>>7073033
nice
>>7073159
nice
>>7073217
this doesn't seem beg tier, you fibbin' about your power level on the internet?

Got a fountain pen. It's quite scratchy so in that way it makes me less likely to just randomly scribble. But otherwise I'm making the same lines as with other mediums.

These are just a few 1 min tryouts, I only popped in the cartridge a small while ago so ink feed is not perfect yet

Back at it.

>>7071136
maybe i should
>>7071295
>>7072204
>>7073409
>>7073409
really nice, maybe the wedge boobs is the way to go
>>7071751
love the rendering

>>7073409
kek i don't even know my power level. there's a lot I still don't know and I haven't been drawing for that long, so I consider myself a beg

>>7073409
moar

>>7073410
what type did you get, I picked up a Jinhao 82, and I really like it.
>>7073562
nicely done. I like the reading one.
>>7073635
I'm liking the cross-legged one, and the bent over stretch. good job.
>>7073655
keep it up, you're GMI!

>>7072204
Thanks, not sure if I wanna keep using the darker lines or not.

>>7072288
Thank you. Yeah I got lost in the rendering and the messed up the major forms on that guy.

>>7073635
Thanks. That big guy in the middle right looks sweet.

>>7074135
also did a longer one

>>7074136
Damn this one looks great

>>7074136
Great job on this one

>>7073845
>what type did you get
I got a Kaweco Perkeo. First I was autisming out checking online what to get, but then I went to a store with a cute sales girl and I was able to buy one quite quickly. I should've invited her over to my place for a life drawing lesson... It's not a pen I've seen mentioned anywhere online but it feels decent enough.

Frankly the marks are not a whole world different from a ballpoint pen for example, but it just feels good in an inexplicable way. It makes me wanna keep sketching.

Got around to doing figures, wish I could improve drawings the legs without it looking either too sharp where the curve happens or just becoming a cylinder, keeping the proportions in check and some other stuff. But after looking at the 'finished' figure I drew from a reference and thinking back to the last time I did it I feel like I'm making alright progress.

>>7073845
the importance of ウォーミングアップ

>>7074135
yee, I think it looks good when sprinkled in areas of high contrast match the light source. the rendering on the titty arm area looks good, nice values.
>>7074136
wow the subtle value shifts in the back look great.
>>7074469
nice, yeah I like my fountain pen. I'm using some oxblood ink in it, and it's working well.
>>7074738
it's always nice to supplement these with a little anatomy knowledge as well. keep it up!

>>7074753
more. trying to fill up my sketchbook since I just bought 2 new ones.

Haven't had a ton of time this week and did the thing on the left when I had time. Figs from today

>>7074136
fire

>>7073217
i like the big boi

>>7074136
yo

>>7074753
love the ink ones

Does anyone have a torrent link to the Glen Vilppu anatomy lectures? I swear they used to all be up on youtube but that was a while ago.

>>7074213
>>7074438
>>7074753
>>7075055
Thanks guys.

Inspired by some of Wangjie Li figures, tried using darker and more lines this session.

moving backwards today

Life drawing today. I feel like I'm kinda stagnating at the moment. My figures look kinda human but I feel like every week I'm just churning out the same level of output "mechanically". Like I'm not putting my heart and soul maximum energy into making the best picture I possibly can but just rolling along.

I think I gotta change things up, maybe switch to painting for a few weeks. I contemplated doing it today as well, but I've already been painting at home and I felt like I might go crazy if I get too obsessed with nailing the right colors in class as well.

>>7075011
some warm up doodles, hide follow-along, and some figs. I should practice hands more.

>>70750552
good practice
>>7075360
I think the 2nd one up from bottom right has a good mix of that style with the dark lines. nice quick figs, too
>>7075596
trending upwards
>>7075957
are you following a particular method, or just doing your own thing?

>>7075165
It's in the /ic/ torrent iirc

>>7075986
>are you following a particular method, or just doing your own thing?
I first did keys to drawing partway through, and our class has a bit of a focus on this kind of observational drawing. Teachers will point out areas you should measure/remeasure, negative spaces you should pay more attention to, plumb and level lines to pay attention to. They will mention classical composition rules for studies but let you do your own thing.

I started watching the video course "Constructive Figure Drawing" by Steve Huston and I've seen about 8 videos so far, but it's all just been ideas with no concrete suggestions on how to put it all into practice. Maybe it gets better or it will start "sinking in", but if I have limited time/energy I prefer to just draw instead of watching lectures.

>>7075986
playing with ink today.

>>7076526
you mentioned stagnation, sometimes I find trying new methods is a good way to break through plateaus.

>>7075986
trying out new methods is great, makes you reconsider your habits in order to make the new thing work
>>7075360
>>7075986
>>7076951
lovely
>>7074136
i kneel

>>7076477

Thanks I found them.

>>7075986
love that girl's bottom right expression
>>7076951
I bet an écorché anatomy study with that red would look awesome

>>7076997
thanks

>>7076526
Following along to his figure drawing sessions would probably help.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zFP8L4OUL2E

>>7076951
mo

>>7076997
these are lookin' nice and controlled
>>7077579
another great set
I really like the two medium sized figs on the left, they have a really nice flow, and I dig the sketchy, but controlled feel, and you seem to have a nice sense of how much to render. very cool.
>écorché
oh, yeah that's true, maybe I'll try that out at some point.

>>7074136
Goddamn. Spectacular work

>>7078155
more figs, new ink, I like it

Thoughts?

first time trying figure drawing out and my biggest problem so far is not knowing what I
m suppoused to be aiming for with the finished product.

>>7036740
Here’s today’s effort. I’d like to get a little quicker but I’m quite proud of this one.

Some warmups and a bonus latex study

>>7079220
sexy, i like those figures anon

last page of this sketchbook
>>7078734
that caped guy is really nice, can feel his imposing figure even when it's obscured
>>7078771
>>7079192
>>7079220
nice
>>7078808
not the only thing you could go for, but i remember hearing the phrase "the drama of the figure" somewhere

5 minute one doing the Brent eviston gesture course. yeah, I know I need to draw faster, but I really liked this one

>>7078734
some Hide follow-alongs

>>7078771
good start
>>7078808
hard to say, depends on what you are going for.
>>7079192
nice
>>7079220
shiny
>>7079564
nice stuff here, the tangent on the top reminds me of when Mac lifted Dee by her crotch on Always Sunny.
>>7079626
looks good. It's a little hard to see since the dimensions are so large. I usually scale mine down before uploading.

>>7079674
thanks for the tip, I was wondering why it looked off. didn’t even realize how big the file was

sketerin

seltin

when you guys make those little bumps in the legs/arms, are you actually picturing the muscle/bone in mind? or are you just doing w/e looks nice. tired of having my limbs look like basic tubes

>>7079895
Bumps?
I mean, I model arms after what I see, what I know AND what looks right. It's always a balance between knowing, seeing, and artistic choices.

Just don't make straight tubes, look up anatomy and muscle structures of the arm, try to recognize muscles in figures, and apply it to your drawing.

>>7079895
do you mean these? i look at refs or my arm to see where it should be in the pose i have no idea where the muscles are or what they are called

No ref. Ended up drawing something totally different from what I had in mind.

>>7079895
A bit of both, but mostly just looking at a reference.

>>7080617
Holy shit this is really good. Love the dynamism on the guy on the left.

how do you guys go about actually drawing "interesting" shapes for your figures? my stuff just looks like a shitty copy ;-;

>>7080627
Thanks man. Yeah I really feeling his swinging motion. The neck stretch does a lot for the figure.

>>7080635
What shapes are you talking about?

>>7080635
most artist won't know how to anser that question, the shapes you talk about are a consequence of hours of grinding figure drawing, anatomy and master studies, watch this:
>https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NAY5N76VP8M
>https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HbjrLyvAL54

I didn't expect this thread to end so fast holy shit.

>>7079674
Another successful thread! well done anons.

>>7079843
>>7079844
bonz
>>7080582
nice job, lookin good.
>>7080617
good job using your imagination
>>7080635
experimentation/exaggeration/copying other styles.
>>7081518
breddy gud vids
>>7081533
nice props

Dont understand how you all get your figures looking so consistent, and proportional, in such a short time. At my life drawing group I draw significantly faster than anyone else and you all still mog me.

>>7082485
>>7082485
>>7082485
NEW

>>7082211
Comes with practice, most people here have drawn thousands of figures.