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Can somebody explain what Loomis is doing here?
I don't get why Loomis compares the width with the height on Step 3, or how he finds the points on the figure from Step 5 onward.

>> No.4160010

yikes imagine actually doing all this

>> No.4160015

>>4160007
tfw you realize you're a brainlet

>> No.4160110

>>4160010
>yikes imagine actually doing all this
...Learning how to draw?

>> No.4160112

>>4160110
Eyeball it, using this measuring shit is for learning but eventually you need to eyeball stuff

>> No.4160115

Seems like its measuring proportions which is why he's comparing the height/width

>> No.4160116

>>4160112
>using this measuring shit is for learning
Which is what OP is doing.

>> No.4160118

>>4160116
If he can’t figure out how to use the pencil to measure shit, he’s ngmi already.

>> No.4160119

>>4160118
I hope you break your fingers.

>> No.4160122

>>4160118
Measure what? He has to learn proportions before he can measure them.

>> No.4160125

>>4160122
Angles, proportions, the height, width, ect. Then use what you learned and divide the figure into parts using your finger and move it around the pencil’s length.

>> No.4160142

>>4160122
Not really and this thought process is what keeps people from ever drawing and actually learning shit because there's always some cunt telling them they need to learn something else first.

You could arguably separate the fundamentals and ancillaries in conditioning (line quality, line verity, measuring and observation), understanding (construction, perspective, proportion, volume) and refining (anatomy, composition, rendering, staging). And do well to learn the first group before the second and then the third. But you can learn the contents of each group in any order and have near identical results as someone who studied from the same sources and with the same intent but in a different order.

>> No.4160146

>>4160118
I was asking why Loomis even compared the height with the width in the first place if he doesn't bring up the comparison again in the procedure.

>> No.4160193

>>4160007
3.
You're building a ruler.
Adding the width to the height lets you draw a square and find the center point, which adds more certainty to your ruler.
Finding the largest width is just the easiest thing to measure with the overall height.

5.
You measure out from your center line to find how far out something is, draw a vertical line and then measure up/down later. Raw dogging angles is much less accurate.
Finding things that match up not only kills two birds with one stone but helps with overall consistency.
You're basically building a connect the dots image from the keystones you measure out.

>>4160112
>is for learning
Its also helpful for knowing how to fix your shit.
But, all the carpenters I know eyeball all their shit and those houses are probably fine.

>> No.4160291

>>4160118
you couldn't possibly be more wrong and your zealotry for loomis has blinded you

>> No.4160317
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4160317

>>4160291
Yeah bro

>> No.4160543

it's just to get the proportions right, it gives you kind of a reference point on how far things should go.

with the points he simply seems to find ones that align with eachother, be it vertically or horizontally, anywhere on the pose

>> No.4160563

>>4160317
where's this from