Figures
Added 2022-09-11 20:24:44 +0000 UTCAll from a ~30 min session
Notice how the first one is straight ass and has no focus or strong understanding of the weight/action of that particular pose. Because the rest are pretty ok, we can put the blame on rust, which means never feel discouraged if suddenly you "can't draw" because it will always fix itself if you keep going
All but the last one were one minute, and I'm focusing on drawing direct lines for limbs to capture the action and bulletpointing joints to use as visual markers. Always looking at the figure before putting a line down, spend more time looking than drawing
I took longer on the last one because the model had a similar body to how I imagine Youseph's looks, so it was a good learning opportunity. The green lines are to show how my eyes move when I'm using visual markers: I started with the head and arms, moved to the torso, and from the top of the torso I could measure approximately how far out the legs were positioned. Once the (model's) right leg was placed, I could tackle the other and connect it back up to the waist. One part of the body is related to all of the body, and everything can be used as a reference point when checking positioning and proportion. A lot of this is looking at the negative space, or the empty areas between body parts, and reflecting their size and shape in your drawing
Don't get attached to your figure drawings if you're doing them with the intent to learn. They're one of those things where everyone draws them on newsprint because it's cheap and easy to trash when your done. Every "wrong" line is your eye detecting issues in accuracy caused by a gap in knowledge or lack of hand-eye coordination, and over time your brain will learn and adapt and your muscle connection will improve
