Rate my construction 1-10, gimme some advice
Posted May 31, 2023, 3:33 AM UTC
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your shapes are really good but the structure is a bit iffy, her hips are very unclear (unless the bump is mean to be her hips, in which case they’re much too high)
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Thank you! Yeah that's been a frequent trouble for me so I've kinda went for Mewtwo hips almost lol. Drawing underwear shapes for the hips and another shape for the lower part of the torso has always ended up curving weird for my art, and I feel my method here emphasizes hip bones which I think look cool for some reason. But yeah, I still have lots of learning to do
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keep up the same method but make the torso longer and bring the hip bones down a bit, then you’ll be grand
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Is there a specific way you learned to do that? I struggle to draw out shapes and limbs in a way that doesn’t make them look like noodles and exactly the same for everyone
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I'd say start with drawing the noodly stuff, look at how bigger artists simplify anatomy, and use them as reference. I've done something similar here, this drawing was all weird and indistinct before I broke it down. Some great examples are Ethanbecker70 (Ethan Becker) and Bluefley (Marc Brunet), because they are modern art teachers who are all about simplifying and making things more efficient to draw while still being effective.
For making the shapes, I'd say notice some patterns you can stick with. Notice how the chest and the lower torso are the same shape, and the two halves of the arm have that same tapered baseball bat shape. Same sizes and scales? No. Same shapes? Yeah.
Your way of perceiving anatomy shape-wise may or may not be different, but finding repetitive shapes for complex parts of the body provides a strong base for details. Finding how other good artists do it helps a ton! I notice that they never use shapes with parallel angles, like boxes and cylinders, there's always a taper.
And also try to find how you perceive anatomy from real pictures. People with thick baggy clothes on them won't help, but try and trace it into some easy tapered shapes.
When you look at others' art and thinks "how'd they do that?" Do your best to know. I hope this all helps somewhat! I'm not the greatest, but I am passionate for learning art
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Thank you!
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9.5/10, left leg is mildly wonky just from sticking out from the body a bit too much (imo) but really excellent work here!
Thank you! This really makes me happy, I've been finding a way to break down anatomy the way I wanted for so long, and I feel like it paid off. I do agree, I tend to get wonkier with exaggerated legs in terms of the hip joint placement, I'll work on that. Again, thank you ❤️
Yeah np! Keep up the great work!