2draw.net - boards - Intermediate - The End of Something That Could Have Been

Caddris (Apr 27, 2005)
drawn in 54 min

Shanghai (Apr 27, 2005)

Every person draws different, and there's several ways of drawing a body that some people use that others don't. This is more of a skeletal structure approach, I forgot the actual name for it, but I prefer a gestural sketch myself. An example can be seen here. It's kind of a mix of contour and structural sketching but focused more on the surface and the movement of the subject. Maybe trying a different method of drawing would help you?

Caddris (Apr 27, 2005)

Thanks! I'll give it a try. ^.^ Movement, or rather the lack there of, has always been an obstacle for me. I think the contour sketching might help me overcome it.
Really the major problem for this piece is the physical interation between the two people. Maybe I should have refined the person doing the supporting first and then decided how that would affect the other's position. . .

Shanghai (Apr 27, 2005)

another thing you could do with that part then is to draw them both as a single object/body and then as you work on details give some definement between the two of them. So instead of a hand wrapped around the neck you could start with the arm wapping into the neck and joining it, and then later define the two with some details and shadows. That doesn't always work, but it can.

Caddris (Apr 28, 2005)
drawn in 1 hour 6 min

Hmmmm. . . I think this would be a heck of a lot easier if I had a tablet. There wouldn't se so many stray lines.
I'm a bit concerned with the proprtions of the woman. I have a sinking feeling that she's considerably smaller that the man. . . I can't quite tell. Does it look off to anyone?
Oh, and they will have clothes eventually. I suck at clothes so that will probably be the last thing I do.

Destervetha (Apr 28, 2005)

What? Clothes? BLASPHEMY!!
Wait...you're doing this WITHOUT a tablet? WHAT? That is...unbelievable. That's totally amazing.
Yes, the woman is smaller than the man, about child-size compared to him. I don't see a problem with that, however.

Caddris (Sep 24, 2005)
drawn in 15 min

I need to finish this one soon.

Caddris (May 12, 2006)
drawn in 1 hour 1 min

I'm sorry to do this guys, but I've had this in my inventory for ages. I hit a road block and just can't get myself around it. School has kept me off and has drained all of my creative energies. I'm hoping that starting with some room in my inventory will help me get back into the swing of things. >___<