visual art Human Practice, GO.

[Flailing Dinosaurs 238]

I was bored and decided to do some human drawing practice/shading practice.

 

Gah, I'm terrible at drawing people, I truly am LOL

 

HOW DO I HAIR?

 

[Bohtty 1,775]

You learn by going to figure drawing classes and live model sessions. As for hair, well to put it the simplest I can... You have to block it in. Draw the shapes and the shadows, not individual strands of hair.

[letterone 1,204]

Don't get yourself down, yo. While you may not be drawing "realistic" proportions on a human character, this certainly has charm. A lot of charm. I dig your style. Very much a fan.

[ReverseFaller 2,484]

Hey, that's not too bad!  I love your art style. It's like a nice blend of cartoon and anime. Sure it doesn't look the most realistic, but as a cartoon drawing it's actually pretty decent. I'd love to see more art by you dude!

[Flailing Dinosaurs 238]

You learn by going to figure drawing classes and live model sessions. As for hair, well to put it the simplest I can... You have to block it in. Draw the shapes and the shadows, not individual strands of hair.

Drawing classes. Ain't nobody got money for that XD Or parents who will drive you to the class ._.

 

The shapes idea for the hair might come in handy though o3o I never actually thought of doing that 8D

[Bohtty 1,775]

Drawing classes. Ain't nobody got money for that XD Or parents who will drive you to the class ._.

 

The shapes idea for the hair might come in handy though o3o I never actually thought of doing that 8D

Another tip is to learn the basics of 3D modeling. It really helped me visualize and construct the body and other objects as it really got me to think in terms of basic shapes and surfaces. Sculpting also does the same thing; I just like computers more.

 

For my first figure drawing classes I took the train to the city and walked to the class. I did this every weekend. If you can't do classes then recruit a sibling or friend. Have them pose and then quickly draw them for about 1 minute (gesture drawing) then have them change poses. There are also websites that offer free photos of nude models specifically for artists to draw. Here is one such website. http://www.posespace.com/. I recommend drawing both genders and all body types. Start with simple standing poses until you get those down. 

 

For rendering the human body I like to start on the outside and move in. I'll start with one large shape that contains the whole body and then slowly refining the shape till I get a rough outline to the body. Think about the person as a geometric shape with flat surfaces. Pay special attention to the white space between limbs and where limbs line up in relation to the other body parts.

 

Try to use one continuous line instead of small lines. This will help you with your line quality and the flow of the drawing. 

 

The hardest part is drawing what you see rather than what you think you see.

 

Some other tips would be to pick up a piece of charcoal from an art store (buy some news print pads while you're at it) and try to draw the shadows of an object (no line). I absolutely love to do this and I generally start my sketches this way anyway. 

 

For portraits, you can do similar things to learn, but you might want to look a little more into the anatomy of the face. For example, the eyes are about one eye length spaced apart on the average person, but that is the thing, not all people meet the average. One of my class mates used to ride the train for hours at a time going back and forth just drawing the passengers that came on.

 

Practice makes permanent, not perfect. Continuously look at what you are drawing and try to draw on the paper exactly what is there and not what you think is there. The mind has a habit where it will fill in objects we see with assumptions, it happens so much and so quickly that we don't even notice. It's a good habit for survival, not so much for art.

 

Sorry for the long post xD

Edited September 6, 2013 by Chesher