the anigen zone

[mira]

i think you should start off constructing your figures with shapes (hell, even a wireframe) before you go in and start rendering details. you do a pretty good job guessing at facial proportions but not so much with the rest of the body. i really do recommend putting your john k hate aside for a couple hours and looking at his entries on construction because he explains it a lot better than i ever could

good to see you're drawing more frequently though (:

[rtil]

how long were these poses? they look like none of them could have been longer than 5 minutes. there's some good flow in these, but they're all very messy and extremely loose. also, why are they like 5,000 px wide. it's too big zoomed in and too small squished in the window. just resize them to like 900/1000px width at the most next time. no need to get that big for tiny sketches

[anigen]

i think you should start off constructing your figures with shapes (hell, even a wireframe) before you go in and start rendering details. you do a pretty good job guessing at facial proportions but not so much with the rest of the body. i really do recommend putting your john k hate aside for a couple hours and looking at his entries on construction because he explains it a lot better than i ever could

good to see you're drawing more frequently though (:

you drive a good point, i need a lot of improvement at construction. i'll learn it and make it work, thanks

how long were these poses? they look like none of them could have been longer than 5 minutes. there's some good flow in these, but they're all very messy and extremely loose. also, why are they like 5,000 px wide. it's too big zoomed in and too small squished in the window. just resize them to like 900/1000px width at the most next time. no need to get that big for tiny sketches

believe it or not, some were up to 20-30 minutes long, but i always draw really fast and get them done in like 5-10 minutes and end up drawing the pose multiple times or getting bored and start sketching other things i see in the room.

i sized it like that because i thought it'd look cool but yeah it is really huge, i'll size it differently next round

[rtil]

try spending at least 10 minutes on a pose, focusing on the entire body first for the proportions, then going back in and doing detail and shadows. it's also a good idea to draw maybe just a hand, a face or an arm instead of the entire body which can be overwhelming doing over and over. if i don't like the silhouette of a pose i will do that

another guider for me is to do a light shade of the general shadow on a body as a guide point for detail later. i use the side of the pencil, then brush over it with my finger to give it a soft shade look. the looseness of it allows me to go back and "draw" with my eraser and put in better detail with hatching later

[anigen]

if i don't like the silhouette of a pose i will do that

of if the model looks like the medic

but i agree, that sounds like a good idea. i'll try some of that next time (friday)

also:

- i'm taking art classes (not just loose 3-hour sketch groups) starting by the end of April
- i'm getting a new mic (the blue yeti )
- my regular schoolwork slump is just about evened out
- i've been practicing my mixing

soooo expect more art + music probably