Body type practice

[Heather Boyd]

@Aleksey

In have seen and tried these however my character creations are a struggle and so not in 3d like yours. I also kept them all as star fleet officers since I was watching while I drew them. I will see if I can find them and post them here later.

*Also do you know anyone who teaches drawing characters in perspective as in not head on, rotated like you have here?

[ArtofAleksey]

@Heather-Boyd that's tough, i learned from reading anatomy books and drawing from anatomy books.
The book i used was:
https://www.barnesandnoble.com/p/drawing-the-head-and-figure-jack-hamm/1102478263/2661299829017?st=PLA&sid=BNB_ADL+Marketplace+Good+Used+Textbooks+-+Desktop+Low&sourceId=PLAGoNA&dpid=tdtve346c&2sid=Google_c&gclid=EAIaIQobChMI7tK65b_44wIVF4TICh3W5wWeEAQYAiABEgIVQvD_BwE

And Also the "How to Draw Everything" class helped be on svs because @Jake-Parker explains how to think about things in shapes. You end up having to stop and think about what something would look like if you turn it.

[ArtofAleksey]

Here are the first 3

[IgorWoznicki]

Those are so cool! I love the inked ones. The way you describe volumes with lines is pretty dang cool, especially on that kangaroo looking guy.

Just a quick idea here...have you considered using different shapes than rectangles and squares? I know that those shapes are just illustrative and the final ones are very different, but I think that using other shapes, like triangles for example, could help you expand your horizons a bit. Give it a thought

[ArtofAleksey]

@IgorWoznicki i have thought about it. Good points. I wanna see if I could do it by skipping that step. It’s very hard

[ArtofAleksey]

[drawnbyshawn]

@Aleksey Looks like a great exercise. Along with the “Draw 100 Things”, to really push past an initial batch of ideas and explore all possibilities. I have a habit of settling on ideas earlier, when I could probably do more exploration.

[ArtofAleksey]

@drawnbyshawn i have the same issue! Which is something i need to address. I skip thumbnails usually and that’s not a good habit to have.

[ArtofAleksey]

[ArtofAleksey]

I feel ready for inktober

[Coley]

@Heather-Boyd the posing characters class by Will and Jake I found really helpful for exactly that. I did it months ago but just this week am re-doing the exercises and suddenly it's really making sense and I made a big step forward from where I was with the 3d understanding and drawing it.

[Coley]

@Aleksey these are really fantastic. ️

[ArtofAleksey]

@Coley thanks! I also did the posing characters class! It was fun but i think i was stuck up in my approach and found something that encouraged my laziness

[DaveLeekArt]

@Aleksey these are awesome! Looks like such a fun exercise. Baby the end of the 100 you’re going to be the master at drawing little demons!

[ArtofAleksey]

@Bricz-Art haha thanks i hope so

[ArtofAleksey]

[ArtofAleksey]

[braden H]

@Aleksey This one speaks to me.

It feels... Jolly.

[ArtofAleksey]

@Braden-Hallett hahaha i added some bells because of you

[braden H]

@Aleksey Perfection.

Absolute perfection.