First Goal: 1000 posemaniacs

[GeoD]

Nothing beats practice so without further due..

First goal: 1000 posemaniacs - status: under development.

[GeoD]

(except the first 10)

First 100 suck as expected but bear with me :)

[GeoD]

a bit better? :) nah

[Eiki]

Hey

I like those studies! I think they are good, so NOT bad!

How long did you work on each pose?

[dierat]

Great goal to work towards. I would suggest that in-between posemaniacs studies you do some figurative sketches without a reference. That will give you some insight into the areas that you have particular trouble with and need to pay more attention to when you're doing your referenced sketches.

[wakoes]

nice studies :D

[GeoD]

90 secs posemaniacs

@Eiki Thanks bro. 90 seconds

@dierat Thanks for advice, will do. My first goal was to improve my eye-hand coordination and learn to simplify. I see some improvement after each 100 poses.

@wakoes Cheers :)

[GeoD]

The adventure continues :P

[GeoD]

I think it's getting better :)

[Osau]

Very impressive! There is a huge improvement between number 1 and number 338 hahaha awesome work. Like someone said above, I would try to work from no references in between these monster uploads, try to get it down in your head. Amazing work though, very inspiring.
G'job.

[Loathsome]

Good thing you're doing there.

What are you sketching in though?

[GeoD]

@Osau Thank you, very encouraging. For now only doing these as you can see helps improving a lot. I'll try some after these 1000.

@Loathsome Thanks. Photoshop + wacom.

[GeoD]

90" posemaniacs

[glaudarien]

Great idea for a sketchbook, really looking good so far keep it up! :D

[scorpion007]

Awesome dude! Love the silhouettes :)

[GeoD]

Thank you guys! :drinkup:

90":

[Kuidf^!]

Great start keep it up yourll improve tones :)

[GeoD]

Thanks bro :)

[GeoD]

longlive posemaniacs :) I would've screwed up the proportions badly before :)

[GeoD]

tired but cant sleep :lounge:

[p sage]

Hrmmm... I wonder what gave you this idea ;)

Have fun with it; just remember to keep your mind in it... don't just scribble 'em out. Always be thinking while doing them :)

You should be done in another day at this pace :)

[Zorcron]

hrmm ive been inspired starting tomorrow im doing 20 figures every day thanks :)

doing them is good but dont forget to set more goals

i think working on the flow of the figure would be good, the lines are looking a little stiff

keep it coming !

[GeoD]

Looks like there are some explanations needed: this is just my first goal in a long series. Purpose? To put me on track, to start drawing what I see not what I think I see, to learn to simplify (not get stuck in useless details), to see the big shape and therefore draw the proportions right, also get the silhouette right.
As you will see below only at half of it the improvement is visible. What I'm looking for at the end of this? To be able to draw from observation decently, relaxed not being afraid I'll fuck up the proportions and draw a monster instead of the beautiful woman in front of me :) And, why not, being able to draw from life in a coffee shop :)
I wish you all luck and perseverance in achieving your goals :yayca:

@p sage
I hope ur kidding otherwise it's pretty sad :)
Thanks for advice.
Much respect for your perseverance.

@Zorcron
Thank you, you've made my day! :bow:
I hope I explained above.
Yes, still long way to go but look below where I'm coming from :)
I'll pay your SB a visit bit later, on my way out now.

You can see below how my figures looked like when I started.. :)

[stimulus]

Good for you! I can already see a lot of improvement! Keep at it!

[Ghosd]

this is a great idea, does anyone know how to put a thumbnail next to your thread in skecthbook? IM a bit of a noob to this site!!

[GeoD]

Thanks guys!

Tried some pencils for a change (sorry for the shitty camera quality - the scanner was not at hand).

[Sunny]

Very cool, I can see this helping with posing a ton. I really need to focus in that area, like a lot. What would you recommend? I have learned to render things out decently but still lack this sort of depth to my images. My figures are always so still or whatever I can pull off from a good reference. I want to do them more naturally.

Do you do these from memory or do you search out references? Thx for what help you can give. I know in the end it takes work and practice and growth.

[GeoD]

@Sunny Thanks mate. Just go to posemaniacs.com and choose 90 seconds. Do it daily and it will payoff. Good luck

[GeoD]

I'm dizzy today

[ViDA]

Good beginning man, the real trick is to feel the pose and see it spatially. try to overlap box studies on some of the 90's.

[Alucid]

nice one :) Keep at it! And thanks for stopping by my sb :)

[GeoD]

@ViDA Thanks. An honor to have such a skillful guy here.

@Alucid Thanks mate.

A bit about why I'm doing this. For a long while I tried all sorts of different interesting exciting methods that I gave up each of them after a short while because they made everything look complicated and technical. And when I got sick and tired I adopted the internationally known "draw, draw, fucking draw" method that a lot of skillful guys were recommending. It's intuitive (altho at first u have no idea what the hell you're doing) and in time I'm starting to see shapes and silhouettes in a natural way. So to anyone who's reading this I say draw, draw your ass off, use any ref, any photo, any master study any posemaniac and draw! I see a lot of talented guys here not drawing at all for long periods of time expecting some miraculous method to pop up.

[p sage]

Well, I wasn't kidding in the first post. I think you're on a really fast pace. I would just worry that you won't pick up as much if you rush through it.

As long as you feel like you're learning new things, then the practice is worth it.

[GeoD]

@p sage Thanks a lot for visiting again bro. I was talking about something else but nevermind that, let's draw :)

I took a little break from computer.
Now I'm trying some ink which has a certain charm but unlike digital or pencils you have no chance to modify, every line you draw is visible and definitive. So for fast sketches and concepts I'd use digital or pencils and for definition would love to use ink.

Also attaching a digi from ref.

[GeoD]

playing with the pencils, some of them are crap but that's all I can do in 90 seconds with an eye on the tv :) poor me.. :D

[GeoD]

fooling around lately :)

and decided to go for chow 177 - winter. below

[GeoD]

just a quick painting (training rendering for chow :) )

[silvestri99]

Great job, keep up with the studies. Love the black nipples :)