Demetri's sketch book...(please critique!)

[m0rph]

**FINALLY got a scanner!**
I have just recently started sketching again, so bear with my elementary sketches; they will get better with time. Please give only constructive criticism (this is needless to say, because everyone here seems to be very mature and affable :D). sigh, here we go...

http://www.ganoff.com/m0rph/art/sketch_demon-mage.jpg

http://www.ganoff.com/m0rph/art/sketch_barbarian-warrior.jpg

http://www.ganoff.com/m0rph/art/sketch_elf-archer.jpg

http://www.ganoff.com/m0rph/art/sketch_knight.jpg

http://www.ganoff.com/m0rph/art/sketch_zombie.jpg

http://www.ganoff.com/m0rph/art/sketch_zombie-ranger.jpg

[m0rph]

Please post, tell me what I need to work on! I know that my anatomy is probably horrible (I never really practiced/studied anatomy). All I want is a little feedback.

[Ivan]

I'm just going to say I like your sketches, I feel it's out of my place to give any critique due to the level I am at, which si NOOB, heh.

[m0rph]

well, thanks alot man. i don't care who it's from. I just like to get other people's honest opinions. :D

[INFERNOmunky]

yeah nice concepts mna...if you really want to work on anatomy i say go check some books out of the library...ive just started anatomy myself and trust me it helps to study a lill....check out my sketchbook and look for yourself, those are my first anatomicaly (sorta) correct pictures ever.....just a lill refference is all you need to get started...
and PS, me mucho like ur zombie ranger

[m0rph]

thanks inferno, I'll probably check some books out. I hope I can just get away from my computer enough to practice hard with my drawing techniques (I'm addicted to PC games :\)

[bRyaN]

go to the reference section of this website...
alot of good reference for anatomy which right now is your weak point...

draw everyday...play games for 3 hours, draw for 3 hours..try to balance it...

If not give up the games for a little bit and practice..at the end of the week indulge in some video games...you'll make much better progress this way...

[m0rph]

Thanks bryan, I know that I have to work on my addiction (it really is that bad though). I have been playing PC games for about 5 years not, I just have to gradually get away from it.

[joe3sk8erpk]

Originally posted by Ivan
I'm just going to say I like your sketches, I feel it's out of my place to give any critique due to the level I am at, which si NOOB, heh.
im gona go with that but i am gona say that in alot of your guys there limbs look broken more than bent or in motion but there cool ideas and cool disigns.

[m0rph]

Originally posted by joe3sk8erpk

im gona go with that but i am gona say that in alot of your guys there limbs look broken more than bent or in motion but there cool ideas and cool disigns.

Yeah, now that you mention that, I see it clearly. Thanks for the input, I'll definitely change that in my next sketches.

[m0rph]

bump:\... PLEASE post something, I really value the people's opinions on this board!

[Zeb]

Now begging never gets anyone anywhere, unless your a six year old girl asking your father for something...

There isn't really anything more to say though, due to the fact that you know your problem, ANATOMY.

I'd reccomend stop asking for crits on those pieces, draw some more with what they've told you above, use reference, blah blah and post that.

You'd get more replies that way, if you show more. Show improvement, show work in progress, just keep showing and showing and people will respond.

Saying and hearing the same thing over and over again about a couple images gets annoying.

I don't mean for this to sound all mean and what not.

Just show us more. That's all.

[mephisto]

The best way that Ive found to learn anatomy is to draw from a model or from photos. Drawing from a real life object or figure is more helpful because it allows you to make your own interpretation from 3d, where photos are already flat. Ive also heared that photos dont capture color the same way your eye will. If you look at some of Frank Frazettas early work he drew tons of drawing from other peoples anatomy drawings in order to leanr, such as George Bridgeman. Bridgeman likes to talk about how anatomy wedges and interlocks. If you look at how the shoulder wraps around the chest, and how the forarm wraps around the biceps and triceps, its like two c joint coupling each other. Gregory Peck's 'Atlas of Human Anatomy' is also a great starting point. I think the best anatomy book is Elliot Goldfinger's 'Anatomy for the Artist' I think its called. I have yet to buy it, but it actually shows you where on the bones the muscles attach, and how they interlock underneath one anther. It also uses photo for examples, where Peck mostly has drawings. If you are serious about being an artist who draws representational images of people and creatures you really need to buy an anatomy book. You need to understand exactly how the skeleton provides the structure for the figure, and how it supports the muscles, and where you can see it just under the skin. Internal and external knowledge of anatomy is very important. The bottom line is practice. There is no such thing as people born with talent. Some people argue oh yea, what about Michelangelo who sculpted the David at 18. He was an aprentice to great artists from the age of 8, so of course hes sick. Just love what you do and do it all the time and you will get better than any advice anyone could give you.

[m0rph]

Thanks a ton mephisto and zeb. I have already begun drawing some new stuff to improve my anatomy, but I have yet to get a book. Hopefully I can pick one up soon or just get alot of practice. I was thinking about just start off by drawing a skeleton to get all of the bone structure and have it in different poses. O'well tell me what you think of this so far...(wip)

http://www.ganoff.com/m0rph/art/sketch_warrior-swing.jpg

[Zeb]

First an fore most, the hands are way to small. A typical hand should be big enough to cover most of the face.

Also, due to the fact that they are the closest thing to the camera so far, they should be larger because of foreshortening.

As for the other things I want to say, I don't know how.

So, as not to sound like an ass, I'll leave that up to someone else.

Your trying and that's important, but even for a sketch a reference helps. Just find an image or even ask a friend or relative to get into the pose you're looking for to see how the joints and muscles move to accomodate the bodies position.