Reau's Sketches---updated---(Mar 5th)

[REAU]

http://www.hire-ground.com/images/reau/ngels.jpg

http://www.hire-ground.com/images/reau/ross.jpg

http://www.hire-ground.com/images/reau/xe.jpg

http://www.hire-ground.com/images/reau/xe2.jpg

http://www.hire-ground.com/images/reau/antasycv.jpg

http://www.hire-ground.com/images/reau/id.jpg

http://www.hire-ground.com/images/reau/ike.jpg

http://www.hire-ground.com/images/reau/wordman.jpg

http://www.hire-ground.com/images/reau/eretta2.jpg

[Nadim]

Very good ones REAU - Got some in colors ? - would like to see them .

[AnarchyAo2]

Check out the guns on that one! Hehe I like puns.

Anyway. I really like your stuff. I really like the powerful stances your give your figures.

[Zeb]

Wow. Good Stuff. Really.

Very Dynamic. Exciting.

[Belligergerum]

i really enjoy your style. great job.

[sajad126]

i think the only thing i would advise is try and widen the chest's on your male figures cuz it looks like their shoulders are too close. other than that, keep up the good work.

[REAU]

I'm glad you guys like the sketches thanx.

sajad126-I never noticed the thing with the shouders but I think your right I kinda see it in a few of the sketches. I'll try to keep that in mind when I'm drawing thanx.

[Silvertone]

Hey REAU, those are some pretty cool sketches you got there! I think they look well rendered and look and feel very solid.
I hope you don't mind though I would like to make some comments on your anatomy.Hopefully they will be of some usefullness.

ON the drawings where the characters are gripping swords,(except the 2nd&4th ones) you have drawn the sword hand as a closed fist with the swords just sticking out of the top and bottom of the fist.You have to make that more believable by opening up the hand a bit more.Just grab something around your place with a handle and observe how your hand is around that form.(small things like that can make a big difference in a drawing!)

The girl on the right has her right forearm too long.That area (from the inside end of the bicep to the wrist)can be roughly measured by the length of an open hand.You can also use that measurement to check the length of a face.

IN your 2nd sketch, his right arm is too long-if its going back in perspective it should shorten a bit as it goes back.Also you can make the upper arm area overlap the forearm area a little to help w/foreshortening.You did this very nicely w/the left arm to bring the forearm out towards the viewer.

your 5th sketch is nice but I think the right foot is too small.Also for me the left leg doesn't feel like its truly attached to the body-like if you"drew through" his leg and waist, I dont think the anatomy wouldn't match up.

The last sketch is really cool-up until her waist area.If you cover up the top part of the drawing, and just look at her bottom half,it looks as though it could be a backside of a chick w/shorty shorts bending over.As she is facing towards us, the contours of the shorts lead me to think the legs are coming more directly at me but as I look down the legs it seems as though the legs are going straight down away from me-its kind of confusing.I think placing some knees would help determine the direction of legs.Also the hips should be a bit wider as she sits(think animation squash& stretch rule).

I also wanted to add a bit upon what sajad said .In your drawings your making the chest too high up on the torso.I have some easy measurement tricks that can hopefully help you out for the torso.O.k. here it goes-

Look at the dude in your first sketch,see the distance from the top of the head to the bottom of the nose?IN a straight on view that same distance from the bottom of the nose will accurately place the pit of the neck AND the length of the sternum AND the bottom of the rib cage but wait thats not all! The distance of the top of head to bottom of nose is ALSO what tells you the length of the clavicle AND scapula.Another measurement youve probably heard of is the nipples being roughly 2 head lengths down( assuming an average male is the subject).

If you check these measurements in your future drawings, I think you will find your shoulders widening up a bit more and your chests lenghtening out to look more accurate.

I cant believe I typed all that for my first post! Anyway I like your drawings alot- they have a cool style ANd I hope my tips are of a help.

[Anto]

take silvertones suggestions - they are GOLD...or ehhh... silver - whatever
you have some really excellent sketches there, theres not much left to say after silvertones great comments - only other thing i would add is about the female angel on the left side of the first pic - from that angle, we would see more of her back and also a bit of that right asscheek
you seem to have a very strong hold on anatomy and pose - now keep analyzing your work and tweak it to perfection :chug:

hey silvertone - if it isnt too much trouble, could you draw up a quick diagram illustrating that last point you made about measurement (im a visual learner hehe)
thx

[Silvertone]

Hope this helps,

how measurements work on a real person and an idealized drawing.(from artistic anatomy book)Measuring this way is only a rough estimate-not exact.

http://img26.photobucket.com/albums/v78/Silvertone/measurements/measurements.jpg

[REAU]

Here are some new sketches I did this week. And thanx for the great comments Silverchair they were very helpful.

http://www.hire-ground.com/images/reau/attoo-gun.jpg

http://www.hire-ground.com/images/reau/ogan-claws.jpg

http://www.hire-ground.com/images/reau/natomy3.jpg

http://www.hire-ground.com/images/reau/orso1.jpg

http://www.hire-ground.com/images/reau/orso2.jpg

[mos667]

Beautiful. Someone doesn't like doing feet too well.

[hoopa]

These are pretty good. I can't crit too much, my own skills are lacking.
Just one thing that really stood out to me was the right girl in the 1st pic. I agree with sivelrtone, but both forearms look to be too long. Also, her left breast should be a bit higher as her left shoulder looks to be higher than her right.

[REAU]

http://www.hire-ground.com/images/reau/natomy4.jpg

http://www.hire-ground.com/images/reau/natomy5.jpg

http://www.hire-ground.com/images/reau/pidey2.jpg

[Silvertone]

Hmmmmm..... serious academic figure study,very nice, study from Artistic Anatomy,okay,yeah looks good and....WHAT THE..? Spider Mans pants coming down?!

That is AWESOME! You are a drawing machine-keep it up!:chug:

[jetpack42]

I dig alot of your stuff, the only thing that bothers me really is the pointy feet...

[Aven]

Reau, You have some awesome art. The style is very cool, and it is really well rendered. The life drawing ones are espeically cool.

The feet don't bother me too much as your hands are quite simple as well. It helps to balance it.

Love Spidey :D

[protagon]

Are you a Travis Charest fan?

I see a lot of him in your work, particularly the feet, the folds of cloth at the feet, the faces (facial structure and noses), and sloping shoulders.

I like it because I love Charest, but you might be taking on some of his bad habits too, like the feet.

[silva412]

very nice. what's sad is that I own those boxers...with a big yellow face that glows in the dark.

[REAU]

http://img31.photobucket.com/albums/v94/liquidsnake/anatomy6.jpg

http://img31.photobucket.com/albums/v94/liquidsnake/anatomy7.jpg

http://img31.photobucket.com/albums/v94/liquidsnake/girl-wash.jpg

http://img31.photobucket.com/albums/v94/liquidsnake/logan-ink.jpg

http://img31.photobucket.com/albums/v94/liquidsnake/spidey3.jpg

[took]

That fellow with the axe is about to hurt himself severely. Wolvie's arm is too long. Besides that, great stuff. Very good. Excellent.

[fae]

nice drawings =)

dunno if anyone mentioned it... but maybe you shoulda posted this thread in the sketchbook forum =)