Spartan Camp #193 - 50 gestures + Optional "Aging Body Study"

[Anthis]

Spartan Camp #193 - 50 gestures + Optional "Aging Body Study"

The aim is to produce 50 gestures by Sunday the 14th of August.

- The gestures can be of anything, human, animal, cavorting capybaras.... You can draw full figures, but you can also go for heads, arms, eyes, or anything specific. All media can be used, both digital or traditional. Coloured or black/white. Quick scribbles or long studies. Imagination or referenced. Clothed or nude. Specifics are up to you!

- In addition to this, participants can choose to do an Optional "Aging Body Study", in any medium.
Additional notes on this weeks’ Optional Study:


The topic:
The optional study for this week focuses on age variation. From infants, toddlers, children, teenagers, young adults, adults, all the way to the elderly and geriatric; the body changes over time. Here is the important part. It is not just size that changes, but also proportion, musculature, shape, posture... the entire figure undergoes vast changes as it ages.

The assignment:
Either do a figure study of one or several figure(s) at a specific life stage or age. Or implement age variation in the usual 50 gestures.

The notes:
For figures on the younger side, you may consider going for clothed poses. To be frankly, I do not know how images of naked children are handled on these forums.
As always- reference advised, not obligatory. Colour, medium, time frame, any specifics are up to you! Good luck and have fun! And feel free to ask questions!


50 poses is a challenge, but don't hurry or stress yourself reaching it! Focus on drawing, as practising is the main goal of this exercise.

Criticizing each other is highly encouraged!! Share constructive criticism, reference images and resources!! Let's help each other get better!

Come on soldiers! Flex those muscles!!

HALL OF FAME - SPARTAN CAMP #192

shiNIN
BlackDelphin:star:
zy.
0xym0ron
Guardian G.I.
logistic puppet
strato
LordLouis
samming:star:
Anthis
aprat

[Strato]

In. Also, what does the gold star signify? =o

Edit: Stupid question. How does one get a gold star? It's like an art achievement for my artscore!

[Kerah]

I'm in, this is going to be a mind bending challenge that will perhaps sprout me a Spartan six pack (yeah right).

[LordLouis]

In. Also, what does the gold star signify? =o
I used to think that the star signified that someone would have passed the 50 mark. But as I haven't gotten one this time despite having far more than 50 gestures, I am clueless! Anthis, enlighten us!

The aging study is going to be interesting. Will probably rely on Bammes a lot for that!

[shiNIN]

Oh, lil ones, the gold star goes for the ones who did the optional :) Anthis is human and sketches are trisky so there may be mistakes though.

Aging body... At first I though we should draw a (more or less) naked old person. I still like this idea, I never did that. I tend to draw old faces now and then but bodies... Not even necks, till now.

I didn't draw yet this week, house hunting at its best, I will go insane :(

[Anthis]

Strato and Lordlouis; As ShiNIN mentioned, the star is for participants who have completed the optional study! I think it has been a tradition from way back when this activity was originally created.

ShiNIN; It's not that strict. As mentioned in the brief, you could include a couple of hunched-over elderly or walking toddlers among your gestures. It's the age:gesture relation that's interesting.

Last week's awesome round got me pumped up, gestures coming in!



Also, I'm not sure whether I'm allowed to post this but I'll just leave this here. Andrew Loomis' books have fallen out of print, and are available online on a variety of pages. Below are some links, and a relevant image from "Figure drawing for all it's worth" ((C) Andrew Loomis).

http://lafreebee.com/art-instruction-books-by-andrew-loomis/
http://alexhays.com/loomis/

http://i207.photobucket.com/albums/bb12/Anthis_/Loomisages.jpg

[Strato]

I was planning on just studying that chart, to be totally honest ;P

[Guardian G.I.]

I'm in. If I won't waste time aimlessly browsing the Internet, I'll post some gestures soon.

[Guardian G.I.]

Here's a bunch of gestures, done using a pencil and a technical pen. I didn't use reference photos, I went outdoors instead. A few of them involve children.

19 done, 31 to go.

P.S. Doubleposted because the attachment manager works weirdly when editing posts.

[shiNIN]

Guardian G.I.: Your figures are blocky and it makes them very stiff. You use several strokes but they are mostly straight or just slightly curved, they could be used in a better way. Human body is full with interesting curves, you may draw the flow line... I really miss strokes which change direction, better describing your target.
I'm not sure if this helps the least :bashful:

I hope I will start drawing soon. This was a tiring week till now :(

[Guardian G.I.]

@ shiNIN: Putting flowing lines in gesture drawings is easier when you deal with static pictures, am I right?

[shiNIN]

Guardian G.I.: Hmm... I think it's quick so it's good when you have very limited time (I prefer real life drawing with a model who stands still... people moves too much :D and I'm slow). I really don't have much experience, even when I draw my model (rarely, I'm a little idiot :( ), I don't construct too much :bashful:

[Guardian G.I.]

@ shiNIN: When I have little time to draw something, my actions could be better described as frantic — I usually forget about flow and line economy when I'm struggling to draw something quickly.

Also, we were supposed to draw, weren't we?

[shiNIN]

Guardian G.I.: But when you have little time, you should be economic ;) Not like I don't understand it :D I hate being in a hurry, even in games.

Yeah... we were... :bashful:
If I promise I will bring something soon, will that motivate me...?

Oh but I did my first one last night, it took much time (I started then my mind wandered away... so it's the result of hours but I did other, lazy things). But considering how much I usually suck after a few days' skip, I'm not highly unpleased (if I don't look at it too much). Referenced of course.
http://i259.photobucket.com/albums/hh287/shiNIN666/gfx/sc193first.jpg

[Guardian G.I.]

I'm posting the remaining gestures to finish the challenge.
Photos were used for reference.

[Kerah]

This is my first week at the camp (SPARRTTTAAAA!@), and I tried to concentrate mostly on old people (although general gestures of all kinds were advised) - gestures and portraits. Old people are complicated when it comes to their facial components, and the gestures have lots of retracted pain in them. I enjoyed this week a lot, hopefully will be able to participate in the next one too- so here's a bombing of my work:

(most of these are from reference, and only a handful imaginative)
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1300052

1300053

1300056

1300057

1300059

1300060

1300062

1300066

1300067

1300068

1300069
p.s- yeah I know there are a lot of portraits here and not only gestures, but I tried to work on what I found most needed.

[Anthis]

New scanner is a pain, have yet to figure out how to fix the lighting. Shame.

First 6 images scans are referenced from "The human figure in motion" by Edweard Muybridge. Which is a book (1907) with loads of pictures of people in various poses, photographed like a sequence and from different angles.
Was kind of worn out when I started with stuff from imagination (last scan).

Still, think I gradually got the hang of it. Focused on simply drawing and observing rather than construction.

http://i207.photobucket.com/albums/bb12/Anthis_/spartan%20trainings/193-2.jpghttp://i207.photobucket.com/albums/bb12/Anthis_/spartan%20trainings/193-3.jpg

http://i207.photobucket.com/albums/bb12/Anthis_/spartan%20trainings/193-4.jpghttp://i207.photobucket.com/albums/bb12/Anthis_/spartan%20trainings/193-5.jpg

http://i207.photobucket.com/albums/bb12/Anthis_/spartan%20trainings/193-6.jpghttp://i207.photobucket.com/albums/bb12/Anthis_/spartan%20trainings/193-1.jpg

http://i207.photobucket.com/albums/bb12/Anthis_/spartan%20trainings/193-7.jpg

[samming]

trying to figure out hips (sorta)
hands
and junk

[grenogs]

Strato and Lordlouis; As ShiNIN mentioned, the star is for participants who have completed the optional study! I think it has been a tradition from way back when this activity was originally created.

ShiNIN; It's not that strict. As mentioned in the brief, you could include a couple of hunched-over elderly or walking toddlers among your gestures. It's the age:gesture relation that's interesting.

Last week's awesome round got me pumped up, gestures coming in!



Also, I'm not sure whether I'm allowed to post this but I'll just leave this here. Andrew Loomis' books have fallen out of print, and are available online on a variety of pages. Below are some links, and a relevant image from "Figure drawing for all it's worth" ((C) Andrew Loomis).

http://lafreebee.com/art-instruction-books-by-andrew-loomis/
http://alexhays.com/loomis/

http://i207.photobucket.com/albums/bb12/Anthis_/Loomisages.jpg

anthis: Not sure if you know, but these books are now coming back into print. Just bought 'figure drawing for all its worth' for under £20, through amazon. Very good book, and one of the very few art books that are actually worth investing in.

[shiNIN]

This week... I was totally out of shape and did simply nothing.
Whatever, being me, I show you that nothing (skewed assymmetrical old woman face was created while laying on the bed, not the best idea). I had a digital old woman face wip too but PS crashed. I need to save more often.

http://i259.photobucket.com/albums/hh287/shiNIN666/gfx/nothing.jpg
http://i259.photobucket.com/albums/hh287/shiNIN666/gfx/messylegs.jpg
http://i259.photobucket.com/albums/hh287/shiNIN666/gfx/sc193a.jpg

I put my hope into next week... :(

[Strato]

Hello from Topeka Kansas! I'm currently posting from a hotel room. Afraid I wasn't able to do the study by the deadline, on account of moving. Anyway, gestures. I did better write-ups in my sketchbook, but the important thing is that I'm making lots of progress. Thanks to samming and zombiegrub for being awesome.

[Strato]

Continued:

[BlackDelphin]

I should be doing more of those old body studies,
but instead I got all lazy and ran back to my young ones..

Trying to render with just opacity and flow for a change.

[penciltipred]

my biggest problem is foreshortening and i guess the below the waist area
does anyone have any insight on that

[Strato]

My insight is post some examples.

[penciltipred]

http://fc04.deviantart.net/fs70/i/2011/230/5/2/sketch_for_something_else_by_penciltipred-d470hno.jpg

http://fc08.deviantart.net/fs70/i/2011/230/2/6/handsy_much_by_penciltipred-d470iro.jpg

http://fc04.deviantart.net/fs71/i/2011/230/8/2/mehness_by_penciltipred-d470inq.jpg

[BlackDelphin]

penciltipred - when i wanted to do some fershortening for myself, i found this (http://blackdelphin.deviantart.com/favourites/2427017#/d1uskjz) for some reason useful. just looking at the pictures..and then i just imagine that rectangle and i think- the more the basic shapes are coming towards the front, the bigger they should be. hope this helped in any way
and nice studies, try having more confidence with your lines. try doing the sketchy bit in the start light, so when you're done with the analysing of the image, you can come over them, darker, and with a smoother line

Strato - so many studies, awesome! try perhaps visualizing the simple shapes more, really see how they build the figure. you don't have to work in a contour, and if you stay light with your lines, you can scribble as much as you want. the eye catches the darker values. so feel free to work inside the shapes, construct.

samming - those are some really nice hips! muscles look good. i learned a thing or two myself seeing those

Anthis - i have that book as well, but i can't really work with them because the images seem small to me. i wish the'y de half a page big.. in any case,
awesome studies as always!

Kerah - those old studies i like in particular, really nice post! head studies are looking solid as well.
would you mind telling me, have you studied them after.. for ex loomis or another master?

Guardian G.I. - nice variation of poses, it gets to challenge you and that is good. perhaps try concentrating more on the flow of the figure, try thinking in shapes? when i'm not sure of how i should construct a particular pose, sometimes i find artist's interpretation of it and have a look at it, it helps me get a better idea of what i should be concentrating on

head from imagination and a bit of cloth study
i need to work on my patience more..

[Kerah]

BlackDelphin: Well, most of my constructional knowledge is Loomis based and mostly my own experience.