Um...hi...some minor works

[Unknown Target]

I actually had to fight with myself to post these in here :D I posted a long time ago, still had the account, and I wanted to see how well I'm doing...anyway, I'm 15, and haven't had much more art instruction than the art unit required at school, so basically everything's been on learnt on my own...anyway, umm...what do you all think?


http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v56/UnknownTarget/211ac1f4.jpg

This one I'm ok with...the left (his right) leg is off, but I couldn't correct it. Done in blue ballpoint pen.


http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v56/UnknownTarget/cbf05b15.jpg

Head is vastly scewed, and I didn't notice it too much until I scanned it in, so I couldn't correct it in time (couldn't re-scan because I was using someone else's scanner). Done in 2HB Pencil.

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v56/UnknownTarget/83edb810.jpg

Minor doodles. I'm posting this because I want to see how well I'm doing with heads and faces (I'm just really starting on them). The bottom two pictures are the ones I'm most proud of. All done in 2HB pencil.

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v56/UnknownTarget/82cbfbd7.jpg

This is my favorite...I reversed it, and the anatomy still seems correct, so I don't see any glaring anatomy problems with it, other than his head seems a little small. Done in 2HB pencil.


C and C is much appreciated. :) Thank you!

[nikia]

Better than I did at 15. Quite a bit of improvement from the first drawing to the last one. I would practice anatomy and shading for now. Check into some of the tutorials here on CA. Learn your backgrounds and landscapes once you've mastered anatomy.

[emily g]

I'd say you are doing quite well for your age.
This is a great time for you to really dig into learning your anatomy stuff.
Get some books and really practice from them and try to internalize what they teach.
Start drawing people from life, like at the mall or at sporting events.
This will really help you to draw people from your imagination.

best of luck!
emily

[Unknown Target]

Thank you much for the suggestions and comments :) I have some anatomy books...somewhere, hehe. I'll see if I can dig them up.
Oh, specifically, what is wrong with my anatomy? I just want to know my areas of weakness...I see the head, and perhaps the forearms and hands...where else? :) Thanks!

[Mike Frank]

You seem to be getting a good handle on using basic objects and construction. Basically for the anatomy studies you want to break down elements of the human form into separate objects you can put together, kinda like a puzzle. So instead of building your characters out of just cubes, cylinders and spheres, you learn to build them up with rib cages, scapulas, skulls, etc and learn forms of muscles, where they originate and insert at, and attach them to landmark areas on the skeleton. Of course you not going to build up every drawing this way, but it is the kind of knowledge that you are after. This way you can put the body into any position you like and know where everything should fit in relative to the whole body.

Try to recognize when you are not sure of specific areas - you are probably already aware of your weaknesses.. as you are making your drawing, you stop and think now what should this "arm look like?" and if you don't know the answer.. then you know what you need to work on. It is hard work going deep into anatomy. On the first studies you wont get much, this is more of like a familiarizing thing, keep pushing and in the next couple of days the shapes and forms will start to make more sense. Make sure to try and apply what you learn to figures you're drawing and try drawing the stuff you're working on into different viewpoints. Hope this advice is of some help.