yo /draw/! what an interesting place this. but yeah anyway I realise I seriously need to improve my human figure drawings so i'm drawing one everyday. I saw someone else doing a similar thing and it seemed like a good idea to get feedback and what not. so yeah looking for constructive criticism to help with development
If you're going to practice the human body, don't do a drawing covered in layers of clothing. Just draw the body to get the feel of the anatomy. You can work on clothing later.Use a model. You can find some photos or ask a friend to pose. Or draw yourself.You can also do tracings of a professional artist and work out the steps that they might have taken to drawing. Don't let the word 'tracing' intimidate you. Some artists are too uncomfortable with the method while others find it to be the easiest, quickest method of learning.... but that still took months and years.I will also say that it's going to be very slow and tedious. You should see some improvement after an entire month, but even then you won't know nearly enough.
>>35972Here are some reference threads.Male figures: http://4chanarchive.org/brchive/521867/Male+references/Female figures: http://4chanarchive.org/brchive/522109/Female+references/Figures in motion: http://4chanarchive.org/brchive/540213/action+references/
Your hands need some work, need to do some more studies. I think overall you need to focus more on the figure's weight distribution and posing; start with a line of action and loose sketch and then tighten it up from there.Do a lot of gesture drawings, they always help. If you get a chance look into one of the Bridgeman's figure drawing guides, they're excellent resources for this kind of thing.
Keep in mind that the human body and its features are three dimensional. Try to think of them as a bunch of 3d shapes put together. Your drawing looks pretty flat, and as a result it looks very stiff.Regarding gesture drawings, try Posemaniacs' 30 second drawing. Remember, you're not trying to get all the details down, but trying to capture the pose with few lines as possible (as this pic demonstrates; no it's not mine it's something someone from /ic/ whipped up in response to a thread). Posemaniacs isn't really good for actual modeling thoughAlso, if you use art books, like from Loomis and Bridgeman, don't just copy the drawings from the books, try to actually read the content so you understand what you're learning.
>>36044 Thats some pretty fair advice right there. Espcially in terms of animation.