Vaidehi’s 100 day challenge figure drawing

[Marcolino Estuardo]

Hi Vaidehi! Good stuff. A few things,

1. I would aim to practice ‘cleaner’ lines. When doing quick poses, you want to capture the mood/essence of a figure through its large thrusts/rhythms that show the viewer what the figure is ‘doing’. I had the same mistake of getting caught up with anatomy bumps. Ease into it and construct.
2. Don’t be too intimidated in capturing the whole figure (not sure if these are long or quick). If it’s quick, start off by focusing from one form to another. With practice you’ll be able to go further.
3. Focus on construction more clearly. Take the time to build your structures (sphere, boxes, tubes) piece by piece. I see that you drop down a thrust line, that’s good! But draw out the ends and have them connect and flow.
4. Ink is awesome! I love it. Though it is super-fine! When rendering, it’s easy to confuse the viewer. I advise you to look at how Steve Huston uses pen to render his sketches. He usually drops down a mass with lines coming from a certain direction. Look at Da Vinci’s sketches.

Keep at it. Your full rendered figures are good too!

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Day 63:

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Day 64:

it’s a lot harder with costume

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Thankyou so much for this info, I’ll keep them in mind and work on it. Interesting, that’s actually something I’m struggling with.

I’ll check out Steve hutson’s class. Thankyou for the recommendation.

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Day 65:

today was a bit better, put a bit more thought in my lines.

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Day 66:

The kind of progress that I’m supposed to have in 60 days isn’t something ive achieved. So I was wondering what is something that ive been doing wrong? I realised rather than using this challenge as a way to commit and learn everyday, I used it as a checkbox. As a chore of sorts just to get it done, which compromised my learning. So I want to be more conscious of my lines .

I felt a lot better today.

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Day 67:

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Day 68:

a bit messy

[kay]

I want to say your figure drawing is very good and to encourage you along in your hundred day challenge as well.

Keep up the great work!

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Day 69:

 

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Hey Kay,

Thankyou so much for saying that, I was feeling a bit bad about today’s attempt.

it really helped reading your feedback,

vaidehi

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Day 70:

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Day 71:

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Day 72

I enjoyed this so much

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Day 73:

I’m getting a somewhat grasp of the gesture

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