Good news everyone! I'll be extending my time studying in France.. so basically I will pressure-cook myself into a much more competent artist, with the help of some unbelievably skilled mentors.
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| 9 hours of work total so far, out of 21. Redefined the shadow's edge, flirted with some subforms on the ribcage, ruined the likeness in her face, and began to mass in the shadow on the thigh.. the thigh is the hardest thing to draw. Forget hands. Thighs are much harder to round convincingly. I recommend viewing this full size. |
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An incomplete rounding study i've been working on for the past 3 days. Pretty much the same as the last one, just more eloquently handled and better understood. next week we're going to start on a two-week pose... and we won't just be rounding. I'm already trembling with fear.
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Hey wow, amazing improvement in rounding studies! Yeah I find the subtleties of the thigh absolutely ridiculous as well, in the more horizontal positions like yours here.
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Looks crazy fun!
It's crosshatching, in a really tricky way, since you have to consider the shape of the form and the direction/speed of light when you're making gradations. I agree, the thigh is a bit chunky at the moment- i'm sort of laying in the basic value before I try to do anything fancy. Also I have yet to get a crit from the teacher, so i'm sure he'll tell me everything that's wrong with it when he comes around, and i'll have something to work on.
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