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 Posted: Mon Jan 01, 2007 2:35 pm
Hi guys!
I'm having a bit of trouble with a picture that kinda goes with Aurah's prompt. The issue?
Proportions. Joints, more specifically. Does anyone have any suggestions to make a person seem more...slumped and less sitting up straight-ish?
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Posted: Mon Jan 01, 2007 5:11 pm
I always find that dividing the body into geometrical solids does wonders. I imagine the joints (elbows, knees, shoulders, ankles...) as circles/spheres that overlap elliptical/cyllindrical-ish members. It's a commonly used technique. Some knowledge of anatomy is also wonderfully helpful... like, what muscles are pulled when such movement is made, those kind of things.
It's not much, I know, sorry. I once had some files in my computer from those "How to draw manga" ebooks and stuff, that's where I learnt this myself... I could try to dig them out of my "cd graveyard" for you if you'd like...? =P
Cheers! wink
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Posted: Mon Jan 01, 2007 7:18 pm
More How to Draw Manga Vol. 3: Enhancing a Character's Sense of Presence is probably amongst the most worthwhile $20 I ever spent. Really. It can help you a lot with making your characters seem more... there and more alive.
As for slumped, curve the back, make every joint bent, and curve the shoulders so they look like they're coming forward. Widening the angle of the neck-to-shoulder contour and rounding it out can help with this. Also, do the face at a low angle (make forehead larger and move facial features down) and if a character is walking, shorten their stride and have the lifted foot closer to the ground than normal, with slightly less of a bend. This can create the illusion of shuffling.
Sorry about what was probably a lot of unneccesary information. I will probably say less once I see one or two of your pieces and know where your skill level is.
Thank you for taking my challenge! I might do so myself, if I can bother myself enough to get off my lazy butt and do it. Sadly, I am a perfectionist, so 8x10 inch lineart alone usually takes me around eight hours, and coloring another 2-4, depending on intricacy and size. Perhaps
I should post some of my recent works, just so you guys don't feel like you're getting critiqued by a big-headed amateur (a.k.a. me). I'm not. At least, I don't think I'm that bad... Just ask Sepik. She's seen a couple of my newer doodles.
Good luck, and once again, thanks for taking up my challenge. I'm sure it'll turn out great! ^_^
-Aurah
Edit: I forgot to mention this! If a character is sitting down, have their arms bent so that their entire forearms rest on their legs, possibly with their hands hanging limply over their knees. The legs should be spread apart with feet flat on the ground. A hanging head and hair over the eyes are both good mood-enhancing touches, too. Once again, good luck and happy New Year's! ^_^
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Posted: Mon Jan 01, 2007 11:26 pm
I'd get a (very patient) person to be a model & sit or stand in poses I wanted to learn to draw if I were you. You can't beat drawing from life. If you want to draw better expressions, get a mirror & make faces at yourself & draw them (animators do this all the time). If you want to improve how you draw hands, sketch your own in all the poses you can think of. There's no shortcut--you just need to draw & draw & draw! smile
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