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Photos can be good for learning about values, just keep in mind that even the best photos don't have much information about 3d form.

Lots of great work in this thread...

A couple from my sketchbooks:
http://home.comcast.net/~bencardwell/artwork/sketchbook07.jpg
http://home.comcast.net/~bencardwell/artwork/media1.jpg

Artrenewal isn't a bunch of fools; they are Art collectors

Ignore them.

I wish the Atlanta zoo wasn't so expensive...

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I really enjoy Elliot's stuff.

http://home.cardwell.tk:8080/ben/misc/zedar.jpg

My advice is to focus on simple geometric shapes for a while. Sphere, cube, cylinder...practice drawing them from imagination. You could make them out of paper to see how accurate you are or post yo ...

haha...seriously though I think you might find the Elliot Goldfinger book more helpful compared to other books. There's a lot of cross-sections and the muscle/bone connections are very clear - of cou ...

I'm not going to say there is no such a thing as talent, but art history shows us that the same person who produces great work can fail over and over.

Really nice overall, but he does seem a little off balance. I find that it helps to start the drawing from the feet up in this kind of pose.

I think you should invest in the Bridgman book - it is pretty cheap and has a lot of the information you want.

Covers like Megaman and Bust-a-Move are especially painful to look at because the actual games don't suck.

usually best to worry about the head last because people position their head for balance.

And I agree with everyone about gesture. Here's one of mine if it helps:

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samus http://66.56.50.49:8080/usr/bencardwell/samus7_small.jpg

samus

http://66.56.50.49:8080/usr/bencardwell/samus7_small.jpg

from a photo someone posted
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http://home.cardwell.tk:8080/usr/bencardwell/juggernaut.jpg

http://home.cardwell.tk:8080/usr/bencardwell/fairy04.jpg

I've acquired a taste for DBZ

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One thing you should be aware of is features like a short nose that give a youthful appearance. It might be harder to get the effect you want if your subject looks cute.

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you don't have a main light source. If you did it would really help define stuff.

Also there's sort of a perspective issue with the helmet. ALways think about where the eye is in relation to things ...

What makes sense to me is to zoom out or blur my eyes while I work on the parts of the image that don't interest me.

I think it's mostly the facial proportions.

I squished the bottom part of her face, so that nose and mouth are cloer together.

She still has thinner lips compared to her friends ( sign of aging )

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You should try to complete alot of images, even if it means simplifying. That way you get good at the beginning stages of a picture.

Jay & Silent Bob Strike Back, Face Off, Last Boyscout

It takes alot of practice. I don't think hands are particularly hard, but they do force you to use extreme foreshortening. Learn the bones of the hand. Do alot of gesture drawings.

http://home.cardwell.tk:8080/usr/bencardwell/sa/eye2.jpg

bump, because I hope somebody offers to host those books.

I forgot about 99.5% of what I learned in biology, so no I don't particularly reccomend it.

The clavicle's a bit longer too; the front head of the shoulder muslce attaches to it, and it meets the shoulder blade.

In Painter the same tool that moves a layer around will duplicate the layer if you hold alt(option) and click.

New technique.

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