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Member # Joined: 24 Sep 2000 Posts: 435 Location: Los Angeles, California
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Posted: Tue Sep 26, 2000 8:56 pm |
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Hey! Here's sketch I did to help KEBAB with his Gladiator pic. However, I quickly ran into trouble myself trying to finish the extended arm. Additionally, the head, upper torso, and legs (especially leg/body connection) could use a bit of help. You get the idea...
Anyone out there want to give it a shot?
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burn0ut member
Member # Joined: 18 Apr 2000 Posts: 1645 Location: california
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Posted: Tue Sep 26, 2000 9:20 pm |
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Hot damn liquid! nice to see some of your very own work! and in a non comic coloring way really kick ass.
and what program did you use for this chris? it looks like painter to me , i cant ever get colors mixed like that in photoshop
ill try it out tomarrow altho someone will prolly do somethin before me
good job man!
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Isric member
Member # Joined: 23 Jul 2000 Posts: 1200 Location: Calgary AB
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Posted: Tue Sep 26, 2000 9:26 pm |
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First off, Killer job. literally. Six people walked by my computer and they're all dead. Thank goodness I've been exposed to the joys of Liquid! Before.
Here's my take on it. If anyone can do better, please please do so, I don't want to embarass myself. This is simply what i think feels right
Here you go, do your thing
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Kebab member
Member # Joined: 08 May 2000 Posts: 75 Location: Sweden
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Posted: Tue Sep 26, 2000 11:09 pm |
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Taht�s pretty fucki�n awesome, i�think i�m going to trash that gladiator pic (or at least leave the CRAP as it is) and start on something new and more exiting.
I guess i should get myself a good anatomy book (any recomendatons (and something i can get my hands on it here in sweden)), I bought myself both a book about Bisley and one about Frazetta, mainly to study composition but also light (which is so fucking hard to get right). |
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Rinaldo member
Member # Joined: 09 Jun 2000 Posts: 1367 Location: Adelaide, Australia
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Posted: Tue Sep 26, 2000 11:14 pm |
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Here's my shot at it.
Ignore the arm I have no idea how to make it connect properly. an' I stuffed up your nice rendering.
Haven't done any pure wacom stuff in a while so I'm a bit rusty.
Hope it helps
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kig junior member
Member # Joined: 26 May 2002 Posts: 28 Location: funland
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Posted: Tue Sep 26, 2000 11:26 pm |
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Anatomy quickie, put muscles on bones and bones where they should be |
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Kebab member
Member # Joined: 08 May 2000 Posts: 75 Location: Sweden
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Posted: Wed Sep 27, 2000 12:20 am |
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Yeah, hehe! I�ll try that |
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CapnPyro member
Member # Joined: 25 Mar 2000 Posts: 671 Location: Thousand Oaks, CA
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Posted: Wed Sep 27, 2000 12:35 am |
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I added his butt, toned down his leg a little and drew in the head. I like the arm where its going, so i just added the forearm a bit.
-CapnPyro-
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MonkeyBoy member
Member # Joined: 21 Sep 2000 Posts: 54 Location: Mississippi
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Posted: Wed Sep 27, 2000 5:46 am |
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Erg..never mind.
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The Dude member
Member # Joined: 22 Feb 2000 Posts: 307 Location: Michigan, USA
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Posted: Wed Sep 27, 2000 6:42 am |
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Don't do anything naughty when you are feeling
the area where your legs connect to your body.
ha hah ah....
That looks really nice - the colors, the muscle
tone, the style.
So did you use painter?
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Fred Flick Stone member
Member # Joined: 12 Apr 2000 Posts: 745 Location: San Diego, Ca, USA
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Posted: Wed Sep 27, 2000 10:01 am |
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Remember, it isn't the chest muscles holding up the figure, it is the spine, the back that is doing the work. THe chest muscles are going to roll with the pose. THe arm you guys are drawing is too complex to begin with. Get the simple shapes first, learn the muscle mass groups, then add all the Bisley-esk muscles on top of that. Get the sweep of the form, then the big masses, then details.
You guys are taking this in the wrong direction by doing the details first, and not working out the big gestural shape.
Life drawing will cure this ailment, and studying more than just Frazetta to learn anatomy. He took many liberties cause he knew anatomy like the back of his hand.
Good luck
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Muzman member
Member # Joined: 12 Jan 2000 Posts: 675 Location: Western Australia
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Posted: Wed Sep 27, 2000 10:20 am |
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There really isn't much in the way of muscles covering the oblique ribs below the pecs. They are long and flat muscles running along the ribs, even in the most developed people. As much variety as there is in people I don't think you would get that tension and 'toothy' definition below a raised arm.
(comments from the super hack)
looks cool though. Beyond that I'll (wisely)leave it to fred |
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Tinusch member
Member # Joined: 25 Dec 1999 Posts: 2757 Location: Rhode Island, USA
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Posted: Wed Sep 27, 2000 10:59 am |
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Here's my attempt
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CapnPyro member
Member # Joined: 25 Mar 2000 Posts: 671 Location: Thousand Oaks, CA
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Posted: Wed Sep 27, 2000 2:23 pm |
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Damn, Tinusch just owned us all. |
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fragamite member
Member # Joined: 26 Oct 1999 Posts: 99 Location: Stockholm, Sweden
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Posted: Wed Sep 27, 2000 3:33 pm |
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fred for president!
fred: do you have any more sketches like that? they're just SO helpfull!! spending all my practising time trying to figure out ("figure" out huhuhu) how the hell the body actually works.. your amazing drawing just gave me a ton of "aha -wow!" -eperiences
THANKS!!!!! |
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Frank junior member
Member # Joined: 18 Aug 2000 Posts: 20
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Posted: Wed Sep 27, 2000 3:59 pm |
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hrm. I just recieved my loomis books today, so I'm really excited about scanning some stuff and sharing it with everyone. I remembered there was a similar pose in the figure book that I ordered. Here it is. If there's anyone to learn from it's Loomis (or Fred, heh.)
Anyway, here it is.
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burn0ut member
Member # Joined: 18 Apr 2000 Posts: 1645 Location: california
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Posted: Wed Sep 27, 2000 4:31 pm |
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scan the whole book for us frank
nice stuff people.
/me saves fred's sketch.... :P |
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Sterlin junior member
Member # Joined: 19 Jul 2000 Posts: 11 Location: Tacoma, Wa
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Posted: Wed Sep 27, 2000 5:42 pm |
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Loomis's books are great, but I was told they were not in print Fred how did you get them?
I have two of his old Walter Foster books that is all I could find it's a start I guest. I had my local library put in a loan request from other libraries because they did not have any of his books. How much were those books and where did you get them from Fred?
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CapnPyro member
Member # Joined: 25 Mar 2000 Posts: 671 Location: Thousand Oaks, CA
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Posted: Wed Sep 27, 2000 6:26 pm |
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I was thinking it over, and while fred's pose may be more anatomically correct, it's certainly less dynamic and interesting, I'd rather fudge anatomy to make things more intersting for the viewer. Huge lats included.
-CapnPyro-
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Liquid! member
Member # Joined: 24 Sep 2000 Posts: 435 Location: Los Angeles, California
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Posted: Wed Sep 27, 2000 6:26 pm |
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Thanks for all the help guys! I'm going to fix all the stuff using your suggestions and repost the 'fixed' version. Although I'm not sure what to make of pikachu suggestively standing in front of a man's crotch...
BURNOUT: No Painter. It was all done in Photoshop. Actually this is the first piece I ever sketched straight in Photoshop, rather than scanning pencils and using them to work from. I was actually sort of suprised how close you can get to the 'pencil' look and feel. Learn something new everyday.
KEBAB: I wouldn't give up on it. I personally find that if I stick with one piece and try to work all the bugs out, I generally learn the most, even tough its pretty boring to 're-do' the same piece 6 times.
FRED/RINALDO/CAPN: Thanks for the input! Let me know if I catch everything on the second time around. Not to mention adding a 'butt' to the guy...
MUZ: I generally really like to emphasize/exagerate tone and musclelature. Although I realize that all muscles aren't flexed at all times, its somewhat of a stylistic preference for myself. However, I do realize that its technically wrong.
Again, thanks for all the useful feedback! I'll add the arm, head, and legs on the second re-do. I just gotta finish all my deadlines first...
...back to work. Again.
-chris
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CapnPyro member
Member # Joined: 25 Mar 2000 Posts: 671 Location: Thousand Oaks, CA
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Posted: Wed Sep 27, 2000 6:34 pm |
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Although I realize that all muscles aren't flexed at all times, its somewhat of a stylistic preference for myself. However, I do realize that its technically wrong. |
ha, yah I guess it's the comic book style in us
-Capn
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Liquid! member
Member # Joined: 24 Sep 2000 Posts: 435 Location: Los Angeles, California
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Posted: Wed Sep 27, 2000 6:59 pm |
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CAPN: I just saw your site an noticed the KIM SMITH references... Do you have any reference shots of her?!? She rules!
chris |
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CapnPyro member
Member # Joined: 25 Mar 2000 Posts: 671 Location: Thousand Oaks, CA
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Posted: Wed Sep 27, 2000 8:14 pm |
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Oh hell yah I do. She's gorgeous, I have soo many pictures of her, drop an email addy in here, or email me from my site and Ill send you a zip of a bunch of uh.. reference pics
-Capn
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Posted: Wed Sep 27, 2000 11:45 pm |
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Here's my attempt.. I got frustrated:
/hc |
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Fred Flick Stone member
Member # Joined: 12 Apr 2000 Posts: 745 Location: San Diego, Ca, USA
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Posted: Thu Sep 28, 2000 8:32 am |
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The pose is very non dynamic, I am just stating the muscles in their location, there are certain root muscles you should start with.
If I had my way, I wouldn't use this pose at all and go for something more dynamic than this. I just don't want to break stride, and help the underlying drawing as it is... |
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Chapel member
Member # Joined: 18 Mar 2000 Posts: 1930
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Posted: Thu Sep 28, 2000 8:39 am |
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Liquid! I did a portrait of Kim Smith on my site. Well, it was supposed to be her.
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Liquid! member
Member # Joined: 24 Sep 2000 Posts: 435 Location: Los Angeles, California
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Posted: Thu Sep 28, 2000 9:03 am |
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quote: Originally posted by Fred Flick Stone:
The pose is very non dynamic, I am just stating the muscles in their location, there are certain root muscles you should start with.
If I had my way, I wouldn't use this pose at all and go for something more dynamic than this. I just don't want to break stride, and help the underlying drawing as it is...
Fully understood. As mentioned in my inital post this was to help KEBAB with a pose in a pic he was doing. I tweaked his initial layout just slightly to try to add some motion to it, however, I ran into enough trouble spots, that I think it would be worthwhile to do the full figure for me to iron the bugs out in my own drawing..
CHAPEL: Saw the KIM SMITH pencil drawing you did! Looks very nice!
-chris
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Fred Flick Stone member
Member # Joined: 12 Apr 2000 Posts: 745 Location: San Diego, Ca, USA
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Posted: Thu Sep 28, 2000 9:49 am |
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I did a few of these just now, took about five minutes to take a crack at the pose. Now with these thumbnails, I would cut into, or crop out selections of the poses, or fit them into a bigger composition or whatever.
The point here is not to go with the first image you conceive, but take it in a few directions, you may find something more appealing or more useful to your situation.
An up shot of a dude holding an axe over his head is dynamic to a certain degree, but may not be the most effective approach. With the original art that started this thread, the up shot is cool, but the arm holding the axe is too stiff, and too one dimensional, and could use some flow to it. But without the proper understanding of anatomy, it might end up looking contrived, stiff, or out of place completely...
Thumbs are the best way to resolve all these issues. Make hundreds of these in your sketch books and pick and pull from them poses you want to inject into illustrations, or find one that is totally inspiring and develop it to a solid finish...have fun most of all, but don't pick something that is going to tax you the artist, if you haven't conquered that subject, or angle before. Work all those issues out ahead of time and your image will practically paint itself... |
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poxen member
Member # Joined: 23 Apr 2000 Posts: 356 Location: Stenungsund, Sweden
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Posted: Thu Sep 28, 2000 9:59 am |
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Frank! the Book, loomis! what kinda art book is it?
where can i get it?
[email protected]
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Isric member
Member # Joined: 23 Jul 2000 Posts: 1200 Location: Calgary AB
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Posted: Thu Sep 28, 2000 12:38 pm |
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Yes thank you very much, you are a joy to read. |
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