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RebbelX · Posted: Mon Mar 05, 2001 4:32 pm

ok well this is my first post here ive been her many times in teh past though looking at the great art work here.

For my first post im gonna post up a scetch of a muscular guy ive been drawing

Excuse the bad scanning my scanner doesnt pick up all the shadeing i did.

Ok this is the first stage of the scetch i decided i need to improve his head and his proportions drasticly.

Ok this is the second stage as u can see theres a better looking more squared head and the proportions are much better. But his posture is to unrealistic it feels like hes ripping that arm off hes pulling it back so far and i just hated the pants.

Ok now this is the 3rd step as u can see i fixed that arm so it is in a more confortable position and the pants look much better. Also the left arm isnt as flat and the hands are better.

Now i know this scetch isnt as good as many of u great artists can do but it was a fast 15 mins scetch and im nopt that great at art so please rip this image apart i want to know what needs to be fixed in image 3 and 1 thing the head looks fine on paper just when i scanned it it started to look deformed.

Thanx
Jon

tHeDuMbKiD · junior member Member # Joined: 10 Dec 2000 Posts: 22

nice man!
There's a lot of improvement on this sketch
I love the shoes especially, but can somebody tell me if the head's too small?
looks like it to me

I am not sure.
thnx

RebbelX · Posted: Mon Mar 05, 2001 5:27 pm

1 thing i realy want to work on besides the facial expresion is the pants ive never realy been good at cloths and im impressed with how i did these but i still want to add some thinkness to them. How would i go about doing this? And for the facial expression im haven a hard time thinking what i should give him but maybee a depressed or tired look what do you think?

Lomi · Posted: Mon Mar 05, 2001 7:45 pm

good book you might want to check out is "drawing on the right side of the brain", make sure you get the 1999 edition, and do ALL of the excercises in it, its the best book I have seen for learning how to draw.

eric_morrell · Posted: Mon Mar 05, 2001 8:07 pm

I myself enjoyed "the natural way to draw" because it went a lot deeper into composition, why you should draw the way you do and it just seemed like it was more professional. I think it also explained implied action which is very important in action drawings. As far as your drawing I would work more on a curved spine and a butt. He kinda lost both of those things when you were reworking the picture. Other than that it looks really good.
Eric Morrell http://morrell.8k.com

RebbelX · Posted: Mon Mar 05, 2001 9:38 pm

ok i get what your saying yeah i droped the but and the curve in the 3rd version. Ill raise the but a little but not to much as u can see hes wearing fairly baggy cloths. Um and the spine i guess i can curve the back in a bit more. Also for the facial expression im thinking a stressed look would fit best with his pose and the mood of the image.

Thanx for the replys any more would be appreciated.
jon