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Sep 2024

today i drew my oc Vera for the first time. Didn't render the pic, but here she is

A tip for this is to see the pelvis as a box with two orbs attached to it. The orbs are the hip joints from which the legs begin.

Thank you Kevin, I use the box to draw it, and I´m always kind of stuck at the steps after that and
I have a hard time imagining or seeing the muscles which attach from the pelvis to the femur.
I´m using the Frank Reilly method a lot, and I´m stuck at this point at the moment


More 3d shape drawing

Marilee Montoya from my novel 'Crystal Blue'

Sort of a character design sheet I guess since today was my first time drawing her. I like the fit.

I finally got around to figuring out how to use the multiply layer @ArtGremlin suggested to me. I like the way it works so I'mma try to use it more.

Next time I think I want to add more shadow around the curls on her forehead...:thinking:

Personally I don't find things like the Riley method very useful, at least not in practice. I myself am more inclined to focus on volume and shape (then again I have a background in animation, so that comes with the territory.)

Something that might be helpful in your studies, or in trying to understand the mechanics of the anatomy, is to stand in front of a mirror and just observe yourself. Just move your leg around and try to look at it from different angles, you'll get a better sense of the 3 dimensionality of it.

I'm assuming you use mostly photo reference in your studies yes? While they are an excellent resource, they lack that actual depth you need to really learn how the body functions.

This artist over on instagram has some great tutorials on how to simplify anatomy

https://www.instagram.com/emiliodekure/







I use a combination of methods, the Reilly method is not useful when you use it alone,
without using 3dimensional shapes. For me personally the Reilly method was the key
that I needed for figure drawing. It never looked and felt right with the boxes which
were just floating around without a connection. I never knew if the distance is right etc.

I don´t only use photo reference, I go to life drawing classes

I generally think that artists should learn all methods and combine them in a way that works
best for them. I will check the resources and see what I can take from them, thanks for uploading
those

I tried drawing Ayla again yesterday, but now she just reminds me of Zuri from Hair Love

Day 42 part 2.
I think I finally memorised and can imagine the satorius and other leg muscle connections.
I could never recall all that information but I got it now.

I´ll print that out and draw that a couple of times on the weekend to be sure

oh wow, today's art turned out really well i think. and that road runner lol

Thank you, it is from a daily drawing challenge group on facebook. I will probably
not upload anything until monday because I´m on tour with a band but then I´ll continue
the 100 days of art. It was a good journey so far and I never thought that I would see
progress

i'm glad it's been helping you improve, and i hope you enjoy the tour


more from that drawing course

Art from a fairy tale my MC in "Crystal Blue" read as a child

art from thursday

these pics were from fairy tales in the world of Crystal Blue and from the art course i'm doing

assuming my math is right, which, bold of me to assume, yesterday was day 59 of my 100 days of art

Art from friday

Mora as a pufferfish with legs. hey, she's a mermaid, so why not make her animal version a fish with legs.


Verner George

a princess painting

and @pjthetoonaddict and @2DLenzy 's ocs Belle and Aldi. I've been meaning to go back and redraw the ocs I did for art trades earlier this year because my art was not so great back then. So just consider these me finally completing my part of the art trades. thanks again for your amazing art of my ocs

Belle's outfit is courtesy of Therese George. It's technically one of her dresses but I thought it would suit Belle

For the record, I've really enjoyed seeing your art improve! (might wanna jump in on this myself at some point for practice)

LOVE how Aldi looks with the outfit, which makes me wanna change hers, (she's been wearing the same corporate getup for a while now XD)