Quit denying it, you know it's vandalism...
SufferingSo hey guys, guess what? I'm on a graffiti kick :-p Its really annoying. Alot of those little rebelious freshmen are like "Yeah! Graffiti! Its cool cause its against the law!" NO! NO ITS NOT!!! Graffiti is cool for the same reasons as any other form of art... anyways, yeah, so thats my new obssession of the month...
Art class totally sucks this year. We got a new Art teacher that must have transfered from an elementary school, cause she sure as hell treats us like we're 7 -_- Hokage likes her, but Hokage is 'special'
Anyways, thats my little up date. I'd go into a rant about graffiti, but no one wants to hear it cause its the same damn arguement thats been given a thousand million times before... that, and I'm tired.
K, peace
Zxee
P.S. I found a neato way to make a stencil out of any image with photoshop. That'll fuel my obssession for a while. I want to make stencils from some of my dA stuff, but for some reason, my browswer won't bring up my gallery, damnit...
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"The Public History of Modern art, is the story of rational people, not knowing what in hell they were dealing with." - Robert Motherwell, Abstract Expressionist
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In the meantime, study those tutorials. I can make more resources available to you. Such as the great Mike Mentler on ConceptArt.org. You should also study Andrew Loomis, Burne Hogarth, and George Bridgeman.
Anatomy can be a tremendously difficult subject to study. But done correctly it can be fun and you can learn a lot as an artist. Study what reference material you can find, and copy those proportion charts until you learn them by heart.
The human figure is comprised of a bunch of very specific interlocking forms. Once you learn the basic forms and shapes, you can draw out their planes and you can draw out shapes within the planes.
Just keep up at it. Anatomy IS difficult, but with time and repetition you will get it. Make sure you are drawing everyday and that you take time to study basic structure. Structure is everything in art.
Study that and your work will mature on its own. Structure, form, depth, proportion, fluidity, gravity, and weight. These concepts are important to any attempts at figure drawing. When you look over at [link] look up an artist named Mike Mentler. If you want to study his lessons I can link you directly.
I am taking it upon myself to help educate fellow artists free of charge. I just want to leave my mark here on DA and be a respected member of our community of talented artists.
Keep pushing forward and draw! Whatever help I can give you, I will gladly provide. Once again, thank you for stopping by my gallery.
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Entire crops were lost.--Agent Smith from The Matrix
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"The Public History of Modern art, is the story of rational people, not knowing what in hell they were dealing with." - Robert Motherwell, Abstract Expressionist
Practice drawing your basic circles and squares until you can freehand them. Once you're at that stage you can concentrate on forming three dimensional objects. Such as spheres and cylinders. In order to make a believable drawing, you have to understand structure.
But I am glad you're spending time with the humble tutorials I've put up. The important thing is to practice and practice often. You'll get everything eventually.
Remember, simplify the drawing as much as possible (Gesture drawings, skeletons, mannequins, musculature, skin, clothing) then build the drawing back up. Drawing is like building a sculpture. There is a step-by-step process that can be repeated over and over until it becomes second nature.
But just to answer your initial question, the cylinder becomes the legs and arms. You draw multiple connecting cylinders in various angles once your knowledge of anatomy becomes a foundation. If you have any further questions, I'll try to help you out as much as I possibly can. Studying Mentler and Loomis is crucial.
Let me link you to Mentler's pages.
The Book of Bones:
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Demure Damsels & Devious Dudes.
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Study those two pages. Print out the lessons and take full advantage of them. The Book of Bones is especially useful to artists like ourselves who are still spending a lot of time studying and not yet really [i]drawing[/i].
If you need Loomis' works, I can link you.
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Entire crops were lost.--Agent Smith from The Matrix
C/A Sketchbook
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