Day #76 of Figure Construction - New month and new batch of studies. Nothing new on the gesture front - stagnation is real. It's not that I'm not improving at all, I think. Rather the improvements are so small that I don't see them from study to study, day to day. It's only when I look back a few months or weeks that the growth/improvement becomes apparent. I hope.
Anatomy studies keeps chugging along, getting less and less intimidating with each attempt. For now, I'll stay the course with these compressed studies and shift gears towards larger and longer in-depth studies once I've made one full pass over the body. Which according to my calculations ought to be at the tail end of May month.
Speaking of calculations and time tables - at the end of August I'll have completed Veil's 6 month gesture challenge/routine. So, by then I should dial back on the gestures - reserve them for a quick 5-10 min warm-up and then do longer drawings.
Might I be so bold as to work towards more complete pieces, not "just" studies? Whooooo... exciting.
Day #75 of Figure Construction - Gestures continues to at worst deteriorate and at best plateau, which is a bummer. It could all be in my head, but that's also kind of the head that matters the most. If that makes sense?
Anyways, it's not all doom & gloom. These anatomy studies turned out surprisingly well. I'm quite happy with how the poses got pushed a bit and how I got the various torso muscles to compliment the mannequin foundation. Very nice.
That said, I guess there's only so much I can get out of these small, compressed figure studies. With that in mind and keeping half an eye on the horizon, I figure that once I'm "done" with anatomy, I better invest in some larger, long form studies. I have a pool of references to draw from, so no excuses there.
Hab heute den ganzen Nachmittag dran gesessen und es war mega! Erstellt in #Krita
Ich hoffe es gefällt euch. ^^
Mit freundlicher Unterstützung des neuen Podcasts von den #ScienceCops. Science Crimes, über die Abgründe der Wissenschaft. Höchst spannend! Kann ich nur empfehlen.
Day #67 of Figure Construction - Double anatomy studies and some 60 sec gesture drawings. I still feel that my gestures have either stagnated or gotten worse since I started. I suspect it is because I get lost in the construction and thus run out of time and fail to capture the energy/flow of the pose.
Going faster and be more chaotic seems to be the go to remedy for this, but then the gestures end up not making much sense. Hmmm, it might just be a temporarily thing. That for a limited period I HAVE to embrace the chaos so that I can later dial it back enough for the gestures to read. Guess I have some experimenting to do.
In other news, anatomy is chugging along nicely. Loads and loads of room for improvement, but progress is being made so I'll take that win. The most important thing now is to simply show up and practice. Also practice things I've studied earlier, like arm anatomy.
I think I managed to correct most of the biggest mistakes I made in my previous study. It's only now that I realize that I've studied the same reference twice. No harm in that of course.
