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Drawing tutorial 1
By William Li (lothlorien@fenyx.com), Gallery 6.
Copyright 2001 William Li.
http://elfwood.lysator.liu.se/farp/index.html
1st page: Introduction and Pose - 2nd page: Body Language - 3rd page: Balance - 4th page: Motion and Action + Construction (The Skeleton) - 5th page: Body Building + Solid Masses - 6th page: Variations
| Body building With the above about the skeletal parts of the body in mind we now proceed to the 'outer stuff': the muscle or fat, if you like. For a analytical approach we can use solid masses to represent these parts, such as ellipsoids, cylinders and other forms. Basically you choose the form that most closely resembles the part you want to draw. Can't we just proceed with drawing the actual body now? Of course you can do that. But the argument before was to use stick figures - and now simplified forms - to setup a body without the distraction by details, so you can focus on correct proportions, balance and pose. With this extra step you have overview of the volumetric proportions. |
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A volumetric representation of the body parts. The red lines are connection lines. Now you see the body parts in an analytical way, basically to avoid 'weirdness' in the setup. |
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You can now use this method to fully describe the pose and volume of the body in any pose. Look at the examples.Left is the first draft with stick figures. To the right are the volumetric expansions on the stick figures.You will note that you do not need to draw the cylinders like actual cylinders. Instead, you can just 'connect the joints'. As you can see these sketches resemble the well-known manikins - wooden puppets made from cylinders and ellipsoids. If you can find one, use it. But knowing to draw these setups from your mind without a puppet in front of you, will give you an added advantage. |
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Details This method is also quite useful for analytical setups of details of the body, for example everybody's all time favorites: hands and feet ;) |
Next lesson: Variations
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