Human Anatomy.

Here's something different. I'm having a bit of a funk recently so i decided to just study anatomy. i mean, its kind of fun, you get to look at nudes and stuff, but i think when im struggling with art, its because i have no idea of actual anatomy, nothing in that "visual library". this is something i want to do a lot more of.

Since what i want to do for a job requires a lot of anatomy knowledge (Walk cycles, jump cycles etc) i need to know as much as i can and be able to draw anatomy. I have about 24 days left until my first day at school, so i am going to make sure to be prepared :D

(MUSCLE GRILL)

Daily Gestures 03

 So, I'm going back to college in about 24 days, and, honestly i can't wait. i love drawing and being at school it makes me work to get really good drawings. There was one problem that i did face last year, and that was people thinking i was copying them.

 Now, when i say copy, i wasn't plagiarizing them, i was drawing in their style, to see how they draw and adapt it to mine to get better.Say, for instance, i drew only realistic stuff, and someone else drew really cartoony, but the way they paint hair was interesting, i would try to draw in that style. I find it funny because it wasn't even for school! it was personal. its the same as when you look online for an artist who's work you like, and copy it to learn. its the same principal. But i got told shit like "Draw your own stuff, It's not your style" The audacity of people! just because i draw something different from what i would normally do, doesn't mean that you have to stick to that one style or way of drawing!

 People really do piss me off sometimes, but to be fair, there was quite a few people in my class, they HATED it when people would even look at their work. They hated the teachers because one would walk around the class once, and you would HAVE to ask them for help, then we had a new teacher, and they HATED that he cared too much.

Some people don't know how to work together and help each other, help a fellow artist out with something they've been struggling with. That's how it should be, we all share our ways, help one another, instead of leaving others in the dirt struggling...

Anyway, thatls enough of a rant from me, here's some Gestures, I'm doing these in around 90 seconds each, to learn speed and thumb-nailing, something of which i struggle with.

                                                   

Daily Gestures: 01

Okay, I finally have a schedule i'm going to keep to, Starting with this series, everyday, i will be doing Gesture Drawings,  and keeping them all on a separate page so later down the track, me and everyone can see my progress.

Then i will have two more posts, my last one will be what i have done as a days work, and the other one will just be a sketch or something i found interesting (or an experience etc)

So without any a due, here is the first Daily Gesture Post.

so, the entire point of this for me, is to loosen up my hand for a days work. (get the crap drawings out the way) but also, to hone up on something that i have a lot of problems with, posing. im hoping the more i draw gesture poses, the better i can get. doing these is really fun since there is no right and wrong its just, do it ( don't let your dreams be dreams)