This week we will focus on capturing and drawing dynamic figures for our images.
As a side note as well, I'll over the next few weeks, as the concepts begin to thin out, I'll be adding in some great inspirational videos from people working in the arts industry that are worth taking note of.
http://www.freshdesigner.com/color-class-la/ This video demonstrates how to construct the limbs (how the draw the limbs) during a figure quick sketch drawing. The video demonstrates basic figure construction of the arms and legs. Topics covered include gesture drawing, anatomy and landmarks. There are examples from 3 different poses. Narrated by the artist.
How to Draw and Sketch People Part 4 | In this tutorial I share the 7 Ls of Gesture Drawing. They form an essential foundation of gesture drawing, figure drawing, and drawing or sketching in general. This tutorial is part of a series of sketching and drawing the figure with pen and ink or any other drawing instrument you may feel comfortable using.
Full Access to Figure Drawing Videos - http://www.proko.com/figure Don't miss new tutorials, signup for my mailing list - http://www.proko.com Two examples of last week's lesson on gesture. 2 minute gesture quicksketch demonstrations.
Pinterest is a great resource for references and images to study. Here are a few good resource for dynamic action poses.
https://www.pinterest.com/truvizionaries/dynamic-humane-action-poses/
https://www.pinterest.com/bentolmie/action-poses/
Finally here is a great interview with concept designer and artist Ian McCaig. He is awesome, and this interview is a great insight into the mind of such a power house.
For more art and design videos visit http://online.cofa.unsw.edu.au Iain McCaig is best known as a principal designer on the three Star Wars prequels. In his new book Shadowline: The Art of Visual Storytelling, McCaig presents the stories behind the creation of key examples of his concept designs, illustrations and storyboards.