okay Iāve messaged u a few times but Iām finally daring to not be anon because youāre always so sweet š
do u have any advice for balancing anatomy studies with stylizing? something Iāve really been struggling with is like, when I use reference images for poses , I get so caught up in matching the anatomy rather than the gesture drawings I want to make
but also when I am trying to do gesture drawings, I also lose some of the stylized proportions?? idk!
I guess Iām wondering if you have any advice on how to merge the more studio art/figure drawing/art school studies with a more stylized/fun style :)
DAWWW Iām so glad youāre feeling welcome!! Pop by to say hi anytime dude!
I answered an ask about using photo ref for direct posing/gesture over here, This is kind of a big question, so Iāll be skewing this more towards stylization. (Iām also just not great at anatomy in general lol)
Essentially, striking a balance between grounded anatomy vs. stylized gestures comes down to training your eye to edit the details out.
1) For gestures, I tend to fudge the anatomy in favour of communicating the pure movement. The goal here is speed! The more you do these the more youāll start developing short hands to simplify the figure as you go. When youāre more comfortable generalizing the whole figure, you can afford more brain space to hone in on more specific details in your ref!
2) Try to build the figure on top of them! The initial gesture will help breathe some life into the drawing. Practice doing this from imagination and itāll help you apply the anatomical knowledge you already have!
3) In terms of photo ref, Iāll draw another singing L, but this time Iām going to go for my own interpretation of the image instead! Iāll label all the details Iām electing to ignore.
Usually at this point, if Iām not gonna render it (like I how I donāt 99% of the time lol), Iām done with the ref. I still keep it in the background just in case, but I clean things up and make the drawing more appealing.
Tadaaaaa! I hella fudged those hands lol.
So in summary, I seeĀ āstyleā as your pre-existing toolkit, and then you use reference/studies to expand and improve it! I could definitely benefit from some more technical practice too! I hope this helps!
