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Ahmed Aldoori Tutorials

Ahmed Aldoori is a concept artist and teacher who offers tutorials on figure drawing using Photoshop. Thank you Chuy G. for pointing us toward Ahmed.

https://www.youtube.com/user/revolutions34/videos

This video is about using boxes to start your figure drawing:  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-uFQ25_LOPQ

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Gesture tips from Students Spring 2017

Gesture Drawing Tips

ShaNel R.

https://shanelsartcorner.tumblr.com/post/161808280536/httpsenshistockdeviantartcomartmale-rope-pac

David G.

https://gesture-flaminghorse.tumblr.com/

Wyatt C.

https://backgroundczech.tumblr.com/post/161828356009

Theo F. https://tcsbigblog.blogspot.com/b/post-preview?token=9ekVq1wBAAA.rycfGJ3LVkASkR9Uqj70kP773h49RkhZ7560IbrXWnlpYxUCwoxtQGsK8gZrHKJZLXc944BBeUBD3PxSZrEAcA.f-yuqa8LsM4JIgdlSiRaag&postId=6503033730917615421&type=POST

Bryan K. http://bryankisslinggesture.blogspot.com/

Patrick R https://ultrareclaimer.tumblr.com/

Justis Smith https://aijustis.tumblr.com/ 

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Textbook: Drawing in the Digital Age

CA233′s current textbook is Drawing in the Digital Age by Wei Xu, Ph.D. The text promotes the Angle-Based Constructive  (ABC) drawing method. This method combines thinking mathematically with traditional artists’ techniques of seeing and combining simple shapes into more complex forms,

The book promotes 6 drawing techniques

Estimating angles without devices

Duplicating a reference line

Locating points and minimizing errors

Measuring and controlling proportions

Duplicating basic shapes

Assembling shapes

The lecture notes for this textbook are available on slideshare. 

http://www.slideshare.net/honoria

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Vocabulary Drawing in the Digital Age

2-minute quick sketches

ABC (angle-based constructive) method

abstract structures

accuracy and speed trade-offs

analytic geometry

anatomy

angles

approximation by polygons

art in math

assembling shapes

asymmetry

axes of shapes

Bézier curves

big shapes for measurement

Boolean operations

bounding boxes

bounding polygons

boxlike objects

cast shadows

circles

complicated objects

contour-line method

controlling proportions

convex polygons

core shadows

crest shadows

cubes

curved polygons

curved triangles,

cylinder and cone-based

cylinders

dancers

divide and conquer approach

dynamic drawing

estimating size relationships

estimating angles without devices

eye level in perspective

graphical structures

grouping shapes

hidden patterns

hierarchical structures

identifying key points

joints as landmarks

life sketches

locating points

math and art relationship

measurements

measuring and controlling proportions

merging objects

minimizing errors

multiresolution approach

muscles

negative space

one-point perspective

ovals

overlapping shapes,

pencils as distance measuring tools

perspective theory.

picture plane

points

polygons

positive spaces

primary forms

progressive/adaptive refinement

proportions, measuring and controlling

quick layout

quick life sketches

reference lines

repeated patterns

resolution

rhythms in gesture

selective drawing

shading

shadows

simple shapes for quick layout

simplification

skeletal system

speed and accuracy tradeoffs

spherical objects

squash and stretch

symmetry

triangulation

two-point perspective

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Stephen's tumblr

This student site has many advanced gesture drawings. http://furcoat1840.tumblr.com/

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Foreshortening

Thank you Lerma for this great tutorial on Foreshortening.

How to Draw: Foreshortening with the Coil Technique

http://youtu.be/eJWLaDSNBAI

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The 7 L's of Gesture Drawing

Thank you Lerma for finding this gesture tutorial.

http://youtu.be/NvjB0rj6yAc

Lerma also found other life drawing tutorials that he shared with our classes.

Cube Brush - https://www.youtube.com/user/bluefley00 Draw with Jazza - https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCHu2KNu6TtJ0p4hpSW7Yv7Q Concept Cookie - https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCK-FyplW40x3bKQnkQaPPiA Sam Green - https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC5Vt34I0bSAQJGYLxkSLTPA Mark Crilley - https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCno-YPZ8BiLrN0Wbl8qICFA

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Drawing Folds in fabric tutorials

Louie Del Carmen. http://kirileonard.com/t-for-tutorial-lets-look-a-clothes-folds/ Barbara Bradley http://www.mightyartdemos.com/mightyartdemos-bradley.html

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Student Work from past semesters

SEF created characters directly from the model.

Jeff made several poses relate to each other in story-telling compositions.

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Week 1

Welcome to Life Drawing and Gesture

Our textbook, Force by Michael Mattesi, helps us to bridge from anatomy of the model to the shapes and actions of your characters.

Relationships between Gesture and Contour drawings.

http://www.proko.com/gesture-vs-contour-scribbly-lines/

Intro to gesture

http://www.proko.com/how-to-draw-gesture/

http://www.proko.com/how-to-draw-gesture-step-by-step/

Start with a general figure gesture and develop the figure based on the axial skeleton and the muscle forms.

http://www.slideshare.net/manonoko/figure-drawing-basics

See a number of examples of gesture drawings from a variety of artists.

http://www.slideshare.net/honoria/gesture-drawing-introduction

Look at geometric concepts in figure drawing and gesture.

http://www.slideshare.net/honoria/form-and-geometry-in-figure-drawing

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Week 2 Seeing Life

Reading:  Introduction and Chapter 1 Seeing Life Force: Dynamic Life Drawing for Animators by Michael Mattesi

Draw along with these four Video Tutorials

1. Sphere Gestures with Chad Lehman http://youtu.be/YhU7acS4ZlQ

2. Gestures and inanimate objects http://youtu.be/eRTqpJMs98E

 3. Sheldon Borenstein shows rhythm in gesture drawing  http://youtu.be/g4qZCTrBoIo

4. Animator and teacher, Glen Vilppu gives a figure drawing demonstration on gesture, rhythm, and anatomical forms in exaggerated poses. http://youtu.be/LguK0ehqROM

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Week 3

Week 3 Gestural Rhythm

Sycra Yasin is a freelance artist and online art instructor on YouTube and PencilKings.com. Notice the artist's rhythm in the drawing and the repeated simplified elements of the arms and legs.

http://youtu.be/mBq7rtnES0A 

Another gesture and rhythm tutorial by Alegramus.

http://youtu.be/q23ujnyrtNE 

Author and animator Michael Matassi illustrates the Leading Edge concept from our Force textbook.

http://youtu.be/DujDqBF_MnA

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Week 4

Week 4 

Life drawing by Sarah Shilton demonstrates drawing quickly with straight and curved lines.

http://drawingfromnude.blogspot.com/2012/04/straight-and-curve.html

PRACTICE PLACES

Use http://artists.pixelovely.com/practice-tools/figure-drawing/

to practice with models in great poses and dramatic lighting.

Or use http://www.posemaniacs.com/ for dynamic poses of flayed figures.

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Week 5

Week 5 Mid-Term

Bring your best 3 in-class drawings and 2 of your best homework drawings to presen.

Write a one-paragraph description of what you have learned during the first half of the term ending with a description of what you hope to achieve during the second half.

There will also be a written exam.

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Week 6 Brutally Honest Critiques

Week 6

A student asked for "brutal critiques" so that he can be ready to meet the real world in the industry.

I think this is a great request and suggest we follow the clandestine critique model of the mysterious hand-written letters appearing in Las Vegas galleries.

Mysterious critic:  http://lasvegascitylife.com/sections/ae/art/clandestine-critiques-have-art-scene-abuzz.html

Mysterious critic's letters: http://criticalcorrespondence.com/2013/04/01/im-sorry-we-lied/

Teaching reflection by Dr. Honoria

Critique is really about critical thinking, not being negative. An honest and full critique has 4 parts: Observation, Analysis, Interpretation and finally Evaluation. 

Many amateur critics skip the first 3 parts and jump to evaluation.  Going straight to evaluation leaves out the whole rationale for your evaluation.  Whether the critique is positive or negative is less important than being thoughtfully composed so that it is useful to the artist or to another stakeholder. 

Critique is a neutral word meaning critical analysis.  Informed judgement is the end result of close observation, analysis, and interpretation.  For more information look up the Feldman Method of Critique.

‪Critique Speak! Ways to Talk About Art‬ by Molly Roberts http://youtu.be/KtthKIB6Y4g

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Week 7

These Challenges are derived from Michael D. Mattesi's textbook called Force: Dynamic Life Drawing for Animators.

Take the whole Textbook Challenge page-by-page, idea by idea!

1.     Line Quality Challenge - Use variety in your line quality to express movement and the force of the pose. Pages 3 and 4

2.     One Story Challenge – Draw small and think big.  View and capture a pose as one story.  Page 5

3.     Directional Force Challenge – Draw and emphasize directional force curves (convex or concave) that best show the force of the pose. Page 8

4.     Applied Force Challenge – Draw an arrow or arrows showing the direction(s) of the force applied to the pose. Page 15

5.     Leading Edge Challenge – Clearly indicate the leading edge of the pose.  Page 17

6.     Rhythm Challenge – Emphasize rhythm to show the interplay of forces in the pose.  Page 23

7.     Balance Challenge – Emphasize the balance of the pose showing the position of the legs and space between the model’s feet on the ground in relation to the upper body. Page 36

8.     Angles Perspective Challenge – Accentuate angles to show the perspective aspects most important to the pose.  Page 57

9.     Box Challenge – Draw a perspective box in relation to the pose and the position of the model in relation to you, the artist. Page 57 – 59

10.  Eye Level Challenge – Draw the model in a way that clearly indicates the eye level of the viewer. Page 61

11.  Feet in Perspective Challenge – Draw and emphasize the relationship of the model’s feet in relation to the pose. Page 62 and 64

12.  Blind Flight Challenge – Draw the model’s force and landscape quickly without looking at your paper. Page 68

13.  Release your ego Challenge – Adapt a technique that you think is effective from a fellow student. Page 68

14.  Semi-Blind Flight Challenge – Trust the force Luke.  Look at your drawing only once every 30 seconds in a 2-minute pose. Page 68-72

15.  Sculpting the Force Challenge – Address large structures first then smaller ones feeling the forms in your mind as you draw. Page 72-73

16.  Overlap Challenge – Accentuate overlapping forms to show spatial aspects most important to the pose.  Page 82 and 87

17.  Centerline challenge – Accentuate the curve of the spine. Page 83

18.  Anatomy Force Challenge – Heighten the importance of a specific anatomical structure in the pose.  Pages 84-86

19.  Foreshortening Challenge – Force more space in your drawings by exaggerating the foreshortening in the pose. Page 88 – 94

20.  Silhouette Challenge – Accentuate the figure as a positive shape in the negative space of your drawing.  Page 98-101

21.  Appeal Challenge – Emphasize the appeal of a character through your drawing of the pose. Page 104

22.  Oblique Force Challenge – Show how force moves obliquely through the body in a pose.  Page 105

23.  Straight to Curve Challenge – Show how the curve is the energy that moves through the body while the straight helps give structure.  Pages 106-114

24.  Hard and Soft Challenge – Show the hard bone and soft muscle forms that are important to the pose. Pages 119-120

25.  Asymmetry Challenge – Show the unique opposing asymmetrical forces of the muscles in the limbs important to the pose. Page 120-124

26.  Reaction – Leap of Faith Challenge – Fearlessly go after the concept and feeling of the pose. Page 127-136

27.  Combination Challenge – Strategically use combinations of challenges as you draw the model.  Label the different challenges/techniques as you see on pages 137-139.

28.  Clothing Material Challenge – Indicate the texture, softness, hardness, thickness, thinness by wrinkles and folds of the fabric on the model. Pages 143-150

29.  Cloth around form Challenge – Show how the force and structure of the clothing relates to the force of the pose. Page 150-159

30.  Fabric and gravity Challenge – Emphasize where the clothing falls from, flows, or wraps around forms of the figure. Page 154-163

31.  Clothing Character Challenge – Emphasize the relationship of the figure and pose to its costume in describing a character. Pages 165-168

32.  Intuition on Location Challenge – Write down what you think your model is expressing as a caption to your on-location gesture drawings.  Page 169

33.  Staging Challenge – Indicate the relation of the model to something else.  Show the posture of the person in relation to an object.  Page 173=175

 34.  Multiple moments Challenge – Draw a person in multiple moments in an activity to capture more personality.  Pages 176-181

35.  Relationship Challenge – Capture the interplay and directional forces between 2 or more figures. Pages 182-188

36.  Crowds Challenge – Depict the general shape of a crowd, then break it down into the most important individuals.  Pages 188 -192

37.  Comparative Anatomy Challenge – Draw animals in relation to humans.  Page 194-199

38.  The Whole Dog/Cat Challenge – Draw small drawings of dog’s or cat’s body as a whole. Page 200 -204

39.  Zoo Challenge – Draw as many distinct animals as you can during a visit to the zoo noting the differences between plantigrades, digitigrades, unguligrdades, primates and birds. Pages 205-222

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Week 9-11 Life Drawing

In Weeks 9-11 we will focus on creating portfolio-quality gestures to include in you final presentation.  Final presentation will be in week 11.  You will present 5 in class drawings and 2 homework drawings.