#figural drawing

[ein-bleistift-und-radiergummi]

Pencil Drawing of a Dancer by Unknown Artist, ca. 1900.

[s-u-w-i]

Hi! Huge fan - always swooning over your characters! 💙 I'm a children's book illustrator and I'm a big fan of expressive, diverse character work that often comes from people with an animation background. Julia Sarda, Chris Sasaki, etc. I'm trying to be very targeted in my practice and I'm curious if you think life drawing is still a critical skill to develop for more stylized characters that don't have that Disney/commercial vibe. Thank you so much - appreciate any direction! 💙

Hello! I'm sorry to answer this late! And thank you, glad you like my stuff! Ah well, for me personally life drawing and classic figural drawing are really important, also I enjoy it very much. I guess it's not exactly necessary and sometimes it can even cause some difficulties with stylization if you get too stuck in the anatomy. But I think that if you know the classical drawing you can vary your style more so you don't get stuck in some stylization and then use it for everything you do. It's also best to be inspired by real people and not just other illustrators because that way you won't end up copying someone else's style. But I was taught classical drawing at school for a long long time and also I'm officially an animator so this is a very biased point of view.

[thetrashisonfire]

figural practice // june 2021

spot the unexpected crowley

[annamarierebeka]

figural drawing

[janavoborilova]

yesterday’s figural drawing. i especially liked this old lady’s dotted pants

[ko-jot]

i love love love when I'm drawing at the figural drawing course and the models are like staring at the wall and pokerface but then – – suddenly, they're smiling widely because they're thinking of something funny or someone funny or idk!!

[ein-bleistift-und-radiergummi]

Isaac Israëls ‘Seamstress at the Paquin Studio‘ ca.1905.

(via pissaro.art)

[thetrashisonfire]

some sketchbook pages from june