How well drawn is this?

[Renegnicat]

Success!!!

I think this one is more typical a male body and proportion, don't you think? Though, it might be hard to tell given the way he is dressed. Have a looksy!


I'm more satisfied with this drawing than with the others. But I think it might have some problems that I don't currently see. Hmm...

[Whitney]

I went ahead and changed the linked image of the young naked man with no junk just in case anyone was viewing this at work or other NSFW circumstances.

Ah...good idea, I didn't think of that.

[Whitney]

Renegnicat, how long do you spend drawing these?

[Renegnicat]

I'm not sure. 25-30 minutes? Tops? Do I need to spend more time, then?

[Will]

The way I learned, you should think of the body exactly as it is: it's a series of bones with musculature, fat, and skin on it. In order to draw a person, you must have a picture of how the body is proportioned, the way the bones line up. An example would be that the length of the spine and arms combined should be about the height of the shoulders. The rib cage ends right around the same place as the elbow. The skull is about the length of the sternum. Everything can be related to everything else, and from that you can give proper proportion and location. For example, here's what my skeleton looks like:

Not the best artist's rendition ever, but you get the idea.

[Whitney]

I'm not sure. 25-30 minutes? Tops? Do I need to spend more time, then?

Yes, you should be spending as long as it takes to get it right.  Sit down, work on it; come back to it later, sketch back over it; redraw parts that aren't right etc.  We spent a whole week on drawing one person when I was in high school (that would be about 5 hours when you add all the class time together); it takes longer to draw something when you are learning.

Personally, I'm not that great at drawing people, I'm just good at telling when their proportion is off.

[Renegnicat]

Ok, whitney. Listen, I've decided to get good at drawing faces first. Then learn about body proportion. Should be interesting.  

[Renegnicat]

I spent double the time I usually do drawing this picture. Given that, I'd say the results are, well... dismal. I'm not sure at all if I got the proportions right at all. Usually when I think I have, I don't. Things I like about the image are the arm and the lower waist, which I think maybe I did ok. But I haven't really focused on anatomy yet; the body was added as an afterthought to the face, which I spent the majority of my time one. Given that, I can't help but feel that I really screwed up on her chest and her...urm, bells. Might Not Be Safe For Work, folks.  :hmm: