NSFW soros learns to draw nude figure above and under

[Vay]

Your hatching could use better consistency and variations. I had trouble with that, and that is because I underestimated it. I thought you could just start hatching away for a few minutes and you're done, but better hatching obviously takes a longer time.

[cuptow555]

I have OFFICIALLY become obsessed with your sketchbook. Definitely bookmarking this and going to check up regularly. CAN'T WAIT TO SEE MORE!!! < 3

[LtPlissken]

What's up man? Long time no see.
Your art journey of awesomeness is continuing I can
see that, and you are a true fighter. You were right,
that pencil legged drawing got me a neat idea, haha,
we should draw with our legs also. Our limits are beyond
the sky. Strike-Zero gave some nice tips there, really great
material. Thank you for sharing your art and that geometrical
reference in #298. Keep it up buddy.

[surus]

Strike-Zer0: Thanks a lot! I'll try it.

Some new scribbling stuff:

[LtPlissken]

She is sitting down gently on a great big one, haha.

[surus]

No eraser for the following one used (as mentioned) before...

[Ludic]

Haha, That's awesome! Really like how you established anatomy for the centaur a few pages back, really interesting stuff. You seem really good at establishing form aswell .

[surus]

Ludic: The centaur anatomy idea is not finished yet. I'm still working on it and I'm searching for a minimized ripcage-solution at the moment.

Here's another idea inspired by AustenFM: Draw a shape and fill it from imagination:

[LtPlissken]

That's right!
Make the blood mix up with the sweat,
make the muscles tear apart, you are doing
great, just like a betrayed haunted Indian
in a borrowed cracked canoe.
Your will can never be broken, and you are working
without an eraser. It's the same thing like a Predator
attacking Scwarzenegger without his mask on.
Some brave things happens lately around here,
I am so fulfilled.
Great job my friend. Great job.
Your aura is leveling up,
a bit more of practice and you will
be like Don Johnson in the remake of 'Miami Vice'.
Indestructible.

[snatti]

Hey surus
some lines drawings you done are quite strong , but exampel the portrait in #251 if you hold the image towards a mirror or flip it in photoshop you will be able to see what needs to be adjust easier, but i gotta say there is some intressing angels you've chosen to draw the female body in =P

keep it up and l'll cu in a few ( if not next update! )

[surus]

Juri Gagarin:

[Ariel9]

The latest life study is very nice! You should complete it, it looks like your weakest point is that you don't have the patience to work on something from start to finish, and dude do I know, it's one of my weaknesses too, but fight it!
Render the rest of that beautiful model as much as you've rendered her yummy boobs! Ehe

[surus]

Ariel: Procrastinating to finish pieces is not a weakness, if it is a decision. I often thought, I could destroy a piece when I drew hours and I started to draw slow weak lines to avoid any mistake.

Since I draw as long as I want to draw (one piece) and change to another piece as soon as my object gets uninteresting or the flow of drawing has been gone, my understanding of the drawn objects gets better. I really know, that I have special chocolate/favorite parts of the body, which I start to render first (ooops, what could that be...), but it depends on a lack of understanding the "flatland parts" of the body and it's possible showing by hatching with lines. The back and the stomach might be a longer journey for me. Until then I start rendering like the following piece and show you more pictures instead of a very few high end pencils here in my Sketchbook.

Thank you very much to everyone of you! I really appreciate your comments and helpful words, even if I don't start to follow every advice.

To much blah blah - back to pencils:



Predator or Beauty ?





Sorry, Austen - I missed your updates. Anyway: Here's the filled shape and a new one:

[hu-ha]

Jurij is cool but newest drawing WHOA crazy concept. You made this girl look really creepy(gap between teeth+these hair are scary), I love how You drew nose and rendered thigh(wow really useful :s). Good luck in further work

[surus]

scribbling

[LtPlissken]

Always some crazy and good ideas here.
Is it time for an update now?

[surus]

Yes, I should.

[Fallenangel]

Some cool anatomy and pose studies, just keep it up!

Alex.

[LtPlissken]

The line quality is starting to improve.

[teapo]

great updates surus. i observed that your flowing of lines are becoming more fluid and that latest female figure looks super! also, good use of reference on the skull girl-- good to practice these things

keep drawing! and thx for your support at the sketchbook~ :3

[{CKL}]

What up, I think you're starting to get the proportions down a bit better, and like teapo said, the line work is getting really nice too. Just keep pounding out the figure studies. Try to do an extended study, 8+ hours. I think forcing yourself to go beyond is when you really come across those eureka moments. Good stuff.

[surus]

Thanks guys!

Brom Fanart:



inspired by Jasper:



a few Gottfried Bammes Copies of Knee / Bone Parts to understand the hatching around the form:



from reference:
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedi...6/Durieu_6.jpg



suck mask engine:



sphinx cast drawing:

[Fallenangel]

Great update, keep up with those anatomy and figure studies!

Alex.

[p sage]

Hey dude... are you drawing the nude from above and under?

About hatching: I've studied it off and on for years... the easiest way I've found to hatch with a pencil is to move kind of diagonally side to side... your arm is built to pivot from the elbow... so find a comfortable position, turn your paper, and put in the lines. Try to be very precise and calculated at first. Stop at a precise point, and start at a precise point. Don't try and do long hatch lines from the wrist; always move the arm from the shoulder first, then elbow.

Very short lines can be done with the wrist.

Practice making parallel lines like that until you can get the rhythm of it.

If you want to hatch in a different direction, just turn the paper.

Make sure to keep your line weight consistent. Hatch across the form first; only hatch where you need a darker value... don't just assume that shading/hatching will fix a bad drawing.

Make all hatch lines in a single direction first, then go back and do cross directions. Make sure when hatching that each line is parallel to the first line you put in... keep checking as you go.

Hope these pointers help.


Cheers,
Chad

[Ariel9]

Cool sphinx! And the latest girl you posted - I think your capacity to model forms is really improving.

[surus]

The next one is dedicated to SamC and teapo, the two fastest progressing pencil masters at ca.org ! Just watching how fast they update with pencil studies pushes me to grab the pen and go on with my own stuff. Thank you guys for sharing your progress !

[Ariel9]

Lovely piercing and boobs on this lady. Watch the big eyes! They make her look a bit creepy.
Nice to see how you work the underlying structure, too - and thanks for the rec, checking out those sketchbooks just about now!

[surus]

some diver suit. maybe I'll go on with this drawing...



found ref for this one in The Appreciation of the Masculine Form Thread:



Thanks to Chuvabak for the inspiring robot concepts! Just a study (I failed) with some changed stuff on Chuvabak's concept:

[LtPlissken]

Your abstract drawings always surprise me in a positive way.
I just realized that there is a cut off head of Yuri Gagarin above.
That is just so sick and aWesome. And it is a good thing
that you started studying anatomy, comrade.
Watch for the proportions and keep updating.

[teapo]

very nice handling with your hatching and the latest figure's energy/movement can be felt with how you portrayed them you're improving surus!