Challenge #64 - No Erase Challenge - That was a stretch

[yhlee]

Title: That was a stretch
Artist: yhlee
Rating: Teen (firearm pose, shirtless gentleman but no naughty bits)
Fandom: original work
Characters/Pairings: a guy with a gun
Content Notes: Fountain pen sketch from reference, wherein I learned that the Pelikan M1000 fountain pen is lovely to write with but terrible to sketch with (which is fine). I finished with a TWSBI Eco that was much better behaved for sketching. Doing this without any kind of undersketch was a little tricky but I suppose 5+ years of life sketch with a fountain pen has helped? I did draw a bounding polygon as a general guide for proportion landmark, plus a bit of gesture. I've got to review the surface muscles of the legs and forearm while I'm at it.

Preview:

Sketch behind cut.

Comments

[goss]

LEGSSSS :D :D :D

I did draw a bounding polygon as a general guide for proportion landmark

*nods* This seems like a sensible strategy!

When I'm doing figure drawing, I have a tendency to skew things out of proportion, so I often end up needing to erase and adjust/resize whole body parts, until I'm satisfied that it looks right. But if I'll be using pen, setting up boundary marks right from the start might help with the proportion issue.

[yhlee]

Legs! :D

I have the same issue, especially if drawing larger than I'm used to. In digital, I'll often be resizing heads especially, but I would rather get it right to begin with. The "boundary box" is a general technique I learned from Bargue, and I often find it helpful. I've seen the recommendation to draw the head LAST because then it's easier to put into proportion with the rest of the figure; my weird psychological issues is that if I don't have even a vague face, the figure doesn't feel like a person yet, so I keep putting the head in too early. :p

[amberdreams]

I reckon this one fits nicely into the movement one too. Nice!

[yhlee]

Thank you!

[mekare]

Oh well done, you got the dynamic energy exactly right.

[yhlee]

Thank you!