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General Chat => Creative Common => Topic started by: Tiplodocus on 12 March, 2011, 08:58:04 AM

Title: Which bits of the body do you draw first?
Post by: Tiplodocus on 12 March, 2011, 08:58:04 AM
As I embark on pulling down the ceiling of our family room, Tiny Tips is drawing dragons.

They are big things and he was wondering:

When drawing a complicated figure, some of which will be obscured in the final image, do you work from back to front or front to back?

(We are talking pencil and paper here)
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Post by: CrazyFoxMachine on 12 March, 2011, 09:17:24 AM
Face. Always start with the face.
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Post by: mygrimmbrother on 12 March, 2011, 09:26:49 AM
What CFM said. Sometimes I loosely sketch out the shape of the whole head first, other times I leap right in and just start with the eyes.
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Post by: Darren Stephens on 12 March, 2011, 10:04:57 AM
I allways start with a rough head shape, then a sort of wire frame body/arms n legs, just to get the proportions looking correct. Then back up to do the face!  :D
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Post by: davethomson on 12 March, 2011, 10:24:27 AM
I start with the torso because Burne Hogarths book told me to.
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Post by: uncle fester on 12 March, 2011, 10:51:35 AM
Start with whatever bit is telling 'the story' the most.
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Post by: House of Usher on 12 March, 2011, 11:12:53 AM
Tits
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Post by: NeilFord on 12 March, 2011, 11:31:16 AM
An old pro once told me to start with the feet. Seems to work, whenever I actually remember to do it. Otherwise, the eyes, which i generally have to go back and correct in anycase... so I really should give the feet thing a proper go.
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Post by: flip-r mk2 on 12 March, 2011, 01:44:31 PM
I rough out the figure starting with the head and then start penciling the facial features,finish the head and work down the way.



filip
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Post by: Buttonman on 12 March, 2011, 01:44:52 PM
A big fat hairy spunking cock on someone's chemistry book is where my anatomic drawing began.
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Post by: uncle fester on 12 March, 2011, 02:11:14 PM
Ah but did you start with the balls?
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Post by: Kerrin on 12 March, 2011, 02:17:23 PM
...or the eye?
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Post by: Dark Jimbo on 12 March, 2011, 02:57:26 PM
:lol:

Eyes for me, then the face around them, then pretty much working downward.
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Post by: Tiplodocus on 12 March, 2011, 03:31:26 PM
Bang goes any chance i had of showing this thread to a ten year old.
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Post by: Spaceghost on 12 March, 2011, 03:41:35 PM
Quote from: Tiplodocus on 12 March, 2011, 03:31:26 PM
Bang goes any chance i had of showing this thread to a ten year old.

To be fair, your sig is inviting trouble.

If I've got a definite composition in mind, I usually rough out the whole image in big geometric shapes, then gradually add more and more detail.

If I'm just sketching or messing about I usually start with eyes.
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Post by: we66y on 12 March, 2011, 05:34:03 PM
Rough sketch out the whole pose, then draw in more detail the torso and shoulders, then the neck and then the head. It's the best way to prevent the head from appearing to be disjointed from the rest of the body, the limbs all work on the same principle.
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