Doodles 2!

Orion · Post by **Orion** » Fri Feb 24, 2006 9:54 pm

big sword!

EmergencyExit · Post by **EmergencyExit** » Fri Feb 24, 2006 9:56 pm

Haha! That's awesome, who needs economic notes when you got big swords.

MERBman · Post by **MERBman** » Fri Feb 24, 2006 11:40 pm

Kitetsu wrote:

I wonder what he's screaming at?

Man -- judging from the pose, I'd say the mega-walker at the end of the first level.

...what? It's totally a Battletoads pose! Exactly!

Ymmot · Post by **Ymmot** » Sat Feb 25, 2006 1:54 am

look at me! I'm contributing!

McDuffies · Post by **McDuffies** » Sat Feb 25, 2006 2:37 am

There's a term for that: dehumanized art.

Post by **Kisai** » Sun Feb 26, 2006 12:21 am

Here's a question for people, I've been wondering.

When you draw a person, where do you start drawing?

So far I've either been starting with the eyes or the jaw. Does anyone start somewhere else?

Sortelli · Post by **Sortelli** » Sun Feb 26, 2006 12:25 am

The spine.

Joel Fagin · Post by **Joel Fagin** » Sun Feb 26, 2006 12:43 am

The head, usually.

- Joel Fagin

MERBman · Post by **MERBman** » Sun Feb 26, 2006 1:17 am

For virtually anything I draw, I start with the head. Always the head.

Expression is my first concern. Pose comes later.

Foorley · Post by **Foorley** » Sun Feb 26, 2006 2:25 am

I start with the head or body.

Black Kitty · Post by **Black Kitty** » Sun Feb 26, 2006 2:37 am

I usually start with the head followed by the shoulder then spine. Although I tend to draw circles and lines in the beginning sooo...

Not sure if NSFW stuff can be hotlinked so here's a sketch I'm working with for school.

Messed up the wolf though. Need to find better references.

Sam_Charette · Post by **Sam_Charette** » Sun Feb 26, 2006 6:36 am

NSFW stuff is fine here.

And welcome

What?

Blackaby · Post by **Blackaby** » Sun Feb 26, 2006 6:48 am

I usually start with the hands or feet. Which is my my art is so horrible.

BOMC · Post by **BOMC** » Sun Feb 26, 2006 6:58 am

I usually start with the head and work my way down. The exception is if I have to draw someone sitting on something, and I already have people drawn sitting on the same thing. If I start with the head in that case, I usually mess up and have to draw the torso too long or too short to get the bum on the seat. So I would start by drawing the bum, and working my way up.

Komiyan · Post by **Komiyan** » Sun Feb 26, 2006 7:04 am

Always always eyes. Always.

Sam_Charette · Post by **Sam_Charette** » Sun Feb 26, 2006 7:05 am

Kisai wrote:When you draw a person, where do you start drawing?

I'm with sortelli, sort of.

I don't draw realistically a lot. Most of what I draw is just comicky stuff, so I start with what's called the "action line". It's basically the spine, or close to it. Then I draw the basic head shape, spine and basic skeletal structure, then I start with the detail.

Unless I'm lazy, which I am a lot, so I start with the head structure, then head detail, then I do something with the body that fits

K-Dawg · Post by **K-Dawg** » Sun Feb 26, 2006 7:09 am

Komiyan wrote:Always always eyes. Always.

Me as well. Without the eyes I'm lost.

Dr Legostar · Post by **Dr Legostar** » Sun Feb 26, 2006 7:10 am

K-Dawg wrote:
Komiyan wrote:Always always eyes. Always.
Me as well. Without the eyes I'm lost.

me too, though obviously my drawing skills are not up to part with most of you people.

BOMC · Post by **BOMC** » Sun Feb 26, 2006 7:13 am

If I draw the eyes first, I can never get them in the right place on the face.

K-Dawg wrote: Without the eyes I'm lost.

Out of context, that still makes a lot of sense....

Post by **Mercury Hat** » Sun Feb 26, 2006 8:28 am

I draw the eyes first and then the nose.

But it doesn't always work since sometimes I have have to erase the eyes and reposition them.

Soap starts by drawing the outline on part of the face and working in from that way

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