torso study

pbalsach · torso study

Hi guys!
i'll post all my torso sketches here.

Feel free to make crits and comments, if you want to make any corrections you are more than welcome to do it .

Thanks!

cakeypigdog

nice pere!

pbalsach

Thanks Jake!

Here is today's torso Very Happy

cakeypigdog

wicked mate, nice style and proportion: big improvement!

pbalsach

Thanks jake!
Every torso I feel more confortable doing it.
Is a good exercice to do it.
When I finish with torsos I'll start doing faces. Right now is my weak part Smile

pbalsach

A new one

I know something on his belly is wrong, but I can't find what's wrong Confused

Any advice?

Thanks mates!

cakeypigdog

hey mate i have started doing some of these. will put em at lunch.

its hard to crit the drawing, i would say you need more ton on the let side of his belly. it seems odd that it is so dark above the arm and then so light below it. do you have the original to show?

pbalsach

thanks jake!
I can wait to see you drawings Razz

Here is the original :

pbalsach

Here is today's torso Smile

cakeypigdog

nice one with the recent one pere. i would say that the main issue with the one you want help with is that there is not enough structure to it.

i wuld think more in terms of the 3d shapes of the figure and how they interact.

there is a real sense of twist in the sculptures abdomem that your painting just is not getting across.

the advice that rebecca gives on the cgchat site is good: think across the form. she provides illustration on what she means too.

i think you perhaps need to analyse more and copy less: try and get a real sense of what the forms are doing (picture them in 3d in your head) and try and get that down on your images.

great to see yo doing these, they are improving your skills a lot i think.

pbalsach

Thanks jake for your help!

You're right I'm copying and I'm not thinking about the structure. I'll try to keep in mind the next one Very Happy

Thanks jake!

I'll try to do a "3D blockout" of the torso, I think is gonna help to understand more the basic structure.

Lets see what happens tomorrow Rolling Eyes

pbalsach

Another one Very Happy

Jake, I did the 3D shapes in the first stage and it helps alot! Thank you very much for your help mate!

Here we go:

cakeypigdog

cool mate, lots more form in that one! the structure reallt helps

pbalsach

Another study Smile

I'm not very proud of it.
It's quit hard to do all the little bumps on the back.

Anyway here we go :

cakeypigdog

you are selling yourslef short pere: its one of your best it has really good presense and form. the shoulder works wonderfully!

pbalsach

Thanks jake for your nice words! Embarassed

The black and white contrast always works really well.
Thanks mate!

pbalsach

Another one Smile

cakeypigdog

ah ah. you are improving every time pere. that one is cracking: you can really see the planes and form of the torso: much much more sophisticated. well done!!

pbalsach

Thanks Jake!
I feel more confortable every torso that I'm drawing :p

There's a problem in the back, the shoulder blade is a bit wierd. I'll try to fix it this afternoon Smile

pbalsach

Another one.
I spent a lot of time trying to do the face, but I end up with this Very Happy

I'm not very proud of it... Confused

I hope today is going to be better Very Happy

Here we go :

pbalsach

Today's torso Very Happy

pbalsach

Another one.
I'm trying to draw the faces, but still a little crap drawing faces.... Embarassed

Anyway here we go :

pbalsach

Another one Very Happy

cakeypigdog

nice use of contrast on that last one mate

pbalsach

Thanks jake!
Here is another one Smile

pbalsach

A bit messy today Smile

pbalsach

Another one Razz

pbalsach

I'm quite happy with this one :p

cakeypigdog

nice pere, good forshortening on that last one