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Re: Project Yuna!
(Anonymous) 2013-01-06 02:47 am (UTC)(link)[Um, first off, I have to agree with the other anon up there. Maybe in the future make a post and then put the pictures in a comment to that post? That way it'll collapse and people won't have to deal with the loading time+scrolling.]
As for the drawing... already, improvement! The shape of the face in those last few pics looks much more natural than your previous attempts. Though, if you'll study the reference picture, Yuna's got a heart-shaped face; i.e., a wider forehead and small chin. You've drawn what's basically an oval-shaped face there in your day 4 reference-less experiment - play around with the shape of the face till you get it right.
The biggest thing I can point out here is the proportions of the body. You mentioned yourself that you don't like the head size - I'm guessing here, but did you start by drawing the face/head and then move on down to the rest of the body? If so, you might instead want to practice by lightly sketching the proportions of the entire body before doing any detail.
The average woman is going to be about seven heads tall, with maybe half a head's leeway either way. (Seven is more realistic; some artists prefer eight for a statuesque look. Yuna looks about seven heads tall in that picture.) Draw an oval for the head, then stack six more ovals of the same size below it in a straight line. From the top: the bottom of the third head is where the belly-button is. Bottom of the next head is where the groin is, and where the wrists are if the arms are relaxed.
Don't forget the width, either. Yuna's shoulders and hips look about the same width in that picture. She does have a smallish waist but of course, keep it proportionate with the rest of her body (she needs space for internal organs). Oh, and one more thing - if the right hip is going down, the left hip will go up. If you study the reference picture you provided, you'll notice that's what's happening, ever so slightly there. In your sketch, the hip is moving but the shoulder isn't; that's why she looks a bit stilted. Remember that the body works as a whole; it's rarely just one part moving without affecting others, even if it's as simple an action as raising an arm.
When you're working on getting proportions right, don't bother drawing in all the details just yet. Work with rough shapes (ovals, rectangles, circles) just to indicate the sizes of each section of the body. Also, try and draw the body in varying postures, using this same rough method. That will help you get a sense of how the body moves. I always find it useful to take my own pictures (I usually get my sister to pose for me, or do my own), especially if it's a pose I'm not sure about. This also helps with what I mentioned in the previous paragraph: the movement of the various parts of the body in relation to each other.
I generally do more detailed studies of parts of the body on one piece of paper, and then a rough guide sketch of the whole body/pose on another. Putting them together comes later, but like I mentioned in my previous post, both of these are important foundation skills. Work at them and don't rush too quickly into trying to draw everything perfectly!
Re: Project Yuna!
Sensational!! Thank you so much! This is all super fantastic. I appreciate your long replies, anonoodles!!! This is all great stuff that helps me improve. Today is Day 6, and I'm definitely excited to get practicing some more :)