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PSA: My character art went from flat to alive after I spent a weekend on gesture drawing
About six months ago, I was stuck. My digital portraits looked stiff, like mannequins. I posted one on here and someone said 'needs more life.' Ouch. So I signed up for a 48-hour online workshop focused only on gesture drawing. The instructor made us do 30-second sketches for hours. No details, just the flow of the pose. I did maybe 200 of them. The next time I opened my tablet, something clicked. My lines had energy before I even thought about it. The last piece I finished, a dancer mid-leap, actually looks like she's moving. It's wild how one basic skill unlocked everything else. Anyone else have a simple exercise that totally leveled up their work?
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singh.jessica23d ago
Wait you did 200 sketches in a weekend? That's insane, I could never. @hollypalmer is right though, the basics really do change everything.
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