Friday, July 9, 2010

Even more construction




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10 comments:

  1. chromasketchJuly 9, 2010 at 11:14 PM

    how do you decide where to put the flow and rhythm once you have that construction step down? or do you naturally draw with flow in the first place..?

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  2. rad sechristJuly 10, 2010 at 12:27 AM

    I draw the flow and the rhythm first. I added the construction on top later to show what I was thinking about. I didn't actually draw this construction in when I did the drawing. I only draw like this when I am doing studies and analyzing stuff.

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  3. Quentin LebegueJuly 10, 2010 at 2:43 AM

    But when you are moving your character in space, you do think about the construction, right ?

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  4. UnknownJuly 10, 2010 at 11:21 AM

    Thanks again and again Rad..
    I like to design my characters without worrying much about the construction..like you said flow and rhythm first..
    this is an excellent way to check your character after.especially if I flip it!..also ..
    I have troubles sometimes when I go back to a suspended project ..I seem to have lost my "way" or need to learn the characters again..do you have any advice on making a sort of a guide to maintain the characters look and style for whenever you want to come back to them..or no easy ways ? :)

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  5. rad sechristJuly 10, 2010 at 4:07 PM

    Quentin: Yes I do think about it. I feel like my line is chiseling out around a form, if that makes sense.

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  6. steviemJuly 10, 2010 at 4:34 PM

    Rad, does the eyeline wrap perfectly around the sphere of the skull? I thought it didn't; that it's instead an almost-straight line that lies on top (like glasses). But after studying your latest two posts I'm starting to wonder otherwise.

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  7. rad sechristJuly 10, 2010 at 6:51 PM

    sw: on a real human, it curves. you can think of it as 3 flat planes. If it was one flat plane, the eye would be out by the nose in the profile shot. but, in profile the eye is deep inside the contour.

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  8. steviemJuly 10, 2010 at 9:41 PM

    Thanks Rad, I'll try to think of it as three planes and see how it goes.

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  9. RYANJuly 11, 2010 at 11:31 AM

    I don't know if I've commented here before, but THANK YOU so much for sharing all this insight. Really awesome work.

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  10. UnknownJuly 17, 2010 at 3:44 PM

    I love your site! Every post and breakdown are always so helpful. Thank You!

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