Arms and legs

• Hannah's Lover wrote on 2012-03-13 04:42
  I can never get them to look right
  they end up being too lopsided and poorly proportioned
  
  any tips?
  
  THIS INCLUDES HANDS.
  OH GOD THE HANDS.
• ValkyrieHamster wrote on 2012-03-13 04:47
  Try to think of basic shapes. You'd be surprised how you can build on a really simple shape after getting a rough sketch down. Also life drawing classes, drawing a bunch of naked people all day really helps. :3
  
  And you aren't judged for staring intently! hahaha
• Elena wrote on 2012-03-13 05:12
  ^That you are not, unless the model looks RIGHT. AT. YOU.
  Meep.
  
  Anyway, with the human body, it's better to know at least some of the underlying structure. It really helps place the way things curve. I'm talking mainly the shapes of muscles as well as the bones that end up being more visible, like kneecaps.
• ValkyrieHamster wrote on 2012-03-13 05:23

  Quote from Elena;805928:

  ^That you are not, unless the model looks RIGHT. AT. YOU.
  Meep.
  

  
  
  I had a class where we had a recurring male model come in who was in very good shape...He would always do poses where he would be thrusting his well endowed self towards some female in the class. X3
  
  Also in regards to what Elena said about underlying structure, it might help to get a book on human anatomy so you can see how certain muscles shape the human body.
• Elena wrote on 2012-03-13 05:35
  Oh man, that model sounds creepy. Must be even worse if he ends up looking at them on top of the very obvious position.
• Bakuryu wrote on 2012-03-13 05:47
  There's no secret, studying and practicing.
  "To copy others is necessary, but to copy oneself is pathetic" -Pablo Picasso
  Books, copying (analyzing rather, careful with the word "copying" when it comes to art), and drawing about a thousand of them, and anatomy of course, you can't draw something if you don't know how it looks like and why it looks like that. Check Loomis books, there's PDFs all around the internet for that. I prefer Bridgman or Vilppu myself, but Loomis is excellent.
  And then there's life drawing of course, but photos are an alternative, or master studies. Life Drawing > Master Studies > Photo Studies.
• Piero wrote on 2012-03-13 07:46
  HEADS...SHOULDERS KNEES AND TOESSSSSSSSSSSSSSSS
  
  In all seriousness, I suck so bad at hands and feet, and legs too, and arms (holy crap arms). I can only really draw the shoulders up. I wish I had someone like Ady to teach me.
  COUGHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH.
• Elena wrote on 2012-03-13 19:15
  Uh...well, I could try? lol
  What would you guys say to a thread where people post their stuff and I give crits or something? I may even do some red-lining. I can improve my own art by observing others as well, so now it's starting to sound tempting...
• Taycat wrote on 2012-03-13 20:32
  Arms heads legs etc etc?
  
  Do you mind if I link some stuff? Like, images for characters I've done?
• TA wrote on 2012-03-13 23:31
  I'd use something like Poser/DAZ Studio and Victoria3/4 to use as a prop to study the shape in the positions you want and the lighting it gives off. Very useful tool for learning how to do them.
• Milk wrote on 2012-03-14 00:16
  Just practice & look up guides & tutorials there is no real trick for getting hands & fingers right.
• Elena wrote on 2012-03-14 00:52

  Quote from Mythical Detective Loki;806549:

  Arms heads legs etc etc?
  
  Do you mind if I link some stuff? Like, images for characters I've done?

  
  
  I assume you're asking me? xD
  Well, it's not my thread here so I'd wait til later, or something. @.@