Friday, March 9, 2012

Ways To Illustrate People

By Manci Zeelgal


Many people thing that draw people and the human figure has to be difficult and time consuming. (Source: http://howtodrawpeoplefaces.org/how-to-draw-a-realistic-face-step-by-step/ and http://howtodrawpeoplefaces.org/the-key-to-drawing-a-nose-realistically/)

Well I don't think that's the case at all. If you know the process of drawing people, then it can actually be very easy to draw the figure. In fact, it can be very fun.

The first thing you need to do is get all the drawing equipments together. It's not much, just a pencil, drawing pad, eraser, and a pencil sharpener.

Now, before you start actually drawing your subject, you should warm up your hand by doodling.

This will loosen you up and will make the process of drawing much more fun and not frustrating.

You can doodle in any way you like. Just remember to make big gestures with your arm as well as your hand.

The next step is to pick out a reference photo for you to draw.

Even though your best option is probably to draw from a real life subject, it's alright to begin by drawing from a picture.

As you gain more experience, you will gradually start drawing more and more from real life.

Once you have your picture, look at it and make a few observations of it.

Notice the pose that the figure is in and what angle you are looking at it from.

Once this is done, it's time to put pencil to paper and draw out the basic gesture of the person you are drawing.

You are not too concern with the details at this point. Just try to capture the basic outline of the figure.

Then you want to fill in the structure with basic geometry shapes.

For example, use an oval to represent the head, cylinders to represent the limps, and circles to represent the joints.

After you've done this, you should have a basic manikin of the figure all laid out.

It's ok if this manikin doesn't look perfect. Remember, this is a skill that you are developing and it will get better over time.

After that, you will begin to add in the little details of the figure. If you know a lot about human anatomy, this will help a lot.

If you don't know that much about the human body, that's OK. You will pick up more knowledge on this subject as you go along.

And the last part is to shade your drawing to make it look more realistic and you are done!




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