skgb75 (November 30, 1999 at 12:00 am)

omg lol pure haters commenting.......anyways this is not used 2 get a final masterpiece guys...its how i draw myself as well.....its just a method and prefrence to get info down on the paper and can be quite effective depending on how and why you use it....and no this is not just for comic books and manga lmao...it is essentially a gesture drawing

jlevine99 (November 30, 1999 at 12:00 am)

very interesting

agutinoff (November 30, 1999 at 12:00 am)

Great method! I use it now, it gives faster progress!

ActiveStorage (November 30, 1999 at 12:00 am)

nooooo worries i guess that kind of drawings can be both

studioview (November 30, 1999 at 12:00 am)

Oh my... SORRY!... :) Well, the good news in all this is — beside the fact I now know I need an eye exam — that your question to as04qg made me think very long and *very* hard about why on Earth I didn't just call it "gesture drawing" to begin with. Thanks for the follow-up note!

ActiveStorage (November 30, 1999 at 12:00 am)

it was a question for as04qg ;)

studioview (November 30, 1999 at 12:00 am)

Yes I have. Gesture drawing is certainly one key ingredient. But typically, we were taught gesture drawing as a warm up "before"the actual drawing occurred — and this is when a model was present and he/she was assuming one pose per 30 seconds. Please check out my video called "Perspective in Action." There, you'll see me create (without using models) several themes (some being complex in terms of composition) from beginning to end, alternating between g.d. and others (even using trace paper).

ActiveStorage (November 30, 1999 at 12:00 am)

to as04qg ever heard of gesture drawings?

studioview (November 30, 1999 at 12:00 am)

On the contrary, thank you for your valuable comments. If I may: This technique promotes a more natural way towards visual expression resulting in the creation of... "wireframes"... that capture/express the *essence* of the gesture and proportions (etc)in a way that looks natural to the eye . Once the "wireframe" is locked in, then the rest follows...

as04qg (November 30, 1999 at 12:00 am)

sorry..call me crazy..but that looks so far off from an anatomically correct drawing.. I think i'll take proper drawing techniques over this "holistic" method..Even though learning proper techniques is much more work..but in the end it allows you to be able to draw truly convincing figures such as in comics and manga. I doubt simply scribbling away on paper teaches me anything..again sorry if i offended anyone