Hello, good evening and thank you for your lessons. I hope I'm not bothering you too much, but...
I tried to draw a man... I ended up with a monster D:
But seriously, I don't know what to think. If you could enlighten me on all the things I need to improve, that would be cool, thanks đ
Jokes aside, there isn't one specific area I'd advise you to work on rather than another. You probably know this already, but this is just the first drawing in a very long series! Character drawing is very demanding and requires a lot of practice.
I would simply suggest that you do lots and lots and lots of them! From photos, from real life, from imagination... The concepts from the course will guide you somewhat, but initially, it's experience that will train you. :-)
Well, here's a beginner's result. I drew these cannons separately and retraced them onto this sheet with an ink pen. Several attempts to define the features of the head and my lack of experience did not adequately define the proportions of the male cannon, but I am still satisfied with it. There are some errors in the proportions from left to right or vice versa, but still, it can easily be defined as a male character.
Subsequently, having observed certain difficulties in the proportions, I made another attempt with the female cannon. The challenge was to reproduce finer features to bring out a feminine character. The proportions of the head are about 7.5. Itâs a shame that this did not match those of the male cannon to be able to compare them with each other. The experience and previous observations of the male cannon still served as a guide and I think I can say that the proportions are a bit more accurate.
Itâs not easy to bring out male, female, and child characteristics. I need a lot of practice for this to become second nature in the technique. As a final point, the fact of retracing with an ink pen also provided evidence that more confidence needs to be placed in the execution of the line and one must have a thought already established before placing the pen on the paper. In short, I encourage everyone to do this exercise... itâs a "must",,,"must do", as we say back home!đ
Hello,
Great exercise!
You are absolutely right. Drawing characters requires a lot of practice. And the worst part is that once you start to get comfortable, there are tons of rules that you can regularly break. If you draw fantasy, for example, with a whole bunch of fantastical creatures. Elves, dwarves, and so on. Or just to draw very varied morphologies. But this will only become possible with sketchbooks filled to the brim :-P
A very educational exercise for this is to make sketches from clothing catalogs. đ
Keep it up anyway!
Je nâarrĂȘte pas de recommencer est ce que je continue Et je dois passer a dâautres cours et que je vais mieux comprendre ou que je dois encore pratiquer.
Well, in terms of proportions, you're doing pretty well. Except for the head and neck (which are correct in the male version only ^^).
For the rest, there are things slightly misplaced (the neck and head, but also the knees: too low, the elbows: too high). Extra lines around the stomach.
But I think it's pretty good for a start ^^ It will come with practice :D
It also lacks a bit of structure in the arms and legs. You can see another approach in the articles below if you want ^^
Hello Rakjah, I know it's not part of the exercise but I really want to learn so I'm still practicing the character, thank you for giving me those two sites, it helps me even more on Dessindigo.
I made a woman's face and I gave her earrings, I wanted it to look like a woman's face.
I hope my proportions are good.
I will practice drawing a man's face and then I will try to redraw the characters. I am a bit slow at learning but with my perseverance I might get there.
Jâai fais un visage de femme je lui ai fait des boucles dâoreilles je voulais quelle est lâaire dune femme.
JâespĂšre que mes proportions sont bonnes.
Je vais pratiquer le visage de lâhomme et aprĂšs je vais essayer de refaire les personnages je suis longue un peu a apprendre mais avec ma perseverance je vais peut-ĂȘtre y arriver.
I think this one the head is a little less square I just realized that my right exile is not quite equal with the other in terms of the width of the side of my face. I need a lot, a lot of practice.
I apologize for sending you 3 photos, but as you can see I've corrected the side of the face; I took a lot of notes because I won't remember the class, so I take a lot of notes.
Let me know if these are the correct face proportions, please.
So it all depends on what you're aiming for with the face. The way you've done it here is stylized, but the proportions are mostly correct (even if the eye you placed in the middle is smaller than the other two ^^).
Watch out for the symmetry, take a look at his skull for example :) So if it's a comic book / animation type character you were trying to make, yes it works well.
If you were trying to make a realistic face on the other hand, no, the proportions are not correct. But in your defense, making a realistic face without a model, unless you have years of experience practicing portraiture, is extremely complicated (I myself can't do it without a model for example).
Thanks for always responding. I tried to do the face on the site you gave me, at least I tried to match the idea I got from it, but it's the proportions mainly that I tried to do rightâat least they are good for a comic book. But I tried a realistic face and it failed âčïž. It's difficult, I think I don't have much potential for characters since my third eye is smaller, does that mean his eyes are too big? I think I'm going to move on as you suggested, to make some progress. I'll try practicing characters later in between classes. Thank you for helping me.
You tend to make the legs quite thick, place the knee a bit too low and the elbow a bit too high, and make the gentlemen a bit too wide once below the shoulders.
But overall, you've understood the proportions well, for me it's very good, the rest will refine with practice :D
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I tried to draw a man... I ended up with a monster D:
But seriously, I don't know what to think. If you could enlighten me on all the things I need to improve, that would be cool, thanks đ
J'ai essayé de faire un homme ... j'ai fini avec un monstre D:
Non plus sĂ©rieusement je sais pas quoi en penser si tu pouvais m'Ă©clairer sur toutes les choses que je doit amĂ©liorer sa serait cool merci đ
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01/02/2019
I particularly like his expression đ
Jokes aside, there isn't one specific area I'd advise you to work on rather than another. You probably know this already, but this is just the first drawing in a very long series! Character drawing is very demanding and requires a lot of practice.
I would simply suggest that you do lots and lots and lots of them! From photos, from real life, from imagination... The concepts from the course will guide you somewhat, but initially, it's experience that will train you. :-)
Get to work!
Greg
j'aime particuliĂšrement son regard đ
Blagues à part, il n'y a aucun point précis sur lequel je te conseillerais de bosser plutÎt qu'un autre. Tu t'en doutes probablement, mais ce n'est que le premier dessin d'une trÚs longue série ! Le dessin de persos est trÚs exigeant et demande pas mal de pratique.
Je te suggérerais simplement d'en faire plein, plein, plein ! D'aprÚs photo, d'aprÚs réel, d'aprÚs imagination... Les notions du cours te guideront un peu, mais dans un premier temps, c'est l'expérience qui va te former. :-)
Au boulot !
Greg
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Subsequently, having observed certain difficulties in the proportions, I made another attempt with the female cannon. The challenge was to reproduce finer features to bring out a feminine character. The proportions of the head are about 7.5. Itâs a shame that this did not match those of the male cannon to be able to compare them with each other. The experience and previous observations of the male cannon still served as a guide and I think I can say that the proportions are a bit more accurate.
Itâs not easy to bring out male, female, and child characteristics. I need a lot of practice for this to become second nature in the technique. As a final point, the fact of retracing with an ink pen also provided evidence that more confidence needs to be placed in the execution of the line and one must have a thought already established before placing the pen on the paper. In short, I encourage everyone to do this exercise... itâs a "must",,,"must do", as we say back home!đ
Par la suite, ayant observĂ© certaines difficultĂ©s dans les proportions, jâai refait une tentative avec le canon fĂ©minin. Le dĂ©fi ayant Ă©tĂ© de reproduire des traits plus fins pour faire ressortir un caractĂšre fĂ©minin. Les proportions de la tĂȘte sont de 7.5 environ. Dommage que ceci nâa pas su correspondre Ă ceux du canon masculin pour pouvoir les comparer lâun vers lâautre. LâexpĂ©rience et les observations antĂ©cĂ©dentes du canon masculin mâont tout de mĂȘme servi de guide et je pense pouvoir affirmer que les proportions sont un peu plus prĂ©cises.
Pas Ă©vident de faire ressortir les traits masculin, fĂ©minin et celui de lâenfant. Il me faut beaucoup de pratique pour que ceci devienne une seconde nature Ă la technique. Comme dernier point, le fait dâavoir retracer au stylo Ă encre mâa aussi fourni une Ă©vidence quâil faut y mettre plus dâassurance dans lâexĂ©cution du trait et il faut avoir une rĂ©flexion dĂ©jĂ Ă©tablie avant de poser son stylo sur la feuille. Bref, jâencourage tous ceux Ă produire cet exerciceâŠcâest un «must»,,,«must to do», comme on dit chez moi!đ
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03/04/2019
Great exercise!
You are absolutely right. Drawing characters requires a lot of practice. And the worst part is that once you start to get comfortable, there are tons of rules that you can regularly break. If you draw fantasy, for example, with a whole bunch of fantastical creatures. Elves, dwarves, and so on. Or just to draw very varied morphologies. But this will only become possible with sketchbooks filled to the brim :-P
A very educational exercise for this is to make sketches from clothing catalogs. đ
Keep it up anyway!
TrĂšs bon exercice !
Tu as tout à fait raison. Le dessin de personnage requiert énormément de pratique. Et le pire, c'est qu'une fois que tu commenceras à devenir à l'aise, il y a des tonnes de rÚgles que tu pourras briser réguliÚrement. Si tu dessines de la fantasy, par exemple, avec tout un tas de créatures fantastiques. Elfes, nains, et j'en passe. Ou simplement pour dessiner des morphologies trÚs variées. Mais ça ne deviendra possible qu'avec des carnets de croquis remplis à ras bord :-P
Un exercice trĂšs formateur pour cela est de faire des croquis d'aprĂšs catalogues de vĂȘtements. đ
Continue comme ça en tout cas !
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05/05/2019
Your lessons are very instructive :) but this time I had quite a few problems, especially with the shoulders!
Vos cours sont trĂšs instructifs :) mais cette fois jâai eu pas mal de problĂšmes, surtout avec les Ă©paules!
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Aaaaaah drawing characters, you'll never stop pulling your hair out đ
You have to do tons and tons of them!
Aaaaaah le dessin de personnages, tu n'as pas fini de t'arracher les cheveux đ
Faut en faire plein, plein, plein !
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It will come with practice! As Grégoire told most of your colleagues, do a lot, a lot, a lot! \o/
Ăa viendra avec la pratique ! Comme l'a dit GrĂ©goire Ă la plupart de tes collĂšgues, fais en plein, plein plein ! \o/
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05/07/2019
I keep starting over; should I continue? And should I move on to other courses where I might understand better, or should I still practice?
Hello and see you soon.
Je nâarrĂȘte pas de recommencer est ce que je continue Et je dois passer a dâautres cours et que je vais mieux comprendre ou que je dois encore pratiquer.
Bonjour et Ă bientĂŽt
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06/07/2019
Well, in terms of proportions, you're doing pretty well. Except for the head and neck (which are correct in the male version only ^^).
For the rest, there are things slightly misplaced (the neck and head, but also the knees: too low, the elbows: too high). Extra lines around the stomach.
But I think it's pretty good for a start ^^ It will come with practice :D
It also lacks a bit of structure in the arms and legs. You can see another approach in the articles below if you want ^^
> DRAWING A MAN: https://www.dessindigo.com/blog/dessin-corps-homme
> DRAWING A WOMAN: https://www.dessindigo.com/blog/dessin-corps-femme
But I think you've grasped the essentials. You can move on to the next step :3
Eh bien en terme de proportions tu es plutĂŽt pas mal. A part la tĂȘte et le cou (corrects sur la version homme uniquement ^^).
Pour le reste il y a des choses lĂ©gĂšrement mal placĂ©es (le cou et la tĂȘte donc, mais Ă©galement les genoux : trop bas, les coudes : trop haut). Des traits en trop au niveau du ventre.
Mais je trouve que c'est plutĂŽt bien pour un dĂ©but ^^ Ăa viendra avec la pratique :D
Ăa manque aussi un peu de structure au niveau des bras et des jambes. Tu peux voir une autre approche dans les articles ci-dessous si tu veux ^^
> DESSINER UN HOMME : https://www.dessindigo.com/blog/dessin-corps-homme
> DESSINER UNE FEMME : https://www.dessindigo.com/blog/dessin-corps-femme
Mais je trouve que tu as compris l'essentiel. Tu peux passer Ă la suite :3
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06/07/2019
I made a woman's face and I gave her earrings, I wanted it to look like a woman's face.
I hope my proportions are good.
I will practice drawing a man's face and then I will try to redraw the characters. I am a bit slow at learning but with my perseverance I might get there.
Thank you, see you soon.
Jâai fais un visage de femme je lui ai fait des boucles dâoreilles je voulais quelle est lâaire dune femme.
JâespĂšre que mes proportions sont bonnes.
Je vais pratiquer le visage de lâhomme et aprĂšs je vais essayer de refaire les personnages je suis longue un peu a apprendre mais avec ma perseverance je vais peut-ĂȘtre y arriver.
Merci Ă bientĂŽt
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Let me know if these are the correct face proportions, please.
Thank you.
Dit moi si cest les bonne proportions du visage svp.
Merci
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07/07/2019
So it all depends on what you're aiming for with the face. The way you've done it here is stylized, but the proportions are mostly correct (even if the eye you placed in the middle is smaller than the other two ^^).
Watch out for the symmetry, take a look at his skull for example :) So if it's a comic book / animation type character you were trying to make, yes it works well.
If you were trying to make a realistic face on the other hand, no, the proportions are not correct. But in your defense, making a realistic face without a model, unless you have years of experience practicing portraiture, is extremely complicated (I myself can't do it without a model for example).
So it's all a question of the initial goal :)
Alors tout dĂ©pend de ce que tu vises pour le visage. Tel que tu l'as fait lĂ il est stylisĂ©, mais les proportions sont plutĂŽt justes (mĂȘme si lâĆil que tu as placĂ© au milieu est plus petit que les deux autres ^^).
Attention à la symétrie, regarde son crùne par exemple :) Donc si c'est un personnage type BD / Animation que tu cherchais à faire, oui ça fonctionne bien.
Si tu cherchais Ă faire un visage rĂ©aliste en revanche, non les proportions ne sont pas bonnes. Mais Ă ta dĂ©charge, faire un visage rĂ©aliste sans modĂšle, Ă moins d'avoir des annĂ©es d'expĂ©rience Ă pratiquer le portrait, c'est extrĂȘmement compliquĂ© (moi je ne sais pas le faire sans modĂšle par exemple).
Donc tout est une question d'objectif initial :)
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Thanks for always responding. I tried to do the face on the site you gave me, at least I tried to match the idea I got from it, but it's the proportions mainly that I tried to do rightâat least they are good for a comic book. But I tried a realistic face and it failed âčïž. It's difficult, I think I don't have much potential for characters since my third eye is smaller, does that mean his eyes are too big? I think I'm going to move on as you suggested, to make some progress. I'll try practicing characters later in between classes. Thank you for helping me.
See you soon.
Merci de tjrs me rĂ©pondre j'avais fait le visage ds le site que tu mâavais donnĂ© du moins jâai essayĂ© de le ressembler lâidĂ©e mâest venue de la mais câest les proportions surtout que jâai essayĂ© de faire au moins elle sont bonne pour une bd mais jâavais essayĂ© un visage rĂ©aliste mais câest ratĂ© âčïžC'est difficile je crois que je nâai pas bcp de potentiel pour les personnages vue que mon 3e Ćil est plus petit cela veux tu dire Que ses yeux sont un peu trop grands je crois que je vais passĂ© Ă la suite comme tu me conseillais pour avancer un peu je vais essayer de pratiquer le personnage plus tard ente les cours merci de mâaider
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You tend to make the legs quite thick, place the knee a bit too low and the elbow a bit too high, and make the gentlemen a bit too wide once below the shoulders.
But overall, you've understood the proportions well, for me it's very good, the rest will refine with practice :D
You can continue ;p
Tu as tendance Ă faire des jambes assez Ă©paisses, Ă placer le genou un peu trop bas et le coude un peu trop haut, et fait les messieurs un peu trop larges une fois descendus sous les Ă©paules.
Mais globalement, tu as bien compris les proportions, pour moi c'est trĂšs bien, le reste s'affinera avec la pratique :D
Tu peux poursuivre ;p
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