Youtube Figure Perspective Study
Added 2021-08-04 19:01:09 +0000 UTCHey everyone! Today I wanted to share a cool way to practice seeing and thinking in perspective when it comes to the human body irl.
The subtle tilts that each person has as they move around (mainly in the head, torso, and pelvis) are so crucial to creating a believable and dynamic figure and pose. I tend to exaggerate them alot, to the point where I lose sight of the overall perspective of the scene. I did this practice to help train my eye a bit to see how subtle the changes can be even with a large scene like this.
I recommend you watch videos like these to get an idea for how people move, as well as for drawing reference because I find It almost feels like being there in person.
However, Id use this video here instead to start: https://youtu.be/jnCvkPbG7i8
The reason is...clothing makes it SUPER challenging to figure out what direction a tilt might be, or where the weight is distributed on the individual. Everyone here is at the beach so there's less clothing to get in the way lol. Not to mention you get to see some nice anatomy landmarks if you freeze the frames just right. I recommend playing around with alot of different frames, maybe even doing them to the side instead of tracing them afterwards.
