Studying Anatomy For Art? DON’T! Listen To This First
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You might think you need to study art anatomy RIGHT NOW. Chances are, you don't! Here is why.
One day someone says you should learn anatomy, the next someone says you shouldn’t. One day someone says tools matter, the other someone says they don’t. One day someone says use a pen to draw because it prevents you from erasing, the next day someone comes along and says you need to use a pencil.
Whoever says anatomy is more important than figure fundamentals should really rethink their core values lol
Well. Thats a difficult one i guess :/ It depends? For highly stylized cartoons, it really does not matter that much. A feeling for proportions would be more important.
But from a neutral point, i understand your oppinion. Everyone seems to say something else. My personal advice would be: focus your learning on the fundamentals and the rest is just practice. Or dont give a f*** and just have some fun, doodling around^^ If you dont care about the pro league, why exhaust? :)
@@chaoswolf7976 Well, I doubt someone who does it for fun would ever start "studying" anything :D or even get good at it, if not by coincidence. I think getting good at drawing takes deliberate effort, and if so, always working on the highest leverage thing is definitely the best way to improve
For me, it’s all about ‘economy of line’. Irrespective of the level of realism you’re trying to achieve, you want the viewer to understand what your visually communicating
Drawing is more like sculpting to me. You first have to have knowledge on how to see in 3d space and manipulate simple form, once you have this it’s just getting the information and observing (Anatomy)
There is a lot of merit in this video, A lot of times its the fundamentals that are lacking and sometimes we are trying to build a nice pretty house on a unstable foundation and wonder why it doesnt look right and then falls apart.
Yup, that's exactly what I mean!
Study what you are struggling on. Got it
Good advice thank you! I see anatomy recommended before gesture and structure is even at a competent level to beginner to intermediate artists all the time. Unfortunately, a lot of people don't like being told to study simple forms and volumes like cubes or blobs, since that means studying perspective, which is the opposite of fun to a lot of people, since they want to draw heads and eyes.
Yeah that's the sad reality, most people don't improve exactly because of that mindset!
Thanks for the video very helpful
Glad it helped!
So before any "how?" in art you need to ask "why?".
Yes! But also: big forms before details
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Happy it helped!
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Great video
Thank you!
I'd personally argue the anatomy is a figure fundamental and not a subject onto itself, because figure is tied to the human form which is tied to anatomy. if you can't abstract the forms convincingly anatomy can't magically fix the issue at the core of an unappealing drawing but likewise a drawing with good forms can still be improved by applying anatomy to the forms.
good fundamentals must exist in order for all the fancy anatomy, rendering and color work that you could want in your drawings to actually feel convincing.
Oh, yes, but anatomy still falls apart without good forms and some sort of mannequin underneath (primary forms), like you say. I've seen too many people "study anatomy" and present flat drawing where you can't even tell an arm is coming towards you :D I'd argue anatomy really has to be put in the backburner until you have some solid grasp of a simple figure in 3d space
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