Month: May 2025

This card is from Proko Loomis Head Video.

This lesson is about the classic head proportion guideline from Loomis. I started the next SVS Gesture class, but didn’t have a good framework for faces and really got stuck on that. Now that I have some idea of proportions, I feel like I can continue with the gesture class. This will be something that I need to keep learning and practicing on, but I needed some kind of approach first. This is the first time I have even tried faces, so it’s rough but I’m pretty happy with it.

Next time I will do even more practice, then try a 3/4 view

Procreate app on iPad.

I did 30 minutes practice following along with videos and then 30 minutes to complete this image.

This card is from SVS Figure Drawing for Illustrators.

This lesson is about pulling everything together, adding shading and making the final figures. The emphasis is on going through all the steps and not just jumping in and drawing. By doing all the steps, the gesture has more life and is in better proportion and has good enough anatomy. It’s also ok for this lesson to draw over the photo, which is what I did here. It still took me a full hour to draw two figures using this method. But these are the best gesture drawings I have ever done. It’s very approachable and makes for good believable drawings.

Next time I will do two or three more traced drawings, then after that switch to hand drawn.

Photoshop using Huion tablet.

I did 60 minutes to complete this image.

This card is SVS Figure Drawing for Illustrators.

This lesson is about the key landmarks of a figure and how to work them into your drawing. Instead of doing a lot of anatomy, we are just learning some key things to look for in a figure. Since we are drawing simplified figures, it’s just enough anatomy to get you going. The first part of this exercise is just a simple figure with labels of the landmarks, then we trace over some figures and do some of our own.

Next time I will work on keeping my lines lighter. I keep saying it, and it’s just hard to do. Maybe I need to work with a pencil with more pressure sensitivity.

Photoshop using Huion tablet.

I did 30 minutes practice and then 30 minutes to complete this image.

This card is SVS Figure Drawing for Illustrators.

This lesson is about adding simple structure of tapered cylinders to the figure. But, keeping in mind to do all the other steps first. This lesson is hard for me, it’s taking me a lot of time. I think because it’s new, but also it’s a lot to try to think about. I also think I need to time myself on these so I can speed them up a little.

Next time I will time myself and try some of my other post references. Also, take a break half way through, it helps me stay more fresh and motivated.

Photoshop using Huion tablet.

I did about an hour to complete this image.

This card is from SVS Figure Drawing for Illustrators.

This lesson is about adding more structure to a gesture figure using a tapered cylinder model. We are still using all the previous steps of finding the line of action, sketching the flour sack and tapered triangles for limbs, finding the weight, etc. Then we add the tapered cylinder to give things more structure. This is a big difference from the box maniquin method and will hopefully give my gestures more flow. I would just go straight to the box maniquin instead of figuring out weight and flow of action. So it’s exciting to learn. This took a bit of practice however. I’ll work on timed figures which should help speed up the process.

Next time I will work through all 10 characters in an hour, using a timer to keep things moving.

Photoshop using Huion tablet.

I did 40 minutes practice and then 20 minutes to complete this image.