Here's a repost of my pose sketches, with some extra annotation

Thursday, 3 November 2011

We were asked to build up a collection of pose sketches, from observing people behaving naturally.

My first attempt at this was a bit too much of a detailed sketch. But then i realised that it was better to build a large collection of poses. Having said that, I quite like the background, and the pose could be used for plenty of things.

My life drawing class was really busy so i couldn't see when the model did a lying down pose. So I drew the people on the other side of the room instead :) These poses are quite nice, i like the relaxed way they are perched on the desks, i wish I’d had more time to spend on them. 

 

 I particularly like the girl on the right. She has a nice curl to her fringe. But I did find it quite hard to get the anatomy right, drawing the crossed legs under the sketchbooks.

 

 I think there’s a nice selection of poses here. My favourite is the guy sitting with his legs really far open just because it was funny to draw. I also like the line of action (for want on a better word) on the guy slouching in his chair. The girl at the photocopier also has a nice shy pose. The other two didn't work so well, simply because i didn’t capture them well enough, for want of time.

the far left is probably the nicest sketch- but I’m also quite fond of butt girl- she really should wear longer tops with those leggings thou.

Jesus Nerd! We did an exercise to sit and draw the same person in various poses. Our group chose some guys playing with Magic Cards in the SU, because they looked like they would be there a while. But the problem was that they didn't really move much at all! Saying that- i really love the "flicking his hair back like something off of Baywatch" pose!

 

These are some more sketches from a cafe'. i really like the two girls in the top right corner. There so expressive- you could clearly see that they were cold an tired at a glance. i also like the possible braking up couple, felt kind of sorry for them thou. I also like the posing of the guy sitting with his legs crossed.

 I quite like all of these. The guy leaning over the table could be good for an intimidating gangster type character. Also, i got quite a nice sequence of movements from the guy trying to sell something; and multitasking guy was pretty cool just because he made me laugh!

last but not least- burly guy and high shorts girl. i wanted to do some more poses of them flirting but they left, and i don’t think these poses express it so well.