Complete one line drawing in good proportion. Your drawing must show two people in hand to hand combat. Your characters may be engaged in a fist fight, a play fight, brawl or wrestling match. There should be no guns or remote weapons involved. Knives, bludgeons etc. are okay as they still involve physical interaction between the two characters. Poses should feel authentic and have movement. Identify the general thrust/direction line to your attacking and defensive poses.
Your characters should be drawn in proportion with each other and without clothes. You may use reference as inspiration for the pose you choose but make your drawing in different perspective from your source. This will lead to a finished illustration with costume and environment so now is the time to decide on your theme and the angle from which you want to view it for the maximum dramatic effect. Figures should NOT be cropped by the edge of the image.
This drawing should be roughly 10" x 10", neat with, strong simple contour lines. Take the time you need to perfect the anatomy, proportion and foreshortening of various body parts. When finished set your drawing aside and reassess it the next day.
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Analyze the photos provided. You can see the lingerie smackdown is posed and fake, but how? What about the martial arts pix is different, and how can you get that in your homework? A lot of it has to do with how much the fighters lean into the action, and put their attention on what they are doing. And how much their opponents are lifted off the ground, how they lose control over what their bodies are doing. If you were drawing the two shaven posers really arm wrestling, what aspects could you borrow from the pic of the little boys to make it real?
JH
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