Saturday 17 May 2014

MOVEMENT & BALANCE

MOVEMENT & BALANCE 
Another way to make drawings more realistic is to draw the figures in action. Because people hardly ever sit or stand still, your figure drawings of them shouldn't either. You can begin by using simple sketch lines to lay out the dominant action of the figure.




No matter what position a figure takes, you always can find a center of balance, illustrated by the dotted lines on these examples.


Try employing an imaginary center line of balance that seems to hold or balance the figure in its position. Otherwise, the figure may look as though it's going to fall over. The best way to achieve bale ­acne is to place approximately the same amount of weight on either side of this center line. 


Another tip is to draw a line that represents the spine of the figure in its action pose; you can develop the pose from this line of action. Using both the center line of balance and the line of action help establish effective action figure drawings.







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