MONTHLY CHALLENGE // simple & expressive shapes
🕑 Added 2024-08-01 09:00:06 +0000 UTCIt's time to get back to basics: the shapes we use to construct our characters! This month we will be drawing simple and expressive shapes together. Try to simplify and streamline your shapes as much as possible to push the personality of your character drawings! There are many different examples of how you can do this in the inspiration folder, including some instructional images.
Visit this link to find all essential info about the challenge, including:
an overview of the challenge information
tips & advice
links to resources to help you complete it
a bonus challenge for if you have extra time
folders with reference images and inspiration images
Below is the list of helpful resources that can help you complete this challenge:
Constructing a pose: This tutorial explains which basic shapes I use to build a pose.
Creating interesting & flowy shapes: This tutorial talks about how you can construct with interesting shape language.
Drawing different body types: This tutorial shows you how I use different shapes to construct different types of figures.
There is also a PDF file attached to this post with the challenge information, including clickable links.
I can't wait to see what you make! Feel free to post the results on social media with the hashtag #LoishPatreonChallenge, or share your results in the thread over in the discord server!
Comments
Loish
definitely a fun one to try! and if you have time, try different approaches - that really helps to find your 'own way' of doing it!
Mona
Oh, I will be doing that for sure because I am currently so obsessed with constructing the human body in shapes (and trying to find my shape language and how I am most comfortable breaking it down).
Loish
thanks so much!
JASON WILLIAMS
Great topic! I've been trying to improve my ability to do this for a long time. Your previous tutorial on this is one of my favorites.