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Today I want to share with you the concept of UNDERSTANDING your subject matter on a deeper level, leading to BETTER art, drawings and paintings!
Observation VS Construction
This is an idea I’ve been exploring and talking about lately.
Observing is all about drawing and painting it as you see it.
It doesn’t matter what it is.
Construction is all about understanding your subject matter, its structure (visible and underlying) and knowing how to portray it from multiple angles and in multiple arrangements, partially or fully from imagination.
Manga & Comic Art
The skill of understanding the subject, and mainly when it comes to the human figure, is something I MUST acquire to be able to draw my manga comic.
This is why I decided to go deep on anatomy and figure drawing, hoping it will pay off.
After learning some basic anatomy, I can fully see this applied to all of my favorite manga.
The artists have an EXCELLENT understanding of the human form, composition, volume and depth.
Conclusion
I think both approaches / methods are important – and should be studied together.
I worked a lot on observation, and now it’s time to focus a lot more on construction, understanding and KNOWLEDGE.
I hope you enjoyed this one!
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