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Published: 2019-02-02 11:51:40 +0000 UTC; Views: 37069; Favourites: 456; Downloads: 0
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Drawing Tip: Here's a good one, and one you won't often see, from my book, "Figure It Out: Essential Poses." It shows how to a pose with the arms crossed in front of the body. This one confuses many artists, but it's much easier if you draw it in order. I hope you find it useful!--Christopher
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My pleasure
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Sure thing
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Hmm... I usually draw the arms both at once, and I think I got somewhat good at it, but have found that I tend to want toΒ draw it the same way each time (so I have to remember to draw it slightly differently in different pictures). I can't remember now what exact order I draw the crossed arms in or exactly how I get it to look right (...maybe I start with a sketch of the general box-like look, and then draw the upper arms and then cross the lower ones?). But drawing the arms one at a time might help with varying the pose, since I can see it giving a better idea of what you're doing.
I was looking at theΒ Amazon page forΒ that book just recently, so that's interesting. I'd found out my library has it, so I thought I'd check it out sometime to see whether or not I'd like to buy it.
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You're very thoughtful about your artistic choices. Keep up the good work.
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Glad you like them.
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That's really helpful, thank you. and also, I've have one of your books and even use it as bases/reference for some of my artwork.
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Thank you very much!
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I'VE STRUGGLED WITH THIS FOR SO LONG!! Thank you for this tutorial!!
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I'm very glad to hear it. Now that you know the technique, you'll never forget it.
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