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How to Draw Animals (1930)

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Re: How to Draw Animals (1930)

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Post by iCarrot »

spectramax wrote: post #24

The fundamental issue that is hardly addressed in drawing by shape recognition is that it gets the proportion right but fails to teach the inherent "3D" structure of the animal. The litmus test for drawing is to ask someone to draw an animal. If they can, great. Follow up and see if that draw the same thing but now in isometric view or from an arbitrary viewpoint/perspective. Imagine if you have a camera with various…

Not everybody need to be able to draw things anatomically correct.

This guide IMHO serves perfectly as a material to teach children drawing as a recreational activity. There's almost no explanations, only directions. There's no exact proportion either, you choose what look good to you.

Re: How to Draw Animals (1930)

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Post by spectramax »

iCarrot wrote: post #31
spectramax wrote: post #24

The fundamental issue that is hardly addressed in drawing by shape recognition is that it gets the proportion right but fails to teach the inherent "3D" structure of the animal. The litmus test for drawing is to ask someone to draw an animal. If they can, great. Follow up and see if that draw the same thing but now in isometric view or from an arbitrary viewpoint/perspective. Imagine if you have a camera with various…

Not everybody need to be able to draw things anatomically correct. This guide IMHO serves perfectly as a material to teach children drawing as a recreational activity. There's almost no explanations, only directions. There's no exact proportion either, you choose what look good to you.

That's a fair point, I went off of on a tangential rant then :-) What I said bothers me deeply about drawing resources in general and I hope I can shed some light. I also draw recreationally, if I were to follow this guide, my animals would look horrible and rigid. Have you tried following this guide?

Re: How to Draw Animals (1930)

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Post by spectramax »

underwater wrote: post #28
spectramax wrote: post #24

The fundamental issue that is hardly addressed in drawing by shape recognition is that it gets the proportion right but fails to teach the inherent "3D" structure of the animal. The litmus test for drawing is to ask someone to draw an animal. If they can, great. Follow up and see if that draw the same thing but now in isometric view or from an arbitrary viewpoint/perspective. Imagine if you have a camera with various…

This is something the tutorials at https://drawabox.com focus on.

This is amazing. Thank you.

Re: How to Draw Animals (1930)

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Post by rocky1138 »

splatzone wrote: post #13

This is what HN was invented for. Fuck the Silicon Valley venture capital narcissistic shite, let’s just share worthwhile things like this.

You know, I was just thinking that HN is truly the last site on the web left where something cool like this would be at the top of a list, like something Jerry and David's Guide to the World Wide Web would have on it.

I'm so glad we still have this place.

Re: How to Draw Animals (1930)

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Post by spectramax »

rocky1138 wrote: post #34
splatzone wrote: post #13

This is what HN was invented for. Fuck the Silicon Valley venture capital narcissistic shite, let’s just share worthwhile things like this.

You know, I was just thinking that HN is truly the last site on the web left where something cool like this would be at the top of a list, like something Jerry and David's Guide to the World Wide Web would have on it. I'm so glad we still have this place.

I’ve been here for a while and I am seeing it erode slowly.

Re: How to Draw Animals (1930)

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Post by croo »

spectramax wrote: post #24

The fundamental issue that is hardly addressed in drawing by shape recognition is that it gets the proportion right but fails to teach the inherent "3D" structure of the animal. The litmus test for drawing is to ask someone to draw an animal. If they can, great. Follow up and see if that draw the same thing but now in isometric view or from an arbitrary viewpoint/perspective. Imagine if you have a camera with various…

Yes, you are gatekeeping. My kid asked me to draw a boar and it turned into a dolphin with legs. This is just what I need :)

Re: How to Draw Animals (1930)

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Post by dang »

spectramax wrote: post #37
rocky1138 wrote: post #34

Earlier quoted context omitted.

You know, I was just thinking that HN is truly the last site on the web left where something cool like this would be at the top of a list, like something Jerry and David's Guide to the World Wide Web would have on it. I'm so glad we still have this place.

I’ve been here for a while and I am seeing it erode slowly.

Everything is eroding slowly.

Re: How to Draw Animals (1930)

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Post by lxe »

spectramax wrote: post #24

The fundamental issue that is hardly addressed in drawing by shape recognition is that it gets the proportion right but fails to teach the inherent "3D" structure of the animal. The litmus test for drawing is to ask someone to draw an animal. If they can, great. Follow up and see if that draw the same thing but now in isometric view or from an arbitrary viewpoint/perspective. Imagine if you have a camera with various…

This is peak Hacker News. Here we have a children’s book about drawing cats using circles. You’re critiquing it for failing to teach how to internalize the 3-d structure of skeletons.
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