Traditional Drawing Techniques with Procreate
Structure, volume and composition of the body and figures
A course by Laura Pérez , Comic Artist
About the video: Structure, volume and composition of the body and figures
Overview
“In this lesson we will talk about the volumes and internal structures of the body (animals, objects or people). We will also talk about the general volume in detail from photographs and life, and we will learn to draw expressive and natural poses.”
In this video lesson Laura Pérez addresses the topic: Structure, volume and composition of the body and figures, which is part of the Domestika online course: Traditional Drawing Techniques with Procreate. Learn how to draw expressive characters on your iPad without sacrificing the hand-drawn look.
Partial transcription of the video
“Structure, volume and composition of the body and figures Now we will see how bodies work on the inside, how we can achieve better poses and, especially, how to achieve that naturalness that we looked for in faces. Something I find really helpful when drawing people and poses is observing them in real life. I mean, on the street, anywhere you can stop, in a café, where you can see and observe how the skeletons and internal structures of people work. This means it is important to see how they sit, walk, gesticulate, as the body is one constant gesticulation, and we translate it into drawing....”
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Course summary for: Traditional Drawing Techniques with Procreate
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Category
Illustration -
Software
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Areas
Digital Drawing, Digital Illustration, Drawing, Portrait Drawing, Traditional illustration

Laura Pérez
A course by Laura Pérez
Laura Pérez has devoted her career to illustration and comics. She is an expert in capturing the essence of people in her artwork and is constantly exploring different forms of drawing and expression.
Her career in publishing began a decade ago, working at a Canadian illustration agency for clients like National Geographic, Penguin, The Wall Street Journal, and more. She later entered a Spanish agency and has now been designing comics for over four years. She has created projects for publishers Salamandra Graphic and Astiberri, and has illustrated picture books available in France, the United States, Russia, Italy, and Spain.
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