Basic Principles of Drawing People from Imagination
How to Draw a Simple Box Mannequin
A course by Tom Fox , Drawing Instructor and Storyboard Artist
About the video: How to Draw a Simple Box Mannequin
Overview
“Now that you have an understanding of the 3 dimensions of the drawing, you’ll learn how to draw a simple box mannequin using simple forms that I showed you in the previous lesson. ”
In this video lesson Tom Fox addresses the topic: How to Draw a Simple Box Mannequin, which is part of the Domestika online course: Basic Principles of Drawing People from Imagination. Learn how to translate people and places from your mind into lively scenes on a page.
Partial transcription of the video
“In this lesson, we'll build on our knowledge and we'll learn how to draw a simple box mannequin. Great, so let's get started. So just to review quickly, now we're thinking of all our objects that we draw as having three dimensions, inhabiting a 3D space and having an X, Y and Z. How can we actually use that to draw people? So firstly, we're going to go over what not to do, because that's a great place to start. Then you know what you're trying to avoid. You can work towards something and identify what you want. So I'm going to start out by drawing an example of some anatomy, some figure dra...”
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Course summary for: Basic Principles of Drawing People from Imagination
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Category
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Areas
Artistic Drawing, Drawing, Figure Drawing, Fine Arts, Pencil Drawing, Sketching, Traditional illustration
Tom Fox
A course by Tom Fox
Tom Fox is a figure drawing instructor and storyboard artist who has worked in the animation industry for more than ten years. He studied zoology at university but, frustrated by the lack of practical skills involved, decided to take up drawing alongside his studies. He spent the next five years honing his craft through short courses and online resources and has worked for Universal Studios, Aardman Animations, The BBC, and Axis Animation.
As well as working as a professional storyboard artist, Tom focuses on reducing complex subjects like perspective and anatomy into an easy-to-follow process for teaching online.
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