Basic Principles of Drawing People from Imagination
Basic Folds
A course by Tom Fox , Drawing Instructor and Storyboard Artist
About the video: Basic Folds
Overview
“You’ve learnt the advanced mannequin. Now you need to clothe them! In this lesson, you’ll learn how to draw basic types of folds and understand the forces that act on the materials to cause the folds. ”
In this video lesson Tom Fox addresses the topic: Basic Folds, 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
“Basic Folds Now we'll talk about types of folds and what causes them. Let's get started. Check and remind yourself we're thinking of things in a 3D space, that's the most important thing. When we talk about types of fold, we'll treat it in the same way as we anything else, which is thinking about it as a 3D object. The number 1 rule when you think about a fold is, "Where is that material bunching?" This is being pulled by all four corners. We've got a piece of cloth that's being stretched out, so there are no folds because it isn't bunching up anywhere. If we lower that top section, there's...”
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Course summary for: Basic Principles of Drawing People from Imagination
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Category
Illustration -
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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