Figure Drawing for Beginners
Projections and perspective
A course by ZURSOIF Miguel Bustos Gómez , Illustrator
About the video: Projections and perspective
Overview
“Here we will explore how we can draw the figure from different points of view using the projection of the volumes and basic perspective. We will do it with easy poses, but showing the possibilities that can be had. (Projection of lying pose, projection of the fingers). ”
In this video lesson ZURSOIF Miguel Bustos Gómez addresses the topic: Projections and perspective, which is part of the Domestika online course: Figure Drawing for Beginners. Learn basics techniques to draw the human body with precise proportions and without using a model.
Partial transcription of the video
“PROJECTIONS AND PERSPECTIVE After looking at volume and the figure's width from front and side, let's talk about the projections we can make with this information. First, we're going to project what, from the side, look like simple rectangle, when looked at from the front. If I project this line up to here and this one up to there, it's no longer a rectangle, it's a cylinder. And we'll use these cylinders to depict each phalanx. These phalanges are going to overlap because they connect at the joints. And they change size as we pull farther away. This is a finger seen from the side, and when...”
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Course summary for: Figure Drawing for Beginners
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Category
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Areas
Drawing, Figure Drawing, Fine Arts, Pencil Drawing, Realistic Drawing, Sketching

ZURSOIF Miguel Bustos Gómez
A course by ZURSOIF Miguel Bustos Gómez
Miguel Bustos Gómez, better known as Zursoif, is a Colombian artist, illustrator, and teacher with 15 years' professional experience. He has been teaching at Casatinta since 2012, leading drawing, anatomy, and illustration workshops. He has also worked as an illustrator for different publishers including Rey Naranjo on Gabo: memorias de una vida mágica, 2012; Ediciones Vestigio on El Pornógrafo, 2019; and Editorial Planeta on El difícil oficio de perdonar, 2019.
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