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Illustration Masterclass - Creating Dynamic Poses in Digital Art

Adobe via YouTube

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Discover techniques for creating more dynamic poses in this 57-minute illustration masterclass video from Adobe. Learn to use curves and lines of action, maintain fluid lines, distribute weight asymmetrically, and apply foreshortening. Explore camera angles and twisting techniques to add dynamism to your figures. Gain insights from book recommendations and follow along with multiple drawing demonstrations covering contrapposto poses, perspective, and more. Enhance your digital art and comic illustration skills to bring action and energy to your character drawings in Photoshop.

Syllabus

Start
Book recommendations
Using curves/lines of action
Demo drawings of line of action
Keeping fluid lines - avoid pinching/symmetry
Distribution of Weight - Asymmetry/Balance point of figure
Demo drawings for distribution of weight - contrapposto poses
Creating lines of action and finding a more dynamic pose
Asymmetrical balance
Foreshortening - demo drawings
Breaking down cylinders in perspective
Camera Angle - Demo
Do the Twist - dynamic poses through twisting the torso/head
Demo drawings of twisting figures

Taught by

Adobe Creative Cloud

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