Gesture to Construction

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Here are some demonstrations working from gesture to boxes using my favorite reference, Scott Eaton's Bodies in Motion
www.bodiesinmotion.photo/

[@stevenmichaelhampton]

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[@naiepdcic]

Isn't this channel "the best figure drawing channel" from the whole KZbin?!! I've watched almost every drawing video on youtube, but didn't really get it. Then I read your book and took notes and even did all of the gesture drawings from inside the book myself. And Then I searched the KZbin for the following keywords: "Michael Hampton". Only then did I found this channel! I wonder why it was never suggested by KZbin, bc I knew nothing of it's existence before! Anyways, gesture drawing is crystal clear to me now. It clicked completely when I watched the whole playlist! A great complement to the book! Thank you Mr. Hampton for everything (The book and the videos)!!!! I learned from you, the best!

[@Nate-wy9xz]

Learning from your videos is easier than learning from the book.

[@SnapHacks101]

Yeah his language in the book doesn’t make it very accessible.

[@yoyee8004]

@@SnapHacks101 nobody reads the text, just look at the images and breaks things down it’s really simple

[@KillerTacos54]

I think being able to see him draw in real time while commentating makes a huge difference, but you could say that about anyone's work.

[@mangagnome9764]

thank you so much for these videos with narration. Hearing you explain things makes revisiting the book so much easier. Thank you!

[@stevenmichaelhampton]

Glad you enjoy it!

[@christianjames9669]

Thanks alot for this video king, your book is just amazing so helpful I'm kinda developing my own ways to doing stuff using it.

[@stevenmichaelhampton]

You're very welcome! Glad you've found it to be useful.

[@samanthamaggard3996]

Have your book and watching your videos has helped me a lot.

[@CraneStyleNJ]

I just read your book it is amazing but I was confused about the building process and this video clarified it for me. Thank you very much!

[@fari9422]

thank you so much for the video, your book is amazing but watching your process is really what makes everything click for me.

[@nikonikosensei6682]

This stuff is so great. Thank you for making these. I let all those ads roll out, even the 3 minute ones. Cheers.

[@wander205]

Even if it's an old video it teaches so much. I apreciate you and your job. Thx for your videos

[@luislizano7025]

Hampton+Scott Robertson video the same day, double prize.

[@kodetumbuh]

Yesss like shining gem on darkness

[@PizzicatoUK]

Absolutely amazing content. So clearly and concisely communicated. This really helps to reinforce and strengthen my understanding of the information in your book. Thanks so much for creating and sharing these videos.

[@stevenmichaelhampton]

Thank you!

[@artofmorby]

Thank you so much for this demonstration!

[@stevenmichaelhampton]

Glad it was helpful!

[@yukihira8232]

Thank you for this awesome demostration master, hope we see more dynamics poses in the future !!! :D

[@jdhybridx]

Thanks for uploading

[@KillerTacos54]

Thank you so much!

[@Trid3nt861]

Thanks for these videos Mike!. I have your books (I purchased 2 copies off Amazon for some reason) and they have helped me improve. *keep being awesome*

[@evelynmedina8440]

Thank you so much, se complementa perfecto con el libro, estoy muy contenta de haber encontrado este canal.

[@jameshowcroft321]

Hi it helped me out heaps thanks so much love the videos, 👍👏

[@dghevethng9681]

How godly are you! Soo goodd!!!

[@stevenmichaelhampton]

Hahaha, not very to be honest ;)

[@uS0ra]

hi michael, could you do some demos with figures lying/sitting down and/or more extreme perspective angles, i've been struggling the most with applying your method to those

[@azechu]

thank you so much!!!!!!!!! it helps me alot

[@stevenmichaelhampton]

Glad it helped!

[@motog6436]

Maybe you already added it in later editions, but I'd definitely buy another copy that came with companion videos for each section!

[@desertwolf2530]

thanks master

[@Patxi__]

All my life drawing but with 33 I am starting to see how interesting and how deep is figure drawing. I am rediscovering it and it is pretty exciting. I like your book, I will buy it next month I hope. Regards.

[@macoelmeco]

awesome with the comments, thanks!

[@jonathanjrpaniza3815]

This is what Im looking for can I have those gesture sketches of yours so I can study it more ? this is the most awesome tutorial so far and you're book is totally masterpeice

[@gerbuenadignos2449]

hello, I love your book. 😊🧡 I'm studying it for self-study. Can I ask if it's okay if I don't get to follow through the whole steps?-like is it okay if I use lines insted of C curves for my gestures?Also, I'm really confused about the landmarks and landmarks:process but I'm willing to learn. 🧡

[@araspectol2392]

Hey Mr. Hampton. love your book and you video. It's super helpful but still a bit difficult. I'm trying to learn your gesture method and i'm struggling. i love how dynamic you poses are and i'm trying to do the same so i don't draw such static character poses but my brain, like, malfunctions. Your drawing for pose three, for example. you draw him at a three quarter angle but the picture is frontal. when i tried to do it, it didn't feel right. Like, i wanted to draw reference number 3 like how it is in the picture but ill admit that that is a bit boring. What should i do?

[@LeafyBreezes]

Hi Michael, I noticed that you like to change the gesture and pose in slight ways that make more sense to you.. How do you do it? Whenever I reference figures from photos I'm obsessed with trying to get the tilts, angles and proportions to be 1:1 to the point that I feel I'm wasting too much time on each one...

[@stevenmichaelhampton]

I usually just exaggerate diagonals in all of the tilts and distribution of weight.

[@pandulce867]

素晴らしい❤️😊👌

[@Mar-fy9rw]

How do you deal with foreshortening or overlap

[@christianjames9669]

Use wrapping lines and elipses

[@stevenmichaelhampton]

I agree

[@fatahygy7644]

nice

[@cesarespinoza4863]

This construction is worked in 2 minutes or 5 or if it is preferable to do it free without time

[@luminosity01]

It would be funny if michael ever did an analysis character design from anime style

[@_anime_shawty7654]

hi sir the extra lines are makig me confused. Can I use less lines or is it not good too. Also drawing the legs and arms are confusing too. Can I also represent them as one line?

[@stevenmichaelhampton]

Of course. You can do anything you like

[@carloscellar3762]

you are the original michael hampton?

[@Patxi__]

🤣

[@AlexM-vt5pu]

I don;t know why this is so hard for me to understand :(

[@brettinabox5607]

i feel there could have been alittle more explanation, kinda mumbles a bit with specific words sprinkled in. I'm reading the figure drawing book and still confused.

[@thefriendlyaspie7984]

you waste so much time with the lines going over and over on the same lines...

[@stevenmichaelhampton]

I'm not sure why this matters?

[@biggieboijosh1446]

He actually covers this in the book, repeating lines to give the viewer a quickened visual experience, also the aesthetics look super cool

[@daftcruz]

@@stevenmichaelhampton I find it a bit odd to ask this question since you taught about line economy in your own book. But anyway, I think it does matters because by having fewer lines, it makes both the form (the inner shapes) and the silhouette (the outer shapes) read much more clearly, without messing with each other. This is incredibly useful for begginers, who have a tendency to do a lot of chicken scratching, not knowing how and where the lines should go, resulting in unclear drawing. It's also very useful to add muscles on top of the basic forms, because with fewer lines, you can add the muscles earlier, before cleaning the messier ones. I hope you do understand that this is just my personal opinion though. I may disagree with this statement and some parts of your book. But just like this video, overall I think it's one of the best sources available.

[@stevenmichaelhampton]

@@daftcruz It's all good. There's no one way to do anything. It might all boil down to one's aesthetic preference