FG122's avatar
I think I'm understanding a bit better now. Maybe I should try redrawing older pics with more dynamic energy. It is about practice after all right? ^^;

Quick question though if you're willing to answer. If I were to redraw a pic of a simple girl standing like this one I drew a while ago in the dark ages (XD)

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I plan to redraw her, but I want her posed more..... lively so to speak. Like she's posing for a picture or something. So should I try to draw/sketch/picture the dynamic line first and go from there? Or something like that at least.

Other than that, I think I understand what to do ^^
Nsio's avatar
Weird, I thought I replied on your comment already... if this is a duplicate, sorry about that :D

Basically, you would draw the dynamic line first, but in reality you kind of draw both the dynamic line and the drawing simultaneously. Neither are fixed or absolutely right, you just compare the two together and make adjustments when necessary.

In other words, you can draw the line of action first and then start drawing the character. If it seem that the line of action doesn't fit the pose, you adjust it. If the pose doesn't seem to contribute to the line of action, adjust the pose. As you see, you may end up adjusting both of them. When it's appropriate to fix one or another, is whole different matter. For that you will need that practice :)

Though it's not just simply about draw, draw and draw. You will need to do a lot of research on reality to understand how things really work and why we humans find some things (such as dynamism) more appealing than others.
FG122's avatar
Lol it wasn't a duplicate. I had more questions. Thanks ^^