I use a template, then I alter the body however I need.
The legs are too small, look at the new Conquest.Hm, interesting. Your works, again, have far superior style to mine (speaking of which, post moar stoof!), yet for me I think the exact opposite might be true! I think that my similar heads and muscular builds are a big hindrance to me personally. Let me try and illustrate my point.
Let's compare two of my recent drawings - Jordan Webster and Krieg Galbatore.
Jordan, a younger lad aged 16, albeit one who is very tall and lanky! But not necessarily a juggernaut - his strength is very average, which is why he uses his machinations to do the fighting.
Krieg. His armour aside, he's supposed to be basically a hulking behemoth of a man. Pushing 7 feet, and with the muscle-bound might to wield both a tower shield and a spear or greatsword with only one hand each! Also, a more experienced, hardened man at the age of 26.
But aside from Krieg's 'tree trunk' legs and his armour, they basically have the same body structure! And even anatomical similarities aside, what about personality? You know Jordan's already, but could you guess Krieg's? Looking at the picture alone, I sure can't... but then if you look at a work by Milt or Sam, or going completely off the deep end, Dai or Suweeka, all of them have the great ability to convey character in seconds.
friend of mine, much like Jordan, has what I call 'chicken legs' - skinny legs which honestly look weird attached to his upper body! In fact, that's about the only way to tell him and Galbatore apart.
Remember, 7-8 heads, I had to learn that myself.Wow, that looks great! Though I would cough out for a sheet of plain paper next time, if you don't mind me saying... haha!
I would say that with Jordan, that was a mite intentional. One lanky-
I appreciate your advice, don't get me wrong, but the thing is... it's like, I know there's anatomical issues with my work. They've been pointed out before often, and I've tried my darnedest to fix them. But I don't think it's a few body inaccuracies which are putting my work down in the ditch. Perhaps this is a stupid thing to say, but let's take Munch's 'The Scream' as an example. Obviously, that isn't anatomically correct! But the style and personality is present in droves, which is all that's needed.
I'm glad you posted Conquest, as it's a great showcase of what I mean. It's not as detailed as something by me. But look at the man, and even with no knowledge of Lone Tree, you know a good deal about him already. He's shady, untrustworthy, demented. Perhaps even a mite demonic. And certainly, 100% someone you wouldn't want to mess with! Just looking at Conquest there, you'd probably think that he'd stick a knife in your back for 10 pence - and that he'd probably enjoy it, and likely get away with it! Meanwhile, my drawings are just a bit ambiguous.
Height wise, sorry for not being clear.Sorry, 7-8 heads?
hat, of course!). Despite that, his head doesn't look freakishly huge...
Alright...Not at all, that's honestly what I guessed it as, anyways.
I tested it with Jordan, and chest to feet, he's about 5 heads (not including beast-
Ugh. Again, I don't feel like this is the problem, though I will strive to make my characters better proportionally in future! I would say that I should get into shading, but mine is generally pretty awful... excepting mythical beasts, for whatever reason. But many, many people produce fantastic line art, so I don't think that's it either!
