Mentor Experiment: Week 6: Drawing Feet and Legs
This week on the Mentor Experiment, we tackle feet and legs (no pun intended). There are a few things to keep in mind when drawing legs: They taper from thick to thin, much like a tapered cylinder. Curves and straights are employed to simplify the anatomy and make the legs look volumetric. (Symmetry makes for flat drawings.)
Feet are made up of three sections. The ball of the foot (where the toes reside), the arch (which connects the ball of the foot to the heel) and the heel itself (the support of the foot). Toes arch (see visual notes). Toes can be thought of as tapered cylinders, similar to hands.
This week’s assignment is to focus on drawing 10 pairs of feet (5 female and 5 male) in various states of movement / action. Consider the following when drawing the feet. Experiment with exaggerating proportions, as in the example below.
Good luck!
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dungeonwarden
February 14, 2012 at 6:21 pmHere are my legs. I used some reference to get both male and female legs this time. I also have
dungeonwarden
February 14, 2012 at 6:24 pmHere are my legs: http://georgewward.tumblr.com/post/17626503408/legs I used some reference to get both male and female legs this time. I also have 10 complete sets (20 legs) as well. Legs tend to work together most of the time so you almost have to do them as pairs.
jahhdog
February 16, 2012 at 3:47 amI did my legs but they were running late ;) Here they are! http://jahhdoghr.blogspot.com/2012/02/weenies-mentor-week-6-feets.html
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