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Posted at October 6, 2006, 12:53 pm:

I'd like to hear of any basic ideas you all keep in your head while you're doing a successful drawing. I find too often when I'm in a slump its mainly because I've forgotten some basic ideas about drawing.

it seems like 2 of the most basic I keep forgetting while I draw:

1) staying loose
2) drawing in space/ establishing & following planes, form and structure


some more minor ideas that still help me from time to time before I draw:

-having kinetic and emotional empathy with your figures (i.e. visualize an exxagerated version of yourself preforming the expression/ pose)

-having an idea/visualization/story in mind before you draw, even if its not exactly what comes out

- exaggerating in general ( Ive found when I try to exaggerate just slightly I end up noticing more information about the planes and form Im drawing)

-working small & overall to large and specific, abstractly to concrete


of course its overwhelming to think about all these things at once. What I would like to hear are some of the most important things you all think about (or dont think about) during and before the drawing process

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