Ov Over view There There are a ot of different different appro aches aches o ut there there on dr awing the human figure, none of which are the the “right” “r ight” wa or the the on wa . I cert certain ain o not not t nk t at my approac s any any more va d t an t e next, next, ut t ere ar ar e reasons w ave grav tat tate to r aw ng t s wa an opefu y t at w s e some g t on t s proce pr ocess. ss. As As a young tr aditional animat animator, or, I was taught taught th th at dr awing the figure in uick pose pos es was an essentia essentia pract pr actice ice for an aspiring animat animator or who who wanted to to earn how h ow to master master the the gestur gestur e of the the human figur figur e. Whi e this pr actice actice sti sti r emains mains tr tr ue, I was hoping ho ping th at quick gestu gesturr es of the figu figure cou d beco becom me an ae aesthe sthet tica p easin easingg p ece of art as we . ea z ng t at a s o ute mastership mastership of dr awing the the hu h uman form is never never r ea y achie achieva vabb e, I kept kept tr tr ying to to figure figure o ut new wa s to to dr aw the the figure and experim experiment ent crecre at ative y. I wondered, wh at is more mor e important important to pr actice, actice, technique versus versus creat cr eatii vit y, accuracy accur acy vers versus us design? design? I am not sure sur e I h ave the thess e answers yet, yet, but my quest for finding thes hes e answers, answers, t r o ug r aw ng t e f gur gur e, sur sur e as een a fun one. This This book is a co ection ection of m exper per iment mentaa t ons ons know ng fu we , t at w pro pr o a y never never f n t e answe swer. njoy. njoy.
