Cyborg Ninja

Yeah. Foreshortening is something I guess you can only get the hang of with practice. For that sort of thing I usually study the work of storyboard artists... they tend to use this style a lot, perhaps even more so than comic artists, because of the need for specific angle references in film shots. A lot of the time I spend just making very rough sketches of figures and guessing the foreshortened proportions, until I get something that seems to look 'right'. I make a lot of mistakes. :)

the basis rules on proportions are easy to understand, however what completely throws the rule book out of the window (to me anyway) is foreshortening. at times i am completely baffled becuase at certain angles the length of one arm is two heads and the other is three etc. or a hand is one head long while at other angles is can be 1 1/2 long. For this reson most of my good work is for pictures at front of side view.

Yep, in fact I think it's the only way to learn how to draw figures without a reference. I don't often use refs - the other ninja drawing I have on here for example was drawn from memory. The best way to learn figures is to memorise the proportions in your head. What I do is memorise things like "a forearm length equals roughly two lengths of the hand" or "the eye level on a face is halfway down the head, and the nose is halfway down again" etc. Get a picture and try to memorise the proportions that way, it does work. :)

Thanks for the quick response wolf, It took you 2 hours to do the pose, to me that is quick especially with that kind of pose. WHen i try to draw figures, i try not to use much references becuase i want to know how much i learned. Once i have finished the pose i then tend to look up a suitable pose reference and compare, most of the time the angles and proportions are off but i feel i am learning more and more, however this process does to more time to complete the picture. do you think this is a good way to learn how to draw figures

This pic is freaking sweet! The shine on his kattana, his pose, and everything is just so cool! (adds to favs)

Beautifully made,looks like a part of some movie poster,you should color your stuff more often.He's my favorite char in MGS...too bad he's dead(But hero ninjas never die...so I'm hoping he'd come back...)

In response to DJslapdash, this pic took two hours or so to complete. The colouring took the most time, but that was the easiest part. I did use a reference for the proportions, then drew the ninja's suit over the outline, it's a difficult pose to draw from memory otherwise, and the ninja is much more well-built than the reference pic so I had to add those proportions on too. If you want to practice drawing people, I'd suggest getting yourself some kind of anatomical reference book where you can use the references for your drawings. :)

ooo that's so totally awesome, love the lighting

Why no comments this is good. the pose and colouring are done really well. I am learning to draw people if differenr poses and was wondering how long and difficult was it to draw this?.