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a black and white handdrawn illustration teaching artists to focus on curvature and rhythm when drawing a figure. it criticizes the use of straight lines as being lifeless, and encourages artists to think about the energy and potential of a curved line. the illustration shows examples of poses constructed with simple curved lines and emphasizes how those lines can convey information about the position and volume of the head, the perspective of the eyes, the angle of the face, and the jawline. it also suggests focusing on the volume of the head and torso when drawing characters.

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Tags: anatomy, full body, general

Created by: Pythoticus (@pythoticusbingle)

Parent collection: Humans

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Created at: 2024-03-27T17:56:49.336Z

Updated at: 2024-07-08T03:12:33.602Z


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What is in the image: a black and white handdrawn illustration teaching artists to focus on curvature and rhythm when drawing a figure. it criticizes the use of straight lines as being lifeless, and encourages artists to think about the energy and potential of a curved line. the illustration shows examples of poses constructed with simple curved lines and emphasizes how those lines can convey information about the position and volume of the head, the perspective of the eyes, the angle of the face, and the jawline. it also suggests focusing on the volume of the head and torso when drawing characters.

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WDTagged Tags: english text, monochrome, greyscale, arrow \(symbol\), no humans, grey background, how to, comic, simple background