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Chiki-Yu — Taro Scetch
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Published: 2018-03-14 11:06:56 +0000 UTC; Views: 71; Favourites: 3; Downloads: 0
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Hello! I am here from ProjectComment 's Comment Tag, and my tag word is "action".
Looking through your gallery, this one caught my eye for "action" because the pose looks very fluid and believable. I saw a few other fight poses and characters doing things, but they looked stiff in comparison. I would recommend using references if you're not already, and to practice with loosening up your sketches. Try using something like SenshiStock 's website (senshistock.com/sketch/ ) and filling a page or two using only 15 or 30 seconds per each model. Working this quickly makes you focus on things like the line of action and the main movements of the body to get the pose across without worrying about any of the details.
Now onto this piece; I like your use of foreshortening on the right leg (our right). I think putting a line in to indicate that the kneecap is in front would be all you would need to do to strengthen the perspective in this sketch. For the left leg, it looks like it's dipping a little low - I think shortening up the thigh and having the knee drop to around where his feet are planted would help.
I really like the twist to his torso that you've got, and how the folds in his shirt help show us the fact that the upper portion is twisting to the side while the lower portion still faces mostly forward. This pose looks powerful to me, like you've captured him seconds before he leaps up to attack whatever it is he's looking at.
I think his head and face look like they're at a different angle than his neck. Due to the fact that his lower body is facing the viewer straight on and then the upper torso and shoulders are in the process of twisting to the right, I think that having his face in a side view facing away from the viewer is possible but would be quite a strenuous pose. In order to pull that off, I think his neck would have to be twisted upwards and towards what he's looking at more than it is to show the strain of looking back while the rest of his body faces other directions. With the way his neck is currently I think that we would be seeing both of his eyes in a 3/4 angle view.
Overall, I really like the strength of this pose and how it lends itself to storytelling. I can easily imagine the scene around him as well as picture him springing into action from here. Keep up the great work!
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Thank you for your comment ^^
Actually this pose is better than some others cause I used a reference >.>. I didn't mention it cause first of all I lost the reference and this is just an exercice. I know I should have mentioned it but this is just a scetch and I am not finishing it or selling anything. Also I changed a some stuff from the reference, if I still had it, I chould tell exsactly what. But as I remember I lifted his left hand for exsample. Because it wasn't visible on the reference. Obivoisly posing is my weakniss, like you said, most pictures look stiff. So I exercise a lot but I somehow struggle to improve, no matter how much I exercise or read about it.
I tried the fast scetching thing at school with classmates and oh boy... It was worse than before. I know I shoud exercise this very often but if I don't take my time, I mess up very bad.
The only thing that helps a bit when I do my own poses is to do a little scetch first and then start on the picture.
But I also have a lot pictures I didn't use a reference, which turned out pretty good compared to my previous stuff. Falling, the harry potter scetch for my friend, the alice picture, every pose on the kenji sheet, the mermaid and some others. I know they are not very dynamic and a bit boring but I am trying to start easy on it, so I don't get fustrated.
Anyway your comment is very helpful and a motivation to exercise poses more. Maybe I will try to redraw this one and use all of your tips. ^^
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I hear you, when I went to life drawing class and they told us we were getting 15 seconds for each pose I was like "There is no way this is going to help me, wHAT" - the first 2 or 3 (or 5 or 10) sketchbooks - yes, I said sketchbooks, not pages - were absolutely terrible, and I don't want anyone to ever see them. 
Anyways, enough of my long rambling. I'm glad I could be helpful to you!
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