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Gesture Basics #2: Head, Ribcage and Pelvis
- Type
- Article
- Level
- Beginner
- Price
- Free
- Published
- 2012
About this lesson
Explains how to reduce the head, ribcage and pelvis to three simplified ovals when gesture drawing, and shows how treating the ribcage and pelvis as independently twisting, bending masses makes quick poses read as three-dimensional and alive rather than flat.
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