Article · Sketch Away
Tips for Sketching Crowds
- Type
- Article
- Level
- Intermediate
- Price
- Free
- Published
- 2025
About this lesson
Explains how to build a crowd sketch over the course of a scene rather than a single instant: align standing figures' heads along the eye-level line, avoid neatly lined-up static figures in favor of overlap and dynamic action, and vary figures from detailed foreground to simplified background silhouettes.
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