eschergirls: So I found this book at the
So I found this book at the library which purports to teach you the super sekrit Japanese way of drawing by using mathematics? But I don’t understand how this helps you draw at all. It’s like “woman + bird = bird woman! simple! now draw it!”
Also, as a friend pointed out, the people on the cover look like accidental cyclopses. And then there’s this goat lady…
I think there should also be a “- stomach” in that equation. Forgot to carry the one. Happens every time.
pomeranianparty said:
I HAVE THAT BOOK OH MY GOD. I was just looking through it yesterday!! and you’re right, it doesn’t really help with drawing or design at all imo, especially the subtraction section. “Draw an incredibly overdesigned character, then TAKE AWAY all the unnecessary crap!! wow fantastic give us your money!!” And some of the art is pretty good, but some, like the organless goat lady… ehhh……….
(adding this response as a reblog just so people know what book is being talked about)
Yeah, I think some of the art in the book is pretty good and some is weird. Like, it sometimes just seems like “add fish + plane, now you have a fish plane, simple! draw it!” and it’s like “um… how?” I feel like the book would be more effective if it showed many different artist conceptions on the same idea (like 5 different goat bird ladies just to show that you can take one idea and have many different ways to do it and how that changes the characterization, etc)…
(which goes to an idea I suddenly had for the next contest! :3 )