Wow, I love your Cloverfield Monster

On the drawing tips tutorial, there is a picture that shows you how to draw different pics with different shapes.

What shapes did you use on the monster?




Hello,

Happy you like the drawing. And great question!

When it comes to drawing, anything and everything can be simplified into a series of basic shapes. Sometimes it's just one (door = rectangle), and other times - there are more than one (tree = circle + rectangle).

The idea of breaking things down into simple shapes is helpful because we are able to simplify something that otherwise, might seem a bit too complex.

Some people really do well with having some sort of 'framework' to work from. Others are more comfortable by 'drawing from memory' or 'drawing what they see'.

With respect to the Cloverfield monster, I didn't include shapes as sometimes, I'll come up with a different style of lesson. I like to approach lessons in different ways, as it adds to the diversity of the site.

Still, if I did, it would probably work something like this...

Head: Small Circle
Torso: Large Circle
Arms, Legs and Tail: Series of Lines and Rectangles

In beginning with some sort of framework (shapes, lines, etc.) it helps to maintain proportion as you progress through the drawing.

After you've tried drawing something a few times in this way, then you can branch off and tackle drawing it 'from memory' or by drawing freestyle - where you change your drawing/characters to be positioned in a number of different ways.

And not just in different ways -- this is important -- but in YOUR WAY. Art and drawing is a creative process and as such, it's important that you make the effort to 'branch off' and try different ideas & styles along the way.

The initial practice though - when you have some sort of structure as a reference to work with... is helpful as when you're drawing something without it, you can always think back to the various shapes involved in bringing out its form.

The most important part of all though is that you keep on practicing! :-)

Hope this is helpful.

Jeff