The Figure
Here you can see my work from the nude model. Drawing the nude and drawing it from life is considered to be one of the oldest and probably the most challenging discipline of drawing and painting. The human body has been of central interest in every period of art history back to the caveman and has not at all ceased to fascinate us.
To me it is also an excellent area to train my abilities.
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9 Responses to "The Figure"
Dorian Iten says:
Write here what you think about the work, I'd totally LOVE to read your comments! Also constructive critique can be posted here.
Thank you!
Andreas - Newsofthefuture.net says:
Well done! The figures are drawn so accurate, they look really 3-dimensional. I guess the details make them look so realistic. (for example the reflection of the light on the chair in 1666.5, perfect! You can really see that is it a lacquered wooden chair)
What means 6-week pose? Every week 2 hours?
Dorian says:
Thank you! It’s more like 3 hours 4 days a week ;)
Kelly Borsheim says:
4 days a week, Dorian? hmmm. What do you do on the 5th day? Your work is lovely.
Dorian says:
Thank you! The fifth day (wednesday) is short poses / vitamins :)
Richard W. Cohen says:
Stumbled over your website in the surf . . beautiful works!
gizem says:
your works are really amazing,realistic!!! you helped me for my figure lessons thank u!!!i am sure there are so many things to learn from u and your succesfull works.nice to meet your works:)
Alexander says:
Отличный дизайн сайта! Приятно здесь находиться :)
Хорошие работы. Меня особенно впечатляют тонкие тоновые растяжки в освещённых частях модели. В какой последовательности вы ведёте работу над прорисовкой? Как распределяете время на протяжении шести недель?
Good design of site! It is great pleasure to be here :)
Good works. I especially enjoyed a thin tone gradations in a lightened parts of model. In which sequence do you work at rendering? How do you plan your work time during 6 weeks?
Dorian says:
Hey Alexander!
Thanks for translating into english! :D I’m glad you like the site & work!
To answer your questions:
I render by finding the outside contours first, then the shadow shapes, then “big form modelling” (shading the main forms in a simplified/conceptualized way, for example the head like an egg shape, legs like cylinders, etc. ignoring the details) then “medium form modelling” (shading smaller forms, for example deltoid like egg shape, eyeballs like spheres, etc.) then final rendering, getting textures and small details/subtleties.
I try to get to medium form modelling in the first 3 weeks, so I can start render the subtleties in the rest of the time, finishing one area each day. (3 hours a day)
Hope that helps!
It seems you are an artist as well? I’d love to see some of your work, send me an email if you can!
All the best,
Dorian