{"id":229,"date":"2009-03-13T19:40:56","date_gmt":"2009-03-14T00:40:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.icecubescomic.com\/today\/?p=229"},"modified":"2013-02-01T18:18:48","modified_gmt":"2013-02-01T23:18:48","slug":"gestural-drawing","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.icecubescomic.com\/today\/gestural-drawing\/","title":{"rendered":"Gestural drawing."},"content":{"rendered":"<p><center><a href='https:\/\/www.icecubescomic.com\/today\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/03\/howto-006.jpg'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"690\" height=\"626\" src=\"https:\/\/www.icecubescomic.com\/today\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/03\/howto-006.jpg\" alt=\"ICECUBES\" title=\"ICECUBES\"  class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-230\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.icecubescomic.com\/today\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/03\/howto-006.jpg 690w, https:\/\/www.icecubescomic.com\/today\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/03\/howto-006-150x136.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.icecubescomic.com\/today\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/03\/howto-006-300x272.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 690px) 100vw, 690px\" \/><\/a><\/center><\/p>\n<p><em><strong>It&#8217;s all in the gesture!<\/strong>  That&#8217;s where you get the energy and &#8216;funny&#8217; into your drawings.  So I always spend time practicing each drawing on a sketch pad by drawing big circles and blobs for the heads and bodies of my characters.  This helps me &#8216;anchor&#8217; them into place and make them feel real.  Be sure to always get a good under-drawing happening before committing to the final.  No amount of style can make up for a poorly balanced drawing.<br \/>\n<figure id=\"attachment_191\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-191\" style=\"width: 300px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.icecubescomic.com\/today\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/02\/icecubes0039.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.icecubescomic.com\/today\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/02\/icecubes0039-300x105.jpg\" alt=\"ICECUBES\" title=\"ICECUBES\" width=\"300\" height=\"105\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-191\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.icecubescomic.com\/today\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/02\/icecubes0039-300x105.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.icecubescomic.com\/today\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/02\/icecubes0039-150x52.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.icecubescomic.com\/today\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/02\/icecubes0039.jpg 696w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-191\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">ICECUBES<\/figcaption><\/figure><br \/>\nSo get crazy and start making &#8216;gestural drawings&#8217;!<\/em> \ud83d\ude42<\/p>\n<p><center><a href=\"http:\/\/click.linksynergy.com\/fs-bin\/click?id=I5LjQ8\/JnrY&#038;offerid=168792.10000905&#038;subid=0&#038;type=4\"><IMG border=\"0\"   alt=\"$9.99 Domain and Email\" src=\"http:\/\/ad.linksynergy.com\/fs-bin\/show?id=I5LjQ8\/JnrY&#038;bids=168792.10000905&#038;subid=0&#038;type=4&#038;gridnum=1\"><\/a><\/center><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>It&#8217;s all in the gesture! 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