Silver Surfer sketch [finishded]

[Pa5cal]

Sketch of the Silver Surfer

[Veritas71]

I’ve never been surfing, but it doesn’t feel like his pose is very balanced. Very stiff. Also, the Surfer is very thin and graceful. His power comes from the Power Cosmic, not muscles. That being said, his proportions are off. Normally the shoulder width is equal to 3 heads.

[Pete Tha Creep]

Loving the energy of those lines, but V is right, the pic is very static, even the wild lines can't gloss over that. For me on top of the pose and anatomy that V pointed out, I feel the perspective of the surfboard and placing him flat in the middle of the comp is responsible here too. Maybe try to shift him around bit in PS to see what happens Made a little thing to show what I mean.
Also check out the hipster surfer dude here, the feet and position of shoulders determine where you go with a surfboard. It is very important to pay attention to stance and direction, and vice versa. Shoulders parallel to the board is going straight forward,

purpendicular like you have indicates a turn.



The pose you were looking for is the speedpump, but for that you have to bring his head waaaaaay down, so you won't see his abdomen anymore. I have never consciously seen this in surfing, but a lot with longboarders, and I think they fit the bill here

[Smitty]

That being said, his proportions are off. Normally the shoulder width is equal to 3 heads.

Gesundheit! I'm guessing you sneezed at the end and hit the wrong key. Standard width is 2 heads. 3 heads is Thanos/Darkseid territory.

Back toPascal. You continue to ignore structure and character for surface licks.

If the back aligns with the crown of the head, the chest is hidden. Showing front and back at the same time is for cubism.

Put hands behind your back and try to put your elbows together. Hurts, don't it. That's why it's used as a torture technique. Whatever hurts you hurts your drawing. Get elbows out.

Beware freakishly gigantic hands. 3 hands cover 1 face. 12 fists fit into 1 skull.

Get feet under the body, one behind the other, he's not riding a horse.

Show us the board.



I get that you want to develop a style. We all do. I get that you've found a "lick" that you like. But, as previously discussed: a lick played once is interesting, twice is meh, thrice is boring, more than that is torture. Hair, water, brick, metal, space etc etc etc are all cluttered in the same lick with no thought to what you're drawing.

Do yourself a favor and put that lick back in the drawer. Common to the beginning artist is to confuse quantity of drawing with quality. It's common to see beginners attempt to hide bad fundamentals with an abundance of lines. Line is never the goal, it's a tool we use to achieve: form, mass, volume, motion, emotion, character. time, setting... If you concentrate on fundamentals, structure, underdrawing, character... then style and licks will take care of themselves

[Pa5cal]

Thanks for ALL the feedback. Will redraw this image when I'm able to find the time!

[stoat]

Gesundheit! I'm guessing you sneezed at the end and hit the wrong key. Standard width is 2 heads. 3 heads is Thanos/Darkseid territory.

Did Veritas mean 3 head widths as opposed to lengths perhaps? broadly comparable,
also without hopefully diverging too much from the thread, Smitty could you expand further on the 3 hands to a face, are we talking 3 horizontal hands stacked on top of each other?

[Smitty]

are we talking 3 horizontal hands stacked on top of each other?

That'd work or 2 hands vertical with one across the top.



3 head widths does approx 1 head length but, lengths is the standard measurement.

[stoat]

Thanks Smitty, golden nuggets of knowledge