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OK I'm really excited for this lecture because this is something that always confused me when I first

started learning how to draw character designs so dynamics or a dynamic drawing.

What is that.

That word is thrown around so much when you're learning how to draw and nobody really ever stops explain

it that well.

So I really want to make sure that you understand what it means to have a dynamic drawing and what the

word dynamic means.

So the word dynamic basically just means constantly changing.

And it also can mean that it has energy.

So what this means is we basically want our drawings to have constant change and we wanted to have energy.

So most the time when people are talking about a dynamic drawing they're referring to the pose of a

character.

And so we want that pose to have some energy wanted to look like they're moving a little bit or maybe

they just moved into position just barely.

They're not just standing there stagnant and not moving at all.

We want them to look dynamic and have some lines in there that are dynamic and all that good stuff.

So let's talk about what are the different things that can be dynamic.

So the first one is going to be a line the next one's going to be shape

the next one is going to be form

and then we're going to have perspective

now.

There are a few other things that can be dynamic but for now we're just going to focus on these because

these are the main ones.

So what are these look like.

Well if we if we think about the definition of dynamic which is constantly changing or energetic Well

let's look at lines for example if we have a line and it goes like this we have a curve like that and

then it goes straight all right there.

We have a change.

So it's a constant change.

We're getting that swoop like this and then it goes into a straight line or could curve in the opposite

direction.

But a line like that is going to be dynamic and that's why I've had you guys draw so many lines similar

to this one or S curves or whatever is because they're dynamic they're constantly changing.

So it either is curve from this side of that side or curves and then there's a point and then straight.

And so these are all dynamic lines.

So even a curve would be a dynamic line because even though it's not necessarily changing a curve has

energy a curve has more energy than just a straight line to connect a straight line to a curved line

that creates dynamics.

But if you just have a curved line by itself that can also be dynamic just because it looks like it

has some energy to it that swoop just looks like energy.

That's why a lot of the times you want your line of action to be a curved line.

OK so that's line.

Lines can be dynamic.

Next let's have a look at shape so you'll start to notice that there's kind of a correlation between

what I talked about before with contrast in your drawings and dynamics dynamics are very much the same

thing as adding contrast your drawings where you want things that are different to be right next to

each other you want there to be constant change.

So when it comes to shapes for example let's say that we're drawing an oval forearm like this we'll

do the top part of the forum as well

then we'll go ahead and I'm gonna draw a triangle to represent the main part of the hand

just like that.

So right there we get some shape dynamics.

So we get that contrast between this triangle and then this round shape right there.

It's dynamic because it's changed and it's going from a sharp pointy shape to a rounded shape.

So this could be converted into something like a hand for example

set or something like that.

So from those dynamic shapes we're able to make an arm that looks a little bit more dynamic than if

we were just drawing it non dynamically we're kind of exaggerating those shapes to be pointing or they're

round or there.

So that's dynamics and shape.

So next we have form.

So how do we create dynamics and form.

Well we already drew a dynamic form in the previous lecture.

So if you remember we drew a forearm and it looks something like this.

So we got a round shape down here and then we turn that into sort of a cylinder shape.

And this would be an example of a forearm where it comes into sort of a rectangular shape down here

like that

and instead of adding our wire frames this time what I'm going to do is only go ahead and shade that

in

and then over here we go in shading the bottom half because this is a cylinder on that side and that

sort of fate up there

maybe we'll get our midterm shut on that side of the surface

but right there is a dynamic form because it's changing.

It's not just a cylinder.

It's a cylinder that not only does it taper so get smaller at one end but it turns into more of a rectangular

cube shape at the other end of its form.

And even if we just had an actual round shape down there and it was just a tapered cylinder that's still

dynamic it's more dynamic than a cylinder that just stays the same constant throughout the entire cylinder

by having it taper down to the rest.

That adds some beautiful dynamics to your drawing and your form.

All right.

Now the last one is perspective.

So how do you have dynamics in perspective.

Well that's basically where you take forms and you move them so you see different perspectives on them.

So let's say for example we're drawing a male's torso and chest.

So we would go ahead and we could start by drawing the outer edges or the outer outer edges of our cubes

that will make up those torsos and that chest.

Go ahead draw the torso first kind of the more the pelvis area.

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and so for the pelvis we're getting the main form at that angle.

But let's say that this person is kind of standing with their body backwards but then their chest is

kind of bent back.

So they're kind of angling backwards in their spine.

So what we're gonna get is we can kind of just draw lines that continue from each one of these corners

and use those as guides

and then we can go ahead and we can angle this cube upwards like that.

So this cube will actually see the bottom surface and that when we see the top surface

so there's an example of Dynamic Perspective now for drawn to Amick perspective and form another thing

you might do is maybe you'll twist these so maybe somebody will be in a dynamic pose because their chest

area like that

will be twisted meaning that their torso might be like this

and so basically from that corner that corner is connecting back like that.

That one connects to their like that

we can go out and shape that and just we have a little bit better understanding of the form going on

here.

We can see by twisting those that makes that would make the pose more dynamic because you're not just

standing straight and facing forward in a neutral position they're actually twisting their body.

And if you're kind of confused about what this says basically somebodies head would be up here their

arms would be coming off here right and their legs would be coming off down here.

So that's what I'm referring to this is their their pelvis area and that's their chest area.

And so this will just be them twisting their chest so that their pelvis is facing forward and their

chest is twisting away.

So these are all examples of making your lines your shapes your form and your perspective dynamic.

Now let's have a look at some examples of some dynamic and non dynamic poses.

Now we're not going to get too much into poses yet or drawing the human body and stuff like that because

that's going to be later in the course.

But I just want to quickly just kind of show you examples of non dynamic and dynamic poses.

So for example right here I have a drawing that I did of a male and he just standing there facing forward

with his arms to the side and it's not asymmetrical at all.

It's almost perfectly symmetrical so if you could draw a line right down the center everything on this

side is basically the same on that side.

His poses in different on both sides.

And they're the same.

And not only that but he's not moving.

He doesn't look like he's in a pose or any type of action or energy it just looks like there's no energy

in this pose.

And not only that but we don't really have very dynamic lines.

These lines are kind of straight so you can see that I kind of made most these lines pretty straight.

I didn't want to have any dynamic lines in there because I want to use this as an example.

But if you were to make this more dynamic you could do things like for example you could arch these

shoulders a little bit more make them more of a rounded shape like that and then just have a straight

line like that.

And that would create more of a dean dynamic line.

But you can see that this is basically just has no dynamics in it hardly at all.

Then right here we have an example of a female body and she is in much more of a dynamic pose.

So you can see that her hips is pushed out to this side you can see that her shoulders aren't level

the shoulder is a little bit higher than that shoulder.

She looks like she has some energy to her stance.

She doesn't necessarily look like she's moving but she does look like she kind of just got into position

and there's a little bit of weight to her and she's also looks like she's putting more weight on this

leg right here.

And you'll also notice when it comes to the lines in the form her chest area is kind of angled backwards

a little bit more and her pelvis area is angled a little bit more swayed back the other way.

And we also get dynamics in the line.

You can see that there's a lot of line change in here.

So you can see right here we get kind of a straight line and then a curved line.

We get a curved line that's kind of like an S or you could think of it kind of like curved and then

straight.

So there's lots of dynamic lines in here.

We get ones that kind of bounce like that but there's constant changing lines constant changing form

and constant changing perspective.

And that's what makes this pose so much more dynamic is there's so much changing in this pose.

All right.

That brings us to the end of this lecture.

Now if you're kind of confused about dynamics go ahead and post them to the CUNY section of the course

and I'll make sure that me or my teacher assistant answer them because I know that this can get a little

bit confusing but hopefully this lecture really kind of demystified what people are talking about when

they're talking about dynamic drawings.

Thanks for watching and I'll see you guys in the next one.