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So when it comes to anatomy in art... Are you ever afraid of it being too robotic/rigid? 

36%
77 deviants said Yeah... I actually have a hard time NOT getting it to look robotic.
34%
71 deviants said Yeah... (Can you help me?)
23%
49 deviants said No. I'm waiting for that one specific time where my brain will wake up and say "CURVE, CURVE"
7%
14 deviants said No. I like my anal retentive rigid lines. (srsly)

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~leoniexli Mar 30, 2009  Hobbyist Digital Artist
I have no idea what you're talking about, but I've always been wary of making my sketches too stiff. I work very hard at making my sketches natural, flowy and "alive". ^^
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:icondarkcatt:
Yeah I draw kinda rigid sometimes, could you give me a few pointers?
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:iconaiwealako:
*AiweAlako Mar 29, 2009  Student General Artist
I have trouble getting the proportions right, so when I'm done it looks unnatural, and therefore robotic, if that makes any sense. It's worse when I'm trying to draw things standing still. You can fudge more when it's a dynamic pose XD
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:iconyokko:
~Yokko Mar 29, 2009  Student General Artist
my anatomy never really has that trouble ^^
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:iconpugletz:
*Pugletz Mar 29, 2009  Hobbyist Digital Artist
Your anatomy is perfect 8D
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:iconyokko:
~Yokko Mar 29, 2009  Student General Artist
lol i only wish. It needs improvement, but not anti-robotic improvement X3
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:iconxlxebonywingsxlx:
I just look at the body until it's a complete understanding, then it's difficult to make things look unnatural.

=] It comes with time and study.

Watch yourself - the way your arm connects to your torso. Imagine the lines on your body where you would draw on paper.

Do this enough and you'll have the mental template. From that, you can tweak things to make it what you want.

Works for me.
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~Myuui Mar 29, 2009  Hobbyist Digital Artist
This reminds me of our little lesson on Open Canvas XD

I NEED MORE HELP. ;; -clings-
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`Rose-Rayne Mar 29, 2009  Student Digital Artist
:nod: I have so many anatomy problems. Can you help me? xD
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:iconavyris:
Nope. It takes way more than straight lines to make a drawing look "robotic". In fact, most of the most skilled artists (the man who did all of the backgrounds in the movie Spirited Away, for example) use ONLY straight lines when they start a drawing, only to add minimal curves later.

Anatomy is more about how you draw, and less about what kind of lines you use.
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