Tried to start the christmas drawing today and sweet merlin could I have picked a more complicated pose?

It’s not going well.

Kinda want to quit already 🙁

I just have the image in my head and that’s what I want but it’s not what’s coming out on paper (it looks so bad).

Usually I make up a reference in Poser but I think I’ve forgotten how to use it again, or it’s had an update – or both. Either way I gave up really quickly with it. So instead I went old school and pulled my wooden mannequin out. Trouble is a) I only have one and this is a three-person scene and b) the proportions are kinda weird and c) doesn’t rotate at the hips how people do.

I’m now crawling google to see if I can find some kind of photo reference to at least help me out a bit. This is whole new territory for me to be honest as usually I only work with very specific references. If I don’t have something I can basically copy then not happening, so this trying to draw from instinct I guess, is new.

Ehhh I’ll try again tomorrow. I guess I have my daily quota of frustration and I’ve reached it.