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MONTHLY CHALLENGE // underwater poses

Added 2025-05-01 09:00:17 +0000 UTC

It's May, the freshest month of the year ✨ This month, we will be studying underwater poses together! These poses are weightless, flowy, and poetic - so don't be afraid to exaggerate, stylize, and have fun with these studies. You'll find a mix of realistic and stylized artwork in the inspiration folder, so you can choose what suits you best! Also, if you happen to be participating in MerMay, you can easily turn your studies into some mermaid art 🧜‍♀️

Visit this link to find all essential info about the challenge, including:

an overview of the challenge information
tips & advice
links to resources to help you complete it
a bonus challenge for if you have extra time
folders with reference images and inspiration images

Below is the list of helpful resources that can help you complete this challenge:

Constructing a pose: This tutorial discusses concepts like rhythm and line of action when it comes to poses.
Stylizing anatomy: Exaggerating anatomy is a huge part of this challenge - this tutorial can help with that!
Overlapping shapes & foreshortening: There’s a lot of perspective involved in drawing underwater poses. This tutorial shows you how I construct this using overlapping shapes!

There is also a PDF file attached to this post with the challenge information, including clickable links.

I can't wait to see what you make! Feel free to post the results on social media with the hashtag #LoishPatreonChallenge, or share your results in the thread over in the discord server!