Some tutorials in lesson 5 say to draw legs gesturally and some use the sausage method. which should we be using?
here is a very bad elephant i did and tje kegs gave me teouble. (i know my proportions are way off)
I asked about legs after my official lesson 4 feedback, this was the answer.
"So the sausage method is something I introduced within the last year or two, so it's not as present in the demo videos as it should be. I did however mention it in the critique of your lesson 4 work, so refer to what I mentioned there, that you start with sausage chains and then build up additional forms around them."
thanks! lesson 4 was all about sausages for insect legs, but with animals it looked like there were several approaches to legs. But you still may be correct if the newer videos are stressing sausages.
The quoted text is from Uncomfortable's review, so it's his official view. The sausage method is the required method now, the lesson 5 youtube videos haven't been updated to reflect this yet..
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