Alan Massey
Poet and short story writer. I've always been interested in drawing, studied a bit in college. I'm here now to relearn what I've forgot.
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21d
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Tedious but once I cracked main dimensions on the face, it went smoother
Alan Massey
21d
Nice! I think the right jaw line is a little too steep and should be rounded a bit more. Other than that, fantastic work. Great line quality, too!
2mo
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I worked on this guy on 11x14”, sorry Stan I didn’t have a bigger sketch pad 😩 but it was a lot bigger than I usually draw, and it was so hard. But I enjoyed the process, I really love drawing so much. I checked my progress with procreate (hence the bunch of process pictures). Please let me know your thoughts and what I can do better! I think I’ll draw this dude again this week after watching the demo/critiques.
21d
This turned out so well. I worked on an 18x24, and I felt that it was kind of helpful. Amazing work though. It's nice to see your step by step process as well. Did you ever work on this again?
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28d
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This was a tough one for me! Many revisions here, but learned a ton. Next time, I'll draw it larger to make the details a bit easier to focus on.
21d
Looks like Van Gogh!
The first thing I notice is that there's not enough of his forehead showing. The ear stands out as well. If you notice in the photo, the bottom of the ear has an upward angle.
But you really captured his expression, which is great. It eluded me, for sure. And you have great line quality.
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22d
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This took me a long long time (around an hour-thirty). I erased most of my measuring lines, and as a result, I think it looks a little plain. Feels good to complete it, though. The eyes were such a challenge.
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22d
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Here's my attempt! I think I spent more time than I should have drawing the shapes and figuring out the proportions. I always want everything to be perfect, but I feel like this habit just makes me spend more time on my projects. As a beginner, I think I did a pretty good job on shading, but something still feels off to me. 🤔
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2mo
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I did attempt a couple before watching the demo, but I didn't feel great about them, so these are after that. I'm going to do many more of these because I'm not used to breaking down anything into simple shapes. Wish me luck, and keep drawing.
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2mo
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I hope these are not too light to see. I did not fully grasp the “organic” shape at first. I will be thinking about the shapes a bit differently after watching the critique.
I would very much appreciate some feed back, if you can see them. I think I need to get a red pencil. Maybe that will help me some.
Thanks,
23d
Just darken some of the lines that need darkening. I think that will help. Lines, as Proko said, are also shapes. I think you did a great job at capturing the essence of these animals.
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2mo
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I had to go over this twice since I kept sketching the animals. But here it goes...
23d
Great shapes. Don't forget to keep your lines loose and light at first, then darken in certain areas.
23d
Cool experimentation. Keep your lines loose and light, then darken in the places which need to be darkened.
Great work.
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23d
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Had fun doing this. I tried both level one and two. I still find myself making some very dirty/ sketchy lines. Probably need to warm up a bit before I go into these drawings. Any advice on cleaning up my lines is welcome (as well as all forms of criticism).
Hope ya'll are well.
