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Carlo Julian
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2d
added comment inProject - Rhythms
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I'm not totally clear on what rhythms are yet or how to apply them. I just tried to draw the poses and simplify the shapes where I felt like it made sense.
Carlo Julian
2d
OK, so I just watched the demo and critiques and rhythm feels much clearer now. It's about finding flowing connections throughout the subject. Finding the rhythm helps your drawing feel unified and alive. I think I actually did that in some spots, but I also definitely followed contours too much. Going to practice more!
I just watched the level 1 demo. I think I need to redo these. I didn't think to break these guys down into multiple separate shapes like head, body, tail, feet, and design each individual shape. With this course I always feel like the real lesson is in the demos / critiques. I get tempted to watch those first but feel like I need to try the exercise myself first before watching.
@deadsm
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14d
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I wanted to study three artists: Kentaro Miura, Junji Ito, and Yoji Shinkawa. For Miura, I wanted to learn line hatching and perceived texture, so I copied a panel from *Berserk*(First image). For Ito, I wanted to learn his use of value through screen tones and grays, so I recreated Kirie Goshima and tried to follow his manga values from *Uzumaki*. Finally, Shinkawa has an amazing use of shadow shapes that break contour. For these studies, I first copied an illustration he did of Venom Snake. I then used the same process in an illustration of my own using Quiet (another character from the same game).
Overall, this took a lot of time, and I feel that even though it took months, it was worth it. When I first started, I made sure to collect a lot of references from each of them and tried my best to identify why I liked their work so much. It is amazing to me how, in most of the work I saw, the pieces were mainly grayscale. I hope to one day be able to create extremely strong pieces before I get to the rendering stages; that would feel so much better than what I am currently doing. In my work now, I feel like it does not feel complete unless I go full color with intricate values using light and texture.
These all look so gooood. Hard to pick a favourite but I really like the one from Berserk.
Carlo Julian
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7d
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I'm happy with this. I think I made his jaw and chin a bit too short though. I'm looking forward to learning to eyeball the proportions because this was super tedious!
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7d
Very nice drawing and great photograph! The key to intuitive proportions is consistency of practice. It looks like you're well on your way, keep it up 👍
Carlo Julian
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10d
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These were more difficult than expected. In both cases I wasn't entirely confident about where I placed the heavy lines. I also wasn't sure how light to make the light lines. I think I may have made them too light? I need to checkout the demos and critiques now.
Carlo Julian
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12d
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These are my drawings from imagination... but I think they're more just from memory? I drew sooo many owls just to get to the point where I could kind of understand their anatomy. I'm going to attach more photos in replies to this to keep it organized, including references.
These are all the process drawings that got me to the point where I could draw the above owls without looking at a reference. I also took a detour into imagining humanoid owls with arms for some reason.
Carlo Julian
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15d
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I like how clean your lines look. They look intentional but still relaxed to me.
Carlo Julian
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16d
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This was really fun and much harder than I expected. I felt like I was solving a puzzle!
After watching the critique and demo videos I realized I should have added more detail to the light areas. I Added the side plane of the face and fixed mouth proportion. It's amazing how stepping away from your drawing for just a few minutes can help you see it with fresh eyes.
