Chris Cole
Canberra
Im a Jeweller and Engraver that wants to improve my drawing skills in order to better my craft :)
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Chris Cole
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10mo
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I really struggled with the VR girl.
I think the arm and the penguin came out okay.
all criticisms welcome.
Chris Cole
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10mo
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Hello Everyone,
I tried to my best with these two. I found the boot laces to be a bit confusing. However, I also think that I captured the essence of the photo and I'm happy with that achievement.
Any tips, tricks or constructive criticisms welcome.
Chris Cole
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1yr
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I found this one really tricky. The amount of shading was very time consuming. Hoping to capture the figure a bit better when I go to the demonstration video.
Critiques and advise very much welcome.
Styrbjörn Andersson
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1yr
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Here is my take on the first project (Level 1). I will likely attempt level 2 as well tomorrow. Please feel free to provide feedback!
Chris Cole
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1yr
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I'm not sure i did this assignment correctly :( Can someone help explain the shapes and the values? how do you get sharp edges with light areas?
Thanks in advance
Too rounded. No straight lines. Too many levels of shade. I did exactly the same. When I draw a pear i see two circles with curved lines joining them together.
Great job with the rendering! As for your question, think of the assignment like this - the shape of the pear is the line forming the silhouette of the form. This line, in your case, is following the shape of the original image quite well, making it smooth and rounded. However, in the assignment description we are told to use only straight lines. This means that we need to make decisions on how to simplify the shape. You could start out with the simplest polygon there is (a triangle), and start adding edges until you get the likeness that you are comfortable with. I attached an image showing how you can gradually experiment with the shape until you arrive at a pear shape. When I did this assignment, I missed the part where we should limit ourselves to 5 values, but the same principle applies here. Try to divide the shadow shapes into simpler versions. I think Proko shows this pretty well in his demo of the assignment.
