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Christopher Lebreault
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1mo
added comment inProject - Simple Animal Portraits
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My first attempt with the provided reference. I am struggling with keeping things simple. I see Stan is using simple 2d forms and getting end results that solid and 3d but I’m not seeing a square, I’m seeing a cube. Trying to flatten that back to a square in my mind is quite difficult.
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1mo
Nice work with the 3d forms! Youre doing great!
Christopher Lebreault
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2mo
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1ftHVPJJ26I
Maybe someone can help me out here, I am studying Glen Keane. He has a wide range of lines, light dark, soft and hard, think and thin. I do not understand how he can get such a variety of thick-to-thin and soft-to-hard edges in one line... especially with the tripod grip. in the video i linked I can see him actively drawing ( I was looking to see if i could find a video of him drawing to see how he held the pencil, to my surprise it was a tripod, which is MUCH more comfort to me) but I cannot figure out how he is doing it.
he starts drawing at the 510 min mark
TYIA!!
here is another
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GSbkn6mCfXE
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2mo
Glen is a master of his pencil -- through so much consistent practice he's developed his abilities. I did notice the way he has his pencil sharpened makes it easy for him to get a wide variety of strokes. He can use it flat to shade or make very wide marks, turn it on its side to make very thin marks along the sharp edge etc. Experiment with your materials and explore different ways of mark making, find something that works for you!
@kuristar
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5mo
trying to engage more, heres some of mine. female faces are my comfort zone so i should really try to push myself harder to do somethings thats not faces.
Christopher Lebreault
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3mo
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My first attempt at this! Studied Shiyoon Kim’s work on Mile’s mother on into the spider verse. I am shocked, I draw a lot from reference (imagination drawing is hard for me and even harder when no prompt lol working on it though) I thought it would be pretty much that, but I’m looking at the result and I’m blown away by the fact that … these aren’t my lines! IMO they’re crudely drawn Shiyoon Kim’s lines but not mine. When I draw references, even if I think i did a good job.. those are still my lines. Such a weird feeling to see not my lines lol
I’ve said not my lines so often I feel it’s become confusing lol
Christopher Lebreault
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3mo
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My first attempt at this , pre demo watch. I’ll do another attempt post demo along with my own drawings
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3mo
Really nice!
I like your cartoony style and the poses for the rabbits.
You do need to loosen up, or your drawings will end up stiff. As we add details and a nice line around our sketches, they tend to stiffen up, This is why loosening up and pushing the gesture can give our drawings a better chance of not being stiff.
I did a couple of sketches to show you what I mean, I hope it helps :)
@Steve Lenze thanknyou for your feedback! I took your advice and tried to implement it here. He feels slightly off balance but much better than my previous attempt
Christopher Lebreault
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4mo
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Proko beginner's course imagination sketch feedback requestHey! Here is my 2nd attempt at this assignment (technicality 2nd and 3rd) I am having difficulty grasping the "messy" line part of this project. I draw through, look for rhythms and shapes, etc. but I have a strong habit of drawing "clean lines" if I see a mistake (line not where they are supposed to go or got a shape wrong, a proportion error I noticed) I will go in and correct it. Maybe I am misunderstanding and my sketches are what the assignment is looking for or perhaps I am not getting something.
the first two rabbit pages are studying refs, the 3rd is exploring and the last rabbit is my final. the two jackal pages are self-explanatory. In this assignment, I tried my hardest to be messy/exploratory and not concerned with rightness so I included a "sketch" I did while having fun with level 1 to show what my usual sketches look like
(I posted this exact thing in the class's comment section but I find it not very active very often SO I am here as well)
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For some reason, if i get a prompt and attack it with no reference, I can actually draw and somewhat enjoy the finished product. If i have to find references, it is alot harder to draw from imagination. I had fund with this and i like the concept of what my finished piece was aiming for, the execution was fun too but not all that happy with it ( i do not hate it and it was real fun to draw)
