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!

These are great!

I think it boils down to asking yourself why an artist MIGHT choose to use a certain line. It could be because it is a high or low contrast area, or the thing carries a lot of weight or doesn't, or the details of something need to be highlighted while others aren't necessary, or a bunch of other different reasons. There's so many possibilities and so many decisions to be made. When you sit down and start one of these study sessions, I think the first thing you should is take the piece and physically put it far away from you. What do you notice about the lines? Which ones pop out and which are faded? In Stan's previous lessons, he had a focus on hierarchy AND light and shadow. Glen Keane probably made the hair darker where he did in order to separate it from the rest of the body and also to bring one of the back locks a little bit closer to the viewport. The areas beneath the feet or hands are darker because they would cast a bit of a shadow on the branch and because they also would stand out from the branch. The knee, lower back, bottom of the right forearm, and the right arm are all dark because they could be a.) hard places or (in my opinion more likely) places with a lot of tension and weight. Even Tarzan's eyebrow is darker because it is furrowed and full of tension. So, it looks like Glen used most of the concepts, which Stan showed us previously, in a variety of ways. Maybe he made this piece to explore how Tarzan moves, or sits in his environment, or to design his character, or something else like that. I'm not sure. I think if you keep experimenting and practicing while keeping those things in mind then you'll start to intuitively do it. I hope this helps,

Really nice!

@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

Hello! I understand the urge to be "careful" with your lines, but for this exercise the point is to be exploratory and sketch a lot. Your drawings demonstrate that you did just that! You found some really cool shapes, especially with the rabbits. Great job! The point of keeping loose and messy is to help you find the gesture and movement of the pose, so I think you could benefit from working more on the military jackal. He is very stiff -- which, makes sense for his character, but maybe you could find a really cool curve that conveys the same stiffness in a more complex, dynamic pose? Just a suggestion, I think you did an awesome job with these. For this exercise, I think it's okay to play with proportions -- push them until they break, and if they do, you can try another sketch, another idea :) Have fun!