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Colin Dunphy
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1yr
added comment inProject - Simplify to CSI
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Here is my first attempt at the 4 references prior to watching the demos. I'm quite proud of these as a first go, however I found it very easy to get lost in drawing them and at times I stopped paying attention to simplifying each line. After watching the demos I will make a more focused effort and compare the differences in result! I would welcome any further feedback :)
Colin Dunphy
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1yr
Asked for help
I really enjoyed this but he wasn't kidding about it being tough! Looking forward to trying again soon. I think my main issue is controlling the pencil, I found it really difficult to vary the pressure and also maintain a decent ellipse, I also had to keep reminding myself to draw with my whole arm! Any feedback or tips to improve would be greatly appreciated, thank you!
yea I agree, as I found it difficult to apply pressure to make dark lines only within specific portions of my eclipses. I guess it's only meant to be a warm u and we'll get better with time like all the other skills we'll learn. Great toads btw!
@danaedg
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1yr
Before and after following Stan's demo. I was much more intentional with strokes and measurements the second time around, and spent properly 30-45 minutes more than I did on the first. I can see an improvement in proportions, plane/value separations and neatness. When I draw faces I notice I tend to 'squash' the proportions a lot (the face gets wider and shorter), so I actively tried not to do that here, but comparing my second portrait to Stan's I think I still ended up squishing him a bit! Lol. I also need to get more pencils, I only have a B and a 4B for now.
Wow what a difference! And I think your variation in tone is still fantastic despite only having the two different pencils.
Jessica Mondelus
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1yr
from left to right, first attempt and then second after watching demo. I think the second attempt had better shading but I think I missed some important interesting shapes.
I think this is great, in your 2nd attempt the shapes and values are so clear and contrast well, the highlights really stand out as well. I worry I'm missing out on some of the interesting shapes too, but I think a good way to test that is to look at your drawing next to the reference and squint at them to see if the chunky value shapes match up, hope that is of some help!
@juumei
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1yr
Did a second attempt after watching the demo. I'm having difficulties making the shade and dark half-tone not appear as though they're the same value. I feel as if when I fill in the shade more, it becomes almost indistinguishable from the darker shade. But when I fill in the darker shade more, it begins looking very spotty and uneven.
I struggled with that too, what worked for me was very lightly going over the shadow shapes (4B) with a 6B, just to bring the 2 shadow values slightly closer together.
