For this assignment, I did something completely different from my physical maquette. I based myself on a sketch I did a while ago, and tried to replicate it as best as I could in Blender. (while simplifying it) It will serve me later for a future piece, done outside of this course. The background with the moon is an image imported as a plane. Ideally, I would have liked for the cast shadows to have softer edges. But I've never been very good at setting up lights in 3D softwares, and after fiddling with final touches for a serveral hours, I decided it was time to finish this. I will apply the necessary changes the final piece, instead.

I already had some clay at home, so I used it for this assignment. I even made a simple metal skeleton affixed to a wooden base with some screws, and it brought me back to my art college days. The lighting of the maquette is not spectacular, but I didn't have many light source options at my disposal, so I decided that would be okay for now.

Definitely not perfect, but it'll have to do for now. I'm mostly posting my work to feel accountable. I haven't checked Stan's demonstrations for these yet, so I haven't had a chance to compare and correct my mistakes. These are my first attempts, and I already know at least that my proportions are inconsistent. I still don't really understant how to simplify the pelvis and the ribcage, but I suppose it'll become clearer in the next lessons.

I started Drawabox lessons a while ago and I never completed them, so I picked up where I left, and started lesson 4 on applying construction to insects and arachnids. Since Drawabox exercises require a lot of focus, and I've been very tired in the last week, I moved on to the next lessons, thinking I would go back to it when I would feel better. As always, I find it challenging to estimate proportions and draw beautiful flowing lines when erasing is not an option, but that is part of the game. Some of the lines on the wasp sketch seem lighter because I've added a bit of water to the ink. Oh, and part of the wing is cut out because I miscalculated and it didn't fit completely on the page...