Ok so, I worked on a sketch from Charles Ouvrard, a French artist I follow on instagram because they worked with Fortiche on Arcane. First image is the artist’s original sketch (post: https://www.instagram.com/p/CygTTucK7T1/?igsh=MXhxOGppMWNyNGV6Mw== ) Second one is the rough sketch I did to outline the main shapes (I like to do it with a white brush because it makes me don’t focus that much on details, and more on the big picture, but I inversed it here for readability). Third one is my final study. it was a truly amazing exercise, when you zoom in on a skilled artist’s work, you really get to see how intentional and fluid each of their lines are. In contrast, mine are more sloppy, less confident. i am gonna follow up with more studies from other artists, but yeah, i really liked this project,

Ok I really enjoyed this exercise. I really like the thick outline, something I was already kinda intuitively doing (albeit poorly) when trying to ink a drawing. I tried to put some emphasis on the features of its face, in particular the eye and horns. I’ll try to do the shadows and light direction method next.

I decided on a crow, because crows are awesome. I did the final assignment (the last two pictures) on Procreate but did some sketches on paper as well. I tried going for an « animal looking » crow, then one with more anthropomorphic proportions. I am not happy with the end results though, I think my lines are still very insecure and lack a lot of dynamism. I am still too focused on small scale details I think. But it was a very interesting learning experience, I cannot wait to work on the next projects!