Gesture practice, 2nd try

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Hahahaha, I'm so bad at faces it's ridiculous 😆😆😆. One day I will be great at portraits, but today is not that day. I did have fun though and it made me smile throughout the process. I do think I captured disgust. My preliminary sketch reminds me of that meme 😃. All in all, had a great time!

Gesture is something I'm fascinated with. The lines look so simple, yet they detail so much of what's happening and make drawings come alive. I say they look simple, but in reality they are incredibly difficult for me. Gesture is something I strive to master one day!

I went with a bit of a cartoon face, as I've never really attempted portraits really and I'm bad with faces in general. That being said, the objective was to try and get the contours of the armour around the body which I think I pulled off around the legs and knees. I had loads of fun sketching this templar, but I just feel I may have chosen poorly by cartooning the face.

wow I was fighting for my life with these. I always struggle with accuracy to the ref image, so trying to make them look like the person was HARD. Also I tend to jump into rendering to solve problems so forcing myself to stay in line art/drawing stage was hard as well. Glad proko is making us do 12 days of struggling, this feels like a mini art boot camp, but I like having to get out of my comfort zone as well.

I found this challenge inspirational! I know nothing about anatomy, but I feel I'm going to love the proko anatomy course when I eventually take it one day. Trying to get the human figure down on paper is one of my main goals, so this was a great way to see where that skill will eventually lead. I chose this model as I felt it was easier to capture than most of the other dynamic poses that included the face and the arrow to the knee was so eye catching!

I did 15 min poses. Now I want to go to the gym because I am wondering why my body doesnt have these muscles:)

The picture pack of different warriors and the props they had was pretty cool I have to say! I tried to choose a photo that I believed to be within my skill range while still providing a challenge, and also drawing figures challenging all on it's own to be fair :). For this sketch I focused more on darkening the lines that were closer to the viewer to make them more defined and I also tried to focus the viewers attention on the swords. Keep with focus of line weight to progress my artistic journey. Another day of proko in the bag!!

I went over the time limit, as I was more in the ballpark of 40 minutes, but at the end of the day I had a lot of fun and was super absorbed into the process. I know I'm disqualified on this round, but hey this is my first real attempt at a portrait, and it was as much of a challenge as it was fun. So, I'm currently learning line weight in the basics course and I've tried to implement this within the challenge. Even though I'm out of the running for this one, any critiques would be greatly appreciated. I'll try and keep this knowledge going forward for when I eventually take the portrait drawing class. I can't wait to see the other portraits here as there are so many incredible artist here at Proko! Merry Christmas peeps!