Hi everyone, Here's my assignment for the Level 1 warmup. This exercise was more difficult than I thought, but was really insightful none the less. Thanks !

Hi everyone ! Here's my level 2 assignment. I went for an hercules beetle for my choice of bug. At first, I was not sure what I wanted to do. But I finally decided to do an old beetle king. I thought that using the concept of the Strong, solid beetles with it strong horns, would do a nice contrast with an old and weak king. Here's the study, refs and the final draft. Thanks everyone !! I hope you guys enjoyed this project as much as I did.

So these are my attempts! I am not used to drawing from imagination to be honest but this seemed to be pretty fun. First attempt wasn't great but then I came up with something pretty decent I think!

Thank you stan !!! This critique was really helpful.

I struggled to understand if I should upload this or not, because it’s so far off from everyone else’s! I tried to go for the uber simplification, planes + one value, and not sure if it corresponds to what Stan wants or not.

Hi Stan, Hi fellow students ! With the help of Stan's review of my latest post and this pear demo, I've been refining my assignment. I corrected my values, which were too light and confusing. I was also using some outline between my values which I didn't want to. I think the reason why was because I was using too much pressure in the contour at the beginning of the sketch. So, I erased some parts to do some nice, clear shaped, values. Thanks you stan for the feedback a few days earlier and this amazing Demo !! Really looking foward to learn some more in the upcoming videos.

Hi Stan, Hi fellow students ! With the help of Stan's review of my latest post and this pear demo, I've been refining my assignment. I corrected my values, which were too light and confusing. I was also using some outline between my values which I didn't want to. I think the reason why was because I was using too much pressure in the contour at the beginning of the sketch. So, I erased some parts to do some nice, clear shaped, values. Thanks you stan for the feedback a few days earlier and this amazing Demo !! Really looking foward to learn some more in the upcoming videos.

Here's the first assignment, for level 2. And a little frustration during process, bonus !

Here's my first assignment for the level 1. I use a small sketchbook, which is 5.5in X 8.5in. I think it's poor quality with rough texture on the paper, which affects my line quality. I have some difficulty to fill properly the values. I might buy some quality supplies soon ahaha. But for now, I had a lot of fun to simplify the subject. I'll work on level 2 and post it afterwards. Critique welcomed.

Hi guys, here some sketches :)