I remember doing these when I attempted Drawabox. These are fun. Im glad to bring it back into my routine. Here's a bonus grumpy dog whose mad Im drawing instead of cuddling her.

My attempt before the demo, I will try again with more searching lines, any feedback is welcome

Im definitely not level 2 skill wise but this assignment sounded fun so I figured Id give it a try. I chose an alligator and the only two things I wanted to accomplish going into it was showing off their silly fat pouch on their necks as well as their tiny arms. I think I may have gone too small on the arms. Its sloppy but I tried to keep it all loose. Hopefully I succeeded somewhat but at least I had fun.

I feel like a dummy for saying this but I for the life of me dont understand how to physically do a tapered line. Ive filled sheets with lines trying to do it and its just not clicking. Nonetheless I wanted to truck forward with the projects and just add the line exercises to my daily warmups. I tried going really loose and light for these and for a first attempt am decently happy with the results . The entire time I worked on the hand I thought it was a mess until near the end when it started to come together. Definitely lots Ill do different next time I try it but I think (I hope) I at least captured the energy of the source. I was running out of time whole doing the VR girl so my lines there are definitely hairier and more rushed. Im excited to try her again.

My second attempt at camel and skull. I only got part way through the video before the urge to draw came in and I decided to just dive back in and Im glad I did because I feel a lot better than my first attempt. Still lots to improve on but breaking sections up into smaller lines really helped me out.

This is my first attempt at the contour drawing of the boots.

Snail is digitally and boots are traditional

With the demo!

My before and after demo for the boots. K think I did better before but I did the after demo days later (along with the camel and skull) and just feel like today just wasnt my day. I cant keep myself from pressing too hard on the pencil and I feel like I dont have control of what Im doing. Im also having great difficulty looking at something and back to the paper to try and replicate it . Each time I get back to the paper it feels like I need to reorient myself. Maybe its just an off day but Im definitely feeling lost right now.

Either I learned something along the way or I just really suck at shoelaces because this assignment just seemed easier for me. Haven’t watched the camel demo yet.