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Jonathan Ainsworth
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2mo
added comment inProject - Learning to Sketch from Imagination
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It's hard not to copy the reference material. I hop it fits the criteria of the assignment.
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2mo
Yeah, when they're right there it can be a little harder not to. Your full page one has some invention in it that fits well here and has a good, fun energy to it. I can feel the little guy's personality!
Try letting the reference fall away and just draw a ton of them! Think of a little story that shoots of from the action in the references and see how you can pose and move them. That'll help you break out of sticking to it.
Thanks for sharing!
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I overworked them into looking cleaner than Proko's example, but it was a fun assignment regardless.
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2mo
Your lines look great! Nice job
Jonathan Ainsworth
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3mo
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Done Digitally, Second time trying this assignment. Feel free to critique.
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3mo
These are clean! Nice work
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4mo
Nice simplification
Jonathan Ainsworth
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3yr
Currently, I'm into studying Gesture. Making complete works of art where gesture dominates detail respectively. Previously, I was all about copying accurately, improving my ability to observe and compare shapes and values from real life figures.
However, the drawings never felt my own when I simply copied them. Often it made me frustrated when I've spent all day on a simple contour study just to find it still looked wrong. The realization that even after gaining the discipline to draw all day, did not necessarily mean I improved. Studying this way lead me nowhere feeling lost.
So when Stan Prokopenko said that he admires drawings that simplifies detail beautifully more than copying detail accurately made me wonder if I should focus more on simplifying detail then copying it. So I spent an hour working on a complete drawing where gesture is the dominant component, I'm super happy with the results. Just don't ask me how there's a bunch of hand looking wings sprouting out of her lower back.
More importantly I feel relieved that I have a clear direction of study. Mastering these fundamentals will take time, but it feels good to make progress.
Thank you Stan!
