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Shu Belle
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1d
added comment inProject - Simplify to CSI
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OKAY, so the snail still destroyed me when it came to problem solving proportions. It looks fine after some measurements and some "I feel like this line should be this long". Simplifying the body of the snail was the most difficult part.
Carsten
1d
It looks great in terms of measurements and confident lines. I really like the cross contour lines.
I think there is advantage in not having too much time cause if you have a lot of time you can easily get hang up over details and if its right or not if you don’t I think it can also be helpful because you need to be quick and make the decision fast and it stops you from worrying too much and makes you just do it :) itching Touareg doing a great job :)
Katka Cvachova
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4d
After practicing things from the previous lessons I made these and started the 2 week daily challenge and I had so much fun just looking at these I get again the feeling of pure joy I had when making these I tried to find animals that I do not draw or have not even thought of drawing before just for the challenge of doing something new and the kissy face rhino just got me
These are amazing! Nice simplification and lines, and where you deviated from the reference the changes you made all improve the drawing greatly!
Carsten
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4d
Day 4: some vegetables in the kitchen. Looking a bit less comical this time. I think the heavier outline I'm using is making it look like a flat comic so I'll try to do that differently tomorrow.
The subjects read very nicely through their outlines; the line thickness does not harm their portrayal, I think. Instead, a commitment to filling out the cast shadows (not just marking where they lay) would better balance the objects in your observation.
Consider working on proper measurements as an exercise - here, you've drawn very similar veggies, but not *these* veggies, if you know what I mean :)
Shu Belle
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5d
Asked for help
Pear 2 and Pear 3.
Waiting a day to reflect on my Pear 1 drawing helped me bring me back in track for this project's purpose, simplification.
I'm happy with my decision to consciously think about how dark or light an edge should be based on lighting conditions; it helped me improve my drawing from Pear 1 to Pear 2/Pear 3.
I've struggled with perfectionism but following a process really helps me with that problem.
Thank you!
Pale Night
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5d
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Submission for the "Simplify to CSI" assignment, Level 1. I restricted myself to ~1 hour of work and no prior looking at demos. I misjudged my proportions, so I had to misalign the two shoes to fit on a single А5 sketchbook page. Shoelaces were a humbling experience. In retrospect, I should have stuck more to the spirit of the exercise — clean CSI line usage on a larger drawing surface — than overcomplicating things with scaling to a smaller size and unnecessary embellishments.
P.S. I see this got automatically tagged as 'asking for help'; sorry about that. Not sure why that happened.
Regardless of the points you mention, your lines look clean and confident! Nice variety of line weight as well.
@flixkopf
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5d
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I think you did a great job! Quite similar to the demo. Proportions seem very correct as well. Only comment would be to try to use fewer lines in future drawings, since your lines look confident but the overlap of many lines make it a bit fuzzy and takes away from the line quality.
Carsten
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6d
Day 2: the shelf I drew too small and trying to draw so small I wasn't drawing confident strokes from the shoulder. The brushes I wasn't sure how to tackle, but I'm happy with the result despite some shaky lines when I should have stopped to think for a second instead of feeling it out.
These look good like they are from illustrated sketchbook detailing the daily life and objects and making notes on it. They don’t feel stiff they feel light. It kind of makes me thing of visiting friends how you walk in a notice these little things a mug with brushes or shelf with personal stuff that tells you about the person. Really give me a good light feeling not at all stiff and really have personal feeling I think..
