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Kira Hays
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14d
added comment inProject - Rhythms
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I spent about an hour on this and I'm not sure if I'm just overthinking this or if I'm doing it right. It's really really difficult to get out of the detail mindset given the industry I work in but I'd love to get some feedback. I know it's not leaning forward like it should be, but I've drawn this a few times and I can't seem to stop getting her to lean back instead of forward, I'm not entirely sure what I'm doing wrong
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13d
Just like with everything it takes practice to get an eye for rhythms. It does help to find an overall gesture to follow. The rhythms will flow off of that. There are different approaches you can take when it comes to gesture -- sometimes it's a matter of personal taste. It's usually the longest line from the top of the head to the feet.
Look for alternating rhythms like in the structure of the legs and also repeating rhythms like the arms in this reference image. Think about which leg is weight bearing -- it will be more structural and stable -- and which leg is just supporting and can be a bit more gestural.
The Rhythms Ebook is a really good at-a-glance reference to use for finding common rhythms in a specific part of the body: https://www.proko.com/course-lesson/ebook-rhythms/comments
Kira Hays
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29d
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This is definitely a hot mess. I got very very *very* frustrated with this. I'm not sure why I was having such a problem, except perhaps a particularly low confidence. I struggled hard with this, and I know it's not really that great. Even so, I wanted to give it a shot. This is very much an extremely rough sketch done digitally. I don't know why, but none of the measurement techniques helped me? Maybe it's a lack of practice, but my brain could not process anything with measurements. I literally wanted to take a ruler and measure it out 1:1
I might try again later and just start from scratch
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29d
You're not as far off as you think 😁 You have the main shapes vertically, just need to make a few adjustments horizontally. If you were to try again, that may be a good place to take a break and then come back with fresh eyes before you work on the tertiary details like the facial features.
I would use the hat as a unit to lay out the facial features. It breaks the face into fairly even thirds.
You got this! Trying again from scratch might be beneficial. Recall what you learned in the CSI lessons and try to be as light and loose with them as possible. Good luck :)
Kira Hays
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1mo
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I wasn't sure if tracing was okay, but that's what I did here so that I could focus on the line quality rather than trying to get proportions right. The artist I chose was honestly just a friend whom I have commissioned art from over the past decade, and is someone whom I have been friends with for the same. I love her work, and she was my inspiration for learning. Looking at her stuff in a different light really just made me more motivated to continue learning. I love the way that her lines flow, and I love how she used cross hatching for some shading, which I tried my best to replicate in places. This particular piece is of my own OC, and was a gift she sent to me which I have hanging on my wall right now.
Kira Hays
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1mo
This was actually really fun to do! I've included both the hierarchal and shadow and light direction versions
Kira Hays
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1mo
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The VR Girl was sooooo difficult for me. I spent three days on that thing and went through 2 sketchbook pages out of frustration. But I kept trying and eventually managed to get it done! I think the issue i'm having is more that I'm focusing too much on the details and not enough on the "big picture".
Kira Hays
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2mo
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This was a highly difficult assignment for me. I'm brand new to this, having only as much experience with art as I have in this course (so, a day). The boots I simply could not do, I was having extreme difficulty getting things simplified. So I went with the snail, and here it is!
props for working through the difficulty! I'm sure that with consistent effort you'll look back at this assignment (and the others) after finishing the course and be proud that you stuck through it. for what it's worth, I would say try to pay attention to the 2D relationships (up, down, left, right) between different parts of the subject. for instance, the rightmost part of the snail's head (not including its antennas) is more right than the rightmost part of the shell; but in your drawing the head is a little bit on the inside.
Kira Hays
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2mo
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I'm working digitally. I had some difficulty getting used to the pen pressure, but here's my first attempt!
