The demo really helped me to better understand how to break things down into simpler shapes. The first four images are before watching the demo. I found using a piece of vellum paper first helped me to explore what shapes where hidden in the image. Then I have the two reference images I used for supplemental practice. And the last images are after watching the demo. This was a very challenging yet fun project for me.

They turned out pretty similar. For hierarchy I wanted the viewer to focus on the face and horns. And as the secondary the heavy fold on the right front leg. I tried to be quite bold with the light and shadow one to really display which parts where shadowed. Perhaps too bold.

I am a level one trying the level two project for fun and dang it is difficult! I have yet to do an imagination sketch because I had a question on how I can better approach these darn feet. Any advice level two'ers?

With the boots I definitely lost patience when doing the laces. I did that one first, but spent quite a bit less time on the snail. All critiques and suggestions are appreciated! Also how to scan better, since I scanned these at 300 dpi but it still seems "off" but I'm not sure why.

Used a different ref to practice extra. I feel like I understood the shapes better my second attempt. I still need to work on using light lines and focus on confident lines more. (Top is second attempt.)

Having a difficult time with loosening up and making actual sketch lines. Any advice on how to get more into that mindset?

A bit more confidence in my lines for the second attempt. First attempt (left). Second attempt (right).

I really enjoyed the camel study, but this skeleton kicked my rear.

I got carried away on the details on the Camel's teeth and eyes before I remembered the purpose of this assignment. Sorry!

With the boots the sting gave me quite a bit of trouble. And the Snail is straight killing me. I am unsure how to break it down. Any suggestions would be much appreciated.