Activity Feed
Mason Stroud
•
11d
added comment inProject - Build a 1-Point Room - Level 1
Asked for help
Designing the room was a lot of fun! Spent about an hour on this one. I'm going to try more rooms from one of the other angles Stan demonstrated. Definitely going to pay more attention to the convergence, as well as making sure my horizontals and verticals are solid, on the next one.
Mason Stroud
•
11d
Asked for help
I enjoyed doing this one a lot! Some poses are definitely harder for me than others. My brain just didn't want to see the rhythms in certain positions. I also spent way too much on each one. About 15 minutes each. Going to try the level 2 next to force myself to go faster. I also need to work on accuracy. Critiques welcome!
•
11d
These are solid drawings! Just a word of advice, if you want to work faster you may sacrifice on accuracy a bit. But as a reward, you may get more exaggerated gesture. The more you understand about anatomy the faster you can go accurately, so working quickly can be a good test to see where the gaps in your knowledge are. Keep up the good work :)
Mason Stroud
•
25d
Asked for help
I feel like I can definitely push the gesture WAY more, and need to explore more shapes. Now that I've looked at this drawing again after 20 minutes, they seem flat. I also could not figure out how to draw that last seal... It looks too much like a strange dog haha
•
24d
Haha I like your sea lions. Maybe use some more straights to balance things out.
Here’s a few tips I made for other students that may apply to this as well:
Mason Stroud
•
2mo
Asked for help
The self check is incredibly helpful. Definitely shows me how much more I need to practice.
Mason Stroud
•
2mo
Asked for help
I definitely need to explore and push shapes more. A really fun exercise though!
Mason Stroud
•
2mo
Asked for help
This project just made me appreciate Karl Kopinski even more. Studying this opened my eyes to how in control he is. Trying to emulate the taper and organic feel of his lines made me realize just how NOT in control of my lines I really am, and how much I need to study and practice. Tried to do some self-critique as well. I realized after watching a like 25 of his Reels that he definitely doesn't always start with the eyes. Looking forward to more studies like this!
If I had seen "attempt 3" out of context, I could easily have thought Kopinski drew it. Subtle but solid improvement in each try! Nice!
Mason Stroud
•
2mo
Asked for help
Rhino Project done digitally. Hierarchy and Light Order respectively. I haven't really used my tablet that much so this was an interesting experience.
•
2mo
Looks great!
Mason Stroud
•
2mo
Asked for help
Tried to stay as loose as possible. Still found myself getting caught in the little details tho.
Mason Stroud
•
5mo
Asked for help
Those boots were TOUGH. My brain just didn't want to put the laces in the right places.
•
5mo
They turned out great!
Mason Stroud
•
5mo
Asked for help
Pear 1 was done before the demo. Pear 2 was done after demo and while watching the critique video. Trying to shade in shapes evenly with only the pencil tip is a real struggle for me, so this exercise helped a lot with helping me figure that out a little more. The second drawing was done on a slightly toned paper, so i used a white pencil for the highlight. I feel like a cheated a bit doing that, since I didn't have to shade the light halftone at all.
