Activity Feed
Michael Longhurst
•
7h
added comment inAssignment - The Secret of Simple Forms
Asked for help
Probably bit off more than I could chew on this one, but felt like I learned a lot from it. Any advice or feedback would be appreciated.
Michael Longhurst
•
13d
Asked for help
Great assignment. Really tough, but really made me think about the orientation of each box and how to draw it. I struggled a lot with the proportions and getting the fingers to point in just the right position, but feels like it’s getting easier.
Michael Longhurst
•
20d
Asked for help
Here’s some of the ones I did. Struggled on 10 and 12 to get the shapes right. Still need to watch proportions, as I often have to extend the head after I start adding features.
•
5d
Keep at it, you're already at a great place! Keep an eye on the placement of the features, making sure that they continue the perspective set by the box, especially that the eyes follow the horizontal guidelines on the box in relationship to each other as well as constructing the nose as if it were a smaller box following the same original perspective.
Michael Longhurst
•
2mo
Asked for help
I did a simplified study of MC Escher’s Waterfall. I had a lot of trouble lining up the zigzagging pathways, but was happy with how it came out. I included a prior draft where I was still working out some problems. Lots of things to learn from on this one. One thing that I might try later is to incorporate the way Escher used the brickwork to lower the tops of each corner to make it seem more like the water could flow up. Great assignment, I really enjoyed studying this.
My brain is officially short-circuiting,
I'm lost in a wonderful maze of confusion. Send help (and more of this).
Michael Longhurst
•
3mo
Asked for help
Two more pages from references and then two drawings from imagination. I tried to be a lot more gestural on these which I felt like came out better.
•
3mo
Great seals! Gesture breathes life into your drawing. I like to start with finding that action line, usually the longest line connecting the top to the bottom. It helps a lot when drawing from imagination to create a more cohesive and dynamic drawing. You can get so many different poses and energies with one line.
Michael Longhurst
•
3mo
Asked for help
The first two were ones I did from the references and the third was from imagination. I struggled with the less active poses and only had one imaginary one that wasn’t really bad. I think I’m going to do another round of both then watch the demos and critique.
Michael Longhurst
•
3mo
Asked for help
Second attempt . This was after some back and forth checking and correcting. I was pretty good on the head and face, but the shoulders were way off so I corrected. Need to be more careful with the “less important” proportions!
Nice work, though I will suggest using a better reference where light and dark has much more contrast, so you can actually see shapes and that help you if you draw that pose again or from imagination. Though really great work, the angles are perfect you are just missing some shapes in between shapes, but that's not a problem from measurements, it's just anatomy problem. Master piece michael
Michael Longhurst
•
3mo
Asked for help
First attempt. The facial features were proportionate to each other, but too low on the face. Hat was too big, which may have been a part of my struggle.
