For this first attempt, I traced just the major/structural lines using light strokes (like we did for the rhino project), then used the original as reference for the rest. Instead of trying to get the line weight on the first try, I laid down all the lines lightly/with thin strokes, and then built them up like Stan showed in the demos and critiques. Feeling way more comfortable with it now. I'll try it again (likely with another image), and do it fully from reference (no tracing outlines). Really enjoyed this exercise!

There was definitely some choice paralysis on this one with a lot of the lines, especially on some of the skin folds (major vs minor shapes), but I definitely enjoyed this exercise. It was nice to trace something and only focus on line weight. I do need to work on my pen sensitivity settings though, those transitions from thick/heavy to thin/light aren't the prettiest in the shadow line weight drawing, but I hope it still gets the intent across.

Attempted the hand and VR girl. I'm very happy with how the hand turned out, still not convinced I actually drew it, but I struggled a lot with the VR girl and her proportions. It turned out okay, but I definitely got hung up on sizing, spacing, and details, and found myself zooming in and drawing contours instead of sketching with larger, energetic strokes to capture the flow. Is there an upcoming lesson on getting proportions from observation or reference down onto canvas, to avoid redoing sections midway into a sketch?

Starting with the penguin as it's all I've got time for today. I caught myself trying to contour more around the feet because of the fine details (erasing and re-doing small segments too much), but beyond that I really enjoyed trying out looser strokes at a lower opacity (digitally) to "find" the line on this one, and I felt like I was much faster at getting through the penguin compared to previous projects. Dreading the hand a bit though...

"Fight the urge and simplify," and I took that personally. I might have gone too simple and ended up more with gesture drawings with CSIs instead of contours with CSIs. I'll watch the demo and retry this one as I feel that I didn't quite get the intent the first time around. Would still love critiques either way!

This was a lot of fun. Doing it digitally made it clear how hard it is to control pen pressure, but I can feel it getting better! It was also a great way for me to try out different pencil settings (size, opacity, flow) to make lay-in easier. Also found out how hard it is for me to do clockwise circles (right-handed)! I wonder if that's worth practicing too, or if I should just stick with what's comfortable and just rotate the canvas. Love this as a warm-up.

My first attempt at the project! Drawing on a tablet was a lot of fun, and I'm really satisfied with the result. It's not quite as rounded-looking as I had hoped though - maybe I could have added another small rectangle of shadow where the top and bottom halves of the pear meet, to imply that there's some depth as the bottom sphere curves into the top sphere? I'll check out the critique video and give it another go, but I'd love some critiques from the community!