Rachel Dawn Owens
Richmond, Virginia USA
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Paul Meier
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added comment inProject - Simplify from Observation
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Here’s mine and my son’s sketches! We had fun making them!
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I love this! Keep drawing with your kid!!
Jhamb
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Hey all, getting back into drawing. Here to build a solid foundation. Cheers.
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Good luck! Have fun!
@notapirate
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This was kinda addicting (at least for me), I was mostly focusing on drawing the face in each image (except the last one). Now it was hard for me not to go into detail or not to get into the proportions, so I kinda went with the "bare bones" mentality when it came to the shapes. ( ͡° ͜ʖ ͡°)
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These are super cool! I like how you designed these
Percy Silva
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I recently completed this drawing from the Proko Drawing Basics course.
I’m open to any feedback or critique — feel free to be honest, I’m here to learn.
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You did great! The drawing is solid and the shading is smooth.
You could push the darker values further. Don’t be afraid to add a big shadow shape. This will make the pear stand out from the background more.
Excited to see more. Keep it up!
@mwalker
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I feel like I’m too up tight with this assignment. I ended up drawing standard boxes and shapes first then tried to push things from there. I suppose I could have pushed further but this is where I ended up for now.
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The variety of house designs, especially on the second page, is impressive!
Keep pushing it further, but these are awesome!
Hans Heide Nørløv
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Really one of my favourite Jeff watts pieces.
would love any critique 👍
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Wow. This look really good 👍
Maria Bygrove
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I thought it would be interesting to see Stan's finished level 1 and level 2 side by side. It clearly shows that the shadow and light areas broadly established in level 1 are still very much maintained in level 2, despite all the extra details.
The only part that I wondered about is on the left side of the head, sort of between the cheek and the ear: I kept thinking it looked almost like a halftone, not a shadow. So I tested it by copying swatches of tone and sure enough, it's still darker than a halftone. It probably feels lighter only because of darker values surrounding it.
Also, I wanted to ask about the concept of "contained shapes" that Stan talks about around minute 17. The video shows a couple of examples of artists who use contained shapes but could someone please suggest some counter examples? Artists that use non-contained shapes? It might help to understand the concept.
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If I understand the concept correctly, ‘contained shapes’ refers to the definition of the planes. The blocky quality that you see in a Zorn or Leyendecker painting.
Beksinski or Brian Froud might be artists who don’t use this concept so much. Thier values are still solid although the shapes move more organically. Not so blocky.
I hope this is helpful. Good luck with your drawings!
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IDK why my 5 second drawing became a box.
Thanks for the challenge Marshall!
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A box was the perfect solution here. You did great!
Awesome character design, and I LOVE the feeling of atmosphere in the lighting, the tail and face being pushed into silhouette is an awesome choice, but I kinda wish we could still see SOME of your portrait for Kurt, such a great design!
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Thank you!
Rafael Rangel
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It looks great, I love the final product!!! :DDDDD Idk why, but It reminds me of Goya's drawings
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Goya is great!
