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@renegaderumi
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1yr
added comment inDemo - Light and Shadow Line Weight
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Felt completely lost on the small details, but happy with the progression of the shadows and lights and the big forms. Stan, working out the contrasts all around the image is tough! Hope it becomes more intuitive with more practice. Here they are!
@renegaderumi
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2yr
Still working my way through these slowly, if anyone is hanging about giving feedback. Here is my attempt after watching the demo (and my first shot before the demo - on the right). I think the lineweight on the back part of the body might be a little light, and I maybe could have pushed the weight of the legs a little more, but I’m happy with the focus on the head. Any notes on the internal lines as well would be super welcome. Feeling mostly lost with those. Thanks!
@renegaderumi
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2yr
Asked for help
Took me forever, but still wanted to post my genuine first attempt before watching the demo and trying again, then on to the critique! If anyone has feedback at this stage, feel free. I think I under-did it with the lineweight on both the hierarchy and light/shadow versions. But these are my first attempts EVER at anything with lineweight, so I’m excited to give it another go and to keep learning! Thanks for any help!
Bence
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2yr
Asked for help
Your lines look a lot like mine! Your light medium and dark lines though have a much clearer separation. I like how you did that reference in the top left for the tones. I might steal that idea. No feedback, sorry, I’m struggling with this all myself, just wanted to send some encouragement, and say thanks for sharing :)
@renegaderumi
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2yr
Asked for help
Would really appreciate some feedback on these. 3 things I’m really struggling with:
1. Skating feels jagged. How do I avoid having harsh corners?
2. My light and medium lines look really similar.
3. The trace the ruler lines are really thick and dark, not crisp like others I have seen. I’m losing a lot of definition, and then can’t tell how accurate I’m being.
I know practice will help with all of this, but any feedback that can help me correct some of these things while I practice would be amazing.
All of these were done with a 2B pencil.
Thanks!
I noticed when I get to certain angles while skating my arm/wrist is in an awkward position. I've learned by stopping my line early and turning the page I can get rid of some of these. Make sure you're using your whole arm to skate as well sometimes you can caught up doing small wrist motions that can make things look too angled.
I have similar issues, my lines used to be too dark, my problem was pressing to hard with pencil to paper so lightened up but now my lines are a tad too light , a work in progress, hth. Try lightening up your press
Thanks so much for this critique, Stan! I got my sketches in a day late for the critique, but so many of the notes you had for other people’s work directly applied to my sketches, and my mindset. Can’t wait to be more loose, and do more sketches. Not sure if you read all these comments, but in case you do man, thank you again for everything you’re doing. I felt so lost without this course, and I’m so relieved and renewed in my art journey. Appreciate you!
@renegaderumi
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2yr
This demo is helping so much, thanks Stan! Have only got through the penguin so far, but have re-tried it and I’m so much happier with it! Will come back and do the other two, but for now, I wanted to celebrate a little win. Here is my first attempt, before the demo, compared to my second attempt. Head proportion is still way off, but I know you said it’s more about the lines now anyway. Any other feedback is super welcome. I think I’m learning how to sketch!
This piece is what I am most proud of since starting this course. Obviously still big proportional errors, but I’m really GETTING the concept of searching lines, and how to use them, and how to sketch! Just the e-girl left, and then I can move on to the latest warm-up video. Thanks again Stan, for everything you’re doing. It just hit me how valuable what we’re getting is for the price we’re getting it. It’s really helping, and I can’t explain how grateful I am to finally see some progress. Here’s my before and after for the hand.
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I’ve fallen behind but am posting anyway to keep myself accountable. Really struggled with this one, more than any other assignment so far. The boots and snail felt fine because the lines felt focused. I’m feeling really anxious at this searching method. Any one have any advice? I changed the way I held the pencil for the final one (VR girl) to overhand grip, and that helped a bit. But any critique in the meantime is super welcome. Thanks.
@renegaderumi
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2yr
Tried a snail again after watching the critique. Still finding myself rushing a lot. Will keep trying, and focus on slowing down. Any tips on how to have a slower work flow to take more care with lines are super welcome. I went in wanting to spend 20 minutes on it and raced through in 5!
Hi! try ghosting your lines, which means to make the move of your arm almost touching the paper with the tip of the pencil. Do 2 to 4 ghosting of each line as a rule (I do not like the word rule... maybe think of it as a tool :-). That will slow you down. It is better if you take the time to observe in each ghosting, but sometimes is enough to put attention on the biomechanics of drawing.
@renegaderumi
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2yr
These demos are great! Took some notes and then attempted the snail again. Here is my first and then recent attempt. Will come back and do boots!
Finally attempted the boots again after the demo. Huge improvement (I think) but a long way to go. Will attempt this again after I watch the critique video, probably with my own picture of shoes. Thanks for the guidance, Stan. I’m improving in a way I haven’t been able to with my own self-teaching. You’re great man!
