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@rudysterner
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added comment inStructure Basics – Making Things Look 3D
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Here is my submission for animal shapes. I included the searching lines.
I'm practicing portrait drawing using references (photos) purchased on the Proko site. I intend to post the drawings on Reddit as well as Proko. Is there any rule against posting the reference along side the drawing?
Here are some attempts at gesture. I know I've got a long way to go. I keep making the head too small.
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2mo
Nice fluidity in your shapes! While the curves are very strong, I would encourage to try incorporating more straight lines to counterbalance some of the curves and make the shapes overall more dynamic. A lot of the time, wherever a strong curve takes place, on the opposite side directly across (so for example the tummy of the seal if the back is curved) will be more straight. It's a good way to find the change in the shape as the seal presses up against surfaces or twists and turns. Hope this helps!
@rudysterner
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5mo
I think you're confusing a sphere with a circle.With a sphere, all points on its surface are equidistant from its center. The contour you drew are correct, but they mainly show the 3-dimensional quality if the sphere. The only perspective quality of a sphere is that it looks smaller as the distance increases. A silhouette will always be a circle regardless of its orientation or position. It will never be an oval. If the object you are trying to draw is a circle or disk (say a coin or an old-time record), its orientation is important. If you move around a disk, you can get a silhouette correctly represented by your middle drawing. I hope this helps alleviate your confussion.
Don’t worry about the mistake. Everyone makes them. Some of mine are embarrassing enough, that I’ll take them to the grave. Because coins and disks have some thickness, they are technically cylinders. I chose them as examples, because they are thin enough to represent circles.
@rudysterner
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7mo
I thought I would give this one a try. It's from a poster I saw a number of years ago.
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7mo
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Here is my first attempt at the assingment. I numbered each of the drawings with the matching reference.
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8mo
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I'm going to one of these, at least, once a week. I did this one in pencil and it came out lighter than I wanted.
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8mo
Maybe try some ink drawing!
