Stephen Worthington
Stephen Worthington
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Stephen Worthington
4 level 1 portrait boxes 2 - I wonder if it's not 2 point enough? But then, given a head is a small object, I guess the vanishing point would be incredibly far away. Anyway, I've not measured my box but I do wonder if either my X or Y axes will have vanishing points 5 & 8 - think these are fine? 10 - definitely the one I struggled to visualise most because of the rotation on both the Z and X axes, but I think it came together okay
Stephen Worthington
Though I do seem to have given everyone very wide faces. Particularly 8, whose head I have drawn wider than it is deep.
Stephen Worthington
Tried to draw my kitchen from memory (with some slight modifications - I do have an oven! And I invented a low sitting kitchen island to try and make it more interesting) I see a couple of problems, I think the lack of depth on the back row isn't just because of foreshortening, I think I just didn't draw them big enough. I think because I started with the taller cabinet I sort of drew myself into a corner and couldn't amend them. I guess my main takeaway is that I don't know how to do depth accurately yet, hopefully the 20% of the maths will get me there! Either way, fun exercise and I think I added enough to keep it challenging. Any critique/feedback gratefully received :)
Melanie Scearce
I think the size of the cabinets looks fine, the area that throws me off a bit is where the cabinets meet the fridge. It could definitely look like that irl but I think adding a small section there could help the viewer understand the shape of the room a bit more. Overall your design looks good and you have great line quality here 👍
Stephen Worthington
I drew 6 of these before watching the demo/critique and 3 after (so far) I think I can definitely level some critique at them myself. Before watching the demo, I was trying to exaggerate the gesture rather than emphasize it, which made for some slightly more extreme poses but less interesting shapes. As well, I can definitely still see that my line quality is lacking - Stan's sketch lines look confident and intentional, mine still feel messy. Though I tried to be aware of this drawing after the demo, and do think there's improvement. Any other advice/critique gratefully received!
Stephen Worthington
Post-demo attempts
Stephen Worthington
Like a lot of other people those laces took me a good while! And I definitely think they could be a lot smoother (maybe with more simplification?) On the whole I'd say I'm happy with these. Certainly not perfect, but if I was perfect I wouldn't be taking a course! If anybody has suggestions for improvements I'd love to hear them.
Stephen Worthington
I think maybe I could have simplified more on the boots?
Stephen Worthington
Are people taking a 2 week pause in the course while doing this challenge, or doing it concurrently with the lessons?
Gaurav Biwalkar
No, do it concurrently while you are watching the other lessons.
harry john
5/14 didn’t have time to draw for the past few days 😭 hopefully my streak won’t break again Also I tried to draw simple objects like my wallet, but now they seem floaty? Are there any tips on how to make it look like it’s on the table?
Stephen Worthington
I think the floatiness may come because you've not captured the shadows of the objects. Our minds are trained to use so many cues to relate objects to each other in space, and shadow is definitely a big one
Stephen Worthington
First image is yesterday's pear before watching the demo and critique, second is today's pear Happy with the improvement, though think I prefer HB over 2B for the lighter tone. One big difference in the second image is that I used the tip of the pencil rather than broad side for shading, tricky to get a smooth shade but good to practice!
Stefan Sharkov
This is a great improvement. Your values are more defined, nice work.
Conyair
10mo
I can see a lot of improvement. The clarity of the tones is much nicer and the shape more defined! Very nice
Stephen Worthington
My attempt at the pear before watching the demo. The 5 values aspect got away from me a little, and I definitely relied more on the outlines than I should have (I re-lined them which I definitely think detracts from it overall) Happy for any other critique, positive or negative, thanks!
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