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Sumit Gupta
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Exploring UnconsciousI am inspired by work of Freud, I am sure many of you have experimented in Surreal art. Since i am just at beginning i try to keep a pen paper near my bed and draw what i could remember from my dream. Thats lot of wierd stuff i draw but unconscious is all about that. Can you please share if you have gone down the path of surreal art and what is your process for that?
Sumit Gupta
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1mo
Please critique. I enjoyed thinking about big shapes first and enveloping it and getting to details later. Pr
Loving the bull!
These look wonderful!
Food for thought, perhaps think of shapes like kneaded erasers or a similar, pliable substance.
Make em bouncy and then weld them together where they intersect!
You can measure it all but thinking of it as "chewy" specifically helped me.
If you play around on Blender (because free) you can throw primitive shapes together and see how they will overlap. That's the idea. Primitives are what you are building from, so on the one hand you can make everything extremely geometric but when it comes to shape language, I think the joy of simplification is in the "texture" of what you are welding.
Of course the preliminary is not actually a substance but feeling it as such as you operate assists secondarily in transforming from realistic depiction to cartooning or a hybrid thereof in the mental imaging.
If you have seen Hercules (Disney's animated feature) I am sort of referencing Zeus when he creates Pegasus from the clouds.
Clouds are amorphous and while you should definitely practice your cubes and spheres specifically to be able to weld anything in a measured sense, sometimes going outside and drawing clouds as they move slowly into varying forms helps to get the "wisp" into the hands.
Drawing softly lets you layer shapes upwardly.
The more control you have, the lighter a mark you can make and just wistfully indicate without overtaking the drawing via mark density of stroke.
I hope this helps!
Sumit Gupta
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1mo
Here is my question, if lines is one of the exams that we need to pass what will be your criteria to pass this exam?
Some of criterias I could think:
1. Successfully Imitating lines of artists you are inspired from
2. Completing all the lessons
3. Inventing a new style on your own
Sumit Gupta
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2mo
Not sure if this will be helpful but i found building a vocabulary for lines important. Here are some of words i am trying to save in memory for lines:
Sharp: A clear, precise line with defined edges.
Soft: A gentle, less defined line that blends smoothly.
Thick: A heavy, bold line that stands out.
Variety: A mix of different line qualities to create interest.
Heavy: A dark, weighty line that adds emphasis.
Crisp: A clean, sharp line without blur.
Atmospheric: A line that suggests depth or mood, often faint or blended.
Confident: A bold, sure stroke with no hesitation.
Tapered: A line that changes thickness gradually.
Fluid: A smooth, continuous line that flows effortlessly.
Broken: A line with intentional gaps for texture or rhythm.
Dynamic: A line full of movement and energy.
Light: A faint, delicate line suggesting softness or distance.
Bold: A dark, prominent line demanding attention.
Hatched: Closely spaced lines used to create shading or texture.
Calligraphic: A line with varying thickness, often expressive or decorative.
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2mo
This is WONDERFUL! More of this sort of thinking will bring more mindfulness to your art. Avoid making thoughtless, meaningless marks.
I believe that every line is a thought, so YES it is very helpful to be able to articulate lines with words.
What helps me is to think in “-ing” words… running, jumping, curving, wrapping, standing, laying, ect…
This helps me bring life into whatever subjects I’m drawing.
Here’s something I made a while back explaining this:
Cool stuff. I love this post.
Is this digital technique? If not please share how you did that, did you trace over existing sketch?
@anukanksha
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8mo
Not sure what I could have done about their hands and feet. But it was fun to try light weight on this guy.
@telmasetti
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6mo
I did this exercise with charcoal (first time using charcoal pencil), so I don't think it helped me but this is what I could do.
Did you use hard grade charcoal? i tried with soft charcoal and i couldn't control it.
