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@thenotsogrim
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added comment inProject - Simple Animal Portraits
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Wanted to finish a second set of this level 1 task, I quite liked it, even if I didn't get to draw a lot of times lately.
@thenotsogrim
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2mo
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Tried to do a good number of pictures. My application of the concepts until now is spotty, but at least now I'm conscious about trying to include them!
Well... looking at the demonstration now I can see that I totally didn't simplify enough. :D
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2mo
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It's been a month since my first study that I did of a Jeff Watts portrait, I could finally get the time back to do one again, this time I decided to do the skull to keep things "simple". Since in the demo Stan used a charcoal pencil I also tried using it for the first time but... well, needless to say, I hope I get better at it :D To be honest the problem was largely the fact that I had no idea how to use this tool or how to keep it sharp, so I'll have to watch the old video about it again. The final result turned out to be better than I thought it would be while in the middle... but I had to totally forego caring about anything relating to shapes or relations to TRY to get lines like Jeff. Of course I mostly didn't succeed (I had to resort to a lot of eraser tricks), but at least I know now what to practice. Charcoal pencil otherwise is actually pretty fun! Just need to get used to it.
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2mo
Are you using the overhand grip by chance? When I use this grip and continuously rotate the charcoal pencil in my hand as I draw, it stays sharp for essentially the whole drawing.
This is a great study! Nice work.
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3mo
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I decided to take one of Watts' art pieces, but my choice might've been more complex than I first thought... :D Anyway, here it is. I am pretty pleased with it, but it took ages to put in the searching lines and redoing them.
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4mo
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After the demo, kind of lost my patiance on the shadow one because digital is not my forte but it was a good experience!:)
@thenotsogrim
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4mo
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Don't have a printer so I had to resort to digital art which I'm very new to.
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4mo
Great job trying out digital, I think the choices read very clearly! The one thing I would mention is continuing to push the hierarchy choices inside the silhouette of the first rhino. Pushing the line weight for the key areas inside, like the facial features (especially the eye, since this is how we connect with others), helps guide the viewer's eye after they see the strong impression of the heavy line silhouette.
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Here's three sketches that I've done of random pictures after the first initial three references. (I just really didn't want to repeat the hand again :P )
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I decided to take the last assignment as a digital piece since I recently got a drawing tablet and I'm getting used to it. We'll see if I keep them mixed or stick to pencil drawings for now. I seem to have a problem with enlarging everything that I draw from observation. It's getting better but I have to be really conscious of that.
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5mo
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Retroactively putting in mine. I particularly like how the second snail turned out (other than the fact that I just haphazardly put in the plank). On the second boot piece I really lost my patience with the laces :P I think in general my line weight/value is probably the thing I hate the most, currently, so I'll try to focus on that somehow.
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5mo
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Retroactively posting my stuff. I feel that after the demo and critiques I had a better understanding of the task!
