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@thesmokingrotoscope
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3mo
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I decided to do two of hierarchy of importance exercises, one while keeping in mind what would be "expected" to have importance, while using the other to play around. I also took a crack at the light exercise, and while I'd planned to do a second of that as well, the time it took to actually complete it was SEVERELY underestimated, so I figured it'd be best to await feedback and use a potentially needed second pass to apply advice provided. Thank you much!
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After a first pass with this assignment, I figured I should do a second after watching the demo and hearing the mindset that was expected of the student while they were drawing. The works in graphite were drawing while relatively tight, while those in red were comparatively looser, though I still struggled to fully relax.
Real understanding continues to elude me with this particular assignment, and I don't have the best answer as to why. Any advice and recommendations is welcome and appreciated!
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7mo
There is a notable increase in confidence between the two sets of drawings -- I think that's amazing! Keep practicing and you will continue to build confidence :)
@thesmokingrotoscope
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9mo
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And as I'm heading back down the track, he's my latest shot at this! I'll absolutely redo the camel if needed, given it's got half its snout sliced off. Anything helps!
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9mo
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Fell off the wagon, getting back on; here we go! Feel like the pear went better this time, though the portrait took a redo; I noticed some spacing issues during the first run. As always, anything helps!
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1yr
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This one ended up being trickier than I thought it'd be, so I'm definitely going to give the demos a watch while I wait for critique and to prep what will likely be a second pass at the assignment. I sadly don't have much more to say than that.
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1yr
Hey there @thesmokingrotoscope!
I think it would be helpful in your process to start out with gesture and structure--thinking about the spine, pelvis, ribcage, and any other constructions you find helpful, like arms and legs for instance, or breaking the figure up into shapes fow now (or forms, which will be explained in the next lesson). Incorporating this into your process can both be helpful in seeing how the landmarks connect together, and also help you lay in the initial drawing much easier--it can be rather tricky to freehand the outline of the figure all at once! Gesture and construction serve to help you get started with the figure and also give more information to viewers about the feeling and 3-dimensionality of the figure, so don't feel limited to just the outline of the figure.
Let me know if you have any questions. Hope this helps!
@thesmokingrotoscope
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1yr
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Alright! Finally got these done. Fell off the wagon, but I'm slowly rolling again! This one was much slower paced than I thought it would be. Line control, especially when it comes to the lightness of a line, is something that I still struggle with, to the point where on the paper-and-graphite rhino I had to go back and apply an eraser to some lines just to get the lightness I wanted. I do feel, though, that it was with graphite where I had better results, likely because the digital realm is where I'm still wading around and getting my bearings. As always, any advice helps!
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1yr
in the first one, the outline of the head is MUCH heavier than the rest of it. And any reason the wrinkles on the torso got more importance than the large shape of the body or legs?
With the second one, I'm having a hard time figuring out which method you were going for. Is it reverse depth? The closest leg and the head have the lightest line weight on it.
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1yr
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Both the Trace the Ruler and Pressure Control exercises ended up being more challenging than I thought they'd be. Definitely going to need to run both of those more often when warming up.
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Another truncated attempt at the bean on both a handful of poses from the demo videos, as well as some poses found on other reference sites (the rest of my attempts are spread out amongst the demos; made the mistake of posting them there rather than here.) I'm still having some trouble figuring out how to determine which oval overlaps the other (though I started to see that it has at least something to do with proximity to the viewer), as well as the path the center line takes in figures with a greater amount of twist to them. As always, any help is appreciated!
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This ended up going a little sideways the further into the project I got. The hand and arm were the trickiest, but still cleaner compared to the VR girl, where my lines got more insecure and scratchy the longer I spent on it. If need be, I'll run this back with some new references or take a shot at the level 2 project. Thanks again for all your input!
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1yr
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This ended up being a lot trickier than I expected it to be. The hardest part was remembering to keep an eye on proportion while trying to simplify things, as it was easy to take notice of what kind of line to use and completely forget how long or intense to make certain parts of the curve. Following critique, I'll definitely take a crack at level 2 if it's recommended before moving on to the next lesson. Thanks!
