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@tomasb
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3yr
added comment inShading – Background and Final Touches
Another drawing. This time with conte pencils. Any critiques and comments always appreciated. I think this will my last post for this course.
@tomasb
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3yr
This is the place to submit final drawings for critique? This one is a pencil drawing. Going to make an other one with conté pencils now that I ordered them. Any comments / critiques?
Dont know what to say because this looks pretty perfect. :-) Only perhaps the shadow on the floor looks a little bit technical? Really awesome drawing.
Looks great! Maybe its just me, but i think the legs are a little bit too short. But hey, shading and the overall figure itself looks awesome!
Not a critique, just came to say that i love it ! I Didn't spent much time in shading, but i'm jealous now :D
@tomasb
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3yr
First completed figure drawing on this course. Charcoal, white chalk and toned paper (fairly coarse grained). Any critique and comments appreciated!
@tomasb
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3yr
Couple of exaggeration excercises. The other on with the mannequin drawings included. These drawn with Procreate on iPad. Critique appreciated! 🙂
No critique, just love your proportions and general execution of the exercise. Really inspiring. :)
That was drawn on an Ipad???? It's suprising how convincingly traditional it is
@tomasb
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3yr
A few back and front landmark exercises. One of each from proko’s videos one from other reference. These are done digitally in Procreate.
@tomasb
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3yr
Hi all! Just started this course and here are some gesture drawings (first 30s) and the others 2-4 min. Started out spending more time with the 2 min poses and noticed they’re a bit stiff. When I losened up a bit I’m getting closer to 2-2,5 min. Some beans slipped in too. Comments and critiques appreciated!
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3yr
Hi @tomasb, really nice!
I'll do my best to help you further:
- The gesture in these is hard to critique, since it's already so good :) If I would suggest anything, it might be to give the drawings more VROOOM! (In search for a better expression XD maybe that's the stiffness you talked about). It could be about daring to exaggerate; as a rule of thumb you could try to make the drawings more gestural than the reference, to be on the safe side. Or it's about feeling the energy, rythm and empathizing with the model.
Maybe you would appreciate watching Mike Mattesi's force drawing series https://www.proko.com/lesson/improving-line-quality-and-rhythm-force-series-part-1/discussions
- There are moments in here where I would connect and simplify. You often split the arms up into upper and under arm, where you could have connected them into a single c or s-curve. How much you connect is up to you, just wanted to make you aware of the possibility
If you want to push your ability to simplify and connect; here's an exercise I really like:
Do 30s drawings where you limit yourself to 5 (or fewer) lines (CSI) + head. It´s a challange, but using only 5 lines will force you to find the core gesture. You can look at my paintover of another students work for inspiration. Note that I´m not drawing stick figures, but the flow passing through the forms
- If you haven't already I recommend checking out this video https://www.proko.com/course-lesson/how-to-hold-and-control-your-pencil/assignments
Being able to draw long strokes from your shoulder is a great tool; the drawings come out faster and are more clean.
- I attached an image with some practice tips, that might be useful as you continue with the course
Hope this helps :) Keep up the good work!
