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Justin Schiff
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1yr
added comment inProject - Learning to Sketch from Observation
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This took me a while. I did each one multiple times, trying to be looser and looser with it. Would love a critique
Justin Schiff
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1yr
Asked for help
Here are my sketches before seeing the demo. It's quite hard to get clean lines, definitely something I'm going to work on more.
The camel really took me a while, I tried it 3 times and I think i'm starting to get what this exercise is asking for. I really tried to ask myself before every line I draw "is this going to be a C an S or an I" and tried to ghost in and make a single or 2 confident strokes.
I'm proud of the camel finally.
From left to right these are my attempts.
The very first one is before I saw the demo/critique. The second and third are after demo and critique.
The second one is more of a thumbnail where I tried to be looser.
My proportions are all over the place I think, I like the value shapes the most in the third one, although the value range could be wider. I think I like the overall value shape unity of the 3rd one the most, i tried to focus on the bigger picture as per the "egg" stuff Proko mentioned.
Hi Justin,
Way to go. I like that you made multiple attempts. The side-by-side is very useful too.
For the 3rd iteration, I like that you created a dark shadow on the neck and shirt. It reads very cleanly. However, when looking at the photograph, the neck reads very similar to the right side of the face. I think darkening that area could help.
On the left side, I think the 2nd and 3rd values are too close together. If you lightened the 2nd value, that side of the face would really pop (Similar to your 1st attempt).
Keep up the great work.
Justin Schiff
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1yr
Had some trouble with the mouth, and where to place the lighter midtones, but felt like I got the general vibe of things.
Justin Schiff
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1yr
After watching the critique, I wanted to do a more loose form based approach (on a different pear), to see if I could internalize what Proko was talking about near the end.
I think my darker midtones are still a bit lost, but the form approach seemed to help me think more about flow lines and let me be a bit more interpretive.
This is actually amazing!!! I love how you took time to understand the form and values and stuff. Yes, I feel you could have gone darker with your darkest shadow.
Justin Schiff
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1yr
Tried a few traditional, then did one on the wacom. I struggle with keeping the shapes from getting muddy traditionally. Also don't have a sharpener right now so that doesn't help :P
