Ideacraft: How To Draw Pictures That Speak Louder Than Words
Part 1 - Ideation Fundamentals(44 Lessons )
Week 1: Orientation & Priming
Week 2: Narrative Illustration
Week 3: Conceptual Illustraiton
Week 4: Conceptual Narrative
Week 5: Major Project, part 1
Week 6: Major Project, part 2
Part 2 - Step-by-step Demonstrations(11 Lessons )
4B: Minor Assignment 4
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4B: Minor Assignment 4
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Newest
Gannon Beck
2d
Here is my assignment:
Yuli Levy
3d
Nicolò Bongiovanni
5d
I tried to simplify on this one, using 'layers' and big forms at the beginning.
Took me 'bout 1,30h.
Mandy Valin
13d
Did two just because I wasn’t happy with the first one. Watercolor
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13d
That second one is incredible. The rhythm of the shapes is really really cool
Alberto González
13d
I'm finding these exercises a lot of fun to do, but I didn't think drawing the support rods would be so difficult.
Gwynn
14d
I must say the architecture was a bit tricky to understand. I just tried to draw what I saw. I could have darkened my cast shadows a bit. I really like that light values are perceived as dark in relation to lighter values. The dark around the horses in the demo video are perceived as black, even though they are light grey. It almost feels like a trick, because it is not possible to see that way in real life. We always see in full value range.
@ena50
14d
I used graphite pencils 6H, 4H, 2H, and B to recreate the image. I am not sure if I got the value right or not but I really enjoyed the assignment.
Thank you
#ideacraft
@ahood
16d
Had fun trying out brushes I don’t typically use to resolve some of the striations on the rock walls.
Pamela D
19d
I am sticking with using Procreate for the thumbnail in high values to make it easier to compare with the previous assignment. I really like this way of working with the value sets really helps me focus.
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Viacheslav [ki-Vi] Polianskii
19d
Experimenting with not zooming in
‘while working on thumbnail type of drawing 🤔
[to not overdetail]
Sita Rabeling
21d
Impression of the reference. As far as I’m able to use Procreate. I’m sure there’s a lot more possible to make this better.
@edel82
21d
Went digital on this assignment, still learning the program so it look a little longer than expected. Eye dropper and lasso tools were very much appreciated for this one.
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21d
The lasso tool- highly underrated. Nice work @edel82 If you bring the value closer together on that inner shadow, it may have a bit of a unifying effect on the overall shape of the barn.
Basak
22d
I wanted to add the darkest dark and use more values. So this was limiting. But I think I caught the most important points.
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21d
You did a nice job with this @Basak
@shayy02
23d
No comment lol
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21d
@shayy02 I went into your painting with a bit of line and defined a few planes. I had to push it darker into the shadows with an overall multiply layer first, and then painted some of the lights and details back in. It's a good start, and a big part of this is just figuring out where the information is needed.
Fran Turner
23d
I mixed up puddles of gray paint and matched them to my Value Chart, so they must be right, but yet they look wrong and I don’t seem to have them properly balanced. I guess I just need more practice.
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21d
@Fran Turner Just remember that all values are relative and it's very hard to gauge them when they are not right next to each other. The value may be a bit dark for high key painting, but you still ended up with a nice little painting. Is this in gouache? Gouache and acrylics both dry darker, as well.
Dax Hansen
24d
I’m digging these exercises
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21d
Nice brush work @Dax Hansen You have a bit more value range to go a touch lighter, if you want. You can use some of those highlights to introduce harder edges.
Eduardo Rubio
25d
High key thumbnail
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24d
@Eduardo Rubio Nice work here! You might benefit from a bit of shape welding in the sky and lower right portion of the ship. Once you've defined your shapes as well as you have here, choosing to lose edges can be a very nice touch.
C P
25d
High key thumbnail in acrylic; painted layers of glazes with a bit of negative painting to get contrast;
Dax Hansen
24d
I love this. Very ghostly. Reminds me of the Gerhard Richter b&w photo paintings
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24d
@C P That's a hard thing to pull off in acrylics! A little trick I've discovered is to go back and to clean up the image with harder edges and subtle contrast where your lightest lights and darkest darks meet. Rough painter- no tablet or Cintiq with me today!
C P
24d
Acrylic tough medium for me achieving value 0-1
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From rocket ships to rock stars, NASA to Rolling Stone; I draw pictures that speak louder than words. Artist & Professor
