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Bonus Content
The 3 line weight methods that we've been exploring are all valuable tools, and it's not necessary to limit yourself to just one. In this bonus demo, I'll attempt to use ALL 3 line weight methods in the same drawing and show how you can be creative in the way you combine them.
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J M
11d
I tried to put what I've learned so far in these practice drawings. Trying to be aware of the impact that a simple line can make in how the drawing 'feels'
This is probably the main takeaway so far in this class. Before, I was "careless" in how I put the lines together. It is hard to explain but is something along the lines of seeing the lines individually and making them work together rather than seeing the final product as a whole and focusing on the big picture. Also trying to take into account line hierarchy in order to highlight specific components.
Granted - this feel doesn't translate to any real improvement in art but it does feel good to begin building an intuition of some sort.
Isaiah
17d
Practice page: Combining depth, lines & line weight.
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17d
Looks awesome!
@luiscubal
3mo
My attempt to combine depth/focus with a bit of importance, and more thought put in general in line weight.
@lynzendra
4mo
I was never really thinking about the fact, that I could change the value of the line, thanks! :D I made 3 little drawing with the light+shadow and the combined method. I tried something similar a few months ago while sketching my characters, but I wasn't that thoughtful then. Now I know the truth :P
@faegbc
5mo
Started watching this video, but wanted to try the demo myself for shadow and depth before fully watching to see if I'm on the right track, since I kind of felt like I auto-piloted the Rhino exercise a bit. Any feedback is appreciated!
Xin
4mo
Hello, good job! Personally, I would say that exaggerating the line weight a bit more would give a better effect overall.
The line directly below the lid should be just as dark as the one below it because of the lid in my opinion.
The tapers on the first one look fine to me.
Besides the line work, you seem to be applying orthographic projection on your drawings, which is fine if it's the look you're going for, but it does make your drawings look flat. I believe learning perspective will definitely benefit your art, as it will add more depth. So I recommend continuing this course, since it will teach you perspective in the next lessons, after the shape lessons.
If you don't know it already, I highly suggest looking at the drawabox course, it has helped me hugely in understanding 3D space. It's challenging and heavily reliant on discipline, but I'd say go check it out first to see if it's worth progressing in for you.
I wish you the best on your artistic odyssey.
@joel2311
5mo
I tried to make hos Mauth glow but im not sure if I achieved it
Xin
4mo
Hi, excellent work! In my opinion this drawing has applied the elements presented in the video very well. The lines are also very clean.
For the glowing, what makes the original appear like it's glowing is contrast. The character is very dark in value overall with solid black shadows for contrast to the dark gray skin. The mouth is very bright, contrary to the rest of the body, thus giving the impression of a glow, this appearance is further enhanced by the lighting along the teeth.
For this reason, I believe you did a decent job at achieve the glowing look with only lines, since teaching full shading wasn't the intention of this video. Although, I do think that you could've added darker lines on the contour of the entire head, just to make it more visible since it's kind of hard to see from afar, the head is fairly important for people, so making it appear more important would maybe look "better", just a suggestion :).
This is just my opinion, I'm not a pro, I'm an amateur who's also trying to learn from Proko.
I wish you the best on your art journey!
Léo Ikhlef
5mo
For a minute I felt so scared that I'd have to think about EVERY TYPE OF WEIGHT while drawing..
Good think I watched to the end :')
But it does feel great to learn about each concept, even on the surface, so that when we practice, we try to implement those concepts into our drawings.
Thank you so much for this useful bonus lesson, sir :p
Zander Schmer-Lalama
6mo
Hey!! I tried the combing line weight with how Stan did the box in the video. I took a picture of this little Batman square plushie I’ve had for years. I don’t it came out too bad, but I think it could be better. I think I should’ve make the shadows darker to make it pop out more. Feedback and critiques would be very much appreciated. Have a nice day!!
Abhishek Mukherjee
7mo
Not sure If I am ready for "Line Master Studies" yet.
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7mo
These are awesome! Keep it going!!
Giorgi Karkuzashvili
7mo
Incorporating this exercise is so fun! Gotta do more of them!
@joel2311
9mo
I atempted to do what was done in this demo but with different thinks
Nicholas Bramah
10mo
I decided to try applying this line weight tutorial to a study piece of a mystic from Dark Crystal. Half-way through I realized I was creating a painter urRu (the name of the mystics in Dark Crystal) and decided to try and use line weight to emphasize the characters head and the object they are painting. Let me know what you think :)
@mellowtea
10mo
@rafalmichalkrawczyk
1yr
I attempt it while drawing basic figures.
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1yr
Really nice, clean line weight exercises, well done! Do try to photograph your work as straight on and as evenly lit as possible as to not warp the perspective of your drawing. Keep up the good work!
The guy from BluishDot
1yr
Some new attempts at practicing these concepts:
@aubrey
1yr
Nice job!
Ihori Kobayashi
1yr
Even with the simple form like this box, making decisions on the combinations of line value and thickness to express the importance, light, and depth were difficult.
ANX804U
6mo
No wayyy yooo, you improved soooo much, Damm crazy growth 👏, here's a choclate for you 🍫
Yury
1yr
Notes on the lecture...
Vin
1yr
Hello! I tried to combine the 3 Line Weight Method, but I feel that my dark lines are not dark enough. Even when I used a 6B pencil to emphasize them, it was hard to make the lines darker. I use HB -> 2B -> 4B -> 6B, but my dark lines still look like 2B or maybe 4B, and not dark enough like 6B. If I push harder, I will start to damage the paper. (I use LYRA Graphite 2B, 4B, and 6B). Is anyone also has this problem?
Yury
1yr
I think your dark lines are pretty dark. Graphite cannot be as dark as charcoal. Faber 8B is not much darker than that, maybe a tad.
@daniellee
1yr
It helped me to create a key for the line weights.
It’s weird that In my sketchbook the verticals looked perfectly parallel but in this photo they are not. I think taking a photo of my drawing may be a great self critique tool moving forward because I can see things in the photo that I can’t see looking directly at it.
Luke Ng
1yr
Decided to try out combining line weight like Stan demonstrated but with a different light source. I found it hard to decide how I can show that a line is close to the camera without making it look like it's in shadow.
All critiques are welcome
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