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Let’s look through your simplified animal portraits! In this critique, I’ll be looking through both level 1 & 2 submissions and giving advice on what is working and what can be improved.
Newest
Agnieszka
1mo
When I followed the demo, the exercise seemed simple and fun, but creating my own shapes was much harder. I’m not completely satisfied with them. I guess I need more practice.
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1mo
Looks like you’re on the right track! It’s ok to keep your drawings a little sketchy.
That bear is really fun. I dig his cape.
@goobish
2mo
drawings made during critiques. any advice welcomed thanks
@mathtry2draw
2mo
Here is my homework the. Rooster is really fun :D
Chauncey Holder
3mo
I tired pry mantis and variety of dogs to apply what I learned from. The crtique
Jack H
4mo
There were some hits and misses with this set of practices. I find that I might be trying to focus on all the different pointers at once, which makes the result a little lost. However, I do think that this attempt is better in terms of the shapes explored compared to previous tries.
Still need a lot of practice though.
Natasha Johnson
4mo
I’m doing this project again . I’m encouraged that i got it wrong
SAFFANA
4mo
This is the most fun lesson , i can draw any animal and make it cartoony
@faegbc
5mo
Still struggling quite a bit to make these look interesting at all or to put down the shapes in way that feels like they make sense, but I think these ones are at least a bit better than the initial ones I tried before the demo and critique?
Kenny Thomas
4mo
maybe try focusing only on their faces/heads/facial features, skip the bodies for now
@macdre
5mo
I've been struggling a lot with these. I think I'm finally getting this down a bit though, albeit I could still try and push/pull the shapes more.
@macdre
5mo
Stefan Sharkov
5mo
Here are my first and second attempts for each of the shape simplifications and explorations. I struggled keeping a limit of ten shapes, and I kept my explorations straightforward. But after watching Stan's demos, I was able to draw more confident simplifications of the animals and my explorations were more varied. Critiques would be appreciated.
Tony Zhang
7mo
Stan I can’t tell you how useful the critique videos are…
Stefan Sharkov
5mo
These explorations are solid. I think what Stan is trying to get across with the shape exploration is, try to use the wildest shapes for your design while trying to maintain the integrity of the animal. The exploration is a test in pushing your design to the absolute breaking point right before they become unrecognizable. You can try these animals again, but pick the craziest shapes for their designs to push your comfort zone.
@d2dareal
7mo
Stefan Sharkov
5mo
Good shape exploration. Your shapes still have a round and soft feeling to them. For an experiment, I'd suggest trying to use sharp edges and shapes such as triangles and see if you can still maintain the essence of the dog.
Enrico Samaritani
7mo
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7mo
I like how you're simplifying, finding the most essential parts of the image and boiling it down to a pleasing design. I would recommend to try out this out using shapes, rather than lines, as another form of simplification. Basic shapes like triangles, squares, and ovals can go a long way as building blocks, though always feel free to push and pull to find new ways of breaking down the image. Plus, it can be lots of fun! :)
Enrico Samaritani
7mo
Enrico Samaritani
7mo
Stefan Sharkov
5mo
All of your drawings provide a strong simplification of the animal. I'd love to see you explore these shapes further with some more dramatic designs.
Enrico Samaritani
7mo
Enrico Samaritani
7mo
Enrico Samaritani
7mo
Enrico Samaritani
8mo
Enrico Samaritani
8mo
May Berry
11mo
Combination of Lv.1 and Lv. 2 for Gorillas, Huskies, and Angler Fish.
Angler Fish was the easiest, while the gorillas were the hardest. My line quality and accuracy suffered a bit as I was trying to move fast enough to keep the ideas going.
I also had a tough time making subjects square. Like in the husky in this example looks like a Minecraft dog. Maybe I'm taking the square shape too literally, and I should try focusing more on making the composition square rather than the individual shapes square?
Stefan Sharkov
5mo
good simplifications. For the husky, I see you tried incorporating some form in the legs. Just make sure to stick to flat designs for this assignment. But apart from that great work.
Joan Lacasse
1yr
Simple animal portraits, Level 2
Stefan Sharkov
5mo
Great job, I'd love to see the reference images so I can see what shapes you designed.
Patrick Alexander Büchi
10mo
These are awesome, great job!
@sniggy
1yr
Hey guys. I have a question regarding Stan's critique. So what is the point with 2D (=shapes) vs 3D (=forms) in this project? I wonder why Stan critiqued the 3D forms in the first critique and then praised the 3D wolves @ minute 10??Maybe it is my fault and I see 3D when we have 2D :) Can anyone enlighten me?
Vin
1yr
I find these demos and critiques to be very helpful. I always learn a lot from these videos. Sometimes, I even find mistakes that I made and learn from Proko’s comments about those pieces. Other times, I simply watch how others do it great.
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