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It’s time for level 2 critiques…portraits!
I’ll be looking through your portrait submissions and giving advice and tips on how to improve on common mistakes.
Newest
@hobodios
7d
I really need to make my shading cleaner. That was fun though.
Tony Zhang
14d
Um, Venom Colin Firth…? Anyways. And yes I used 6 values. Ready to move on!
@dollydigital
20d
second attempt at the portrait exercise after watching the demo and critiques
Hobo Dios
2mo
Any tips for the portrait? I had some trouble organizing the values ;(
Andrea Sambrano
2mo
As a level 1 beginner, this portrait was a real challenge. I think one of the problems was my attempt to create a resemblance rather than focusing
essentially on the light and shadows. I will reattempt to capture this portrait while concentrating on blocking out the five values.
@someonefung
3mo
Again I draw this long time ago and back to this course today.
Is not my first time to draw portrait and also after the pear exercise. I am glad that the result is beautiful.
Is still a very challenging to use only 5 tones to draw, maybe it’s not simplified enough.
@mathtry2draw
3mo
Here are my homework
Smithies
8d
Wow great job. Love the chilli
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3mo
Looks great! The only thing I could say is avoid outlining the highlight shape with a darker value, but it doesn't seem to be an issue in any other drawing beside the pear. Keep up the food work!
@zugg55
3mo
No idea if this is where I’m supposed to send my pics. But if it is please critique.
Thx, Zig
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3mo
@zugg55 Nice work! I really like the pear, you wrapped the form with really even values, looks great! When you're ready to post your work look for the Project video for that assignment, you can post directly in the Project video comments section. https://www.proko.com/course-lesson/project-simplify-from-observation/assignments
Tom Goul
3mo
Excellent drawings. I think you have a real handle on plane changes to fill out the form.
@gavinotheelf
3mo
Final attempt. Dunno if I improved upon the last one but Im gonna move on from this
@gavinotheelf
3mo
Third attempt. Better than the others but the proportions of the eyes are off
Tom Goul
3mo
Well done. I think you nailed the concept of the lesson.
@gavinotheelf
3mo
Did 2 attempts plus one in pen. I honestly can't tell if I did better on the second attempt. The proportions are worse but the shading looks better
Maria Gaitan
3mo
After completing the official assignment, I decided to tackle another portrait because I really wanted to understand this concept of shape simplification way more. I did not do this in 1 sitting. It took me a couple of days because I tried to do it digitally first, but I wasn’t happy with the progress. I decided to do it traditionally because the feeling of pencil on paper is just unbeatable. There a lot of things I would change and I still wanted to do to this, but I’m training myself to stop working on a drawing endlessly. I feel I could’ve pushed the values even more. There is a ton I still need to learn, and this assignment is really challenging! But I kinda feel I can move on to the next lesson…. (?) I doubt myself a lot so I’m working on that as well…. So, jumping to the next lesson isn’t easy 😮💨
Mark Douglas
5d
I think this soooooooooooo amazing!!!!!! I love what you did with this image. Just beautiful!!!
Juice
3mo
It looks so good! It looks like something from a comic.
Maria Gaitan
3mo
I found a picture from when I was separating the shadow from the light, and I kinda went back to the drawing to darken some areas.
JK
4mo
well, in the very end sketch becomes something totally different xD
second try after the critique
@spach
4mo
Feelin good about this not perfect but I think I stayed true to what you were asking for in terms of simplicity and tone
Aru B
5mo
Hi, After watching the 2 critiques, this is my first attempt. Please give me some feedback on this.
Isaiah
5mo
1st attempt was the woman.
2nd attempt was the man after watching critique and refining approach.
🙂, This was a fun lesson. Onward to warm-ups and lines.
Kendi Fujii
5mo
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5mo
It seems like your value scale has its steps very similar to one another. Try utilizing pure black as the very darkest step, with every value in between evenly spaced out. For example, the middle value would be at 50% between white and black. That way, you can work with a full range to break down the tones of the original image. Even though his skin tone is lighter, the shadows will bring certain sections almost to a pure black, so every value step will count. But you already have great simplification, you're on the right track. Keep it up, and hope this helps! :)
Alex
5mo
Here is my first attempt, how can I improve?
@paperpumpkin
5mo
You've got pretty solid proportions and line quailty. Your ear looks amazing.
Try pushing the differences in your values. Your neck looks like one entire color and I can only see a faint outline of a triangle where it might be a value change. The bright side of the face also looks like just one value. Be bold! Be dramatic!
I did a quick overlay of your drawing. It's extremely rough but hopefully you can see the different values clearly. Side note: you also add a middle value under the nose to indicate a plane change. I hoped this helped some. Overall really good drawing, especially for a first attempt.
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5mo
Just keep drawing!
This is a great drawing for this assignment!!
Michael Mana
5mo
This is my first attempt before critique video or demo, then the second one is the one I made after (its a lot better)
@josephl
5mo
First time posting. Wanted to go through all the videos and study them each attempt before sharing.
Agnieszka
5mo
Your practice is just amazing! If you keep up this quality, I think you will achieve so much. Great job!
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