Well, I do the exercise before seen the demo and when I saw it I realize there was practically no simplification, so I did it again focusing in simplification and confident lines, I don´t know if it's because I'm not familiar whit digital media but It was really difficult to achieve those confident lines. Anyway I attach both tries in the exercise. Any commentary is welcome and appreciated :v

Does Stan updates his critics? How would I know if he critics me?

attempt 2 after watching demo and Critique

Not sure why the lines look messy still…

There we go!

Camel & Nike Collab / Captain Skull Did this after doing the level 1 drawings and watching the critique video of those. Tried to draw my lines more confidently, focusing on longer and nicer strokes, not copying the contours, but instead trying to simplify them and to put lines more gracefully. After finishing the level 2 drawings, I watched the previous lesson with level 2 demonstration and found out I could have spent like 10 times less time on them, not concentrating on vertebrae (compared to which the shoelaces of the boots were actually a breeze). Loved how easy Stan is with his mistakes and doesn't pay much attention to anything but the core task of the lesson. Great inspiration to counter my perfectionism and focus on the task instead, will keep it in mind for the next lessons. Thanks, Stan!

Attempt 2 after watching the demo, and attempt 3 after watching the critique. I think there's clear improvement in the snails, but not so much the boots. Things I took away from the critique were: 1. Visualise the line on the page. Don't focus on your pencil. 2. DON'T just copy. Choose lines based on their effect, as well as how closely they match the reference. 3. Think about the specific type of curve. Where is it more/less active. 4. Draw envelopes to help with placement.

Used a photo I took at the Vancouver Aquarium last year. I will be working on this a lot.

I am learning so much in this course. Best investment i ever did. I also see that i need practice but i know now what to practice. These are not yet perfect lines but i am feeling that it is coming. I will practice more on anything i see that speaks to me in the coming week, remembering “ confident line, not the details”. Thanks Stan!

I did super hero power stances before drawing these confident lines. :)

Some before and after following the demo and critique. I definitely need to sort out the size so they fit on the canvas better, still getting used to working with an iPad. Need more confidence in my lines on iPad, since I find myself chicken-scratching.

Definitely found myself getting into detail lines. After watching the demo, I can see where I spent too much time.

Third time doing the project. This time I tried doing the camel. Was challenging in some areas and have to work on consistent line weight, but was overall pretty fun.

the camel is still difficult... i wish to get as good line quality as the teacher does one day🤐 i heard that pen is better to use when you study because it shows more mistakes and makes you think more thoroughtly when you draw

Here are my snail and boots before watching the demo video and after. Paper and pencil before, digital after. I'm new to drawing digitally, and I really enjoyed it! I struggled hard with the boots and having the motivation to finish, which is why I only sketched one boot before the demo, and why this whole project took me like a month to finally finish. But I decided to push through and sketch the second boot and now I'm finally done. Definitely a challenge

After the critique I went back to the boots and the laces. I had definately misunderstood the exercise, focussing on proportions much more than curve quality. My second version feels so much more dynamic! I see the whole point of th CSI curves now. I know I still have a way to go. And you can also see I got tired, more insecure and that my pencil was not as sharp for the left boot which came later. Multiple lessons were learned!

I used to get very frustrated while drawing, but lately, I've noticed that it's getting a little easier to understand the images I'm trying to draw. Yet there's a lot to learn. I would appreciate some feedback on my drawing. :))

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Hey Guy, I tried the boot exercice…. Very hard as you can see, after 2h30 I stopped on the 1st boot and just practiced the CSI all arround 🤓because it seems very hard to get proper lines.

I drew the boots again after watching the demo and critique videos. Very helpful :) (Left before and Right after)