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Before I get into the level 2 demo, I want to show you my thought process for exploring the different options for organizing line weight.
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Tommy Pinedo
6d
After watching this video, I decided to try it on our favorite pear from the beginning. lol
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5d
A wonderful simplification of the project!
Angiev
1mo
I'm not sure if I posted this in another lesson, but here's my try at hiearchy, Depth, and light and shadow.
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1mo
You nailed it!
Angiev
2mo
I tried to help another student and made this my line weight project, but then much more became involved with perspective, which I have some experience with. Left to right 2nd try, 1st, and reference photo. I was trying to figure out the legs in perspective and I know we have got there, but which do you think works better for the legs? Left or Middle? Feedback welcome
Angiev
2mo
Tried this with empasis on torso and legs for depth. Feedback welcome
Shreyans
3mo
Attempted this using the overhand grip which made it much harder to put the correct line weight with confidence, as I am not used to this grip. Need to practice more using the overhand grip.
Also for the still life I came back to try it with the tripod grip. Any advice is appreciated.
@arthiecio
4mo
These are my attempt on the three methods of the vid.
@overmoon
4mo
followed the vid, I'm sure I'll improve more with proper practice
Jack H
5mo
Tried the 3 different ways using an image as reference. Since the reference was simple, it helped me focus of the lines I was putting down since there were so few. Overall, I'm happy with how they turned out, and can't actually decide which one I like the most.
I think each has their own uses and can't wait to apply them in my future drawings!
@joel2311
5mo
This was my first attempt at Depth and form used a Samus artwork from Metroid Prime for this.
Hope to hear some feedback :)
Léo Ikhlef
5mo
Great project idea ;)
You did really great, you can really feel the distance.
Don't know if that's a good advice, but maybe use more light lines on Samus's head, to make it feel more 3-dimensional ? It feels like on the same plan for me. Also, love the arms, legs and chest, really feeling like its closer than the rest ! (Especially the right (left?) knee and the right arm (the darker one)
Ho-Him Xue
7mo
Any critiques would be nice, simplified the image and changed things to improve the composition.
@nikkisaf
7mo
Tried once from freehand, then decided to make a sketch of the reference image so I could focus on lines. I did a hierarchy of importance, and light and shadow.
@maxhouse562
1yr
Tried to draw something from imagination. Well, it didn't go so well.
The table lines were organized by importance, sneakers were for depth, and the chair was for the shadow.
Léo Ikhlef
5mo
You really challenged yourself ! This is great.
When learning new concepts, though, its also nice to be "lazy" so that you can learn faster !
But you did great :
- The second leg feel further away !
- That chair feels highlighted from the top left, and catch shadows under it.
Maybe try being lighter on your lines when drawing highlights, so that the shadows/dark lines stand out even more ! Also, when touching an other surface, objects tends to be darker (no light in that area), so I'd also make the legs of the chair darker at the bottom.
Overall, you greatly understood the concept, hope you keep it up :)
Ihori Kobayashi
1yr
Tried to organize line weight by depth. I wanted to make a little more gradual shift from dark to light, thick to thin than how I did.
@aubrey
1yr
Nice job!
Vin
1yr
interesting, I think it's my first time to learn the Depth and Form for line weight. (Maybe that's the reason, why my drawings look so flat, not 3D.)
And I also tried charcoal too. hmm, hard to control but I still had fun.
Eruera Hohaia-Turuwhenua
1yr
Depth and Form quite hard to differentiate between shadow light. I would like to know where am I going wrong. Tried to pull the front part of the shoe closer to the eye and have have the other side further in the distance,
Léo Ikhlef
5mo
The main difference will be about the mindset of the drawing, in my opinion.
In this picture, the reference can make it harder to notice the difference between the two because the shadow is in our direction. I think I'd make the second shoe lighter.
If you squint your eyes, you'll notice you used the same values on the bottom side of the second shoe, making it as if it was as close as the first one.
But if the second shoe is further away, it shouldn't have a value that is used on the closest point of the drawing (If that makes sense)
Hope I helped, nine months later :')
Osman Perez
1yr
Malakai King
2yr
Just following every step.
Mon Barker
2yr
Tried this with Mario mushrooms…reworking lines to try to get them to flow is not always successful but can see how tone and thickness of lines can be used to position the viewer or light source in what starts as a flat image. Not the best subject matter for hierarchy of importance however..
carla toms
9mo
Squid mushroom! Squid mushroom!
Anna Rita Verni
2yr
Here is what I have done for depth and form line weight for the rhino, what do you think about it?
Nathan Schragg
2yr
It looks like you struck a very good balance between depth and hierarchy in this, the way that you very slowly made the rhino fade going towards the back even in each leg and pulling the head forward of those shows very good attention to detail.
CharmLotta
2yr
Great video, as usual, but the sound of the charcoal scratching the paper... I had shivers down my spine
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