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Let’s give the Level 1 “Dynamic Shapes” project a try. In this demo, I show my process for finding the gesture of a subject and then designing dynamic and interesting shapes that support that gesture.
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Gala rog
7h
These creatures are so cute🥰
I love how they are basically a bunch of blobs but so expressive!
Tommy Pinedo
19d
Here are my attempts for drawing the seals! I am having fun drawing seals as gesture. It helps me not have to be a perfectionist and just let go and have fun.
First 3 images starting from the left are my attempt before watching demo.
The last three images are my attempt after watching the demo.
The numbers on the drawings define the image number of the reference from the seal images that Proko provided.
Tommy Pinedo
16d
Some more seals, continuing to practice.
@fraxls
27d
Here are my after demo attempts. Overall I'm pretty happy with them.
Abdelrhman Mahmoud
1mo
The project was so hard I have been trying to draw dynamic seal poses for about a week now and those are the last 4 I drew from memory and I am kinda happy with them (if you ignored my line work)
pinkfin
1mo
Absolutely loved drawing those!
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1mo
Great job with the gesture here!
Jens Messmer
1mo
They look really nice
Chauncey Holder
2mo
This demo really helped!!
@fluffybuttss
2mo
I'm not sure what it is, but sometimes I don't "see" the gesture that Stan is trying to indicate. And what normally looks like a basic straight line for the gesture, Stan sort of just...makes it S shaped anyways, because that's more interesting. Like the spine on the last drawing, it's head or top portion of the body is going straight for me, but Stan made it an S shape
Peter-Paul Rutjens
2mo
Gesture is mostly about energy and movement. So although a straight line can be part of a gesture, you’re often looking for more flowy lines. In your example the animal is moving away from us and in doing so it’s shifting its weight to the right. Making the weight or energy move that way. So the gesture is not a representation of the spine but of the movement.
Merle Lueur
2mo
I tried this both digitally and traditionally. From observation first (image 2, 3 and 4) and then from memory only (image 1), I tried to make new poses. It was hard but fun !
Mika Vermeulen
3mo
my 2nd try after the demo
@falv4397
3mo
2nd try after demo
Daniel Rodriguez
3mo
@Martha Muniz All constructive criticism is appreciated!
Daniel Rodriguez
3mo
Here are some more
@goobish
3mo
notes from the video any critiques are appreciated thanks
Patrick Alexander Büchi
4mo
Coming back from the dead (what a pity it isn't the 31st yet), I'm posting my after-demo shape design seals, always happy to get any criticism. :)
Thien Minh Pham
4mo
my before vs after demo. anywhere i can improve?
@arthiecio
4mo
It was hard to understand how to make a good shape design, tried to did like the image but i think a missed the point.
@luiscubal
4mo
Tried again after this video. Based on the demos here, I focused less on the apex points and angles, and more on where to break the symmetries.
@hoang
5mo
Pre-Proko Seals. I felt like there was something wrong with all of them, but I can't figure out why. Anyway, any criticism is welcome
@agata02
5mo
Hy everyone! Here are my first attempts! Happy of any critique!
Jack H
5mo
Did another 10 after watching the demo. I think I've loosened up a bit as the more dynamic poses look okay. But the weird poses (especially those round ones) do still pose quite a challenge!
Joseph
6mo
Here are a few of my attempts.
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