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Alright guys, now that you’ve had some time to work on your level 1 “Learning to Sketch from observation” project. Ill show you how I would approach the sketches.
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Radu Rentea
2d
I've done these as extra assignments after seeing Proko's demo. It was so fun to draw from art that I like. I've let myself loose and did not put pressure on the result. I feel like I definitely need these types of drawing sessions to enjoy the process
@hobodios
4d
Honestly I'm struggling with ''imaginating the whole thing'' as Proko says in 37:24. I just can't tell the diference between that and just doing the outlines. And maybe I'm doing it correctly but I don't even notice -_-.
Guillaume Beaulieu
1d
I really like the Celeste image. It’s very dynamic. The characters have a lot much movement and your sketch of it is nice. it’s motivated me to try drawing it myself!
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3d
I think youre on the right track. ‘Design don’t copy’ is a mantra i like to keep in my head when drawing from reference.
@markimus
10d
Since I already attempted the penguin, hand, and VR girl I wanted to try something new; as per Stan's advice. So, I cracked open my Star Wars Jedi: Fallen Order art book and found this bird that I wanted to give a shot. I am still trying to find searching lines, but here is my attempt. I would love feedback if anyone has some!
Limitless Singh
18d
Had lot of fun drawing these without rely on erasers. Before demo@Proko
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18d
great stuff!
@mangosandtangos
19d
Post demo
Brian Brotherston
22d
Tyre Blackshire
24d
I tried again after watching the demo. I still find it hard to be loose.
Stephanie N
25d
I had a hard time loosing up with the robot girl compared to the organic lines of the penguin. I was way too focused on the clean outlines of the robot girl. One made pre demo and a second attend after watching the demo
@blackhand
10d
Interesting. I was the opposite. Very conscious of getting the penguin right, and quite relaxed about the robot girl. Maybe because I draw birds a lot, and the robot girl was completely new?
Jeffrey Powers
28d
Drawing from the shoulder is challenging but had fun with the exercise.
@osrour
29d
Redid these
@osrour
1mo
1st . After demo
2nd. Before demo
@osrour
1mo
1st. After demo
2nd. Before demo
Kristen Budovski
1mo
Used a different ref to practice extra. I feel like I understood the shapes better my second attempt. I still need to work on using light lines and focus on confident lines more. (Top is second attempt.)
@if_room
1mo
Mixed success here I guess. I can see some insecure scratchy lines, and some nicer strokes. Did a few outside the prescribed exercises to get some more practice in.
I think my biggest problem (ignoring proportion stuff) here is line weight perhaps? My line weight is very inconsistent, due to lack of control rather than strange decisions being made. I see there's a line weight exercise coming up, so looking forward to that one!
Elijah R
29d
I think Stan’s demo, about rhythms can really help here. Simple shapes are a lot easier to keep track of. He also talks about how to avoid contouring using these simple shapes.
Jannes Lauwers
1mo
Did the Penguin and hand before watching the demo's I'm going to watch the demo's up untill the VR girl before trying that and doing some other animals.
Just wanted to make sure if I'm actually being in the right ball park with how things are supposed to go and how the exercise is supposed to be done. Hands are hard as hell!
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1mo
Yes, you are on the right track! This exercise is training you to use light searching lines to lay in the image. I looks to me like that's what you're doing. You may have gotten a bit heavy handed with the penguin but overall I think your lines looks good.
Tyna Gomez
1mo
While doing and watching this exercise, a doubt arose in me. When you go over a line several times, do you press only in one direction or in both? For example, if you made a horizontal line and you passed the pencil from left to right, do you draw only when the pencil goes in that direction or also when it goes back from right to left.
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1mo
I would say go in whichever direction feels most natural to you. If you make the original mark in a specific direction, it's because that direction felt right, so I would assume you'd most likely make any additional passes in the same direction.
D Rivera
2mo
Hand and Penguin before watching demo. I definitely have a hard time getting into that sketch mindset. I keep defaulting to contours, since I still don't quite understand yet.
John B
2mo
First attempt before watching any of the videos. I think the Penguin turned out the worst, it looks like some kind of penguin-eagle hybrid. Head/beak should be smaller and I didn't capture the pose well at all. Pretty happy with the shape of the hand. For the robot I really tried to focus on capturing the motion and leaning back posture and I think I did ok. Any feedback would be welcome.
@acorn9
2mo
I tried again after watching the video, giving myself much more freedom to make lines everywhere. I tried to draw some cats this time to switch things up a bit.
David Höhn
2mo
I really enjoyed this exercise :) After watching the critique i tried to "catch the energy"
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