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Founder of Proko, artist and teacher of drawing, painting, and anatomy. I try to make my lessons fun and ultra packed with information.
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This project has been so much harder for me. My whole life I've only ever seen contour when trying to draw so it's left me unable to invent for my self very effectively. I've been redoing this project everyday since it came out and I finally feel like I'm starting to grasp the concept.
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It’s time for another demo! Come check out my process for simplifying animal portraits into basic shapes.
Here is the second half of my simple animal portraits but level 2 this time. Really tried to lean into shape language to make personalities. Struggled a little bit but I feel like I learned a bit. Tried to implement line weight but got tired at the end there. I also exaggerated proportions. Lemme know y’all’s critique or words of encouragement :) it’s encouraged.
I tried to get the shapes into small sketches firstand then do the final drawings. I used markers because I just got them and got excites jeje but I need to learn how to make out the shadows.
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1mo
These are so cool and interesting. I love how you interpreted this assignment. That first page especially nails it. There’s a very solid sense of shape design.
Great stuff!
I’ve added some extra character sketching practice for myself, so don’t mind it,
the hippo’s design was partly based on The Godfather.
I'll be giving digital tablet drawing a try next.
I took a longer than expected break, but I'm back with a retry of the simple animal portaits, after watching the demo. I prefer these much more than my last ones. Will be moving onto level 2 next.
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7mo
Nice, you did well using more closed shapes this go around 👍
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8mo
All the well designed, overlapping shapes on that hippo give you drawing so much dimension!
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8mo
These look awesome! You kept your animals simple yet characteristic. The page with the rabbit and bird are my favorite.
You could apply the same logic to the long hair of the smaller dog. Keep the lines long and simple. You can use the hair to frame the face.
Hair isn’t a solid form, its got more flow to it, but it can still be simplified to simple shapes.
Just a clarifying question. I did the exercise and saw as i made more attempts at the same simplification they improved but simplifying was really a struggle in general. Should I stay on this lesson and really drill it until I'm comfortable or move on to other lessons and just practice this in the background. Really appreciate any advice!
I also struggled with this one a lot. I've been just trying to fit them in as a type of warmup now. Like I'll just pull up an image do a little thumbnail sketch and if it interests me then I do a larger scale one.
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9mo
I wouldn't push it too far that you feel burnt out. You could keep practicing for a while if you'd like but if it gets to the point you're not having fun with it, I suggest you keep moving and come back to it after you've explored some other ideas. It's really cool to be able to come back to these lessons just like that 😁 good luck!
