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Now that you’ve all had some time to try the first project on your own, you can watch how I do it and figure out what areas you are exceeding and struggling with.
Here is my step-by-step demo on how to properly execute the first project for level 2 students.
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@phisheen
5d
Did three attempts but I'm not sure if I'm happy with either of them; the third attempt looks the nicest on my tablet but I might have gotten a little too enthusiastic with the shading
DeianGG
7d
@tpinedo93
10d
Attempt 1 is the left image. I did it before watching the tutorial and critique videos.
Attempt 2 is the right image and I did after watching the tutorial and critique videos.
This exercise was hard but it was fun to do! I took my time on the second attempt :D
@tabz
12d
Very much a beginner. I've never really drawn a portrait before, but thought I'd attempt the Level 2 assignment. Before and after watching the demo.
@tpinedo93
12d
Proportions are better on the second attempt! great job on progress! :D
@siyunkim
15d
Hmmm….
Han Wen Fu
17d
Before demo and with demo!
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15d
Wow! Really cool. The second one fits perfectly for this assignment, but the first one has some really interesting style to it.
Angel Kritikos
17d
My attempt on the 2nd project
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15d
Nice shading!
KC
17d
My drawing for the project. I didn’t do a great job at following the guidelines of keeping everything sharp and angled.
@rryann_morhart
23d
Is there a download of the picture available?
@great399
26d
My drawing with the video
I think I messed up the eye proportion
Jim H
13d
As Proko showed in the demo, this can be dealt with in the initial lay-in, and by walking away for a few minutes, then sitting back down. You will know what needs fixing instantly. This, and practice.
The tones look pretty good tho.
Even so, this looks cubist!
@rcruey1027
1mo
@great399
1mo
Need some critics,I tried hatching
Jim H
13d
@great399 I am no master at hatching, and its been a few years since I've drawing regularly. But IMO I think you made a very good go of this. Nice!
When I learned to hatch, I found that always having one set of lines going in the direction of the form (ie: highlighting its roundness - the striped sock effect) is very important. For the "base tone" it is best to choose the direction of the form. In some cases, the skin (as here) has crinkles **maybe** keep the hatches going in that direction can be good too. But usually, going with the form is best.
The second and third layers of hatches I found to be best just a few degrees rotated from the base layer. When I hatch at larger angles (ie: approaching 90 degrees) it does not seem to work for skin tone. So, these additional hatches should be off by a few degrees but still reinforcing the form. This makes it similar looking to an etching.
There are other formulas too. Such as the base shadow layer always goes parallel to the light source direction and additional the layers on top can describe the form.
One "criticism" of your hatching is that in many areas your crossing lines are at too great an angle. Also, varying the lines (darkness, taper, width) of one set of hatches vs the next overlapping layer is also a good idea, but to do that consistently.
When I doodle, I sometimes fill in a page of hatched areas, it keeps me somewhat in practice. I draw a small random surrounding shape and then try to sculpt it with hatching. You can get ideas for random shapes by mushing up your kneaded eraser and drawing that as an outline and then the shadows of the bumps.
The photo you have has a special case that you could try: the facial expression radiates from the midpoint of the brow - all of your hatching could follow that star-like set of projected lines, reinforcing the expression rather than the traditional volume or the shadow direction. It may not look "correct" but it could have a nice stylized character to it.
Hatching is hard. But, look at what great comic book artists do, there are a ton of great examples. Leonardo da Vinci did it differently.
Sarah McKiernan
1mo
Such a hard project! Not sure I did the right thing using tonal paper (was just itching to use it!) Aware that not all lines have sharp edges and that probably used too many tones but still keen on any constructive feedback.
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1mo
I think you handled the tonal paper nicely. Keep using it if you like it.
@bovine_designs
1mo
I did two drawings. The first (left) I did on my own before the video. The second (right) I did with the video.
@jb_4231
2mo
My attempt :D
@saikishore
2mo
My attempt at the portrait - the lines need work.
Maria Gaitan
2mo
After completing the official assignment, I decided to tackle another portrait because I really wanted to understand this concept of shape simplification way more. I did not do this in 1 sitting. It took me a couple of days because I tried to do it digitally first, but I wasn’t happy with the progress. I decided to do it traditionally because the feeling of pencil on paper is just unbeatable. There a lot of things I would change and I still wanted to do to this, but I’m training myself to stop working on a drawing endlessly. I feel I could’ve pushed the values even more. There is a ton I still need to learn, and this assignment is really challenging! But I kinda feel I can move on to the next lesson…. (?) I doubt myself a lot so I’m working on that as well…. So, jumping to the next lesson isn’t easy 😮💨
Angel Kritikos
17d
I think your work is awesome! Don't doubt yourself, give him credit.
@mramos
2mo
My first portrait, thought it was looking okay until I was too far in the drawing and then realized, that maybe my proportions or something is off with the drawing. At that point, I didn't even know where to begin to try and fix it and I didn't want to erase the whole photo to try and figure out where I went wrong lol.
Ehab E
2mo
I think The proportions are little off
Jennifer Parisi
2mo
Playing with the range of B graphite, and trying to slow down.
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2mo
You nailed it!
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