I have not drawn for a quite awhile, so i decided to just redo this class from the beginning (and trying level 2 projects too). I've rarely ever tried drawing from imagination before so this project was pretty intimidating. It's very hard to imagine how i want something to look like, so i had to look up references...which i ended up realising i tend to end up copying. I did the 2nd drawing based remembering that giraffes do a silly split when trying to drink. Initially the legs were parallel to each other, then i realised the front had to be lower (than the back) to drink so its front legs would have to be much lower and not parallel. Whether it's correct or not, no idea i didn't look it up. But now it kinda looks like i have a twerking giraffe (lol). 3rd drawing was just an idea of having the giraffe look up this time but couldn't imagine how open mouth giraffes look. Saw the reference image and immediately thought of a giraffe drooling over food, so that's what ended up happening. I decided to add the patterns as it would look like a sock puppet otherwise haha. I didn't expect to smile and giggle to myself doing this project, but it turned out i had more fun than thought i would.

I've found that when im struggling to come up with ideas to draw, it becomes alot easier if I focus on trying to tell a story. Or getting an idea across.

I really appreciate the candor. As a complete beginner (and not realizing the project was level 2), I felt some frustration, but I appreciate the encouragement to challenge myself regardless of my level.

A leopard gecko from observation. I still have some pictures left to draw and then think of something from imagination and I will be going forward with the course.

Wanted to try making a "stickbug swordsman". The tridimensionality of the tail part ended up a bit goofy but overall I'm pretty proud of it.

Editted, put photos on wrong lesson.

I played pictionary with friends a couple years back and thanks to my humble fundamentals i mogged them easily. It was very eye-opening because it showed me that drawing from imagination is only as intimidating as you make it to be : can you draw a mug that looks somewhat 3D from memory? A random tool or a small animal that a child can recognize? You can draw from imagination, you are just limited by your skills, your knowledge of the subject and your confidence.

I have now been drawing for a year. I've learned from 5 different instructors in different mediums but there are still some basics I feel like I need to tackle. I think as artists we all want to be Kim Jung Gi one day. I have had pictures floating around my head since I was a child and have never been able to put them on paper. Year 1 was nothing but grinding every day and emulating and copying work. Year 2 I need to loosen up. Add some color and start learning to put down my imagination on paper. For the first time ever I started a drawing with no goal in mind. Just throw shape and value at a canvas and see where we end up. I ended up somewhere in space lol. This was the first time I felt like that I might be able to start trying exactly this. It is intimidating and a lot of the time I don't even know where to start. Everything I have done since Jan 1 has been character and world building.

I needed to hear this.

Had to reupload. I tried to draw original characters from my imagination, and the result was very flat to say the least. I used Procreate. They give me Gorillaz vibes for some reason lol. It's a very hard process, drawing from your imagination, and this video reassured me that failure is part of the game.

The last assignment was definitely pretty difficult. I had to think about what kind of character I wanted to draw, their personality, gender, what aspects if their appearance shows their personality, and had to look at references for that. I'm also taking a course on how to draw robots, and there's an exercise on drawing surfaces. I find that when I have trouble thinking of what to add, it's because I'm out of "elements" (mechanical elements) to draw, and that's tied to my "visual library" (I guess mechanical things I remember and know how to draw). So it really helps to look at things to get ideas. The course also taught the idea of drawing from a silhouette. When I was trying to learn drawing mechas on my own, I'd literally try to draw it from the ground up (all the inside pieces first, etc). But having an idea of what the outside looks like, shaping that and then breaking it down further, and then working in the details seems to help a lot. Just some things I've been learning since starting Proko!

I'm struggling on the imagination from but here is my second attempt. @Melanie Scearce

I struggle not only with drawing from imagination but I also struggle with understanding if it is possible. I have aphantasia and it can be very difficult to come up with things from my imagination because I do not have visual imagination. So, hopefully with time I will be able to figure out how I can do that and overcome that obstacle.

I am definitely a level 1 student. PURE BEGINNER hoping to get better and better for Marvel Comic Book Drawing courses. I got so much imagination that I have had for like 17-years that I would LOVE to bring to life on paper with color. That is my main goal. Start at the beginning with this course and build myself up to the top!

At first I tried drawing this character in imagination but ended up cheating because it ended up scratching my brain and felt weird

My attempt:

Oh well.

Struggled, but here it is.

drawing was not so bad painting it was a pain, and shadows i dont know if there are right