Project - Cross Contour on Ginger Root People

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Project - Cross Contour on Ginger Root People

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Cross Contour Project Deadline Extended!

I decided to add in an additional project video to practice cross contour. I'll show you how I turn up the difficulty level on ginger root blobs and turn them into characters.

Deadline: 6-10-2024

Turn the Difficulty Knob

Start with random ginger blobs. Make them humanoid by adding limbs and a head. Focus on mass rather than anatomy and proportions.
Use photos of people in dynamic poses. Ensure the photos have depth (things coming towards you, body twisting, etc..). Avoid static poses.
Create specific characters with pre planned proportions, like a monster ogre with a club. More specific characters add more constraints and chances for errors.

Refine the Drawing

Switch to a black pencil for cleanup. Focus on line weight and clean up your shape design. Adjust cross contours to show depth and volume. Emphasize interesting shapes and avoid symmetry.

@xeixas118

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finnally back with time for the course. my take on the assignment. On the last one i got a bit lazy with the perspetive need to start the lineart with a good idea where the vanishing point is.

Jim H

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this is super - hope I fare as well when I get to that section!

Melanie Scearce

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Super dynamic, I especially like the running ginger person. Great job!

Lil FatWombat

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I really enjoyed the task! Thinking in three-dimensional space is quite confusing, but with practice it gets easier and easier. I’ll definitely revisit this task in the future. Here are my latest Ginger Root People. The figure in the bottom left is really more like a rabbit on steroids… let’s call him Steve. So, here are three Ginger Root People and Steve.

Melanie Scearce

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Haha these are awesome!

Jack H

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10d

This assignment probably made me draw more humanoid figures than the past few months...The cross contours really do make them seem more 3D, but I think in my case I wonder if my ginger root people were too much like...people. I found myself drawing the blobs in the shapes close to the anatomical forms they represent. Perhaps it might be better if I had more variety of shapes? I would really appreciate any feedback/critique for this project as the figures seem alright to me, but I'm not sure if I tackled this project correctly.

Rachel Dawn Owens

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10d

Your ginger root people look great! If you want to design them to look less human, you could try using even simpler shapes to start. Anatomy details like knees, necks, hips, joints, ect… are not so necessary for an assignment like this. Maybe just a few different parts: body, head, arms, legs, hands and feet are all that is needed to make a body. Try different abstract shapes for the head and body especially. Get weird with it. Your cross contours all look perfect as far as I can tell. What I’m getting into here is character design stuff, which is more advanced, but I think you can handle it. Keep it up!

Rachel Dawn Owens

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11d

This is a really fun assignment.

Vili

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11d

I love the sleepy one at the middle ✌️

@josephl

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11d

Had a lot of fun drawing these and I'm pretty proud of the result. Probably still a lot of problems and places to improve but I'm still happy with what I got.

Rachel Dawn Owens

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11d

These are really great! Draw more is all you need to do. You’re on the right track!

Spookii Moon

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12d

Catching up on assignments. I think my line quality is finally getting better too. I did the rest of the assignments in the course, but didn't post them in the main threads because I get anxious posting anything. I'm trying to push myself outside my comfort zone. Critique welcome.

Rachel Dawn Owens

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11d

This is great! Thanks for sharing!!

Zander Schmer-Lalama

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27d

Hello everyone! Long time no speak. I took a break due to mental health issues, but I’m doing better now. I left off here with the ginger root people. Assignment. The second picture is my own attempt at the people and I think I did alright, I know though I can improved. The wrapping lines are confusing me. Give me some tips and points! Have a great rest of your day!

Rachel Dawn Owens

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25d

These are great! It’s ok to take breaks if you’re feeling burnt out. It’s also amazing what learning to draw can do for the mental health. Keep it as a regular practice and watch yourself get better over time. This sort of improving is great for the soul. I think you could vary the cross contours a bit more. Make them more straight or curved depending on how extreme the foreshortening is. I made this demo to help explain what I’m talking about. Hope it helps! Thanks for sharing. You did made some very nice drawings. I like your ginger people!

Vili

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27d

Hi ! Maybe they are not really "ginger", but they are "blobby" and funny with cross contours haha ✌️ Really great project, it is my favorite for now ! ✌️

The guy from BluishDot

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30d

Here is my submission. Critique is much appreciated.

Patrick Bosworth

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30d

Very nice work! Fun poses, great sense of depth and form!

Pamela D

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30d

Great work and so much movement. I love the way there are so many as well.

Zeev

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1mo

Guess I move away from the assignment on this ones, but kinda like it :3 so I'll be sharing here anyway :P

Rachel Dawn Owens

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1mo

Cool characters! Nice depth

Zeev

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1mo

Guess I made the mistake of being more static poses... I was focusing more on trying to design feminine and masculine while trying to keep looking "gingerly" I guess. xD the female hands one are kinda wanky, tried to keep It more knob like, and turn out looking weird :c

Melanie Scearce

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1mo

These are so cool!

Andrea Böhm

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1mo

Ginger Root People - fun!

Ash

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1mo

Nice work!

Melanie Scearce

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1mo

Cross contours look great!

Scott N

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2mo

Level one. Scene from imagination. This was a lot of fun!

@soulnaes

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2mo

Ginger people are quite fun.

@madin

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2mo

Used a reference. for the right one, the other two from imagination. Looks kind of wonky

@sweethouse

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2mo

Did some ginger blob warm ups then made a couple of characters. Tried giving them some dynamic poses. Any advice on my cross contour placement would be great! Thanks!

@cpclermont

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2mo

Love the line weight! Those are great!

@yquenechdu

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2mo

Hello, the subtitles don't match the lyrics...

Alex Otis

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2mo

That you for letting us know, they are now up-to-date.

Patrick Bosworth

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2mo

@yquenechdu Thanks for letting us know! The subtitles have been fixed!

Krisztina Eperjesi

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3mo

After I done some warm up with poses and gestures, I feel more comfortable with this project.

Krisztina Eperjesi

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2mo

After critique video, I made an other ginger man. This time, the man was done based on a reference from previous lesson.I tried to avoid the snowman effect, what I recognise in my first attempt.

ALEX FLORENSA

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3mo

To make people of ginger roots first I put some bubbles connected to lots, then I tried to do something moderately coherent ...

Eevan Varg

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3mo

Ginger Hulk?

Melanie Scearce

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3mo

Nice work, I like the variety of line weights that you used! The cross contour lines feel a bit flat in some areas making him feel more square than cylindrical. I noticed that especially in the forearms and his left upper arm. Overall you did great with the overlapping and placement of the cross contours.