Cross Contour on Ginger Root People. I went digital, tried with Blender Grease Pencil.

Project - Cross Contour on Ginger Root People

it was more fun than I expected - tried without reference

im trying to draw this shark, but I’m having trouble, can someone draw over it so I can better see where the contours should be? Thanks in advance!

One of my ginger root people. The one is blue is the before, the one next to it is the after!

These are my attempts while looking at references and then changing them a bit. I found it hard to construct my own poses out of thin air, and they felt stiff and flat. I guess I am not at that stage in the character design. I tried to ensure that my cross contours actually added something to the form and that they were not just some random lines. I had to go over them a few times to ensure they did not fee flat, finished like a T etc. Having said that, I was not satisfied with some of them and tried to rework them on the side. I tried to strike a balance between more rigid structure, still some sense of flow, and the “organicness” of a ginger root. Looking at other drawings in the comment section, I can see that I could have pushed the organic part a bit more. I also tried to force myself to avoid the snowman effect, it still needs to be a conscious decision, specially when working on blobs. Finally, I tried to have fun for the very last drawing after watching the critiques. It’s departing from a pure Ginger Man and I also realised colouring and cross hatching were something I need to massively learn… :’) Anyway, as usual, any comments or feedback welcome.

I couldn't resist putting a little watercolor on this guy. So much fun!

did this with a dull pencil cause I didnt want to get up and sharpen my pencil, but I hope you guys can appreciate how ugly this guy is lol I like him

That was fun project

Project - Cross Contour on Ginger Root People

The root on the left was from photo reference with a high angle where the model's head and chest were coming towards the camera, but I think the posing of the two characters breaks that illusion since the right side character doesn't have similar foreshortening. Either way, lessons learned and it was a great opportunity to revisit appealing shapes. Edit: I added a followup I did after watching the critique.

Here is my follow-along and some Ginger-people characters!

This was a fun project!

My Attempt at this

Took some time on these, also did some other drawing stuff/self study and since I am almost caught up with the entire course I decided to take my time for this one! I did really like it and this one especially felt like I had alot of creative freedom, however I might be pushing the bounderies of what a ginger root person is with some of these, but I had fun nonetheless! Regarding the ''shading'' I just did it very randomely, just to give them a little more depth. I also drew them individually, so they might look a little weird posed together like that, i like them individually better, but that'd be 4 files to upload, so I just quickly set them up like this! If there is anything wrong with the contours letting me know is again greatly appreciated! I will be doing the rest of the assignments a little quicker than the time I used for this one, since I took a lot of time trying to figure out the designs haha

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.