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Download the photo reference images of seals and sea lions.
Level 1 - Draw from Reference
Draw their gesture and design dynamic shapes using the concepts from this lesson and the previous lesson.
Remember that gesture is not the contour, so don't just copy the outlines. Look for the movement and energy throughout the shapes. Use your whole arm and use the looser sketch line that we learned about.
Level 2 - Draw from Memory or Imagination
Start with the level 1 project and after 5 to 10 poses, turn the page, put away all the reference photos and do more drawings from imagination or from memory.
You can try to invent your own poses and design those shapes to be dynamic. Or you can try to remember the poses you already drew and use those as inspiration. Try to push and design with a focus on drawing dynamic shapes. It doesn't matter how accurate you get to the original photo, it's more about designing the shapes to look dynamic and interesting.
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Deadline for submissions to be included in the video critique is next Thursday (8/24/23)
* Because of the large amount of reference images, it would help a lot of you include the reference you used for each drawing. I'm more likely to select your submission for the critique. Thank you!
Here's my assignment. I did 5 and then a bonus one of my dog. I'd really appreciate your feedback on how I could improve. Thanks!
These drawings are all from before I watched Stan’s demo. I absolutely loved this exercise—I thought I’d draw ten guys and move on, but I just couldn’t stop.
After watching Stan’s demo later, I really liked how confidently he improvised, exaggerated features, and played with the forms. I’m still more modest with experimentation, but his video was really inspiring and made me want to push the shapes and exaggerate a bit more next time.
This was a fun one! I really enjoyed using very flowy shapes and trying to make it interesting.
Even the ones from memory were easier than I expected because of the practice before!
Feel free to give advice!
I would really appreciate the critique for these three before I move to the next batch xD
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15d
These are fun! One thing I find helps when trying to push the gesture is to see if I can add a curve opposite a straight, so for example in the flippers. Make one side curved than the other flowing and gestural. It adds a lot of great variety. Nice work!
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15d
Good use of CSI lines to simplify. Your lines flow well together. Nicely done!
hey guys!! i feel like ia ma stuck
i did so many of these and yet i always feel like something is off
i would appreciate the criticisms and suggestions!!
These took me longer than 10 minutes per seal. I did not really understand how to draw or use the "peak lines" that Stan drew in the fish. Any suggestions to help me improve are always welcome.
Cute silly seals! I would love to push the shapes to be more dynamic, I guess it will come with time and practice.
I found this challenging and fun. I can see growth before and after the demo. I definitely need more practice. I’lol keep trying these types of drawings. One thing I notice is that I always push too hard. I have a hard time making light marks. I keep trying and failing at that. Any suggestions?
I have been doing Inktober this month to encourage me to draw even more. Ink drawings are difficult but fun. After doing all the sea lions lately I decided to do a sea lion for Inktober. Also, I’m from California, one of the easiest ways to tell the difference between seals and sea lions is that sea lions have ears. I’ll attach a couple infographics for anyone who is interested.
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1mo
You're doing great! You're finding good gesture in these seals. My advice would be just to keep pushing your shapes. You might want to add a little bit of weight to your seals so you have more to work with. Focus on where the weight is resting and where there is movement/energy flowing. Look for areas where there is stretching counterbalanced by pinching on the other side and really emphasize that. I did a couple examples below where I pushed what you already had just a bit more. Take it too far, and then reel it back. Have fun exploring :)
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The first one is simply drawn from memory, the other two are meant to be dancing ;)
I absolutely love seals! I think they may be my second favorite animal with cats being first, so I really enjoyed this assignment! After taking the picture, I should have drawn the seals and sea lions darker. The drawings in color are the ones done without reference.
Here is my submission. I really struggled with trying to decided how to design the shapes so that the eye would follow the line of action that I saw but it’s very difficult for me to wrap my head around the concept. I think after I watch the demonstration video I will have a better understanding of design and what to look for in a subject.
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1mo
Looks good! You seem to be getting the idea, even if it is only subconsciously. And yeah, the concept is a little alien at first until you realize you see it and feel it all the time, even if you don't notice. So the trick is to start to pay attention to what your eyes are doing as they look at a shape. I sometimes like to wave my hand in the air, as if im feeling the shape moving. It seems woo woo and crazy but I swear it works.
I have sealed the deal. Had a lot of fun in this one. Although after watching the demo and critiques I have noticed that my first attempt was lacking structure
