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Pick an animal, a bug, or some kind of creature, and find several reference photos to use as inspiration to sketch a new character.
Don't copy the photos. Feel free to explore with proportions and exaggerate or simplify things to make it your own. Do multiple sketches to experiment and try different ideas.
Once you think you have a clear idea of a character, do one full page sketch. Even in this final sketch, try to use loose, confident lines and focus on the shapes of the character you have in mind. We're trying something new here with this project by starting to develop our ability to draw from imagination. So it might be a bit of a challenge, but don't sweat it.
Let's keep it loose and rough with our sketches and just focus on letting those creative juices flow. Don't focus on the cleanliness of your lines. We're sketching, and when you post your assignments, please include the photos you found and all your experimental sketches.
If you'd like to have a chance to be included in the upcoming critique videos, you must submit your drawings below by March 9th 2023.
And don't forget to have fun!
Lv1 but figured I'd try this. Let google find me an animal and a costume and came up with this.
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Cute!
A couple of shots of this bird friend. First two pages of drawings are based on the references. The third and fourth are from imagination. Messed around with a few different ways to draw the eyes on the third page, for good measure.
He finally managed to scavenge a french fry in the last one!
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Love those little grackles!
I did a quick sketch for the references then did my own spin on create from imagination. Definitely at blocks at times trying to picture form on my own.
I did a random animal generator, which I tend to do for fun for myself too to find references. It's just too hard to pick from all the lovely animals there are haha. I got a mara this time.
This was definitely challenging, but also quite fun to do. I had a hard time simplifying the mara and having fun changing stuff about it while still making it look like one. I tended to draw rather small this time while testing stuff out which i think took away a bit from me using my whole arm and keeping my lines confident. But I do really like how this one turned out and I think my lines are also getting more confident, so that's great.
Anymore critique is welcome as always :)
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The random animal generator is a good idea, I'll have to give that a try!
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Keep practicing this exercise! It's a great introduction to drawing from imagination. It uses a different set of skills than drawing from observation, so it's a good habit to get into early on in tandem with practicing drawing what you see. Keep it up!
Couldn't really picture anything myself so I just drew kirby with a reference, to be honest I still don't really feel completely confident in my lines and I still undo a lot but I feel generally more accurate than before. Anyone have any tips?
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Fun! I love Kirby! One thing that I find helps with big circles like Kirby, is to break them into a few smaller, lines. For a final piece, like we see in the game cover, we can make things really tight, but when sketching it’s best to let it look like a sketch. Keep it up!
I decided to do a deer mouse. All the sketches on the left are from reference and the one on the right is from imagination. I'm going to remember this exercise for when i don't know what to sketch.
Well, here’s my skunk drawn completely from imagination (I think I watched Cow and Chicken way too much as a kid) along with the reference image. Honestly, I’m amazed at how relaxing and fun drawing has become since I started this course. I was never able to enjoy it this much before.
I originally wanted to draw a dog playing chess with a provocative look toward its opponent, but for some reason it turned into a dog celebrating Christmas instead lol.
Or rather, does this match the main point?
Tried the second project about creativity, and I chose leopard. My creativity is still baby level, son I just change the tail on my taste. still struggling using CSI. damn, sound easy.
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It sounds like it should be easy but it is most definitely not 😁 I made a couple of tips for you and did a draw over below. I think drawing-through with your lines will really help you get those graceful CSI lines. The trick is to keep your lines light. Hope that helps you :)
This was definitely challenging. Realising that I don’t really know the mechanics of a bird how its anatomy works. Like what happens when it moves its head. Felt I got better at the loose sketch feel of it though
I really like your lines! Nice long sweeps. They have that sketch quality, without being jagged.
Been only doing lvl 1 exercises but thought I’d do this one for fun, First time digital as well
Here is my first go around on this, had trouble understanding the feet of the guy, may get more references later and try again.
The two page from imagination are the second and the third, i did some sketching from observation for fun even if it wasn't asked
I asked my husband for a animal and he suggested a rat
So i tried to make it cute for vibes even with a rat option
i would really like suggestions on what i can do better
When I first attempted this about a year ago, I picked a frog - and then got discouraged by the hind legs and didn’t continue. This time round determined to get past my inability (or feeling) drawing from imagination I decided to draw an elephant. I’m really happy with how it turned out - I probably could have played around a bit more. It would have been fun to draw the elephant in that classic frightened standing in one leg pose. But I gave up after my quasi thumbnail and put it in the too hard basket for now. I really like the little birds that sit on top of them so I included that in my final drawing!
Drew character inspired by wolf pictures, I struggled with it tbh, feedback welcome
