Level 1 student. Original work by Eliza Ivanova. Was expecting much worse result, but surprisingly I’m really satisfied. Was struggling with figuring out the proportions, constantly trying to make drawing bigger for some reason. That’s why the right shoulder (from our perspective) is so much smaller than it should be. Couldn’t figure out the knuckles. Will continue working on it, but thought that it’s a good point to show the current state.

Second attempt but this time I studied the inker Denis Rodier. The drawing is from a comic book I recently bought (The Bomb). I haven't used ink though, I only have pencils. I can see that some of my lines are thicker than they should be but I was afraid erasing might ruin the whole thing. Anyway it was fun

Also studied Frank Quitely.

I did a study of Mike Mignola. It made me realise there's so much more to his art than meets the eye. Even though the final image is often very geometric and simple, his understanding of shadow and depth shows there's a lot more going on in the construction stage before the final image is covered in darkness.

These were my master studies over the last week, I wanted a more rendered image from Claire Wendling, but unfortunately I didn't notice until after I did the study that it was an A.I. replicating her style. So for my other studies I got them from ArtStation or the website of the artists. I really never noticed how line weight could so dramatically change the way the artwork feel and reads, super cool!

I picked Dave Malan for this assignment. I find it really difficult to copy without copying (if that makes sense). I guess I need to try and add my personal touch.

Claire Wendling's style really caught my eye and I tried to replicate a small fraction of the things I saw. Definitely fell short but that's to be expected. Nevertheless, forcing myself to try to replicate the techniques I saw made me notice more things about it, and heightened my appreciation of the master's craft.

Did two studies, one by Karl Korpinski (the man) and the other by Peter Han (the dino). Any feedback is greatly appreciated! Attempting the dino was pretty tough for me, phew.

Digital charcoal line drawing

Study of a drawing from Ramon Nunez

The left one is from Norman Rockwell and I drew the right one.

Hello guys, few practice From Loish and Glen Kean, need to do more of those…

Study from an invincible sketch I found on Pinterest

Master study after robbery crumb and j.a.w cooper

1. The first 3 sketches are from Eliza Ivanova. If i had to describe how she uses lines it would be like: squished parts: dark and thick lines, streched parts: thin and less dark. 2. the next 3 sketches are from Glen Keane. I think he uses lineweight for importance of the subject, depth and form, literal weight (weight of wet hair) and for the pose of a character. 3. the last sketch origins from Jeff Watts. Its tricky to tell how he uses lines, because shading is a bigger element in his drawings imo. But i think he uses them to show weight of the subject and importance. There is also a big variety of value in his lines. pls correct me if im wrong or add something. That was a harder project for me honestly.

There is my first study. I created a list of artists that inspire me and fortunately I am of the same era as isaakovsky (Исаковский) on ig. https://www.instagram.com/isaakovsky?igsh=MnI3c2N2bmZnbHV3 I have been following their journey for some time now and it is just inspiring to look at this insane level of details. There is a part (a hand) i did for my study of their pretty old work. I love the flow of lines and it was a struggle to keep up with the dynamics of lineweight which was I believe because of difference in overall hand movements. Lines on these works are usually quite variative, but they mainly use straight lines, visibly enhancing shapes. Curves are also quite sharp in many places, like finger joints.

I found a master I want to study but I am unsure... Richards Zarriņš has just great works but I do not understand if there are really contour lines and not shading. He also did a lot of Ex Libris, there are lines but they are kinda boring as they are all uniform, not sure if it is beneficial

Master study - Claire Wendling I like the animals she draws. Her stuff is whimsical and fun but also serious. It’s messy but also clean. It’s light but also heavy. It’s fantasy but realistic. Lots contrasting things going on. I probably should have spent way more time on mine and should have done more than one but didn’t find the time. Struggled to get as crisp of lines in some places as she did. Also picked a relatively simple one. Might come back and try some more complicated ones in the future

This was a fun exercise. I'll definitely come back to it again. I found it surprisingly hard to find good drawings to work from. I don't have ready access to art books at the moment so finding good quality drawings suitable for the ex3ercise was hard. Anyway, so far I've studied a few of Dave Malan's and Glen Keane's works. Takeaways: I suspect Dave Malan uses a mechanical pencil for a lot of the lighter hatching. The lines are all very uniform in thickness and value. In fact that seems to be the case for most of his line work that isn't hair. He uses darker, wider lines combined with hatching to show shadows and heavy lines on their own to show contrast I wish I had the confidence of Glen Keane. Even his squiggles have more purpose to them than my deliberate work. He build up his heavier lines from multiple passes and he uses heavier lines one the more mobile parts. Outlines, key facial features and so on. I'd like to try to draw either an animal or something mechanical so please post below if you know an artist whose work would fit.

Ill be honest I initially found this assignment incredibly daunting. But after actually attempting it Im really glad I was pushed to challenge myself so much. I chose Troy Nixey initially because I wanted to improve on my hatching. I dont think I fully succeeded there but with each piece I learned something different. Im happy with the two rightmost drawings (the punches face and the skull) but each one taught me something. In my personal sketchbook I attempted a far more complicated piece that definitely didnt turn out well but when I get to the end of that book Im going to attempt it again to see my improvement. Id love to hear anyone's thoughts on these. This is definitely the hardest Ive ever worked on any drawing and while a challenge it was also extremely fun and enlightening.