Project - Organizing Line Weight

Lesson by

Stan Prokopenko

inDrawing Basics

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Project - Organizing Line Weight

Lesson by

Stan Prokopenko

in Drawing Basics

10K

Course In Progress

Assignments 1.4K

Downloads 8

In this project, we'll practice organizing line weight in our drawings.

Level 1 - Trace

Trace over the provided linear version of the photo to avoid getting distracted by proportions. Trace it twice, using two different line weight approaches discussed in the last video:

Hierarchy of importance method - Heavier on the contours of large and important shapes. Lighter on details within.
Shadows and light direction method - Reference the original photo to identify the shadows.

Note: Don't use the depth and form method yet.

Level 2 - Draw from Observation

Level 2 students, in addition to the tracing exercise, try to trace it again, but imagine the light coming from a different direction IF you’re ready for that.

Then, draw from observation, focusing on line weight. Choose objects around you and draw as many as you'd like. If you draw a landscape with a clear foreground, middleground, and background, you can use the depth approach to line weight.

Deadline for submissions to be included in the video critique is next Thursday (4/13/2023)

@hampop

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Picture 1 is with new light source and 2 is hierarchy of importance.

Daniel Divinus

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I feel like I need a lot more practice with line weight.

Hans Heide Nørløv

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went a little exaggerated with these, but i think i still got the point of the exercise. any critiques would be great!

Darth Illustrator

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Project Organising line weight Hierarchy Method and Light and Shadow method. struggling to transition line from light to dark. I draw a light line and then come and dark the parts of line needed to be dark, making a abrupt change.

Melanie Scearce

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Looking good @Darth Illustrator! The transitions can be smoothed out by using tapered strokes. You can also try varying the line weight at certain points on the line by increasing or decreasing pressure on your pencil. This creates an interesting visual effect of deepening the skin folds.

Sofia Johansson

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Charcoal drawing from observation:

Sofia Johansson

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Invented light source:

Sofia Johansson

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Sofia Johansson

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2nd try on hierarchy of importance because I felt I needed to push it more

Oscar

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10d

1st attempt. I'd appreciate any feedback.

@serhouse

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10d

Level 1 and Level 2 assignments before the demo. I would be grateful for any feedback to the level 2—imaginary light—exercise.

Sofia Johansson

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hey, we picked the same position of the light source! I think yours look really good. Looking at it I'm realizing I could've gone thinner on some of my lines.

Serena Lee

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10d

I love it! You did a great job on organizing the lines!

Martha Muniz

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10d

Nice work, especially w Level 2! Looking solid.

Marcin Ch

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13d

This one was very cool, especially after watching the demo my toolbox expanded by a lot. Please take a look at my both and after the demo and share your thoughts, in case you have time and will be so kind to express them.

@serhouse

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10d

Love how bold the lines have become, definitely looks more voluminous at the second attempt

Daniel

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13d

This was a very interesting project, I didn't understand a lot about line weight besides the basics so it was very insightful. I definitely need more practice and can improve, so feedback is appreciated.

folk

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14d

my attempts before watching the critique part

Lily A

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16d

These are my first attempts before watching the demo—I decided to try them digitally. The shadows and light were a bit confusing at times, but it was fun.

Rachel Dawn Owens

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15d

This looks great!

Dondon

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16d

A photo of an old park.

@notapirate

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17d

Before the demo

Lib

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22d

Before the demo.

Dylan Bragg

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25d

Decided to do these digitally, totally not because I don't own a printer... Really enjoyed doing the light/shadow line weight one. First one is outline, second is light/shadow.

Monil Jhaveri

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27d

I think the values one was pretty hard

Pat Lou

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27d

It was pretty hard to figure out where the shadows and light should go. For the rhino, the light source is from the top right, and for the VR girl, it's from the bottom left. I’d really appreciate any critiques or feedback!