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

9.1K

Assignments 1.2K

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)

Phil H

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Drawing Basics - Lines - Project - Organizing Line Weight I enjoyed this a lot. I couldn't resist the opportunity to use pen. Hierarchy of Importance - Drawn on tracing paper with Sakura Pigma Micron 01 (0.25mm) and 08 (0.5mm). Light and Shadow - Drawn on tracing paper with a Tombow Fudenosuke Brush Pen - Hard.

Rachel Dawn Owens

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58m

This looks great!

Dominic Statuto

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Looking back I feel I should have rushed less

Melanie Scearce

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I like the line thickness you used on the "light" drawing. Nice work!

@thrym01

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Again an assignment that forces me to move beyond my comfort zone. I was taught NOT to so aggressively outline my subject. At least not in a ‘realistic’ drawing. But after watching the demo, I hope that I was able to stay true to the lesson.

Melanie Scearce

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Nice! You nailed it.

Guillaume JORANDON

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Ok I really enjoyed this exercise. I really like the thick outline, something I was already kinda intuitively doing (albeit poorly) when trying to ink a drawing. I tried to put some emphasis on the features of its face, in particular the eye and horns. I’ll try to do the shadows and light direction method next.

Guillaume JORANDON

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Update I tried the shadow and light method, but on a small personal doodle. I ended up almost doing a sort of sharp shadow outline with very thick lines, and it inspired me to give it a « « « pop art » » » finish

@hobodios

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So I'm kinda confused about the contrast concept I put an example (2nd image) I'm not sure if that would also be an okay thing to do. It's basically the opposite of what Proko did (I choose to emphasize the shadow of the body in the head and the light of the background in the leg). This might be a dumb question :d other than that I think I understood everything and I would love to get some advise!

@androida

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Hierarchy of Importance and Light and Shadow. Somehow the light and shadow version looks off to me. I'll do it again if the demo confirms this offness I'm feeling. XD Drawn on glassine paper pencils 2B and 2H (for the thin lines).

Sean MacNair

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Carlos Pérez

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On the importance one I got to think on composition terms getting the face as the most important shape . the chiaroscuro one was more about keeping in mind to avoid flatness

Risto Eskola

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This was suprisingly hard, and a lot of lines. I did this digitally, and it became a bit too clean. If I did them again, I would mayby do a bit ticker line for the light ones. And mayby use a brush with bit of grayscale.

Randy P

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My level 2 with line weight based on distance. So it turns out flowers have a ridiculous number of lines. Wish I had picked something a little less intensive.

Martha Muniz

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Woah! Love the dedication! I also appreciate the transitional line weight shifting the heavy outline towards the lighter section, as I feel that really adds depth to the whole piece. Overall it feels very well grouped, even with all the details incorporated. I might suggest a final heavier line for the center group of flowers to really make it pop and provide a focal point, like in the original image, but it's really a matter of personal preference. Good work!

Randy P

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11d

Finally got to the lesson with all those dang rhinos I keep seeing.

@doodleibu

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11d

First attempt before the demo

@doodleibu

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10d

I drew the croc with the light and shadow method after watching the demo a couple of times. This was definitely a lot trickier than the hierarchy method 😅 I had to redo this once.

@doodleibu

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10d

This one's after I watched Stan's demo on hierarchy -- I picked a new subject since I didn't want to be influenced by the demo. First time actually trying out the pencil tool in CSP which was fun.

Márta Kovács

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12d

This is the first assigment I did digitally, and it's been more fun than I expected. (On the first picture I drew it on the wrong layer but oh well) I'm looking forward to the demo, curious if I got the light right.

Melanie Scearce

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12d

These look great! If I was to be very critical I'd probably add a bit more width to the line of his belly between the two front legs but and maybe to the bottom of the snout but that's almost not worth mentioning. Nice work 👍

Dennis Irrgang

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13d

Melanie Scearce

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13d

Perfect!

Sajil Sewpersad

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14d

I forgot how complicated it was to draw a rose, but I like the end product. Done in Procreate.

Melanie Scearce

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13d

What a great challenge. Turned out awesome 👏

Yevhen Syrchin

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14d

that was fun! I would like to learn how to draw without tracing also😅 so keep practicing 🤓

@yashimon

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17d

I tried the level one (trace), carefully looking at the photo of the rhino.

Mason Stroud

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17d

Rhino Project done digitally. Hierarchy and Light Order respectively. I haven't really used my tablet that much so this was an interesting experience.

Melanie Scearce

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17d

Looks great!

@nickyenchilada

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20d

Level 1 Rhino. I did it a bit by feeling. I don't recall whether it has been mentioned in this class but other than contour, people have told me that you could also express importance for shapes that overlap each other and shapes that that are nearer/further than in space so I tried to incorporate that as well.