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

8.2K

Assignments 1K

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)

Antonio Santiago

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14h

I feel like I didnt do the shadows and light version very well but I did like my hierarchy of importance version. Ill watch the demo and see where I failed

@lstr

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Redid level 1 (printing + tracing), since after watching the demos and critique I was left feeling I kind of did it wrong. Old versions on the left, where for some reason I got into the mindset of using 3 very clearly distinct types of line _exclusively_, like even ignoring tapering the strokes and where one type might gradually change into another, and all other subtleties ... which of course would end up looking kind of cartoony and arbitrary. Much happier with the new versions, where I kind of just vibed with it.

Rachel Dawn Owens

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The ones on the right are SO good. Perfect

Rynhardt Vuuren

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I completed mine digitally, First did the trace then focused on the important shapes, then the direction of light.

Ionuț Irime Nicolae

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Is it wrong??I just didn t felt like doing just The contour I m open to feedback and friendships for helping ouț!!!

Ionuț Irime Nicolae

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What should I do if I don t have a printer?

@lstr

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Level 1. I think I overdid the eye area and nostril in the hierarchy of importance one, since I was trying to stick to three clear weights and thought that "conceptually" those bits were more important than the middle weight, but using the heaviest line emphasized them too much. Leaving it to just the eye itself would have probably been better. Might do the level 2 one using my own lines from observation at some point.

Ionuț Irime Nicolae

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You have great observation skills

@jackb

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I don’t have a printer so I sketched out an initial drawing lightly and then went back over :)

Melanie Scearce

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It turned out awesome! Nice work

@dangerousnor

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Light source from below, and hierarchy of importance! Siu

Gara María Carrillo Alonso

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Hi guys! Here are my attempts, level 1 with hierarchy of importance method, and level 2!

@dangerousnor

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well done!

@sanosuke123

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10d

here are my attempts

@fraxls

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10d

Here are my attempts for the level 1 assignment: Heavier on Contours: Identifying the shadows:

Gilles Dubuis

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11d

Hey, Here goes. I tried to simplify, because not all lines are meaningful (I guess ?). Don't know if that's any good, anyway.

Melanie Scearce

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11d

This looks awesome! The simplification is good 👍

Angel Kritikos

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13d

Here are my assignments

Rachel Dawn Owens

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12d

Lovely

@deadsm

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13d

This was fun!

Rachel Dawn Owens

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12d

Keep it up!

Bree Bree

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14d

Here are my tracing exercises. I did my tracing on Procreate.

@murmur_a

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14d

First go at the tracing exercise. Went digital this time.

Rachel Dawn Owens

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14d

Lovely

J M

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15d

This was hard to do in paper with graphite pencils. For the hierarchy of importance, I felt like it was hard to make the lines any thinner than they were already in the page. The shadow and light version was easier to make the lines look and feel different.

Nivla

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16d

Here is my level one assignment. Would love some feedback on the lines for the light and shadow version.

@shadesea

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16d

So here is my level one assignment. I am really not sure about how I did, after watching demo I am planning to do level 2. Struggled with line drawing a lot this time and with light and shadows I found a few situations where technically the outline is supposed to be in light, as the shape it attaches to is lit, but it is right at the edge for strong shadow. I am unsure of what to do in these situations. Do I treat these areas as if they are in shadow? In work I attached I did them as if they are in light, but it felt wrong..?

@shadesea

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16d

Also, I would like to have some feedback on the quality of my lines and lineweight. I want to know how good or bad they came out, because I really can't feel or understand them...