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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)
Drew these from observation.
I tried doing lines based on light-shadow in the first one, but nothing really stood out when I used that approach. So I switched to focus more on hierarchy of importance, grouping pieces of produce together. I think I could've made some lines even darker or thicker, but I feel the subject itself is kind of flat.
For the bonsai in number 2, I tried two approaches. One approach made the white piece darker, to make it stand out. The other made the outline of the darker wood darker. I thought the thickness of the lighter lines would make that element stand out more, but I think I prefer the first approach.
heres my attemp, the left is using shadow and right is importance, im new to this idea of line weight so any advice would be appreciated
I did three rhinos: hierarchy of importance and two different light directions. I also did a sketch of a figurine with the light and shadows method.
This is my assigment for the Line Weigth Project. It's been really fun to do and it also helped me to understand better the different methodologies.
Couple of attempts at the rhino. These were as much an experiment with digital brushes as they were for line weight.
The first seven I did before watching the the demos. The first three are all digital pencil, and I experimented with different hierarchies of value. I think I like Pencil II the most. Pencil I (where I tried to highlight the head) feels incomplete, and Pencil III feels a little too flat, a little too graphic.
Definitely like the inked ones more, and the acrylic the most. Of the three inked ones, I liked the third one the most, and it was my first attempt at the light and shadow part of the assignment. The acrylic one feels much more organic to me, though. Took a bit longer, but the result is pretty nice.
Really suggest anyone doing this assignment try running it several times.
As an aside, man, controlling the line weight digitally is hard. And very brush dependent.
First attempt, Rhino exercise line weight, before watching the demo. I tried to imagine the sun position and give the line value according to the shadow and light with line hierarchy. This exercise is challenging. I really struggled imagining the position of the sun, and the cast shadow. Tough one, but i will keep practicing.
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I think you made great decisions here! I would bump up the line weight even more in the shadow areas to make it more obvious which is which.
Hello, this is my first attempt on the line weight exercise through the use of light and shadows, would love to get a feedback thanks.
I did a combined line weights project. In this I had vertical and depth appear far away,so lower towards the base and close up is the closest. Also the pot is the importance subject. For shadows I made those lines thicker. So if something is important and in shadow it would have the thickest line. Let me know if there are any feedback. Thank you!
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Looks good! A couple of notes that will help sell the the depth:
- Overlap is one of our best tools for showing depth. The pear at the front is getting a little lost because there is no clear overlap.
- Vary outlines a bit more to show the directionality of light.
- If you’re using line weight to show shadow side, and light side, be sure to keep it fairly consistent to help with the illusion of depth.
Nice work. Keep it up!
First one is hierarchy of importance method and the second one is shadows and light direction method. I hope to receive feedback on my drawings. Thanks a lot.
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I like your decisions here, my advice would be to push the line weight even more, especially in the hierarchy of importance drawing. It's difficult to see the different line weights because they are similar. I used the light and shadow drawing as an example to show how you can design your lines like shapes to create interesting effects. Hope that is helpful to you!
Hello, this is my first attempt on the line weight using the hierarchy of importance method on tracing paper.
First is light and shadows, second is hierarchy of importante, couldn’t find way to trace so I just drew from rhino picture first and tried to darken lines as I saw matched shadow and light, then I drew from prokos drawing and darkened what I thought was more important and lightened smaller details and lightens the shapes farther away like the far leg
Hello everyone, Here is another attempt of organizing line weight. It is a fan art of Greymon from Digimon in my own style. I hope you like it 😍
