Project - Simple Animal Portraits

Lesson by

Stan Prokopenko

inDrawing Basics

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Assignments 1.4K

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Project - Simple Animal Portraits

Lesson by

Stan Prokopenko

in Drawing Basics

11K

Course In Progress

Assignments 1.4K

Downloads 8

Deadline: Submit your assignments by 06/15/2023 for a chance to be featured in the next critique video!

Level 1:
Create animal portraits using basic shapes. Try to simplify the animal using 10 shapes or less. Keep your shapes organic and simple. Simple shapes could be stretched, bloated, indented, or curved to capture personality. Don't worry about perfect proportions. Instead, focus on creating cool, simple designs. No details or shading! Use the three reference photos I provided and find 5 to 10 more.

Level 2:
Take Level 1 assignment and push them further. Play with your basic shapes and size relationships to give the animals different personalities. Don't hesitate to experiment and look for additional references to understand your subject better. Now, go have fun!

@hampop

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13h

I'm struggling with this assignment more than I care to admit. I find it difficult to simplify shapes, stay true to original image and keep lines all clean. I could really use some feedback, please.

youssef ateya

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I could really use some critique. I feel like my line quality is pretty bad, and I’m not sure how to improve it. My lines come out weird, and I still get confused about where to use thick lines and where to keep them thin.

Melanie Scearce

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Your line quality isn't bad at all. Focus on your shapes -- starting with basic shapes like circles, squares, and triangles as a foundation to build into more complex shapes. Like your hippo that I highlighted here, which is made of essentially a square and a triangle that you added and subtracted shapes to/from to create a more complex image. This one has great rhythms and the most personality out of your drawings here. Keep aiming for that quality, you got it!

Sofy

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Level 2:

Marcin Ch

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super fun one, if you have time please share any feedback that comes to your mind red chicken, hippo and buffalo where done after the demo

Darth Illustrator

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You did great. Buffalo and hippo shapes are very interesting. I don't know but may be before demo you are focused on individual lines instead on closed shapes. After demo you got this Like you did hippo: one major shape for head, then upper mouth and smaller shapes for eyes and teeth. Keep doing this. Focusing on minimum closed shapes to capture the essence of the subject should be our goal. Iike Steve Huston says SIMPLE BUT CHARACTERISTIC. IF WE WANT SIMPLE ONLY WE WOULD CREATE SNOWMAN.⛄ AND SIMPLE IS NOT EASY.

@xdrummerxdan

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Was supposed to keep it this simple or did I need at add more detail? I

Martha Muniz

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You've got a good start! I like the way you are approaching simplifying into shapes, especially with the rooster, which I think is quite successful as you broke the image down to its main structure. I would recommend keeping it to defined (even if simple) shapes, so there's less of a focus on individual lines that can get away from each other. Once you have that foundation, you can add a couple of more key details, but remember that the basic shapes are the most important part.

Sofy

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Level 1. Feedback welcome :) I know I complicated some of them but I did my best.

Tony Zhang

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zSuperhas

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Im ngl i struggled this one i kept wanting to add more detail instead of simplifying it and i still felt like i done it wrong. So i tried doing the animals with just c and straight curves based on Rachel OWENS POST WHICH WAS VERY HELPFUL THANK U

Hans Heide Nørløv

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My level 2 assignments. any critique would be great

Patrick Bosworth

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Nice work, on both level 1 and 2! These are fun! Your lines are clean, the exploration of shapes is great, I love the third rooster in your level 2 set especially! I appreciate the reminder to stretch my neck! (Don't forget to rotate your images to the correct orientation before uploading so we can better see your art! 😁) Keep up the good work!

Hans Heide Nørløv

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My level one assignments! any critique will be appreciated! 👍

Rachel Dawn Owens

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Lovely tapered strokes and the designs of these drawings are wonderful! Keep pushing them further. You could try playing with the proportions next. keep having fun with it. Excited to see more!

Apollo

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This project became much easier when I realized I could block out the shapes first then draw from the shapes I made I'm also observing that I tend to prefer adding sharp angles on corners The maned wolf had more than 10 shapes, but i felt that segmenting the really long legs was important to highlight the proportions that make the maned wolf so identifiable

@sillysniper17

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This is definitely a challenge, but fun! Part of what makes it difficult is that it is hard to adjust the shapes sensibly without an understanding of form. What helped me, was to break down the shapes, then simplify in a minimalistic thumbnail, and then start going wild.

@notapirate

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12d

This was kinda addicting (at least for me), I was mostly focusing on drawing the face in each image (except the last one). Now it was hard for me not to go into detail or not to get into the proportions, so I kinda went with the "bare bones" mentality when it came to the shapes. ( ͡° ͜ʖ ͡°)

Rachel Dawn Owens

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11d

These are super cool! I like how you designed these

Paul

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15d

This was very very very difficult. I still struggle a lot to figure out how to do it and still have difficulty to get a grasp of it. But I guess thats whats learning is all about. Have not watched Proko's explanation video how he tackles these three animals. I guess it will give me a lot of "aha" and " ok" moments. A challenge for me is not to do outlines and approach the subject different.

folk

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18d

god idk why its complicated, it doesnt read like what i was initially thinking, good practice

Rachel Dawn Owens

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15d

You’re on the right track. My favorite is the little fox guy. He’s got some personality. All he needs is a few more straight lines I think. Heres a breakdown of how I might try simplifying that guy. Hope it helps. Keep it up!

Daniel

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22d

It was very challenging since I haven't done a lot of modification of shapes. It was fun overall and could definitely feel the difference by the end on how "adventurous" I was feeling when modifying the size and form of the shapes. Feedback is appreciated.