Project - Simple Animal Portraits

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Project - Simple Animal Portraits

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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!

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@androida
19h
I stuck to mainly level 1 - this was even harder than the CSI lines, imo. I went over the 10 shapes limit a couple of times. Ref list outside of the ones given in the assignment: Unsplash: - Wolf by Milo Weiler - Cobra by Asad Ys - Owl by Sonder Quest - Leopard by Gwen Weustink Cat and Young seagull photos by me
@sasha_
22h
Here is my attempt. I struggle with drawing the line where it s too simple and I'm thinkingmaybw it's only me who can see the roster/hippo. Will try more of these.
Randy P
3d
Level Two variations on the portraits. This assignment really exposed my weakness at maintaining line quality while experimenting with shapes. Was even worse before a lot of erasing and redrawing.
@sosoph
3d
Hi :). Thinking in terms of shapes was hard. I found myself wanting to draw contours and add details.
@yashimon
This is for Level 2 assignment.
@yashimon
I realized how difficult it is to maintain both "accuracy" and "simplicity in shape."
@yashimon
These are references from https://www.pexels.com/.
@josesal11
This assignment was really fun but and any feedback would be greatly appreciated. I think went over ten shapes though with the buffalo unfortunately.
Rachel Dawn Owens
Nice work simplifying the animals. Keep it going and try some more iterations to push your designs further
Ágúst Strand
I think I may have not simplified enough
Ágúst Strand
Did some more
Rachel Dawn Owens
Keep going! Make more iterations to try to simplify more! These are great so far.
Randy P
5d
This level one assignment is deceptively challenging but I like the problem solving aspect of trying to limit each one to only 10 major shapes. The forward views were much easier than 3/4 views where perspective causes simple shapes to distort and become hidden.
Shreyans
6d
Took a break for a couple of weeks due to exams. Very happy and excited to start again and continue this. Hopefully I have not forgotten the earlier lessons. 😅
Axel
6d
This was a challenging exercise! Happy for any critiques or suggestions for improvement! I spent a looong time on figuring out the hippo. I ended up doing studies of the animals, simplifying a bit more with each drawing. The rooster and buffalo were easier once I figured out the method. I was more happy with a sketch triangle rooster than my "final drawing", included a closeup. I’ve also included a 'Roosterpotamus' as a fun bonus!"
@toph
6d
These look awesome!! I really like how much fun you had with these, really inspired me to retry this assignment and loosen up with it
Rachel Dawn Owens
I LOVE the blocky quality of your drawings. These have a ton of character and personality. The hippo/ rooster mashup is something i have not seen before. It’s dope. Your forms are structural and blocky, without becoming stiff. The structure and flow are balanced wonderfully. Your sleepy hippo reminds me of a sleeping gator i saw in Florida last month. That sunbathing must feel nice ☀️
Maestro
6d
Sajil Sewpersad
Had a lot of fun with this
Melanie Scearce
Really interesting idea to invert the triangle on the bottom left one. These are fun explorations :)
Ssss 13
12d
fue un proyecto divertido, y me di cuenta de que debo explorar y pensar más sobre las formas que utilizo
Mason Stroud
I definitely need to explore and push shapes more. A really fun exercise though!
Yevhen Syrchin
that was really fun! I would be happy for criticism 🤓
Melanie Scearce
These are looking great! You're definitely on the right track. Keep going with more explorations -- test out different shapes and proportions -- notice how the adjustments change the personality of the animals. The more quick sketches you can do for this assignment the better!
@pmirko
16d
watching the streaming while doing the rooster helped me out a lot, it was actually easy and fun to desing 2 version in like 10 minutes....
Radu Rentea
Here is my first attempt at drawing these animals before watching the demonstration video. I'll describe them in the order I drew them. The buffalo was easiest because I had a photo reference - I could quickly identify and draw the basic shapes. The hippo was more challenging. I had trouble breaking its form into simple shapes, so I started by drawing some details first to help me understand which parts were most important to capture. The rooster was the most difficult of all, but eventually I found some key lines that came together to create shapes. I feel like I didn't follow the assignment perfectly with the hippo and rooster - instead of using only complete shapes, I sometimes used lines that connected different shapes together. These lines and shapes together created the final form.
@pmirko
17d
really really struggled with the buffalo....tried a rounded more relaistic version, tried a boxy one and at the end i've made one with like 5 flowy lines without giving me the time to think....not sure i've found anything in here....
@pmirko
17d
this is my 2 hippo 2 ways: soft and sharp. couldn't put the ref image because the browser refused and says i've reached 10 mb of space with 3 jpeg, not sure what's happening...
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