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!

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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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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These are super cool! I like how you designed these

Paul

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11d

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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15d

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

Rachel Dawn Owens

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11d

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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18d

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.

@sark

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18d

Did a few. Hid the uglies at the bottom of the page. :D Fun exercise!

Rachel Dawn Owens

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14d

He’s beautiful

Gustavo Duarte

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19d

10-shape project. I tried to simplify and prioritize the most important shapes.

Mimir

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21d

Hello lads and gurls, here are mine animal simplifications :)

Rachel Dawn Owens

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21d

These are great! The crocodile page is my favorite.

Brad Hewitt

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22d

Very quick action on this assignment. After spending (some good) hours on the last assignment , I'm eager to move into Shapes!

Brad Hewitt

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22d

Grant

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23d

Here are my submissions. I’m excited to finally learn about shapes! On this I feel like I became too attached to the shapes in the sense that I took them too literally but by the fifth animal I think I loosened up. I feel with mileage and study that the shapes I “see” in things will become more interesting and creative over time. Does anyone have any tips on “seeing” shapes in even mundane things?(Everyday objects, furniture,etc)

Lib

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23d

Paul

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11d

I really like the dog ! Looks great.

Terry D

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25d

I had a hard time with this assignment before I had to fight the urge to render more instead of keeping it simple.

Terry D

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25d

Christle Panickar

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28d

Here's my attempt. I got stuck at the hippo but eventually managed to do it :) Had a lot of fun doing this one.

Paul

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11d

Its fun to see the variations you made and how completely it changes how I view the subject while still clearly being the same animal.

Rachel Dawn Owens

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27d

So much variety in style!

Styrbjörn Andersson

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1mo

Here is my attempt at the animal portraits. In retrospect and thanks to a really nice explanation from one of the moderators (thank you Patrick!) I think I will revisit this after work today and look more into shape design. I was a bit too focused here on keeping the shapes geometrical (perhaps with the exception of the buffalo horns, which were frankly really hard to simplify).