Project - Simplify to CSI

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Project - Simplify to CSI

Lesson by

Stan Prokopenko

in Drawing Basics

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Course In Progress

Assignments 4.3KLesson NotesDownloads 9

Download the photo reference images and try to simplify them using CSI lines. Draw each line with a focused and intentional path.

Your pace should be quick, but not rushed.

For this exercise, we will just consider the individual segments of the contour of a shape.

Same instructions for level one and two. Just a difference in difficulty of reference. The level two photos have more fun little tidbits to tempt you to get into the details, but fight the urge and simplify.

Also, no shading in these please. This is not meant to be a portfolio piece.

CSI
C = C Curves
S = S Curves
I = Straights

If you'd like to have a chance to be included in the upcoming critique videos, you must submit your drawings below by February 16th.

David Blundred

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11h

My four attempts at the CSI simplification, think they are ok, tried to just focus on the simple lines and shapes rather than every line of every detail especially in the skelly one

@ikaykov88

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22h

Tried the snail twice...

Mandela Aina

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My first attempt at simplifying the snail

Lane Campbell

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Trying to get back into drawing, and recently I've noticed I've let my line work go quite a bit since I first went through this course about 2 years ago. I'm going to go through the lines portion again, and hopefully get back started on my own personal projects. Here are my attempts from this morning, any feedback would be great. Also, how in the world do people do those laces, theyre so small and complex, i honestly found them more complex than the camel lol

David Blundred

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Hi, my csi line attempts at the lv1 snail and boots, think they are ok just need be more confident in setting some of the lines as they are still sketchy in places

@hichem

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Hi there,here is my snail project attempt, before and after watching the demo. Your feedback is more than welcome. Thanks

David K

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CSI simplification

Melanie Scearce

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Those boots look awesome 👏

Laika

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I feel like I'm getting bogged down into the details with the boots. I feel fairly satisfied with the snail since it felt easier to grasp the proportions, but with the boots the proportions look off in my drawing and I'm not sure how I can break down the boot further into simpler lines and shapes. Any tips?

Gasaal Nglia

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The snail seemed straightforward enough, but the boots really got to me (well, the laces, really). I think at some point I caught myself getting too carried away and just attempting to trace, instead of going for simple shapes. So decided to try it again with a stock photo of Converse shoes, but that one seems to look too... I don't know, flat? The folds in the jeans were tough to figure out how to represent...

Rachel Dawn Owens

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The converse drawing might just be more flat because the photo reference. The boots are in 3/4 view while the converse are straight front/ straight side views. You did great with this assignment. There’s a good balance of long and short lines in your drawings.

@airship

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Only drew one boot because I kinda ran out of space. Also I tried the snail but I couldn't do it, even though people were saying it was easier, so here's your lone boot.

Rachel Dawn Owens

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It looks like you’re on the right track here. What made the snail more difficult?

Monica

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1st Attempt of the level 1 images. I found the boots to be much harder with the perspective and number of elements to measure between. In hindsight, I think I would have benefitted with drawing a few straight lines (as seen in one of the reference images in the vid) to benchmark my lines against.

Steve

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10d

1st attempt at the boots before watching the demo. Definitely got too heavy with the lines.

Olivia Keegan

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10d

I took some liberties with the shell, because I couldn’t resist, but I otherwise tried to stick to the brief!

Aryon

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10d

before watching the demo

Mahfam Zohrabi

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10d

Before watching the demo. For me, the boots were the most challenging to draw.

@ivvn

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11d

Level 1 assignments. Snail was simpler but felt harder to convey since it had much less detail. Laces an proportions on boots were tough. Constructive criticism welcome!

Elsa

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12d

tried simplifying but had no idea how to go about with the laces

@germinal

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13d

Here is my attempt at drawing the boots. I have always struggled with laces as I always get confused. Let me know if you have any tips. It was fun trying to draw them!

Olivia Keegan

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10d

Looks great! I love how it’s both simple and so expressive!

Jose Anton

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15d

The last drawing before seeing the demonstrations. Much more convenient than the last time I did this section.

@perrito

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17d

My attempts at the snail CSI simplification project. The first drawing was done before watching Stan's demo and the second afterwards (I didn't copy his, simply watched his demo and then tried again). Any critique to help me improve is welcome :)

Chuck Ludwig Reina

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16d

I like both of these a lot. I'm noticing your lines are a little on the heavy side. Better to stay light with your pencil strokes and make sure to draw more from your elbow and shoulder than your hand. This will let your lines have more flow to them. Don't try to make each line one long continuous line either. It is okay to break up parts of a shape into many different component CSIs. Good work!

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Stan Prokopenko

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