My various sketches from the most recent to the first one (a mix of level 1 and 2). I stayed a bit longer than expected on this one as I was very unsatisfied with the initial drawings. My first attempts were really bad, incorrect ellipses and wheels incorrectly placed in relation to the body. I wanted to (i) understand a bit more about ellipses and vehicle construction in general (loved “How to Draw” by S. Robertson), and (ii) combine the boxes exercises with the cylinder exercises into a “vehicle into perspective project”. All the vehicles are a mix of reference and inspiration, but I realised I gravitated towards a 3/4 POV a lot… ! I also tried inking with fine liners and inking with ballpoint pens. Inking an ellipse is way harder than expected and this is still a work in progress… but I did discover that I loved ballpoint pens. Looking back at my sketches and the critiques / demo: - I really need to ensure the major axis is perpendicular to the minor axis and not to another irrelevant line. - a very foreshortened cylinder like the tank gun can be tricky to do correctly and I believe you have to play with the ellipse opening at the end and what part of the ellipse is visible to the part that is attached to the tank body. - The more ellipses you align next to each other, the more your mistakes will show (specially looking back at my train..) - I need to find a balance between free hand / gut feeling and too much planning / construction. I guess it’s better to overly plan as a beginner. - I need to stay light on the construction lines, as erasing should not be an option (without losing helpful cues) I will probably go back to drawing vehicles once I made some progress in the basic training. Anyway, as usual any comments or feedback welcome :)

Project - Wheels on Vehicles

Attempts #1-2 before demo, #3-4 after demo. I feel like I'm understanding the perspective and minor axis, but as soon as i place a major axis and try to create the ellipse all semblance of perspective disappears. Trying to figure out what exactly the disconnect is, on to the critiques!

The far side of the interior isn't angled like the other side. Whoops. Also wheels are hard in dramatic perspective.

This was a very tough assignment for me. The “toy bus” has issues with the tires for sure. The toy truck looks better. I did not use a photo. First time doing something from imagination. I’m up for all the help anyone is willing to give. Thank you.

Fun exercise. It’s a challenge not to just go ahead and lazily guess where the shape of the ellipse is. Also keeping it clean and tidy with all the supporting lines is a great line quality practice.

I was having difficulties with pulling clean straights and ellipses, warmups helped quite a bit. It also took me some time to understand why we needed to consider minor and major axis, though I think I have the hang of it now.

This was even harder than the hands.

This is my attempt. It so hard~ but I kinna enjoy it I still struggling with long straight line it also take me too long I assume to do this project it took me an hour. I don't know if that is too long. I just use the idea of the car and change it position. I tried be creative with the wheel by turning it. Turn out it quite above my capability lol. And tips and advice is greatly Appreciate!

Hi every one, Im not sure where to post this but Ive struggled to create and enjoy the process of drawing due to perfectionism. I wanted to do character design to have put it off for years waiting until I was Good enough. Unfortunately by waiting so long to do what I actually wanted to do all along I've become better at doing studies, and drawing from observation than character design and story telling, and this gap has made me feel like an imposter. don't get me wrong studying is important and so is drawing from observation, but I almost never drew What I actually wanted to, and when I did I would criticize it harshly and tell my self to go back to studying, thinking my fundamentals were the problem. It burned me out and now Im 6 yrs in and my character designs still aren't very good. Now Im just trying to enjoy creating characters, illustrations and having fun. I think this year I've had the most growth out of all the years combined due to being willing to make mistakes and letting perfection go. If you're starting out please try not to get too caught up in the way your art looks, it will save you years. ( yes,I know Stan is always says this, Thanks Stan for awesome advice!)

here is my level 2 assignment for this project. I feel like this one has way better wheels then my level one's. I can still see some faults in there like the sphere on top, and someone I made the smaller wheel at the back a little bigger than the one at the front, and my line quality is horrible for this one, but I tried my best at the wheels. I am still very lost about this, and I mostly go on intuition. It seems I will have to spent some time on getting this particular part of drawing right

I tried. I will need to work on cylinders more.

God I am so embarrassed of these, I have been trying to understand this for over 3 days now, and I am so lost. I even went ahead and watch the demo's but I am still so lost about these elipses/cilinders. I did some elipses/cilinder drawings and warmups before and I did not really think it was hard, but for some reason after watching the demos and the project video I have been beat. I still have no idea how to do those elipses in perspective, and when I do try it, it makes me mess up the perspective of everything around it as well, making it look even worse. I am not even trying to talk down to myself, but it almost feels like my brain has been reset for this or something. If there is anyone out there that can share some advice with me, I will be so super grateful to you!

This one kind of stumped me, not gonna lie. I'm not sure how to draw the correct ellipse for the boxes I've chosen, and the resulting vehicles all look kind of funky. Maybe I'll revisit this after watching the demo. Will try level 2 after getting the hang of level 1 first.

Here are my attempts. The old car is my last picture. At first, I had little desire and motivation for the task. Fortunately, it became easier for me over time.

A lot to improve, but I'll keep practicing it time to time

Ah, well. First try was a bit impatient.

Hi ! I tried my best for ellipses but i am not able to do it free-hand even with the box method. For the tank (imagination), i tried by putting an ellipse fitting in the box with the "ellipses tool" on procreate as "guideline". Then i try to draw with the ellipse as background. I think a lot of things are off, but i want to move on to the next lesson haha

The wheels were definitely a challenge. A good one, though. Centering cylinders in boxes can be pretty difficult. Measuring the minor and major axis was what got me. Maybe drawing these bigger would have helped.

My first attempt was without any practice and jumped right in. You can tell with the tank I got lazy and started getting impatient, cylinders are hard. Went ahead and watched the demos and critique and got a lot of help from those and then attempted both again with the new information. Tried to do a cool angle with the tank and did a lot better than the first but still feels off in areas.