Project - Organizing Line Weight

Lesson by

Stan Prokopenko

inDrawing Basics

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Project - Organizing Line Weight

Lesson by

Stan Prokopenko

in Drawing Basics

9.7K

Assignments 1.3K

Downloads 8

In this project, we'll practice organizing line weight in our drawings.

Level 1 - Trace

Trace over the provided linear version of the photo to avoid getting distracted by proportions. Trace it twice, using two different line weight approaches discussed in the last video:

Hierarchy of importance method - Heavier on the contours of large and important shapes. Lighter on details within.
Shadows and light direction method - Reference the original photo to identify the shadows.

Note: Don't use the depth and form method yet.

Level 2 - Draw from Observation

Level 2 students, in addition to the tracing exercise, try to trace it again, but imagine the light coming from a different direction IF you’re ready for that.

Then, draw from observation, focusing on line weight. Choose objects around you and draw as many as you'd like. If you draw a landscape with a clear foreground, middleground, and background, you can use the depth approach to line weight.

Deadline for submissions to be included in the video critique is next Thursday (4/13/2023)

Apollo

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my only note is i feel like i'm really making it harder on myself with traditional materials with a death grip and no slanted surface where i have to think about these things, instead of doing it digitally where it's automatic for me to hold the stylus properly of course i'm taking the course to get better at these things but man it's humbling

Ben Johnston

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This is my first digital submission and wow! Talk about learning a new skillset!! It took me way longer than I expected just to get used to the brushes. The first image is the importance method and the second is the light direction with the light source placed at the left of the rhino. Any feedback would be greatly appreciated!

Apollo

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haha I'm going from digital to traditional and it's just as difficult!! your lines are very well organized to highlight the silhouette of the rhino in the first one, the second is also very intentional with the placements where shadow would be so i think you did great!

Blex

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ok think i might have gone too light in some places, was working with some bad papper for tracing but think it turned out ok.

Blex

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darkend the edges here and there a little.

@621

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@araka

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10d

Small printer issue with the rhino, I couldn't figure out how to fix it quickly so I made do :) For the other drawings, it's first the theme of importance, then light. Thank you and have a good day everyone.

Rachel Dawn Owens

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10d

These are great! Keep making more!!

@atv

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12d

i keep forgetting to go print the drawings xD, so I just tried to draw them. I will try again after watching the demo. Still trying to understand how to show shadow and light.

Rachel Dawn Owens

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11d

You don’t necessarily need to trace them! These look way more interesting. Just stretch the lightweights further

J D

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12d

Hierarchy of importance then shadow. I usually think of the horns being the most characteristic part of a rhino so I made that the darkest in the hierarchy of importance exercise. Excuse the warm-ups around the first rhino I’m filling up the pages around my exercises with that stuff.

Victor ABELLARD

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12d

Here is my assignment! I did the light and shadow one twice because i wasn't satisfied with the first one i did. The demo was really helpful 😊

Rayden

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13d

Did the assignment

Christian Peitler

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13d

My Assignment, I have no clue if this is right or not :).

Martha Muniz

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10d

Looks good! Very clear choices for Light & Shadow!

Neo Diamond

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14d

Went really messy on the first couple. Definitely not perfect but I think it captured the basic concept.

Wesley

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14d

Definitely. But try to loosely trace not thicken lines. it really helps me

Noah Myburgh

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15d

I tried applying the combining line weight video to this project. I enjoyed how Stan distributed and combined his line weight in the video, but I have been struggling exploring new amalgamations. Does anyone else know another process wich effectively combines line weights? critiques are more than welcome.

@zenule

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16d

Hierarchy of importance assignment attached! Sorry for not sticking to the requirements, I experimented a little with the new tool from this website, /values! Next is the demo and some newly acquired info that will help me to this project better! Thanks and have a nice day!

Nitzani

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15d

If the assignment is done, why not experiment? I see no reason to apologize - if anything, I hope to see more of it

Melanie Scearce

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16d

The value tool is great! This is a cool image to experiment with.

Anthony Huynh

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17d

Left is hierarchy of importance and right is light and shadow.

Sabine Anzenhofer

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18d

before watching the demo

Wesley

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14d

Nice Sabine

@toph

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19d

The one to the left is using lights and shadows the one on the right is hierarchy. I really wanted to have the eyes draw to the horn and less to rear. I won’t lie I really winged it on this assignment because I was a little confused if I’m being honest? But if think I did this well, let me know any thoughts!

@toph

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18d

Here is my drawing from things around me portion of the assignment

Stéphane Mor

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21d

Hi ! This is before watching the demo (but waaay after ma last submission here!) For the hierarchy of importance, I chose the head and pectoral area mainly because those are the most striking to me. For the light and shadow, to be it kinda felt like the very first value project of the course with the pear and portrait, but for outline only. I did draw since last time, including with conscious line weights, but I don't know why I procrastinated this exercise, as it was very satisfying. :) I'll go and see the demo now ! Tell me what you think of it ! Best

@zenule

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16d

I really like how you enforced the shadowy line weight with some extra shadow!

@gecko_cs

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21d

My attempt at both before looking at the demos, started off simple with both as I've always somewhat struggled with organising lineweight. Any feedback is appreciated :)

Rachel Dawn Owens

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20d

Very eye-catching. Nice variety of thick and thin lines

@turncoda

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21d

For hierarchy of importance, I chose to highlight the facial features, and then the feet, since those are what draws my eye when I look at the photo. For the light and shadow, I tried my best to follow instructions. I think it looks a bit silly, probably because there's no shading so the thick heavy shadowed lines really stand out more than they should.

Auren Loper

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25d

I think I did it right, I'm not sure exactly how to determine the importance of an object, I guess that's generally compositional? But in this case I thought to myself, "It'll be the whole rhino, for now" lol. As for light and shadow, I think I did okay, any feedback would be really appreciated!

Rachel Dawn Owens

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25d

’with hair!’ Thats awesome. It looks like you understood the assignment well. You may have gone too dark too quick though. I love the contrast between the thick and thin lines, but I think there could be more of a gradient inbetween. This is fun. Keep it up.

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