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

10.0K

Course In Progress

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)

Nancy Larson

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Great intro to line weight!

mark bonaccorso

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14h

My attempt at the hierarchy of importance version, Found it harder to decide which lines to make thinner within body than which I felt had most importance

mike mcdonald

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First attempt

Noah Myburgh

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I attempted working on overlapping forms more specifically: more clearly separating forms from one another and defining what objects are closer to the viewer. I ran out of space on my page so I didn’t include everything displayed in the reference. Critiques are more than welcome.

Melanie Scearce

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Clean linework @Noah Myburgh! Here are a couple of notes that hopefully help!

Le Hai

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I drew the rhino digitally because I don't have a printer. However, I had a lot of fun drawing the rhino.

Martha Muniz

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Looks like a solid drawing! I would recommend thickening the areas meant for heavier line weight, so the distinction between the heavy and light line weight is more readable.

Bohdan Fedorchenko

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I tried doing it digitally. Maybe a little too timid with line weight, but happy with the result

@landsloth

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Tried to create light and shadow with a leopard shark

@landsloth

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Had a lot of fun doing this!

@wildwolf531

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11d

Here are my first attempts. The light and shadow one was definitely the most difficult.

Noah Myburgh

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12d

I attempted to follow along with Stans demo (organising line weight bye Depth and form) and tried implementing the concepts and techniques I picked up on with other references. It was difficult to imitate Stans overhand hand positioning since he is right handed and I am left. If I’m honest I’m not to happy with how these turned out, although they are an improvement compared to my last attempt. I’m unsure if I managed to effectively convey depth and form in my own attempts. critiques are more than welcome.

Melanie Scearce

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12d

Yes, these are very successful, especially the first pair of shoes! The way you've used line weight is perfect. I like the use of overlap in the second pair of shoes, and I think if you applied that idea a bit more in the first pair, you'd define the form more. Great work overall :)

@eyeeatlight

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13d

The first picture is importance, second is light. I really enjoyed this assignment. I found harder than I expected to work out the hierarchy of importance, and with the light it was hard to fight the urge to just fill in with whole blocks of shadow! On another note its a change for me using digital, and I really enjoyed that too!

@deepanshu12

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17d

@brimarie

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17d

A great exercise. I realized that I haven't paid attention to the thickness of the line so far - line work is soo effective.

Carmen Ciumber

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18d

Second rhino has light from the leftside of the body, so i let the lines that fall in the light with less weight.

@petui123

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19d

Using the shadow and light method, I try to identify the lightest and darkest parts of the shape.

Richard W

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20d

Melanie Scearce

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19d

Nicely done 👍

Apollo

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29d

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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30d

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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29d

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!