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Pick an animal, a bug, or some kind of creature, and find several reference photos to use as inspiration to sketch a new character.
Don't copy the photos. Feel free to explore with proportions and exaggerate or simplify things to make it your own. Do multiple sketches to experiment and try different ideas.
Once you think you have a clear idea of a character, do one full page sketch. Even in this final sketch, try to use loose, confident lines and focus on the shapes of the character you have in mind. We're trying something new here with this project by starting to develop our ability to draw from imagination. So it might be a bit of a challenge, but don't sweat it.
Let's keep it loose and rough with our sketches and just focus on letting those creative juices flow. Don't focus on the cleanliness of your lines. We're sketching, and when you post your assignments, please include the photos you found and all your experimental sketches.
If you'd like to have a chance to be included in the upcoming critique videos, you must submit your drawings below by March 9th 2023.
And don't forget to have fun!
Here's my chipmunk. We have one at our house this summer. We call him "Chippy".And i am so disorganized. I forgot to post the reference.
here's my attempt :) In blue are the really rough sketches
I'd love to get feedback!
getting the otter to look like an otter was hard. but it was nice to not constantly try to measure everything for once.
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2d
You nailed the shapes and the gestures!
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3d
aw so cute
This one definitely pushed me outside my comfort zone.
Based on the Satanic Leaf-Tailed Gecko.
I’ve wanted to get better at coming up with characters from imagination for a long time, but I never really knew how to approach it. Thinking in simple forms suddenly made the whole thing much more accessible and I feel like I made some actual progress throughout this process.
I struggled quite a bit with the outer eye socket, and at first he looked too friendly, but I think he finally looks mean enough now hehe
Still a lot to learn, but I’m also hitting the point where rendering, shading and texture are a bit beyond me for now. Calling this one done.
These look really good. I love his feet and his attitude! I also struggled to get my character’s face to read “mean”, but I threw in the towel after the fifth sketch 😂 your line work looks great though and the way you broke him down into geometric shapes before adding details reads very well.
This was waaaayyyy more challenging than I thought it would be 😂 I decided to use my Yorkie Vader as the inspiration lol. He’s full of personality and he’s a lot angrier than my drawing makes him look. I tried giving him more of an angry expression but it just wasn’t clicking this time. I gave it my best shot though! And sketched multiple versions until I got something I was comfortable with. Any and all critiques are welcome 🤓
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This is such a precious drawing! I love the design of his face, including how you softened his 'expression' and made him look super sweet. Since you wanted to make him look a bit grumpier, I played around with it in procreate to see if I could figure anything out. I think the long tail of the eyebrows pulls them down and makes them appear like they're slightly raised and neutral. Shortening the tail and rotating them slightly inwards makes them feel more focused and intense.
Was too lazy to add the last two arms
this community is so dead by the way its really sad
Just thought I would comment since I just started this course this week and am probably in the same boat as you (it would be nice to get feedback from others, wouldn't it? ). So here is my feedback: Your octopus looks great !
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These look awesome! I really love the shapes you designed for the bird. I think that your two other drawings could be as strong as the bird drawing if you apply that same level of attention to the design.
looked at a bunch of elephant pictures and memorized a lot of the broad shapes and features. Couldn't add much detail to the body and the drawings turned out pretty flat unfortunately. I think I'll just keep practicing it for now
Kinda embarrassing but i am brave enough to post my attempt on this assignment. I looked up for some photos of animals and tried making them cartoon characters. (unfortunately I lost some of the photos)
I had a lot of have fun with this assignment and decided, why not make cassowary a punk rocker. Any critique would be greatly appreciated.
Even though I consider myself very much Level 1 this project sounded like so much fun I really wanted to do it. So here are my sketches of an elephant shrew. I enjoyed doing them a lot, these creatures are just so adorable.
I‘m not happy with the sketch of the front view I did, because I can’t communicate depth and perspective appropriately. I really hope that will improve with continuing this course.
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cute!
Honestly I didn't think I'd be up for it but I gave it a try anyway picking a rather simply animal and I pretty happy with how it turned out. It's not perfect but I expected to be much worse!
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Nice shapes and stylization! It's definitely a fun one :D If you want to keep going with it, try drawing a capybara from some different angles, like from the front and/or a 3/4 view. Drawing the same thing from different angles helps your brain familiarize itself with the overall shape and feel much more comfortable with drawing from imagination too :)
Hello! These are my imagination/references drawings & reference photos. I also included some studies I made from Joe Weatherly’s guide to animal drawing. I tried to give the main drawing some character elements, with the fierce expression and arrow shafts lodged in the shoulder. Feedback welcome!
I picked scorpion flies because they looked cool, and Hollow Knight is one of my favourite games so I wanted to see if I could simplify a bug like they do. The first few sketches I copied from reference, just to see which features would stick out more. I liked the pose in the third image, and turned the fly into a sort of diva character where the wings were a scarf and the legs were a sort of cravat. I kind of abandoned a lot of the sketching advice in the final drawing because I was busy trying to figure out how to design it to look cool, I think I might redraw it again later. But it was fun!
I loved working on this. I couldn't help but ink the lines to see it come to life. It is my witch's familiar in a DnD campaign that is capable of camouflaging as jewelry.
I think I may have more sketching to do and breaking down of the different body parts and the details. I'd like to keep pushing this artwork further.
Feedback is welcome. I tried not to erase my construction lines. I am doing all of this digitally.
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Hi! It's looking pretty cool already! A quick tip is to add more area for the width of the tail as it wraps around the pole. It helps to think about the entire circumference/thickness of the tail, as all of it will have to go around the pole and be visible from the sides of the pole. I drew it in a different angle if it helps to visualize it that way too. Adding the scales on top of the main shapes also is a way to push it further and make it more dynamic and alive, making sure the scales follow the direction of the tail to reinforce that idea of depth. I also think the flaps around the head add a nice composition at the top, too!
Moths look really cool. I like how the foreshortening came out (especially the hands). But i think i got impatient towards the end, and the legs are a bit off.
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What a cool combination of ideas turned into a really cool character! My one suggestion would be to experiment with darkening some of the lines to give a bit more clarity to your drawing! From far away, the details get a bit lost. Nicely done!!
Something is off with the legs and I'm not quite sure how to make them better. But I hope the idea with the wind is readable though
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Love this! The wind is totally reading. Sheep are tricky because of so much fluff!
Like with drawing people, it is often easier to draw the sheep naked (or as close to it as sheep get!) Finding a pic of a sheared sheep might help. Their wool drops surprisingly far down their body. Also learning the anatomy of 4 legged mammals is very interesting. What we often think of as their elbow (where you have the little curly bit) is actually their wrist! They are really fun to learn to draw, and once you learn one mammal, most are very similar.
Again love the drawing. Such fun character.
