Wow… seals were the foundation for most mammals, that’s actually mind blowing yet it makes so much sense when you really think about it. Thanks Mike Mattesi!

I am far and away not a level 2 but I’d like to challenge myself with some of the level 2 exercises. I enjoyed some of them especially the 2nd one. The last one I was… very experimental with that one, I really wanted to exaggerate that neck. I think I broke it. Anyways thanks for yours time hope you’re having a great day :)

This one was very loose, it certainly wasn’t clean and honestly I felt like there was something I was doing that didn’t align with the point of the project. I felt that I had not properly conveyed the gesture. A little confused but looking at everyone else’s job as an example I’m sure I’ll get it soon. The number represents which image it was based off of. Still found the entire thing entertaining :)

There is definitely a better way to do this. This took me much longer and when looking back at Stan’s example I put too much detail where it wasn’t necessary. Even with all that time I definitely believe some proportional errors are still present especially the width. Simplifying is difficult for me it seems. I don’t quite understand why. Anyways, appreciate those who took their time to read to the end. 😊

Mushrooms with emotions :D

There is something about shapes I think I’m clearly misunderstanding. I feel my shapes are either too complex or just not shapes at all. Either that or the animal looks deformed.

This was another line study I did, I saw this sketch from Oleg Yurkov and I really liked the lines when I dug into it. I didn’t do the background cause that felt like a lot but the entire piece is interesting. Line hierarchy - making the lines thicker or making them darker to separate certain forms while making the inner lines lighter and thinner, generally speaking Light&shadow - the light seems to be coming from the upper left Diminution - the background is fainter, blurrier and lighter. Really like this piece and I think this is a good artwork to do a master study of.

I really liked the way Yusuke Murata used line thickness and spacing in his rendering on the so decided to do a study of it. As always I need to keep working on steady straight lines, but I was happy with how it came out.

Not gonna lie, this was very difficult for me as a beginner. The lines were extra loose and flowy while mines were stiff as I wanted to not only execute the right type of line but sometimes the proportions were off. Definitely can do better, though I appreciate the challenge and gained a respect for Frank Frazetta work. (Also not sure if cross hatching counts as lines so I went half in half out with lighter half tones to suggest there is meant to be a shadow there)

1. Light and shadow 2. Hierarchy of importance light and shadow was definitely a bit longer then the Hierarchy of importance one since I really did have to vary the line and had to squint really hard for the wrinkles. Hope it reads well :)