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Lesulie
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13d
added comment inProject - Designing Value Groups
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Level 2 assignment done digitally on procreate, using 7 values in my head (4 for shadows, 3 for light), but the rendering probably resulted in more values being created by the brush.
Creative liberties may have been taken with the shapes XD
Thumbnails and rough sketch included
Juice
12d
Nice!
Lesulie
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29d
I've watched some of Steve's courses before and his techniques are actually super helpful, to summarize simply:
- every body part has gesture (long axis) and structure (dimension and mass).
- use curves to indicate gesture, and corners to indicate structure.
- make 1 gesture flow into another to connect the body parts and show movement/action.
- use structure to figure out the spacial orientation of 1 body part so that you know where to connect the gesture of the next body part (super important for drawing from imagination).
- draw the hidden parts of the form as well to double-check that the parts connect properly.
- gesture is generally more important than structure as it shows the movement and life of the drawing.
- when practicing, chunk down the problem; focus on only 1 aspect of the drawing to get right and improve on (e.g. proportion, gesture, shape, value), don't expect every aspect to be perfect in a sketch.
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5mo
These are awesome. If you want to take it another step further, you could try some different framings. Move the character around the frame. Zoom in or zoom out. Maybe give some horizontal frames.
I love the layout of the pages. The value splotches neatly stacked next to the compositions are cool to see. and your drawings look great.
Lesulie
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7mo
Asked for help
Week 2 gesture challenge
About halfway through I realized I was focusing too much on details and losing the gesture, so I switched to a thicker and lighter brush and spent more time finding the large shapes. That definitely made it a lot easier and I think my latter drawings looked more dynamic as a result.
I just the pose with the female warrior. You nailed it. Love the exaggeration on it. Great stuff
Lesulie
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7mo
Asked for help
level 1 assignment.
Struggling to find a good composition for level 2, putting my own comp next to the masters makes it look extra bad XD so I'll take more with this one...
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7mo
great compositions!
Love the volume of these. They all feel solid and weighty. The poses seem spot on to me too. Excellent stuff!
Lesulie
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8mo
Asked for help
Level 1 assignment (will attempt lvl 2 later)
From top to botton:
graphite (2h/hb/2b/4b/6b)
ballpoint pen 0.7mm
fine liner 0.3mm
Dennis Yeary
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8mo
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will this work in procreate on a tablet?
it sorta works if you use a brush with opacity, but due to how layering works in procreate, you won't get a perfectly even tone like you would with graphite. The result is still pretty good though so I do use this technique for quick sketches.
Lesulie
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10mo
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Level 2 assignment, drawing from another angle from memory using different proportions.
this was one of the hardest things I had to do for a drawing assignment, but it was well worth it! I had to use everything I've learned so far (including things I learned in figure drawing) and I got a lot out of it!
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10mo
Excellent work! Nice characters too! Both characters feel unique, they're consistently on model and well designed in each pose! You hinted at a ground plane with pose 12 which really helps sell the action of pose by giving your figure a solid base to stand on. Pose 5 could use a ground plane, or something to help describe the action. The figure feels out of balance, like he falling to the left. He could be mid-run, changing directions/juking to the left, about to kick a soccer ball coming towards him, but his feet feel disconnected, and the figure unbalanced. Adding a simple ground plane helps connect your figures to the ground giving them a feeling of balance, look for where the pit of the neck lines up between the feet on the ground. It's usually evenly between both legs, or just over the weight bearing leg. Hope this helps, keep up the good work!
