Laurent Van Acker
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14d
added comment inThe X and X-Ray Tricks
I choose a really hard image I think the arms don't make sense I could NOT find a way to make them look similar to the picture while also keeping it 2 point perspective. The sword looks weird but everything overall doesn't make sense because the perspective in the reference threw me off.
Also I have a question how are you supposed to use the X trick if a box is in a different angle (legs/arms for example) they are in a different position and angle so I'm not sure how to apply the trick there, anyways thanks!
Laurent Van Acker
13d
I think it still looks good, but I know what you mean. The sword looks foreshortened on the reference, it follows the plane in the center of the arms, not of the left arm which looks more like what you did (also explains why it's thicker in the reference.)
Note that because each limb is in a different direction (even the head), each limb has its own vanishing points, which is also why you can't use the X trick, but would need to work with projections and mathematical measurements (afaik :D) if you want to be entirely correct. However, I think you eyeballed it really well :)
I think you could still use the X trick to help your measurements/eyeballing of the limbs, eg doubling the torso down would give you a good reference on where the right leg would end up
Laurent Van Acker
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15d
Asked for help
Two level two attempts! I found the perspective reference and thinking about the head's landmarks with perspective really helped with getting these 'right' quicker than measuring, so that was nice! Noticed that even though I realised I should have tilted the face cube more in my start for #11, I still didn't tilt the final head..
Also post-edited the drawings in Photoshop to make them more readable!
Laurent Van Acker
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16d
Asked for help
Finished level 1! Eager to watch the demonstration and move on to level 2 (which I feel will be very hard, but that's the road to progress!).
Wanted to this one digitally so I could easily have self-feedback: 1 and 10 for example I feel I did okay, but 17 I totally misjudged proportions... Line-work is quite sloppy digitally, no smoothing and no straight line tool will do that, but I tried to keep it legible :)
Laurent Van Acker
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2mo
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Level 1 and level 2 assignments. I'm no stranger to perspective drawing, and I did the level 1 assignment as a top down view from the ceiling on my living room (without all the children toys). Can you spot the sink?
I noticed I automatically seem to have fish-eyed the 'camera', even though I've tried to keep horizontals and verticals aligned, I never aligned the horizontals on the top with those on the bottom... Great practice for drawing straights!
Open question: How do you guys make your paper drawings more clear for sharing? I purposefully went outside for a picture in natural light but the contrast is worse than on my drawing.
Laurent Van Acker
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2mo
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Challenged myself to do all 24 before watching demo and critiques (as that's a few hours of content). Most went fast, and noticeably got faster the more I progressed. What do you think could improve? I doubt I don't have blind spots :).
I consulted the eBook a few times as well, but I'm really eager to watch the demos and continue with new drawings!
Laurent Van Acker
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3mo
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This was fun!
Level 1: I watched the critique and demos and I will do a better job in the future, but I think I did pretty well on these. Lines could and should be a lot cleaner!
Level 2: I initially did the photoshop ones after the level 1 work, and doodled some more during the week (not included). The pencil drawing was done during/after the demos/critique, I think some takeaways are already visible in that one.
Laurent Van Acker
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3mo
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Before watching the demonstration, wanted to challenge myself with the one Stan has done there. 2.5 hours! After comparing digitally, I have to say I'm very happy with the features and overall results, since I draw using the image on my monitor and use hand+pencil for measuring. But it's also glaringly obvious that the right side is not wide enough: I noticed after further measuring it was much too wide, but it seems that I overcompensated and made the right side of the face too small after corrections... And never cross-checked it again afterwards (it's quite obvious now). As a result, the neck is also much more narrow, as I based most of the right side features on the ears.
So, I'll need to keep working on that!
@shaaneeq
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3mo
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Made an initial attempt I ended up abandoning due to going a way too overboard with the measuring that just became too confusing. After taking a step back and reevaluating I decided a simpler approach was better. The horizontal and vertical plum lines were a big help, but instead of comparative measuring I found some carefully placed horizontal and vertical lines set at key points across the reference were more helpful in measuring out the proportions. I’m happy with how it turned out, just the edge of the hat on the left side needed to come out a little more.
Laurent Van Acker
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3mo
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Somewhere between "stage 1" and "stage 2", so I think/hope I'm about halfway in. It's been a while since I didn't just eyeball proportions and angles.
Wanted to post some observation for this project: I'm missing the link to the subject of shapes! Measuring, especially using the guides from the previous lesson, is very line based (eg plumb line). I think I expected more to explore the shapes themselves for consistency, like we do in negative space, to fit in this project...
The only concrete follow up from the previous project is to start from the big 'simple' shapes and not get lost in details. But that's more about constructing a drawing than it is about the shapes themselves.
Finished, about 2.5 hrs total. Had a feeling it was a bit more squad than the reference but didn't know how much... Goes ahead to show the snowball effect of the measurements! Excited for doing this again!
From the self-feedback check in Photoshop, I feel like I've missed a good measurement equivalent for vertical and horizontal comparison, which gave a scaling issue in one dimension. Finding a large-scale reference that I can use for both, and cross-examine it ASAP, should be a key starting point in future drawings.
Laurent Van Acker
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3mo
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Spent some time on this project, pushed myself to spend some time on level 2 as well and not just rush to the next project (even though I've been on these videos for months). New year! I feel these exercises help a lot with loosening up the drawing as a process, working more on experimenting and designing. I notice this mindset is rewiring some of the mannerisms I have from when I was younger.
