I love this course and keep coming back to it every now and then. @David Colman Do you still plan on doing followup chapters for this course? I would love to dive deeper into all the concepts from this course and learn more about the anatomy of other animals.

Strong Santa and Knecht Ruprecht (He is the companion of Saint Nicholas, he is famous in Germany I dont know whether he is wellknown outside of Germany aswell).

Here is my attempt at analysing a few drawings. Im sorry for any bad english, its not my mothertounge and Im not used to writing longer texts in english 1 Kley, vergebene Liebesmüh Diminution: 1/5 only few objects all close to the camera Convergence:1/5 Foreshortening: 1/5 Overlap: 4/5 quite a lot of overlap, to show which part is in front of another Atmosphere: 1/5 Volume and depth is mostly shown by overlap, since there are very few objects, that are all relativly close to the camera. The rendering also helps to show the threedimensionality, it helps to show the directions of the forms, also many of the renderinglines are crosscontourlines. 2 Kley, Fabrik Diminution: 4/5 many of the same objects are repeated, and are beeing shown at different distances from the camera. Eg the „towers“, the chimneys, wagons etc Convergence: 4/5 There is quite a bit of convergence happening, most importantly with the „towers“ and the wagons and the „railroads“ all beeing parallel Foreshortening: 2/5 There is some of it since objects are seen at an angle, but since most objects arent close to the camera the effect of it arent crazy. Overlap: 4/5 There are many objects overlapping each other. Atmosphere: 5/5 Objects that are further are lighter, and more blue, the foreground is very red. Having analysed these two drawings by Kley Im actually impressed by how the first drawing which doesnt has deep space and mostly relys on overlaps and crossconturrendering is, in my opinion even more volumetric than the second image, which has deeper space and utilizes more of the perspectivetricks. 3 Floyd Gottfredson: Diminution: 2/5 Mickey and the tree are smaller than what they would be if they where closer to the camera, of course Mickey is also smaller in height than catnip, so him beeing further away enhances the effect of diminution. Convergence: 2/5 the way is clearly converging. Foreshortening: 2/5 Things like the streetsign or the faces of characters are seen from an angle, with the further away eye beeing shorter. Overlap: 2/5 there is some overlap, especially with the dogs, and their leg beeing in front of their head/ being in front of each other. Atmosphere: 1/5 The tree is drawn with light lines. 4 David Colman, Storyboard: Diminution: 1/5 There arent really any objects that are similar in size tha are repeated in the distance. Convergence: 5/5 I love the converging rain. Foreshortening: 2/5 Dracula is seen from below, looking up at him, so his legs are bigger than the rest of his body. Overlap: 2/5 Forground objects do overlap background objects a bit Atmosphere: 3/5 Objects on the foreground are generally darker, especially where they overlap 5 Kim Jung Gi: Diminution: 5/5 Many similar sized objects are repeated throughout the drawing, most notably many humans that are getting smaller as they are further away Convergence:4/5 There is alot of parallel lines that show obvious conversion, especially in the buildings but also in the vehicles. Foreshortening:2/5 Many objects are seen from an angle, but Foreshortening isnt the main factor in making this drawing 3D. Overlap: 5/5 The drawing is jamfull with people and other objects, so there are countless example of things overlapping each other. Atmosphere: 2/5 The persons in the very foreground seem to be a bit darker, and things further away are generally drawn with thinner lines.

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My notes from this and the last lesson. (The last two exercises I wrote down are, of course, not specifically mentionend in the video but they are what I will do to practice the concepts discussed. Sorry if my handwriting is hard to read)

I drew this waterfall from imagination and without any reference, to find out how good my understanding is. Overall im really happy with the result, however I think I need to take another look at the shapes the water has while its falling down. I also made some effort to make some good use of lineweight as suggested by @Nick Quason. Im really happy with it! I think it already looks a lot more professional. Im obviously not a master at lineweight just yet (all I did was trying to make lines that are closer to the viewer thicker), but im impressed with the difference it already makes. Thank you so much again for your feedback Nick!

Gave it a try studying rapids as well. I found it very clear to start with ellipses then I sketched on top the supporting details. I tried to show the rounded form of water falling off the edges but it was tough. The foam was 😭 Feedback always appreciated!