I did the robo bean exercise several months ago, so I applied it here. Used nude models from SketchDaily.

Second Attempt after the critique: (1) saw some of you draw the flintstone car, so I took it upon myself to try it as well. (2) I drew a jeep and made a simple sketchup model to help me with the perspective. The shape looks off, so I should try to gesture and measure it in next time. (3) did some tutorials from Dan Beardshaw. Learned the general proportions of a car and got to practice some duplication.

This didn't turn out as well as I thought it would.

My second attempt at the project using different references. Started using value to differentiate the planes. Drew additional rhythm lines to help me with the rotation of the fingers. It also helped to find the eye level.

First attempt

Lv 1 Again. I tried drawing the Y Axis first to make it easier. Although I'm just noticing that some of my axis is off, but I'm going to commit to it anyway.

3rd attempt at this project.

My line quality and accuracy has gotten better. Although I'm struggling to draw doors and windows on the side walls. Still not having fun with this project. It's mostly because my visual library for indoor rooms is pretty low, so I end up drawing the same thing over and over. I will do some 1 point perspective draw alongs and references.

Did all of these in 45 min. Not used to drawing from imagination, nor am I use to drawing perspective from freehand. I thought I'd be fun to make a liminal room for the last sketch.

After the critique. Will eventually get around to enrolling in the figure drawing course.

Spent an average of 2-3 minutes each. I felt like #1 was the best, but it went downhill after that.

Here's the retry. I did some of them by memory.

Level 1

My second attempt at this project using a different reference. (I'm a leftie who is a fan of Vaush, but I can't help myself sometimes). I made his jaw too big and his scalp too small. A few other elements are a somewhat misaligned. I made my drawing too large laterally, so the rest of his body didn't fit the page. As frustrating as this project is, I'm finally starting to get it and I've found ways to make it work for me. The main unit of measurement is between the top of his tongue and the top edge his left lense. I subdivided this unit using halves and thirds. I color coded units and subunits to avoid confusion. I then used a second unit using the length of his mouth which is drawn in orange. Even if some units didn't align with an edge, I put it in anyway just as a way to give me more of a reference. Next time I'll try measuring with my ruler instead of my pencil.

3 Attempts. Tried eyeballing it first just to get the feel for it. Second time I only used some plumb lines. Third time I used the most plumb lines. Biggest mistake I kept making was getting impatient and giving up on measuring half way through. Probably the hardest project for me so far.

Combination of Lv.1 and Lv. 2 for Gorillas, Huskies, and Angler Fish. Angler Fish was the easiest, while the gorillas were the hardest. My line quality and accuracy suffered a bit as I was trying to move fast enough to keep the ideas going. I also had a tough time making subjects square. Like in the husky in this example looks like a Minecraft dog. Maybe I'm taking the square shape too literally, and I should try focusing more on making the composition square rather than the individual shapes square?

This project stumped me for a little bit. What got me rolling was gesturing in the subject, then I was able to see where the shapes were. I had some previous practice with anatomy and figure drawing, so this reminded me of that.

Study of Yoshitoshi ABe and Charles Dana Gibson. The jump between pencil/pen and manga/semi realism threw me off a little bit.

Left: Hierarchy of Importance. Right: Light and Shadow. I had a hard time understanding of how to do the light and shadow portion. I drew lines to indicate where light meets dark, and it's often lines that weren't already drawn in the original photo.