Hi all. I am back to this course after a bit of break drawing other things. I am finding I am a bit rusty with mannequinization. Was hoping someone could give me some pointers and areas I can focus on as I head into the final exercise video of this section. The first one is me trying it on my own and the second is following along with the video. I should ready try again on my own but I often run out of steam by the end. Thanks all.

Hi @Michael Burge , please post your assignments in the original lesson instead of the assignment examples. All comments posted in the lesson are considered Help Requests.

Hi All, I have gone through all of the examples videos (except foreshortening) and here are my exercises. I think I am finally starting to get the idea but I still have problems with knowing which plane should be visible for the ribcage. The top plane or the bottom plane? Thanks in advance.

Here is my last lot for the twist robo bean. I am starting to see improvement but still having problems with what plane should be visible for the torso. The top or the bottom. Any advice would be greatly appreciated. Thanks.

Here are some of the tilt robo-bean. Still can't figure out which plane should be showing. Top or Bottom.

Hi all, Here are the last few robo-beans from this video. Like always I try myself, then copy and finally try again by myself. I think I am getting better but I still have issues in knowing which plane is visible the bottom or the top. Any tricks or suggestions about this. Also any other suggestions would be greatly appreciated.

Can't wait for this to start and both Monsters and shapecarving are new to me. Just a quick questions though do you think this would help with any kind of character designs not just monsters? I am playing around with some animal designs and looking at ways to add personality to the drawings. Still super keen to get into this though.

I would say, you should separate them a bit. For me, if I do practice my goal is to draw as much as possible and just fill in pages. I believe @Stan Prokopenko and @Marshall Vandruff talked about this in the Draftsmen Podcast, where two groups of students were tasked to create the best piece of pottery they could produce. One of the groups had to work on one single piece of pottery, while the other ones had to create several. In the end, the team which has created several pieces of pottery ended up winning the competition, because they simply had more experience. Also, it gives you a sense of accomplishment if you finish something you are working on. If you only do 30-hour illustrations you will quickly find yourself unmotivated, because you won't feel like you are improving. The 'Do it right' approach should be used when you are *working*. If you have an important personal project, or you have a commission to do always strive for creating the best thing you can because these are going to be your most important works. I hope I could help! Have fun on your art journey! :)

Hey Andy, I hear you, I get days like that too where no matter what I do the lines just don't do what I want them to do. The best thing I have found recently is to do a few minutes of warmup lines on a page. A whole bunch of S C and I marks just to loosen up before a session. Only take 2 minutes and it makes a difference in the confidence of my lines. Here are 2 example pages. Hope that helps. Keep it up you are doing great.