Did some more and it seems I need to push the motion more. Hopefully the demo will have some good pointers for that

I forgot to keep the time limit, so my line economy suffered, but some turned out okay. All critiques welcome!

I asked proko this but not sure if he will answer. When he says a thin piece of the side plane can be seen from the front, does that mean the side plane isn't totally flat, but curves a bit toward the front? Or does that mean when seen from the top, it is tilted kinda like the first image? In that case, in a profile view, wouldn't the side plane be slightly to the front of the head instead of right in the middle? Or am I misunderstanding something?

Here are some that felt like they turned out better. Hopefully at least one hit the mark.

Seeing you miss some proportions and grumble over it makes the demo rather comforting. It really hammers home the idea that everyone is allowed to make mistakes regardless of skill level

For my first attempt I choose the mangaka Ryoko Kui, whose character designs I have been in love with for years. I did cheat a bit by first doing a fixed weight trace of the image and turning it into an exercise similar to the rhino one, but it made it much easier to focus on the linework. Even though I ahve many artist I appreciate, I never paid much attention to their linework specifically. This exercise really opened my eyes to their nuances. Excited to do similar studies for others as well.

Surprised how much harder this turned out to be compared to basing the line weight on hierarchy

This is easily my favourite assignment yet. I always struggled to understand what makes one line art feel better than another, even though I read up on it in many places. Doing this exercise really pulled those pieces together for me. Thank you!

Hey @Stan Prokopenko Is there any chance you could do a short intro to setting up digital brushes for sketching? General opinions are mixed on what kind of brush beginners should use when learning digital art and I'm having a hard time finding one that feels right. I know the brush itself doesn't matter in the big picture, but I am just a bit afraid of getting bad habits from using the wrong one. A few tips on things like what should be pressure controlled, what size/opacity should a brush be, etc., would help a lot. I randomly realized just now, that even though we got a great introduction to traditional tools, you didn't talk about digital ones much.

Super grateful you don't overedit these demo videos. Hearing all your small ramblings actually add a lot of context to some of your thoughts which might not come fully across in the "proper" lecture videos. Especially since you elaborate on things right when you run into them.

Even though I was anxious to do the vr girl picture, that ended up being the one I'm most satisfied with. The hand got a bit squished and I might have gone a bit carried away trying to get the details right on all three... I would appreciate any critique :)

Hi guys,my sketches from the three diferent images ^^

I'm having trouble understanding how this exercise is supposed to be differnt from the previous one with the snail and the boots and it makes me feel like I'm missing something. I might just be overthinking it, but can someone give a hint?

Did the level 1 assignments, but have to admit the shoelaces messed me up bad. Had to attempt the boots multiple times and eventually managed to get through it by separating the problematic part entirely. This might be a useful tip to others, who have similar difficulties. :)

After you mentioned animating the mushroom, I couldn't not resist giving it a try

Did an attempt for both Only realized it midway through how good this portrait is for this specific exercise, with the dark hair and half the face in shadow...

Nice little cheeky kangaroo there :D