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Okwudili Udeh
Okwudili Udeh
New York, NY
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Okwudili Udeh
I'm back drawing again after a few months. So far, not awesome, but I'm just happy to get back to sketching.
Okwudili Udeh
My name is Okwudili. Still trying to get my feet wet in the whole art thing. But I'm hoping to get more into comic book creation soon.
Okwudili Udeh
Going to attempt level two later. Despite how it looks, this is after many redos, especially on 6 and 8. Hardest part besides figuring how the initial angles were the really small top or bottom parts. It's usually where my boxes become the most uneven.
Okwudili Udeh
Doing this more for fun than for the contest. Seeing what others have done, there's two things I want to get much better at: cleaner lines and more expressive faces.
Okwudili Udeh
Was absolutely frightened of my linework, so I tried to keep it as loose as possible to... I guess to avoid commitments? I just wasn't confident I was getting the perspective right. Loosely based on my bedroom.
@mcminnjesse
Good work! The great thing about 1-point perspective is that as long as you're sticking with boxes, you can draw your lines with 100% confidence: every line is either completely vertical, completely horizontal, or radiating out from the vanishing point. If you're lost and wondering where a line should go, just remember that you are restricted to these 3 options. If you want to add a non-boxy element to your drawing (like an oval rug or a headboard), start with a bounding box first to capture its dimensions, then subtract from it to get the object you want. Looking at your image again I think you do a good job of following perspective. What's missing from your room is the room itself. This makes your furniture look like it's floating in space. If you choose to do the exercise again, watch the part of Stan's video where he builds the room itself, then start with establishing the back wall, side walls, ceiling, and floor. This is the foundation on which all of the other elements will rest.
Okwudili Udeh
Time ran out again, but I like it!
Alex Otis
1yr
good work, keep it up!
Okwudili Udeh
Somehow ran out of time and rushed at the same time, haha!
Okwudili Udeh
25mins is quite a rush! I was only able to do one out of the five attempts. I have a looong way to go before these figures look human.
carla toms
1yr
Weirdly, it’s easier for me to go much faster. I have been doing daily 1 minute gesture drawing and have started adding 15 second and 30 second gesture drawings as part of my warm up. The biggest challenge for me was letting go of how the final result looked from a portrait standpoint and focusing instead on capturing a sense of movement
Okwudili Udeh
Decided to try out rendering on a master study I was working on. Really enhanced the drawing!
Okwudili Udeh
Asked for help
My lines were super hairy and messy, and the proportions were off at first, but over time, my fears decreased, my overcorrecting decreased, and I think my lines benefitted.
Okwudili Udeh
The more I do this exercise, the more fun it becomes! I'm surprised because previous exercises frustrated me instantly, haha.
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