I love these! There's so much life and expression to them. My favorite is the top left

I think your exploratory lines capture the penguin fairly well, the main issue is that the lines where the lower beak and neck intersect give the impression that the beak is behind the neck, because so much more emphasis was given to the line of the neck. If you reworked that area, it would improve the whole piece. The hand looks fantastic!

Looks good! I think the "hierarchy of importance" leaves a lot of room for interpretation, so this looks fine to me! There is one line that I would probably have chosen to emphasize more based on the choices you made for the rest, which I've attached. And as far as the proportions go, I actually like the exaggerated look you gave the rhino. He's more squat, which makes him look more heavy, and he's a more triangular composition with the legs being the point from where the body juts out making it look pretty dynamic.

love how that monkey turned out! I think your linework is very nice!

this is adorable, I'd love to see more explorations of this idea

I think you did a good job capturing the shadow of the nose. As for the mistakes that jump out at me the most, when it comes to the linework- the original has a lot of sweeping, uninterrupted, confident lines in the curls of the hair, and I'm not seeing much of that in yours. As for the overall picture, the proportions are a little off- the lower half of the face is a bit elongated, and the mouth placement is a bit off. I'm sure this will be a fun one to try again down the line to really see your progress!

Not bad! You're getting some of the variety of linework in yours. This would definitely be a fun one to revisit down the line and compare your results.

these are fun! I like what you did with the assignment. I will say that panels 2 and 3 of page 1, where the seal is charging up its attack, the shape language gets a little muddled and it took me some time to realize that in panel 3, the head is rearing back. I like the gesture of those 3 panels, but the heads could be reworked for clarity

excellent! Your linework could use some more confidence (which is actually the next lesson) but overall it looks great! And you captured the proportions nicely too.

yeah the pelvis sure is tricky, one thing I notice in your drawings is that on some of your buckets, the top plane is at a different angle than the reference image. For instance, in image 1, the top plane is pretty skewed but in your drawing it is more flat to camera. Also on some of yours, the bucket tapers too much, like it's more stretched out. Hope that helps!

Hi there! Nice job. In the future, it's easier to provide a critique if the image of the drawing is taken from a straight-on view. Since this picture is skewed, it's hard for me to tell how much the proportions are off. Even though proportions aren't a part of this assignment, it's still good to get into the habit of documenting your work in the best way possible.

I really like these! Digging the industrial theme, seems like there's a lot you could pull from that

Hey there! I would definitely recommend working on your tapered strokes to get more confident lines! I can see in the Glen Keanes in particular that he has big sweeping lines, whereas in the studies I can see how the lines were drawn in smaller connected segments. I recommend watching this lesson: https://www.proko.com/course-lesson/how-to-draw-confident-lines-the-tapered-stroke/discussions

good job nailing the confidence in the lines here!

this is super cool! Is this a particular Kaiju? Looks somewhere in between Gamera, Orga, and Biolante

Nice attempt! I think you really nailed the tones of the image, the balance of lights and darks is really striking! Good job! The biggest area you can improve on is proportions. You need to practice more on capturing the underlying structure of the head and correctly placing the features on that structure, so practice more with the Loomis head lessons. A good way to check your work when you're working from reference is to overlay the drawing in photoshop to see where you went wrong.

Hi Grace! This is a complicated pose. I feel like it's a good candidate for overlaying the sketches in photoshop to check your work. I think a combo of the upper and lower halves of these two come closest

Hi pasqualed! I would say these look good for a beginner- the important thing is to not get hung up on trying to make your gestures look perfect before you move on to the next thing, but instead keep circling back to gesture. As you learn more, it's important to revisit gesture practice, maybe as a warm-up. As you gradually improve, you'll notice your gestures improve as well, rather than it being something you should perfect before you attempt other things.

Glad to hear it!