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2mo
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Whups, getting in under the wire - I'll do more of these, this is one of the things I *most* need to work on (I'm used to fully using reference and it's a crutch).
Both of these turned out pretty well - the Wheelbarrow much closer than the Anvil. I'm thinking of redoing them tomorrow (without re-study) and seeing how I can do.
zan
2mo
Retried the sledgehammer from memory, no review beforehand. I think it's better-ish. Partway through I realized I still didn't get the shapes involved and just made sure I did something consistent. Irritatingly, the actual shape would've been much much simpler to draw XD
zan
2mo
Less successful here - the two have very minor plane changes that affect things pretty noticeably. I definitely didn't understand the shape of the sledgehammer head. The hammer is closer, but, not getting the basic perspective right makes it look wonky. Will try again
zan
2mo
Here's these two over again, and turned. - no memory jogging or anything, just started. The wheelbarrow is just messier but could've come out similarly if I was more careful. The anvil I'm very happy with!
Will continue on with this exercise, it's fun
3mo
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Did the bad thing and worked level 2 first - I'll do some more tomorrow and mix it up. I feel pretty good about most of these (maybe not #8, what in gods name is that man's hip doing), but I think again the proportions are off. Feel free to give me some pointers, will definitely do some more of these, just ran out of time today.
3mo
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Way behind, going to work on catching up this weekend! Here's some ginger people! They're a little more people-y than gingery, was using the reference tool. The last one I ran out of patience, but this was a great exercise, gotta do it more!
If anyone is still around, I'd love any critique you'll give me!
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4mo
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Way behind and haven't drawn in a while, but finally sat down and did this today - the ginger seemed harder in a way. Really think working on this exercise a lot will help me.
will be trying this a bunch, but, if anyone has suggestions or critique I could work on I'd be very grateful!
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6mo
The last little bit I'm interested in maybe hearing more about - I found doing my blobs that in order to get the boxes to actually work in perspective I'd always have to cut off a lot more of the blob than I expected initially - I guess my question is what degree is that an expectation (a blob and a box aren't 1-1, there's going to be some gaps on either side) vs. a miss (the blob exists, the box exists, but don't have enough to do with each other to be meaningful).
Since it's a tool/exercise I'm sure the answer is 'it depends' on whether there's utility gained here, but... A broad way of thinking about it at least?
6mo
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Levels 1 and 2 - Challenging one, but I think this has helped me get boxes (a little, slowly) down way more. Definitely still getting tricked into doing weird weird things by the blob, if you follow it too closely, your box is way off. Feel like if anything for level two, there are just better blobs to start with in the first place - maybe that's just the proportions (way off there sorry, will work on it) not sure.
6mo
Here's more level 2's - these are based on reference so I could get a better feel for proportion and whether I was making the "right" box
6mo
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Had fun doing this, and I think it turned out pretty well. I probably should have eaten before I re-lined it, I kinda made everything more wobbly, but you can at least see what I was going for in some of the messy areas. I think the firetruck was probably harder than a tank. Oops.
I do think, more relevantly, the cylinders are the weakest part. I get how to find the minor axis, but not the major, and not how those two things inform the initial ellipse. Will keep practicing, maybe do a tank for a little break XD
6mo
Here's the tank! Maybe feel slightly more confident on the cylinders, but geez they're hard. Had more trouble with the boxes on this one, idk if that was because this was "more" three-point than the others, but parts (the turret box) were impossible to get right. My vertical axis just always seems slightly off. Hmm.
6mo
Ran out of steam on this one, so apologies I didn't go over it again to make things more visible. Still quite difficult, especially the ellipses, but - fun to see what you can come up with in a couple simple(ish) rules.
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7mo
Thanks for the Cylinder and Ellipses tutorial.
I realise the explanation is eyeballing ellipses and not precision.
I've watched it several times, but miss the point how you established the Major Axis and it's offset from the centre. When I look at the completed drawing, I'm left uncertain of the Major Axis reference points, which when joined define the Major axis.
7mo
yeah, I left unsure of this as well. I see that the major Axis is perpendicular to the minor, but that gives you a whole line to set it along - how do you decide the placement?
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7mo
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Here's a level 2 submission - flipping hand 3 around. Definitely the angles are a little off (especially index I think) and it's more boxy/cartoony overall than actual proportions, but - as far as the boxes go, I'd definitely love any critique you've got
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