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Steven Wolf
14d
I’ve made two collages of some of my drawing, one from last year and one from this year, that I think is worth looking at. None of this is really finished work, and there are gesture drawings where I’m not too concerned with the proportions, where instead I am just working on flow and line control. I typically don’t bother correcting the proportion issues, even though I do see them. Right now, I have more the attitude of, fix it in the next one. Anyway, I thought I would share them here.
15d
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I’m planning on doing more of these, but this is what I have gotten down so far. I had some problems figuring out the male pose with the twist at first. It was looking too flat a points and just wrong. I still don’t think I got it perfect but I think I got it pretty close now, and I feel like it holds it’s volume. For the other one I just thought it would be fun to do a gesture sketch first and then draw the torso box on top, so I did, and it was.
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3mo
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i noticed that my pressure is very light.. i don't know if that's a bad or good thing for this stage x)
Steven Wolf
3mo
Nice lines. Is that digital or pencil and paper? I think drawing lightly is important, so it is good that you can do that, but being able to also draw darker is important too. Often when I press down harder than I am used to on my iPad I have less control with my lines, because I am not as used to doing that. So that is something to consider. If you don't practice it you will not be as good at it. Keep in mind that if your lines are so light that people have a hard time seeing them, they are not going to care as much how good you lines are.
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3mo
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Level 2
I’ve optimistically named this drawing “page 1,” in the hopes that I will be able to do more. If not I’m happy that I could at least do one for Level 2.
3mo
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Level 1
This was pretty challenging. I feel like I improved a lot each subsequent page. I got the convergence wrong on the first page and had to correct that, on some of my cubes, using red lines for the corrections. After the second page I felt that I was making my convergences too extreme, introducing too much distortion into the perspective of my cubes. I kept this in mind for page 3, where I tried to do more subtle perspective, trying to imagine that the vanishing points were farther away from each other. I think that came out better, except maybe for box 9 where I made one line too steep a convergence. It looks more like a waste basket than a box.
One other thing that I struggled with is in keeping something cube shape, where all sides would be the same size, when I rotated it. Figuring out just how to show that all sides should be about the same size never held up to more extreme foreshortening. I feel like this was explained in an earlier video, so I will have to look for that later.
3mo
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This was my first go. Drawing intuitively feels nice but also makes me question myself. Why am I doing it this way? Wait, what about the rules? I went in to make big changes a couple of times. I don’t feel like I got it yet, so I I’m going to make a page of each every day this week. To be continued!
3mo
Nice lines. Okay here is what I’m seeing that I think is throwing you off a bit. I think that you might be trying to stay too true to the blob shape with your cubes. I think I struggled with that too a bit last night when I was working on this. Just remember, if it’s between staying more true to the blob or following the perspective rules for the cubes, pick the cube each time. I know something I was trying to workout was should I try to keep the blob in the cube by making the cube a bit too big, or stay within the blob and have the cube look maybe too small for it. I think somewhere in between is good. It doesn’t have to match up perfectly, and I don’t think it should or even can, and still be the right perspective each time.
Alright, lets look on cube 8, it was a nice idea to number them, it makes giving feedback much easier. The bottom sides could work as is, but it’s kind of a wide angle perspective, and I feel like we shouldn’t be practicing anything but the most normal lens perspective right now to keep things consistent in our brains. So I would have made that front planes top line angle less obtuse, less wide from that of the one on the side plane. The side plane’s lines looks good.
But lets just say if you wanted to keep that wide angle to the perspective of the cube. In that case you would need to fix the line of the back most plane, as that does not converge in the correct direction. Remember, those front and side planes are the ones that are closest to the viewer, so they will appear as the biggest in perspective. Meaning the converging lines will converge away from us, not, as you have them, towards us. So that back line of the top plane should be converging with the front line of the top plane as it goes away from us, instead of towards us.
As far as the other cubes go there is a lot of the same issue going on. I would work on making the angles less wide, and on picturing what is closest to us on the cube and what goes away, and make sure the lines are converging in the direction that goes away from us. Maybe look at a cube in real life, you could even use a Kleenex box for that. Cube 14 looks good to me. Nice job on that one.
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3mo
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Stan, when you said that this is the half way point of the course, that made me very happy, that there is going to be that much more of it. It’s been so great, and so helpful, so far. This course has been such a great investment! There were so many helpful concepts, so far, that I never fully picked up or understood from other courses, and or art lessons. Things that make everything else, that teaches concepts for line drawing, easier to manage. In that way, this course also adds value to all those other courses, for me. I just wish I would have had this course earlier because it would have saved me so much grief, and struggle.
I really appreciate the thought and detail that you put into your lessons, Stan. Art teachers often explain things in ambiguous ways that leave me uncertain. But it’s clear to me that you really take the time to figure out how to explain things in the clearest way possible, and I just wanted to say how much I appreciate it. I am feeling really excited about drawing, and my art goals are feeling more attainable. I can not speak highly enough about this course! It’s already a 10 out of 10 and it’s only half way through! I absolutely love this course! Thanks for helping fill in the gaps of my drawing knowledge.
Sorry it won't seem to let me post without hitting Request Critique. LOL
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Big Q on timestamp 7:18 and lesson note: "The minor axis is at the same angle as the receding lines of the box and crosses the center point." Is this the same as saying: "The minor axis must to to the vanishing point?"
4mo
I would say yes. That's how I understand it. The minor axis goes from that center point of the box / ellipse back to, and out from, the same vanishing point of the side of the box that is connecting both of those ellipses together to form a wheel, or a cylinder.
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7mo
Congratulations to all the winners! This was a very difficult one to judge because there were way more amazing submissions than prizes. And if I counted correctly, there are 105 prizes...
We will be adding all the digital prizes to your accounts within the next few days. For those that won prizes that require shipping, we will reach out to you.
Day 1
Figure Fundamental Courses - @Hanna Looye, @Vue Thao, @Derek Austin
Proko Model Packs - @Martin Dubček , @Archie chrisanthou, @Peter Orojan, @Beican Gao, @tofsel
Small Wacom Intuos Wireless Tablet - @Rubens Araujo
Day 2
How to Draw Fantasy Female Figures Course - @garan
OLO Marker Zorn Set Signed by Stan - @lynzendra
Mermaid Reference Bundle - @benjaminvictor, @Lil FatWombat, @Arnav Khalkho, @Johannes Schiehsl, @astridlr
Day 3
Anatomy for Artists (Arms) Course Parts - @Archie chrisanthou, @pmak22, @Latari V☠
Proko Hand Reference Packs - @Jim Papaioannou, @Hanna Looye, @klaibee, @Bria, @Manuel Piedra
Small Wacom Intuos Wireless Tablet - @Makoto Yasumasa
Day 4
Block In Course - @DreamMist
Portrait Fundamental Course - @Hélder Vinícius, @Tajih Phelps
Proko Skulls - @Cesar Barcenas, @ariart18
Portraits and Expressions Reference Bundle - @Maryna Tkachenko, @Al Pinu', @Cecilia Stagni
Day 5
Viking Model Pack vo1 - @cumpas, @Jean-Daniel Bouvet, @dalonghu
Viking Model Pack vo2 - @Bryce Verket, @Gannon Beck, @Kenny Tafoya
Barbarian Vol1 - @Joseph Osley, @onkelpedro, @Nate
Barbarian Vol2 - @Moses Lee, @Matt Tsui, @loes roos
Small Wacom Intuos Wireless Tablet - @Steve Lenze
Day 6
Torso Parts from Anatomy for Artists Course - @onkelpedro, @David Martinez, @Alexis Riviere
Arms Parts from Anatomy for Artists Course - @David Campbell, @klaibee, @Joseph Osley
Legs Parts from Anatomy for Artists Course - @megreet, @mua, @Antti Kallinen
Anatomy Study Reference Bundles from Grafit - @Merrill Hutchison, @Johannes Schiehsl, @Shannon Stone
Proko Skull - @dalonghu
Day 7
Templar Model Packs - @Maryna Tkachenko, @Tate Green
Scythian vol. 1 Model Packs - @Kyle Mjoen, @icosah
Warlord Model Packs - @Moses Lee, @soso17970
Medium Wacom Intuos Wireless Tablet - @Marco Sordi
OLO Marker Zorn Set Signed by Stan - @Gannon Beck
Day 8
Figure Fundamental Courses - @Rubens Araujo, @Vlad Mok, @heather08
Proko Model Packs - @Vue Thao, @carlosrdzart, @Tori Tempo, @Rüdiger Weghaupt, @illarstration
Small Wacom Intuos Wireless Tablet - @arnaud defaye
Day 9
Proko skull - @Veronika Zasadna
Medium Wacom Intuos Wireless Tablet - @Jabin
Portraits and Expressions Reference Bundle - @JASON WILLIAMS, @Jean-Daniel Bouvet, @Sikandar Kashfi
Portraits Study - Light & Emotion Vol. 3 Model Pack - @Kyle Mjoen
Portraits Study - Light & Emotion Vol. 2 Model Pack - @bhavanichamarti
Day 10
Drawing Basics Courses - @Tori Tempo, @Sarah Rivera, @mariartsy
Wizard Model Pack - @Veronika Zasadna, @Miko
Signed Grey Marker OLO set - @Sinem Kıymaz
Day 11
Drawing Basics Courses - @lynzendra, @mac hewitt, @leel
Proko Model Packs - @David Campbell, @anonymouscrow, @saschu
Proko Skull - @Matt Tsui
Day 12
Creating a Comic Page Course - @Gannon Beck, @Makoto Yasumasa, @Eric A
Comic Poses - Female & Male Pack - @JASON WILLIAMS, @Steve Lenze, @Olena Voronina
Fighting Pose Reference Bundle - @Ricardo Martinez, @aral, @Konrad Słodowicz
7mo
Are you going to do a small video where you go through the different contest winners? I think that would be fun to watch. I'd like to see what each of them look like without having to click on each name and find it. Also congratulations to all the artist that won a prize. It was fun to see all the different art people did.
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I managed to squeeze in this expressions drawing before the end. I think it turned out alright, I didn't really capture the upturned head, and I didn't get the squinting look enough, and I think the eyes are not wide enough. But I kind of like looking at it all the same. I think, like most of my drawings, it looks much better when I look at the thumbnail or on my iPhone screen, than when it's full screen on a bigger monitor. I feel like that means that I at least did something right, that I like it then.