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After a loooong break I finally built up the courage to come back to the course. It is still the most entertaining way of learning how to draw ;) thanks Stan and the whole team!
In the first image i tried to cover as many of the reference pictures as i could on one page, and the other image shows my own creations. I try to catch up with the course and the other lessons. And thanks for any helpfull advice.
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Let’s take a look at your “Dynamic Shapes” project submissions.
Because the project for level 1 and level 2 were essentially the same, just a different path to get there, I’ll be combining both levels into one critique.
I’ll go over some of the more common mistakes and give some demos covering ways to get your shapes looking more dynamic, interesting, and gestural.
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Nice job capturing the flow and energy of the shapes!
Very challenging for me. Here are some of my attempts (1, 27, 28). I still struggle with this.
If anyone knows I would really apricate If someone could let me know if I'm being to structural with these. Like is my approach limiting my room for experimentation and pushing poses. I struggled a bit with this assignment so any help would be great.
These are looking good imo, very volumetric. My suggestion would be to try multiple versions of the same pose and see how far you can push it before it stops working.
All kinds of approaches can work, so maybe start one version with an action line, another with simple masses stacked on top of each other, another with an envelope for the overall shape, etc. See what works best for you.
And one more tip: darken the most important lines a bit more ;) You’ve already got some really cool shapes and dynamic lines, but they feel more timid than they actually are because of the lighter line weight.
Folks have been wondering about the differences between seals and sealions, so i thought i'd find out and try to sumarise.
I bought a really nice pocket sized book after listening to one of the Proko podcasts last year. 'Mammals. Elements of comparative morphology' by Michel Lauricella. I've attempted to copy some bones from it to show the differences. But really, the most obvious one is that sealions have ears/ ear flaps, and seals have uncovered holes.
Hey everyone ! I made some seals to practice level 1 and 2. What do you think of it ? Any criticisms ?
Drew another sea(lion) after watching the demos and partway through the critique, and I think the advice has definitely helped!
Still practicing seals! I'm trying to get a better handle on my line quality, but I'm assuming that will take time. Right now, I really struggle with some shakiness, especially when I attempt to draw light.
Bonus circle practice as well!
Hi ! I’m still practicing some seals gesture. When i see my lines, I think I need to slowdown during the process to make tapered beautiful lines and more confidents. Quickly I found it messy and I still have a heavy hand ! Any advices ? I do warmup exercises every time (5 to 10) : Skating / Lines to liberate my mind and my arms.
Feel free to critique and advise ! Thank you everybody and have fun.
I've already done it; this is my third batch. I lost the first two because my computer broke, but I think I'm finally starting to get this lesson.
If anyone has any advice, I'd appreciate it. :D
Could you tell me whether it’s just sloppy, or if I’m actually managing to capture dynamic movement?
I’d appreciate any advice.
Looking at your shapes to me, I feel like your first gestural lines are actually the better ones, you've then perhaps felt like you needed to emphasis too much and darkened which makes them look too static in the places you darkened, like they lose their confidence if that makes sense.
That said, I don't feel like they're all very static, some are better than others in dynamism, on first image, bottom left I like and second image top left.
Overall good work though, just do more :)
I decided to put some more effort into the seal drawings by memory, so I redid them. Here they are 🦭
The first image is for level 1, and the second image is for level. As you can see, I got a bit creative with it and invented a new creature.
I felt the need to do more exercises for dynamic poses... With every attempt you learn something new.
I'm a little confused on how movement and such works in tandem with gesture, if that's how to phrase it, I kinda get the peaks and how they cause a stretch and pinch, but for some reason I'm not quite sure how to centralize that with relation to the action lines, lol.
I wasn't aiming for accuracy, but I did still struggle with the whole gesture concept :D
I did all of these today, trying not to take more than 5-10 minutes each.
I'd love some feedback.
- Thanks
