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It’s time for critiques! Let’s take a look through your master studies and see how much of their line work you were able to absorb.
I'm sharing my attempts. I'd gladly accept some feedback, as this is the first time I'm actually focusing on the linework. I'm a manga guy, so I tried two of my favorite artists: Haruhiko Mikimoto (Macross, Gunbuster) and Yoji Shinkawa (Metal Gear Solid), two very different styles with different challenges.
I'm still searching for a good Master to learn from. So, I'm interested in visiting the artworks from Keitaro Miura (Berserk), Nobuhiro Watsuki (Rurouni Kenshin) and Rumiko Takahashi (Ranma 1/2) in the futuro, to check what I can find there.
I admit it's been hard finding good lineart to learn from in manga, so I also accept suggestions.
Thanks in advance.
Here is a Master study I wanted to do of Kishimoto's character: Kushina Uzumaki. I found the way he confidently drew thin tapered strokes very tricky.
Looking at his line weight, he gave most emphasis to her eyes while subtlety shifting his focus to the core facial features.
So much erasing...
After teacher's demo, I tried to draw art from Charles Dana Gibson and Glen Keane. Man, their lines are just perfect. I could replicate those curve lines with confidence.
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2mo
The Gibson Girl! Love it.
After Dave Malan. I struggled with proportion and constructing lines instead of pulling them. This is my first attempt at portrait.
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2mo
Nice work! One tricky thing we often do when we start to learning to draw faces is over emphasize how large the features are. What ends up happening is we draw the eyes way higher on the head than they really are, and downplay the forehead. This is really just a trick of our minds. We are so used to looking at peoples faces, stop seeing what is right before us! This reference is even more tricky because we don't see the top of the head.
I did a quick draw over of the reference to illustrate the concept. First thing I did was rotate it a little, just so we aren't dealing with the angle of the head, which has a slight right-ward lean. I then broke the head down in two ways. The first, and easiest to remember is that the eyes are more or less in the middle of the head. This alone has helped me a million times.
The next thing to observe is that you can divide the face into 3 more or less equal parts. From the hair line to the eyebrows, from the eyebrows to the bottom of the nose, and from the bottom of the nose to the bottom of the chin. This little guideline is SUPER helpful and I use it all the time in my faces.
Good job with this though. Faces can be tricky but there is a lot to like. I think you did a really good job with the hand, which is, after the face, the hardest thing to draw! Keep it up.
Some warmup of the lines in the study with notes, then my attempt at the cat trying his lines, I felt good about saw lots of room for growth, feedback welcome, study of Kim jung gi
I read that Dave Malian used a .5mm mechanical pencil for his drawings, so I gave that a shot here. It’s actually really hard to replicate some of these lines doing that, so I suspect he used other pencils too. But, overall, fun to study this artists.
Here are my line studies based on Akira Toriyama, Kentaro Miura, and David Finch. I wanted to see how each artist’s line work feels and how different they are from each other.
It’s kind of hard to explain, but you can actually feel the difference when drawing in each of their styles. Toriyama’s lines are clean and simple. Feels really confident and smooth. Miura’s are wild and detailed, with so much emotion packed into them. And Finch’s lines feel heavy and structured, like you’re carving the form instead of just outlining it.
This lesson taught me a lot about how much line quality changes the mood of a drawing. I started out drawing Dragon Ball Z characters as a kid, so studying Toriyama was super nostalgic. But I really liked how it felt trying to draw like Finch. Super satisfying, even if I missed the mark. Miura’s range and expressiveness are on another level, especially when you’re drawing angry or intense characters like Guts.
My latest Line Master Studies. I’m currently reading the Illusion of Life and I find the early Disney animators so inspiring!
As always, I really appreciate the feedback. Thanks!
Determined to finish line section today, few more studies and then last few on next vid and a milestone reached :)
The Hirschfeld study lapel really highlights for me the impact of line weight and grouping. The subtle value changes of value along the side and bottom of the right lapel and the ash of the cigar pull the shapes together. I wonder if you saw the Easter egg “Nina” that he put into each piece. Talk about a study in lines! I enjoy your work.
Definitely not the best drawing here, everyone in the comments is extremely talented but for someone that’s just starting to draw I feel like I did ok!
i decided to draw this giornos head from this panel from jjba and while I do feel like the proportions definitely look wierd I feel like I did ok. Any criticism is really appreciated, I’m doing my best but I still wanna be better lol.
Another study, I loved the drawing in the video of Eugène Delacroix so I choose to do an study myself. Also I have finally used procreate. :D
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6mo
Looks like you had fun with this!
I decided on Douglas Holgate, who has a lot of dark lines on his designs, that I had to pay really close attention to subtle differences in his line weight, I think I did an alright job, some lines I think I pushed my pencil down to much, but at the end of the day, I enjoyed this one. So far only did the head to simplify it down, but maybe one day I'll do the whole body.
I did another one after tony moore, guy behind walking dead. Only did the head for this one as well but will one day d the rest of it.
The left is Kim Jung Gi’s work and the right is from Alfonse Mucha. I was pleasantly surprised by the final results of my master study. If anyone has any critiques I’d really appreciate it!
I liked the "Lion and Turtoise" by Eugene Delacroix that was part of the critique and i tried it as well. Very beautiful and challenging.
c3rmen’s original work on the left followed by my study. This was a lot harder than I expected, given how simple the piece is versus the Joshua Black studies that I did previously.
Another Joshua Black study. Original artwork on the left, followed by my study and then my initial lay-in.
I need to do quite a bit of lay-in work to establish where everything should go before starting the actual line quality study. My lay-in lines and process are surely different from the artist who I’m studying, but I find it difficult to focus on their technique until I have a solid foundation.
This is amazing! And it's the same for me with the lay-in, i couldn't start the lines until I was confident about what goes where...
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11mo
Francine looks like she has deep knowledge in the creative arts. Great study!
