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Let's dive into your "Organizing Line Weight" submissions! In this critique I'll look through both level 1 and level 2 projects and discuss how to improve line weight issues.
Newest

@chary
16d
I tried to incorporate the values of all three parts, and that's probably the main reason why my drawing isn't very good either way.

@chary
15d

@rithu
1mo
Hi Everyone, I am practicing line weight digitally. I am able to pull my initial drawing with good lines but as I apply line weight as second line my lines aren't correlating with initial copy or I don't get tampering lines and It doesn't look good as initial drawing. Do I need to learn putting line weight in initial phase with planning or I am lacking practice to pull good line weight stroke in my second attempt? Help please?
Andrew Kovachik
1mo
Made a quick little drawing while watching. It was just a little bunny (attached) and I wanted to try and indicate the speed through the line weight. My thought was that I would indicate the parts of the motion which were in tight/stretched/pressure with a think line and the parts that I see as being relaxed were lighter. Not sure i'm 100% happy with it but atleast 70%.
If anyone wants to try and make their own running rabbit I'd love to see how you tackle the speed aspect :)
Edited a quick overlay of reference and drawing. My only excuse is that I I intentionally gave the front weight bearing paw an big curve to try and cue that its weight bearing. The rest is my generally messing up proportions. I think the ears I should have been able to get right as I realize my angle on the ears are just generally too much.
@brimarie
2mo
For me, the light-shadow method is the most difficult to grasp. I still find myself painting the shadow instead of just focusing on the line work;-)

@toph
3mo
after watching the video and practiced a littler, I found some appreciation for line weight. Any critiques are welcomed!

@tgambrell
3mo
First time drawing digitally so this was a bit of a challenge for me. Image of a trip I had in Hawaii, thought it would be cool if the image had an actual dinosaur. Any criticism would be appreciated.
Scott7
3mo
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3mo
It might be easier to just focus on the car here. I like that you went for a whole scene though. It’s good to push yourself.
If you push the weight lines on the car, it will separate it from the background more. This will make the drawing more appealing and easy to read.

@schmal
3mo
Hello Ya’ll, the first one is a the lighting method, the second one is more intuitive/focusing on the focal point. Can i improve/fix something?
Dylan Jagiello
4mo
A few more studies with line weight
Wesley
3mo
That looks awesome
Rob Sinzieri
4mo
Anyone else spending more time, looking for pictures to draw then practicing drawing? Any insights? is there a Proko reference pack of images to practice line weights?
@eren666
3mo
Deviantart or google images
Dylan Jagiello
4mo
I go on pinterest it usually has a ton of nice references
@mx2
4mo
Was sketching and designing a character but at the same time trying to think about line weight and I think this came out all right!
(I know my line quality is kind of messy and shaky but I'm not sure if that's a bad thing? I don't like actually lining so what I do is work on one layer and make a sketch and then clean up the sketch by erasing anything I don't need/want, so it's a deliberate decision which ends up creating this effect as a result? Worried that this is bad though and I'm falling into the whole 'this is just my style' excuse.)

Axel Gyllenstierna
5mo
My rhinos turned out pretty bad so I tried to make it simple. Started with a simple still life photo, progressing to my shoes and then a photo from Lisbon. Really enjoyed the process and the progression, I never really considered lines to make such a difference!
Jeffrey Powers
5mo
Trying to get more practice with lines. Tried organizing line weight based on shadow and contrast.
Brian Brotherston
5mo
My line weight drawings, Importance and light direction emphasis
Tommy Pinedo
6mo
After attempting on practicing depth and form on the shoes, I tried practicing depth and form on women heels. This was a little tough for me to get it to feel there is depth and form. Feedback is always welcome! :)
Shane Ledbetter
7mo
Spent some time trying to draw the form here rather than sketching it. Thought I could use the practice with the other things we've learned. Hope someone can give me some feedback!
Henry
8mo
Before the demo, I did a comic sketch of Spiderman, but after watching the demo, I realized my sketch wasn't interesting because there was no organization in my line weight (except for the eyes and the spider logo on the chest). After watching the demo, I went back to that drawing and added some organization, using the hierarchy of importance method. I feel like the second sketch is a lot more interesting but I'm definitely open to feedback

@mathtry2draw
8mo
here my homework + intuitive linework I did on my own

Agnieszka
8mo
Love it!

Agnieszka
9mo
Additional examples on line weight.
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8mo
Great practice! The one thing I'd recommend considering is for the Hierarchy of Importance version, where the center bud of the rose could be a secondary point of interest after the outside outline of the rose, and the leaf outlines that are blurred in the picture are ever so slightly less heavy. This way, it centers the viewer's eye into the key idea of this picture, which is the rose, and the background leaves are less of a distraction from that idea. Your practice is pretty great already though, so keep up the good work! :)

Agnieszka
9mo
These are my additional examples on line weight. I find it a bit challenging, particularly the techniques involving light and shadow, but they are very interesting. What can I improve?
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9mo
This is perfect for this assignment!
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