My attempt at the shoes - not an easy one…

My try at the assignment. I know the lines aren't that crisp and confident but I think I was more into getting the 3D shape and even the correct form that I sort of forgot about bringing out confident lines

I tried following along with the demo, but inking with a brush. Maybe I made it more difficult for myself because I had a hard time controlling the line the way I wanted

Here's some of my projects for the line quality lesson! I really focused on light and shadow.

Tried level 2. I focused on shadowing and depth and form (especially with the background being lighter)

Wanted to do some more practice of everything so far. Found a nice reference, sketched it out, and then did hierarchy of importance line weights using graphite (first time with graphite, interesting but different). Was super fun and worked to emphasize the weight of the shell and try to draw out some areas of high contrast. Really fun.

Did a few random objects, didn't really want to do shoes again lol. Maybe i should have went thicker on the lines? or maybe use a darker pencil. I will try to get some charcoal pencils because Proko's just look so graphic too me. I just noticed I really like drawing boxes XD.

Spent a few days on these line weight exercises, not totally happy with some of the linework especially with the shoes and the proportions were a bit off but definitely think it helped me understand how line hierarchy can emphasize parts of a drawing.

Here’s my go at the shoes. I think they’re pretty good but I wished I’d gone for a little more variety in line weight.

Here is my attempt at 35/185 - Demo Depth and Form line weight. I need work but it was fun! I went for Stan’s shoes. I know this is early in learning these skills and excited to incorporate shapes and shading to enhance the 3D form feel. However, I’m very happy with my progress and will continue on this journey. keep Drawing everyone!

The most challenging part for me was was depth & form, as you can see 😅 I’ll definitely be working more on this, as I really love how my arts has come to life because of it. Before my lineart was flat, and I only used variation on hair or fur. I didn’t think to much about the light source during the lineart stage - i only really added it during the coloring phase. Any critique is welcome! I feel like there’s room for improvement, but I’m a bit stuck on how to take it to the next level

Added Line weight and shadow from dragon in a drawing book.

decided to do the rhino from scratch and play with the line weight. It was good practice to implement all the previous lessons.

Quick and not very clean - but tried to use line weights to emphasize depth and perspective - simplifying from the picture shown below. Self-critique: the bowl needed more thinking but the mug and light is a bit better

Tried the exercise again after watching the video, this time with some objects on my table. Looking at it again now, the closest edges of the placemat should probably be heavier?

This one was hard for me.

On my second practice, I had trouble figuring out the general shapes of the shoe in the background.

This morning's effort with some chunkier footwear so I could use line thickness. 6B, 3B and F. I tried for thick dark lines at the front. Tried to use some thick, soft lines towards the back, but darker ones for the edges of the top stitched strips.

I took a photo of a pair of shoes to draw using line weight to indicate depth. Used a blunt 8B, 4B and HB for the different weights. Back of shoe down to the straps is drawn with the lightest weight. Lower edge of the upper shoe is kept mid-weight where it overlaps the lower shoe. I kept the insole stitching light.