Demo - Dynamic Shapes from Reference

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Demo - Dynamic Shapes from Reference

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Stan Prokopenko
Let’s give the Level 1 “Dynamic Shapes” project a try. In this demo, I show my process for finding the gesture of a subject and then designing dynamic and interesting shapes that support that gesture.
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Patrick Alexander Büchi
Coming back from the dead (what a pity it isn't the 31st yet), I'm posting my after-demo shape design seals, always happy to get any criticism. :)
Thien Minh Pham
my before vs after demo. anywhere i can improve?
@arthiecio
18d
It was hard to understand how to make a good shape design, tried to did like the image but i think a missed the point.
@luiscubal
27d
Tried again after this video. Based on the demos here, I focused less on the apex points and angles, and more on where to break the symmetries.
@hoang
1mo
Pre-Proko Seals. I felt like there was something wrong with all of them, but I can't figure out why. Anyway, any criticism is welcome
@agata02
2mo
Hy everyone! Here are my first attempts! Happy of any critique!
Jack H
2mo
Did another 10 after watching the demo. I think I've loosened up a bit as the more dynamic poses look okay. But the weird poses (especially those round ones) do still pose quite a challenge!
Joseph
2mo
Here are a few of my attempts.
@julia52
3mo
Here are some of my drawings; this has been a nice refresher from the previous assignment. I think I am slowly getting the hang of the gesture and flow. Please let me know if there is anything that I can improve upon. 
ANX804U
3mo
wooohooo... here we go, nice work yooo you truly are, believe me one of your best work,, you are improving so god dam fast!!!!!, I loved the one at last page
carla toms
3mo
Harder than i thought but i think it’s helping
Zander Schmer-Lalama
Hey! so I tried and I think I'm slowly starting to understand gesture and flow. The first and second picture are from before the demo, the third is along with the demo, and finally the last one is of one I did trying to following Stan's advice. Please let me know how I can improve. How do I make my lines flow? How do I make the gesture look interesting and not boring. Feedback is appreciated. Have a nice day!
Tony Zhang
5mo
Back to actual seals tomorrow…
Tony Zhang
5mo
I have to consider more perspective-wise for the second one. I did try to design interesting shapes for the first one, though.
@lauralana
5mo
This is really challenging as it's so much more conceptual than what we've done so far. But, I really like the challenge. The demo was really helpful as it showed me that the goal isn't reproducing what you are seeing but making an interesting shape. For example, I liked the idea of turning the seal's head below to the right to go with the flow of the rest of the shape, even though that wasn't happening in the reference.
@lauralana
5mo
Also, that guy on the left is the skinniest, fittest seal I've ever seen :), but I guess the goal isn't accuracy here. Super swole seal. Ha!
@karma_86
5mo
Hey guys! These are my little monsters. Now that I look at them maybe I should exaggerate more with the shapes and not stick with the reality so much...
John Tollefsen
I took the photos from Instagram and I don't know if they are copyrighted. Anyway, it was a very good exercise, but I found it quite difficult to see some of the shapes by just looking at photos.
Phil
6mo
Found my own references for this attempt. Gave credit where I could two images did not have the artist listed. Just trying to capture the dynamic shapes the artists used. Not copying the references, but slightly exaggerating the shapes.
Rachel Dawn Owens
These are really nice 👍
Liviu
6mo
My seals :)
Vee Sprunki0110
Gonna do this lil goober
Vee Sprunki0110
oh my goodness my dad drew this and it look like Donatello from ninja turtles
Rachel Dawn Owens
Precious
Vee Sprunki0110
More importantly, how are you, Stan?
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