Did another one. Following stan in the demo. Took more time and results are better. I think my last ones were done in like a minute each. Lesson: Should not rush.

After reviewing the critique video and getting some helpful feedback from the moderators (see my previous dynamic shapes post) I went back and found a few more seal references to study and draw. My second attempt was so much better this time around and although I need much more practice the jump from my first try and the second attempt was very visible.

My submission for the lvl 1 project. While I did look at the gesture of the animals I didn't think about how I could modify the shapes to support that gesture. Also I found the part of making the shapes dynamic a little difficult as I didn't want to deviate from the actual contours too much and kept my ended up having more flat, simple shapes. I think this is definitely a project I'm going to redo to make sure I get the concept down and fix some of my mistakes.

Can I humbly know how everyone drew this? 😂 I made few attempts but it kept coming out looking like a blob of something with no dynamics HAHAHAHAHAHA. Curious to see how everyone did this!

My second attempt

Here are my seals and sea lions. I'm definitely struggling to relax and let go of focusing on proportions. I'm working on it.

Enjoy creating dynamic poses! Did 5 now and will do 5 more after demo.

This is proving challenging. I have a hard identifying the flow and making shapes interesting. I may need to change my brush settings too ...

Some more of my seals after the demo. I feel like I need to rewatch the demo and maybe draw along with it, because I try to follow the advice but my hand doesn’t seem to want to make the right mark. I’ll rewatch that and then the critiques and submit some more seals

Done with the rest of the seals, gotta see the demo now to check if my approach was correct or not. Any critique is welcomed.

I was just casually drawing along in spots while taking notes with a semi-dull red colored pencil, and noticed that the line quality looks nicer than my actual assignment in spite of the dullness and smaller format I was drawing in. It got me thinking - is a dull pencil better for laying in gestural/dynamic lines? Or maybe more specifically, is a thicker softer line better, especially as the drawings get bigger? Curious what other's thoughts are on that, thanks!

The results of my two short sessions. I think the second attempt, after watching the demo, turned out a bit better.

Hi everyone, this is the result of my practice. Any feedback is welcome. Thanks! :D

Struggled quite hard with this. I think I was getting my central lines and flow lines mixed up. And when I focused on the flow and gesture, my shapes became very complicated. I also forgot about the forces pushing the individual elements. Things to improve. 1) Map out shapes and ghost lines so they're cleaner 2) focus on the forces of each shape. 3) strip lines down to only CSI. 4) Keep measurements, purportions in mind

Set of drawings before watching the demo and during, I really struggled not focusing on the proportions and just focusing on emphasizing the gesture and flow of the seals

First set of drawings before watching the demo and critics

Here are a few more drawings after watching the demo. I’d be grateful for any tips on how to improve :)

Really got a lot out of this one. First time I feel like a got drawings in 3D