The first 2 pictures are the before and after for Hierarchy of importance, the latter are for Shadow. This time, I really tried to go crazy with the line thickness because, if not now, then when? That led me to realize a few things: In general: Thick outlines, especially with variation in width, look awesome. I know it's too early to talk about style, but I'm definitely incorporating them at some point because they look great and add so much character and information to a piece. For shadows: I can understand the main ideas (darker/thicker for areas in shadow, thickness/softness of shadow based on contrast/form), but I'm a little unsure about the, "high contrast = dark" approach. It doesn't seem as intuitive, because high contrast lines now look the same as dark area lines, but maybe this will make more sense when shading is involved. For hierarchy of importance: Since there's so many different ways something could be important, I took notes and make a list of some things you could highlight: 1) Focal points: The most interesting/important things in the scene. 2) Moving parts, especially if they're fast or towards the viewer. 3) Parts doing something: gripping, pressing, flexing, etc. E.g. body parts like legs, as even if it's just standing, they're under tension/carrying weight. 4) Lines that make up a large shape. (This is because if it makes up a large part of what you're drawing, it's could be more important than smaller details.) 5) Subconscious/Body focal points: Eyes, mouth, hands, etc. (Maybe originates from body language?) 6) Parts that stick out. Horns, spikes, ears, tails. etc. (Going from thick at the tip to thin/light at the base really emphasizes the shape and adds direction.) 7)...And many more. As a fun exercise, I then tried to look up artists I knew, break down their thought process, and see when each rule applied. It helped me discover other reasons for emphasis, helped the lesson sink in, and appreciate their art more.

The first picture is my own attempt, the second picture is after watching the video. I tried to keep the distance information with lines.

Reminds me of a cooking quote that "cooking is doing a lot of little things very well." And this video made me see how much that applies to drawing. I actually made a lot of similar big descisions as Stan and we were even given the exact same outline but some very small descisions that Stan makes throughout leaves the final design soooo much better. Great video!

Before and after viewing demo sketches for each hierarchy of importance and light and shadow. Very instructive videos and exercises.

I think some of the line weight decisions I made are somewhat random and could probably be more consistent/thoughtful.

this class has helped me so so much

Happy with it.

2nd attempt after watching the demo

I didn’t have a printer :/ so I made it digital. Any feedback? :)

Hierarchy of Importance Line Weight

I used Procreate for this, again. I hope it is better

Before and after watching the demo Using a softer pencil and treating the lines more like shapes made a world of difference

Both my attempts. Hierarchy of Importance and Light and Shadow.

Before and after demo! I know now how to better structure them. The first one felt more like exploration and testing how to do line weight

Experimented with markers first…

Before and after watching the demo. I tried giving my initial drawing a thicker outline on the contours.

This was actually really fun to do! I've included both the hierarchal and shadow and light direction versions

This was my attempt after watching the demo. It started making a lot more sense to me after jotting down some notes and things to keep in mind.