What pencil is he using?

When I originally traced the rhino, I wanted to emphasize the "sadness" of it; I was really drawn to the eyes (reminded me of my gramps ;)). Anyway, so I placed darker lines around the eyes and mouth area (since it was sort of like a frown) and used light and softer lines on the rest of the rhino. I used relatively light lines on the horn bc I did not want to take away from focus on eyes and mouth. Looking at it again, however, I don't think it really worked. It just looks like I gave up or didn't understand the assignment. After watching the demo, I still wanted to see if I could achieve a clear emphasis on the sadness or worn down look of the animal by making some of the lines heavier, darker and thicker. I'm not sure I achieved it though; it may just look I placed focus on the head. Love to hear what you think.

Seems like I don’t follow instructions. When I see the demo it’s like DUH!

After Demo

After demo attempt, I never realized how important line could be and the diverse ways to use it.

Bro I don’t know if I did this good critique my lines 👌

My rhino after watching the demo. I can now understand that the line is in fact a shape with it's own little shapes inside. The demo rhino is so beautiful even as just lines! Made me rethink my entire life :D I only knew thick vs thin lines, I never considered the shapes of angles and tempered lines.

Following Proko. Can definitely see where I wasn't putting enough line weight/emphasis in my original attempts.

Did this one along with the demo video. Got a lot of good tips for varying line weight to make the image more interesting. Also found myself experimenting a little more with parts I wanted to make stand out. Great project!

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