In this demo, I show the "hierarchy of importance" method for organizing line weight.
Check back next week for my demos on the “shadow and light direction” method and the level 2 project!
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Amit Munjal
21d
again suggestions are welcome

Amit Munjal
21d
my first attempt at what I would like to highlight ( the head part); didn't had a printout so traced the image on monitor. adding line weight makes sense, a lot depends on the light source

nathan_the_phaneuf
8d
Trying again after watching the demo. First picture, with the rhino at the top is the one I submited and second picture, the rhino at the bottom, is my attempt after the demo. Both follow the hierarchy of importance.
lazy0
21d
The Left picture is the Before the demo
The right picture is the after watching the demo.
I wanted to push the boundaries of the heavy lines because I wanted to experiment, also feedback is appreciated.

drawingdodo
1mo
Very interesting in how dull, thick light lines still feel so much lighter than sharp, thick dark lines. The difference in perception is more noticeable than I thought, great video!

damienb
1mo

damienb
1mo
here are my rhinos :) first is contours and shapes I want the user to focus on and second is the light

Nikita
1mo
Before and after demo
After demo tried to make a focus on internal details, but I don't feel that it turned out good

drawingdodo
1mo
Good experiment though! But yeah, I also prefer the one of the left. Perhaps it is because there are more parts of high contrast, so it almost looks like the drawing is fighting for your attention, whereas in the first the outer contour serves to guide the viewer inward, and there, due to lower intensity in contrast, there is a "resting place" for the viewer's eyes, perhaps!
Helen Cade
2mo
Before and after demo
Gabi Gueron
2mo
Finally submitting.Done before watching the demo, but not too bad.
Maryse
2mo
Fun assignement. I used a fountain pen to ink them. I explored and pushed some lines quite far. In the near future, I would like to become efficient with digital tools though. But traditional works very well for me.
Michal Grossmann
2mo
Réka Seres
3mo

renegaderumi
4mo
Still working my way through these slowly, if anyone is hanging about giving feedback. Here is my attempt after watching the demo (and my first shot before the demo - on the right). I think the lineweight on the back part of the body might be a little light, and I maybe could have pushed the weight of the legs a little more, but I’m happy with the focus on the head. Any notes on the internal lines as well would be super welcome. Feeling mostly lost with those. Thanks!
Simon Rodrigues
4mo

vangogh
4mo
Michael Bristow
5mo
these are my efforts feed back is appreciated sorry for some of the lines i have tremors in my hands

ern1s
5mo
Hierarchy of importance. Any critique welcome
Tony Zhang
5mo
Forgive me for not drawing the hippo. LOL. I wanted to draw something that’s more fun! I think this is actually easier because there are less elements. So it’s quite easy to decide what’s important and what’s not.
Tony Zhang
5mo
Btw, this is a fused Pokémon from the game Pokémon infinite fusion!
Hazel
5mo
I love that I can take my time with this course. It really helps since I have other responsibilities and projects.

Sinead Erin
5mo
My second rhino! After watching the demo I looked back in my sketchbook and found that my sketches don't have as much variety in line weight that they could have. I had only varied the value of the lines and any lines where I did try and go thicker, I still could have pushed it further. I've really enjoyed learning about line weight and I'm excited about improving on this!

Peter N
5mo
This is easily my favourite assignment yet.
I always struggled to understand what makes one line art feel better than another, even though I read up on it in many places.
Doing this exercise really pulled those pieces together for me.
Thank you!
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